Cloud of Unknowing
by Ira Progoff · first published 1963
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It concerns the states of consciousness of those desiring God/Enlightenment which take one to the mindfulness/mindlessness described as the goal in many Eastern traditions. The individual must come to a place of living totally in the moment, without anticipation or personal programs, in order to live a perpetual experience of Union.
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>It's like an ant trying to understand a black hole by crawling around a library. Your analagy is akin to The Cloud of Unknowing, a spiritual guide to becoming closer to god by "unknowing", written by a 14th century christian mystic. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cloud_of_Unknowing
on ““God is a Verb” by R. Buckminster Fuller (1968)” ↗…For example, in the medieval Lectio Divina (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lectio_Divina), one takes a few words of scripture and repeats them and considers them and ponders them for many minutes. The Cloud of Unknowing recommends doing something similar with the concept of God, or with a simple word such as "love". This is actually a pretty tough mental exercise to do for even just 20 minutes.
on “If You're Too Busy to Meditate, Read This” ↗…the Yoga Sutra of Patanjali are a good place to start), and Buddhism has many branches with deeply esoteric traditions. Christianity on the other hand has a few minor mystical texts and thinkers (The Cloud of Unknowing, Meister Eckhart, etc), but no real established traditions. Unless, that is you consider the Occult. In many of these texts, beneath all the > toad bones boil water, witches transmit misery through…
on “Marked by Stars – Agrippa's Occult Philosophy” ↗