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Joseph Smith’s Mystical Christification in the First Vision

November 25, 2019November 25, 2019 Bryce HaymondLeave a comment

I suggest that Joseph realized Christ in himself in his First Vision, and I think this can be seen in many details in his accounts.

Be Ye Perfect? or Be Ye Whole? A Mystical Translation

October 23, 2019October 23, 2019 Bryce Haymond4 Comments

Are we to strive for perfectionism, or are we to realize the wholeness that already exists within our true Self, our essential divine nature?

Mystical Unity in Nonduality does Not Mean Uniformity in Duality

October 7, 2019May 29, 2020 Bryce Haymond1 Comment

Oneness does not mean we must all become the same, but rather, that we have all manifested from the One, and it is in our differences that Beauty may be expressed.

Eight Points of Agreement of Perennial Wisdom from Contemplatives of Eight World Religions

September 11, 2019August 12, 2020 Bryce Haymond2 Comments

In the 1980s there was a group of contemplatives from several different religions that gathered to dialogue, and they came up with eight points of perennial wisdom that they seemed to share in their experience of an Ultimate Reality.

Who is the “Only Begotten”? A Mystical Interpretation

June 19, 2019June 22, 2019 Bryce HaymondLeave a comment

We often think that Jesus was the "only begotten," but was he the only one that God begat? What else was "born" from that divine Source?

Bringing “God” into the 21st Century through Science and Mysticism

June 15, 2019June 15, 2019 Bryce Haymond4 Comments

God does not have to be at odds with what we learn from science. We need to reinterpret our ideas of God from direct mystical experience, and I think we'll find our science and spirituality are One.

How I Welcome Spirit Into My Life: My Contemplative Practice & Retreat Experience

May 20, 2019May 20, 2019 Bryce Haymond4 Comments

A few short thoughts about my contemplative practice, and what it does for me, in me, revealing Spirit.

Only God Knows God?

May 6, 2019May 6, 2019 Bryce HaymondLeave a comment

Does a mystic know God? We usually think a mystic is a person who unites or merges or at-ones with God or Ultimate Reality, and comes to know these intimately. But this is perhaps not quite accurate. Maybe the mystic is not the ego, not the personal identity, not the psychological self, not the particular [...]