METAREALITY
ARTICLE
Synchronicity:
Enlightenment or
Psychosis?
by Chris Mackey
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How could an enlightened state of mind be
confused with psychosis? How could legitimate
mystical experience, which a person relates to
their further spiritual awakening, be dismissed
as mere pathology?
his issue relates to how
we define mental health.
In my view, our mental health is too often
viewed solely in terms
of what we perceive
as rational behaviour.
This leads many people, including many
health professionals, to dismiss any form
of mystical belief as illegitimate. Mystical
experiences are partly defined in terms of
being virtually impossible to describe in
words, and as being influenced by something beyond our will. They cannot be reduced to ready scientific explanation. To
many, this means that they don’t exist.
So, what do we make of people having
visions, or seeing ghosts, or hearing voices, or thinking a radio program is sending
them a personalized message, or having
a compelling belief that they know what
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