2. There is great danger associated with the habitual practice of religious daydreaming; mysticism may become a technique of [[reality]] avoidance, albeit it has sometimes been a means of genuine [[spiritual]] [[communion]]. Short seasons of retreat from the busy scenes of life may not be seriously dangerous, but prolonged isolation of [[personality]] is most undesirable. Under no circumstances should the <u>trance</u>like state of visionary [[consciousness]] be cultivated as a religious [[experience]].[http://www.urantia.org/cgi-bin/webglimpse/mfs/usr/local/www/data/papers?link=http://mercy.urantia.org/papers/paper100.html&file=/usr/local/www/data/papers/paper100.html&line=101#mfs] | 2. There is great danger associated with the habitual practice of religious daydreaming; mysticism may become a technique of [[reality]] avoidance, albeit it has sometimes been a means of genuine [[spiritual]] [[communion]]. Short seasons of retreat from the busy scenes of life may not be seriously dangerous, but prolonged isolation of [[personality]] is most undesirable. Under no circumstances should the <u>trance</u>like state of visionary [[consciousness]] be cultivated as a religious [[experience]].[http://www.urantia.org/cgi-bin/webglimpse/mfs/usr/local/www/data/papers?link=http://mercy.urantia.org/papers/paper100.html&file=/usr/local/www/data/papers/paper100.html&line=101#mfs] |