− | 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 trancelike state of [[vision]]ary consciousness be cultivated as a religious [[experience]]. | + | 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 trancelike state of [[vision]]ary consciousness be cultivated as a religious [[experience]].[http://mercy.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] |