New Swedenborgian mystic from Kansas, US

I had my first spiritual experience 25 years ago and have been a contemplative mystic up until recently when I was called to become active.

I've studied Swedenborg for years and am a member of the New Church. More recently, I began study of the Catholic mystics and have realized that God is operating through these people and many others to lead to a Universal religion based on love of God and charity to the neighbor.

My context is Christianity but I use Buddhist meditation techniques and am open to any active or contemplative technique that will help me realize my potential.

I hope to connect with other mystics to share experiences and world views. Once, I was told that enlightenment is obtained with reasoning with others. There's a bigger picture out there God is painting for us and I believe we can see it together.

My wish is that my understanding of Swedenborg's work adds something to the forum. There are not many of us, but we are all enlightened to some degree.

I don't 'work' so am available at anytime via IM.

Blessings,
Dave

Welcome Dave! I am new here too...but find this place already very lovely : ) I look forward to reading your posts.

MysticQuest wrote:I had my first spiritual experience 25 years ago and have been a contemplative mystic up until recently when I was called to become active.

I've studied Swedenborg for years and am a member of the New Church. More recently, I began study of the Catholic mystics and have realized that God is operating through these people and many others to lead to a Universal religion based on love of God and charity to the neighbor.

My context is Christianity but I use Buddhist meditation techniques and am open to any active or contemplative technique that will help me realize my potential.

I hope to connect with other mystics to share experiences and world views. Once, I was told that enlightenment is obtained with reasoning with others. There's a bigger picture out there God is painting for us and I believe we can see it together.

My wish is that my understanding of Swedenborg's work adds something to the forum. There are not many of us, but we are all enlightened to some degree.

I don't 'work' so am available at anytime via IM.

Blessings,
Dave

Hi Dave.

You are very welcome here. I think you will find the right people in this community to share with, and advance with, on the Mystic/Gnostic/Spiritual PATH/WAY to ENLIGHTENMENT.

Make yourself at home, and feel free; here, we are all lovers of TRUTH.

Peace, Love, & Understanding ~ Bob

hello dave,

so glad you are here wow i read a book by Swedenborg, a couple of years ago , it belonged to my pastor. i am not sure what it was called. it took me a while and i had to read it in chunks as i found it to be very deep and it deserved time to stop and really think about what i have read.i would like to read more i might look on line for some of his stuff. any way i consider my self a mystical gnostic christian ,and hope we can talk about this subject soon

sopherim

MysticQuest wrote:I had my first spiritual experience 25 years ago and have been a contemplative mystic up until recently when I was called to become active.

I've studied Swedenborg for years and am a member of the New Church. More recently, I began study of the Catholic mystics and have realized that God is operating through these people and many others to lead to a Universal religion based on love of God and charity to the neighbor.

My context is Christianity but I use Buddhist meditation techniques and am open to any active or contemplative technique that will help me realize my potential.

I hope to connect with other mystics to share experiences and world views. Once, I was told that enlightenment is obtained with reasoning with others. There's a bigger picture out there God is painting for us and I believe we can see it together.

My wish is that my understanding of Swedenborg's work adds something to the forum. There are not many of us, but we are all enlightened to some degree.

I don't 'work' so am available at anytime via IM.

Blessings,
Dave

Shalama MysticQuest,

Welcome to the Gnostic Way.

Sure we are all here to do a great work.

Andre

sopherim7 wrote:hello dave,

so glad you are here wow i read a book by Swedenborg, a couple of years ago , it belonged to my pastor. i am not sure what it was called. it took me a while and i had to read it in chunks as i found it to be very deep and it deserved time to stop and really think about what i have read.i would like to read more i might look on line for some of his stuff. any way i consider my self a mystical gnostic christian ,and hope we can talk about this subject soon

sopherim

sopherim,

Swedenborg's works do take some getting used to. He wrote in latin and many of the older translations are difficult to understand at first. I know it was for me. Until I read the newer translations was I able to grasp the core concepts.

The work most start off with is Heaven and Hell. The most recent translation is the New Century translation available HERE in pdf format. Also, on my website, there is a link for heavenlydoctrines.org which is a searchable database of all his writings. They also have some starting points by topic.

Hope this helps

Thanks to everyone for the warm welcome!

Dave

Hi Dave,

Welcome and thanks for the link.

I have tried to read Swedenborg before, but like fellow Scandinavian Soren Kiekegaard is very difficult to read although both are rewarding if you have determination (but as you can see from my screen name, I am somewhat lazy). But you are right, this translation is quite readable. I shall give go away and see more fully what Emmanuel has to say about heaven and hell and other things. Not that anyone needs to be explained what hell is like, but I can't remember heaven all that well .

Peace,
Mark

Blessings, Dave, and welcome to the group!

I haven't heard of Swedenborg before (tho I have read Kiekegaard, good stuff!) but thanks for the link, will peruse it soon.
May the Light of the ONE shine on your path, and the Love of the ONE keep safe your heart!