Peak Experiences"But there are things that happen to us that we cannot comprehend. In my own mind, that’s what I would understand by ‘higher consciousness.’ It’s not that somehow we understand God and we now can comprehend him, but that whatever it is of God that we experience affects our lives in some way. But I’m not sure there are levels that build one upon the other. It’s not like Maslow’s hierarchy of consciousness, you know. I’m not sure that I personally buy the kind of an image that you start off at one level and then you achieve or fulfill that level and suddenly you’re open to another level. Rather, I think people can have peak experiences without being prepared for them. I think it helps if you’re prepared for them in your knowledge and background, but I think people can be transformed by experiences they’re entirely unprepared for. Having a child can be that kind of experience in our lives. So, it doesn’t have to be a mountaintop experience, but it can nevertheless be a peak experience. |
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