“The perennial philosophy states that the omega experience (not the description, but the actual experience of union with the Divine) is identical in all the mystical branches of all the world’s religions. This has implications for how we should live our lives, which Aldous Huxley succinctly laid out in his Minimum Working Hypothesis:
· That there is a Godhead, Divine Ground of Being, or Brahman that our reality depends upon for its existence.
· That this Ground both transcends the world and is imminent as the world.
· That it is possible for human beings to love, know and, virtually, to become actually identical with the Divine Ground.
· That to achieve this unitive knowledge is the ultimate end and purpose of human existence.
· That there is a Way or Dharma that must be obeyed if people are to achieve their final end, and this Way is a way of peace, love, humility and compassion.”
Dana Sawyer “Huston Smith: Wisdomkeeper. Living the World’s Religions. The Authorized Biography of a 21st Century Spiritual Giant.” Fons Vitae, 2014.
The above was initially posted on my blog: johnlovas.com on Monday, June 8, 2015, where it had 192 visits. This johnlovas.com blog comes up as "not secure" due to a technicality which I'm currently unable to fix, but which AI tells me is harmless.
