{"id":1248,"date":"2014-11-19T07:05:14","date_gmt":"2014-11-19T07:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/?p=1248"},"modified":"2025-03-15T10:57:28","modified_gmt":"2025-03-15T10:57:28","slug":"mystic-thinker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/?p=1248","title":{"rendered":"Mystic Philosopher"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-medium is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/WIN_20230705_11_59_31_Proa.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/WIN_20230705_11_59_31_Proa-163x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5403\" width=\"125\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/WIN_20230705_11_59_31_Proa-163x300.jpg 163w, https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/WIN_20230705_11_59_31_Proa-557x1024.jpg 557w, https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/WIN_20230705_11_59_31_Proa-768x1412.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/WIN_20230705_11_59_31_Proa.jpg 793w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 125px) 85vw, 125px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>me that mystic philosopher<br>I\u2019m more an individualist<br>apparently, the trait<br>is not inherent<br>or embodied within<br>my genetic disposition<br>~ \u00a0 \u00a0to be the follower<br>that wannabe disciple<br>searching for some<br>teacher or teaching<br>as if that\u2019s<br>the only way to<br>experience<br>the journey of<br>enlightenment \u00a0 ~<br>seemingly so,<br>during this<br>thought process<br>of my more<br>individualistic path<br>does find its focus as<br>related to being alive<br>~ \u00a0 \u00a0therefore and therein<br>my lived experience<br>and the lessons learned<br>from sharing space<br>with all else on earth<br>all that is manifest<br>within my existence<br>being as such<br>perceived by me<br>as a whole system<br>that\u2019s systemically linked<br>like the web of a spider<br>embracing in its totality<br>my physical reality<br>of which makes me<br>very spiritual<br>and yet I\u2019m not religious<br>~ ~<br>while being this<br>so-called mystic philosopher<br>my lived experience<br>as previously mentioned<br>is one known by me<br>through the perspective<br>discovered by living process<br>the human process<br>known to some as<br>reflective consciousness<br>that cognitive capacity<br>to not only be self-aware<br>when thinking,<br>but also \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 being able to<br>self-evaluate<br>the thoughts<br>and experiences<br>one \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 as an individual<br>being dependent upon<br>embodied<br>and embedded influences<br>may or may not have \u00a0 ~<br>wherefore during<br>the spiritual process<br>my mysticism<br>as this thinker<br>I,<br>this conscious being<br>a self,<br>thinking my thoughts<br>as self-realized<br>by me<br>within the bodily<br>stricture<br>inherent to<br>living<br>human energy\/matter<br>~ \u00a0 \u00a0I bring forth<br>an enactive,<br>emergent and<br>self-centric process<br>from this self-oriented<br>perception and perspective<br>as an individual \u00a0 ~<br>that\u2019s alive in<br>three-dimensional space<br>through time<br>doing so within<br>my experience of living<br>by way of an<br>intelligently<br>progressive<br>learning process<br>of self-interaction<br>~ \u00a0 \u00a0a self-comparison<br>while I associatively relate<br>through cognition<br>intellectually,<br>objectively, subjectively,<br>intuitively, emotively,<br>empathically,<br>and psychically<br>with everything else<br>everything else,<br>coming to be known by me<br>to be a part<br>or as interrelated,<br>interconnected,<br>and interdependent<br>to me \u00a0 \u00a0~<br>no matter how subtle<br>the inference made<br>as well as,<br>apparently \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 to all else<br>happening, yes occurring<br>during my physical,<br>mental, emotional<br>and spiritual experience<br>whether if,<br>living or not living<br>and yet,<br>systemically existent<br>to my \u00a0 ~<br>self-perceived reality<br>~ ~<br>yes \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 my self-perceived<br>reality as me<br>that mystic philosopher<br>through this process<br>~ \u00a0 \u00a0the process of mind<br>intrinsic to, entwined in<br>the process of life,<br>cognition,<br>within it\u2019s higher<br>human capacity<br>reflective consciousness<br>I then \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 as a self,<br>during awareness<br>and evaluation<br>as a part of \u00a0 ~<br>my lived experience<br>come to know<br>the unfold and enfold<br>of systemic processes<br>as revealed to me<br>only after much \u00a0 ~<br>struggle through effort<br>within the process of<br>thinking my thoughts<br>as intelligently<br>perceptive insights<br>~ \u00a0 \u00a0insights into<br>the process of \u00a0 ~<br>dynamically stable,<br>characteristically<br>identifiable<br>and transitionally<br>recurrent patterns<br>of systemic order<br>~ \u00a0 that systemic order<br>which is,<br>recurrent in pattern<br>as subjective aspects<br>comprising the systemic<br>web of the living<br>and the nonliving<br>~ \u00a0 \u00a0portions of a totality<br>as a physical<br>and whole system<br>exhibiting chaos<br>within the \u00a0 ~<br>complex layers of order<br>that all \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 somehow<br>assemble together<br>like some gigantic<br>Rubik\u2019s cube<br>~ \u00a0 \u00a0I \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 as me,<br>a self,<br>an individual,<br>who during self-perception<br>with and among the many<br>me that mystic philosopher \u00a0 ~<br>I attempt in all humbleness<br>to express through<br>and within<br>my various styles,<br>my words of thought<br>~ \u00a0 \u00a0what I,<br>so dare to call<br>my reality with others<br>as being,<br>holistically,<br>well \u00a0 ~<br>I&#8217;ll just say it, Nature<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>peace out<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Words 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