Henry: Hi Claudiu and Vineeto, thanks for the thoughtful responses!
It was clear to me when I initially read it that there was some spiritual language at minimum mixed in, but it is more obvious following both of your analyses that it is more than just that. Claudiu I appreciate that you found the original sources – they are much more obviously spiritually tinged – and Vineeto I agree that the thrust is going toward spirituality, if there was a PCE at all (perhaps!) it clearly was quickly co-opted.
I can see in myself a habit of playing things “fast and loose” which I am seeing as a product of an anxious demeanor… rushing for ‘optimism’ when the baseline is doubt. Looking at this now! (link)
Hi Henry,
You have been interested in actualism for a while, and if you still are, then a distinction between a PCE – the (temporary) abeyance of ‘I’ and ‘me’ – and an altered state of consciousness – the (temporary) abeyance of ego – is vital. On making this distinction hinges what it is you pursue in your life – the perceived best of the real world or being a pioneer for something entirely new to human consciousness.
It has not so much to do with “rushing for ‘optimism’” or following “the baseline” of “doubt” – it is not even “a product of an anxious demeanor”. It is rather a matter how interested you are in sincerely imitating the actual as experienced/ rememorated in a PCE. It is your sincerity of purpose which will inform you if you are closer to imitating the actual or just ‘getting by’.
Cheers Vineeto