Mysticism Part 1: The Ultimate Reason for Existence
“The last end of man, the ultimate reason for human existence, is unitive knowledge of the divine Ground.” – Aldous Huxley, author of The Perennial Philosophy, Brave New World, and The Doors of Perception.
Was Huxley right? Is the ultimate reason for our existence “unitive knowledge of the divine Ground”? What does that mean? Huxley was pointing to mysticism as the means and ends of human existence. In this lesson we will examine the case for mysticism as a universal spirituality for humanity.