430: Was that Past Spiritual Experience a Hallucination?

Series Title: A Path to Wholeness Beyond the Mormon Faith Crisis [Part II of VII]

Have you ever noticed that some earlier stage spiritual communities have an uncomfortable relationship with modern psychology and even feel threatened by it?

Have you noticed how many churches embrace the concept of revelation and spiritual experiences in general but get rather testy when your spiritual experiences do not endorse their doctrine?

What about the confusion you've felt when you look back at the former spiritual lightening bolt and ponder what to make of that now that you feel completely differently about the meaning of this experience? Was it fake? Were you hallucinating?

If any of these questions resonate--this episode focused on "waking up" and "growing up" experiences is for you.

**The scholarship referenced in this series can be found in depth in Ken Wilber's book "Finding Radical Wholeness", linked HERE

Timestamps:

00:00 Welcome Back and Series Setup

00:47 Why Faith Crises Can Deepen

03:04 Radical Wholeness Framework

04:10 Five Tenets Overview

07:17 Today Waking Up vs Growing Up

07:58 Waking Up Peak Experiences

10:24 East vs West State Training

15:37 Ultimate Truth vs Relative Truth

19:05 Growing Up Stage Development

24:10 Stage Models and Kohlberg

28:11 Integrating States and Stages

33:02 Mormonism and Misused Revelation

38:33 Honoring Past Spiritual Experiences

40:16 Jesus Mysticism and Integration

44:49 Next Episodes and Closing