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Episode: Out of the Fog: Return to the Mystic with Dr. Alexander Riegel
Description: Dr. Alexander Riegel studies and teaches on mysticism and the contemplative traditions. Primarily, grounded in Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, and Sufism, Dr. Riegel's message is that the essential spiritual truths discovered by mystical figures long ago, e.g. the Hindu and Buddhist yogis, Jesus, and various Sufi figures, remain valid and unchanged. He tells us that by returning to the mystic, we come to understand that the Hindu yogis’ realization of our essential nature; the Buddha's insight into the nature of the mind; Jesus’ teaching of the sacred dimension of all creation - here and now; and the Sufi emphasis on the...