Open AccessCan Mystical Peace Contribute to Global Peace?
Author(s) -
Peter Gan Chong Beng
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
peace and conflict studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.116
H-Index - 6
ISSN - 1082-7307
DOI - 10.46743/1082-7307/2019.1498
Subject(s) - mysticism , testimonial , principal (computer security) , aesthetics , environmental ethics , epistemology , social science , political science , philosophy , sociology , law , computer science , advertising , business , operating system
Testimonial reports of mystics highlight an experience of peace in the midst of their mystical encounters, despite claiming that these encounters resist description. What I intend to do is to explore ways in which mystical peace, in combination with several principal features of the mystical life, is able to afford some special means in the initiation and building of peace in the world. These special or unique means rest on the distinctive traits of what mysticism harbors; traits such as infinity, all-encompassingness, ultimacy, and paradox.