...well, I appreciate all that you've posted. I should 'disclaimer' and say that I don't necessarily feel as though I've attained any level of 'x'. I can only relay experiences. I have a really hard time buying in to anything. The 'mystic' term that was applied recently is something that has to sink in. It was from a trusted individual with many years in academics (in a discussion with a few PhDs). Idealist, that's another word for it I guess. But I have inadvertently freaked a few people out by knowing their names before actually meeting them, etc. I know that 'ego' can have these seeming precognitive occasions, though. I'm posting this just to 'lighten' the load of the subject matter. I feel like 'the fool' most of the time. But I've come around the bend, and am staring at the world...waiting, thinking it out.