This chapter examines the nature of religious experience, comparing Buddhist, Hindu and Christian examples with the school at Neot Smadar. The key is making and unmaking of conceptual maps of reality and attaining states of true presence.
The topic of religious experience is explored in its academic setting and a number of Neot Smadar conversations are discussed in detail. The chapter shows that the concept of emptiness plays a major role in how religious experience figures in Neot Smadar.