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What Does Mysticism Mean to Your Religion?
Ron Krumpos has left a couple of inspiring comments on my blog, so I went to check out his suprarational.org site.
Most mystics are quite spiritual, yet not all spiritual people are mystics. True devotees of mysticism should be spiritual…
There is not much on the site, except for this great free e-book on religion, mysticism and you. If you are a believer in one of the five major religions (Christians, Hindus, Buddhists, Islamic and Jewish), then you’ll learn about how mysticism relates – or doesn’t relate – to your specific belief system.
You can download Ron’s free e-book on mysticism and religion here, and I’ve added a brief excerpt from the 104 page e-book below:
“Many religious people do believe in astrology, but most religions and mystics have rejected it (except Hinduism and the Kabbalah). Divine essence is in the stars and planets, as it is in All, yet the stars and planets in any alignment do not make absorption in divine unity any easier nor more difficult.
Awareness of this Universe and of universal oneness, however, are vital during the mystical quest.
Spirituality, unlike the occult spiritualism, is sometimes defined as an “attempt to grow in sensitivity to self, to others, to non-human creation, and to God who is both within and beyond this totality.” In practice, spirituality will often “cultivate tranquility, mindfulness and insight, leading to virtues of wisdom and compassion.”
Similar or different, it changed their lives.
…All mystical traditions, among all religions, in all eras, have had many common themes and beliefs, still they were not identical. Just as no two witnesses will testify to the same event in the same way, mystics’ accounts of divine consciousness quite often differed. They usually interpreted spiritual input through their historical, cultural and personal situation.
A few mystics seem to be always in divine union, many of them do return to it frequently, while most had unforgettable moments of oneness. As humans, all of them were subject to the limitations of words to express that for which no words are adequate.
Each mystic had to form those inadequate words into the symbols and concepts which could be understood by people of their faith. Some may have modified their words to meet the personal needs of their followers, to avoid a conflict with their orthodox religion, and/or to clarify previous misunderstandings.
Their experiences surpass any words.
Mysticism can be a bridge between religions. The search for the absolute and ultimate divine may defined differently in Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism, but the Reality itself is the same.
Divine essence is universal; we must be aware of it.”
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