What is a Mystic?

A mystic is one who, above all else in life, desires to know, not in the intellectual sense of knowing, the deepest Truth of existence. A mystic is one who senses more to life than making a living or being of service in the world although these things are both necessary and good. The mystic, however, is looking beyond an exclusive or preoccupied focus on these survival or self-actualization to something more.

He is looking to discover the deepest truth of our being as incarnate souls; to understand our greatest potential as reflections of God; to realize our wholeness within the ground of all. The primary interest in life for the mystic is to discover truth, to know God; to see into mans whole nature. The mystic sees all of life as an abundant opportunity to discover, realize, and express the Divine.

Mysticism springs from an insatiable curiosity for understanding the essential questions of life: matters of God, creation, the infinite and the human potential for knowing truth. The mystic is in reality the ultimate scientist who, looking beyond the apparent or obvious in all matters, asks, "Is this that I am seeing reality or the illusions that stem from fear?" "What existed before this sense of reality?" "What existed before my mental constructs, my beliefs, and my self identity?" "Who is this that observes and is self-reflecting?" "What is at life's very source?

A mystic seeks to merge with the God mind to know the source of all knowledge. I have done this but my human frame and brain does not enable me to retain all knowledge about every thing. It is like plugging into a source

I think one is born a mystic, just my personal view just as is an Idigo person who can be an adult like me

Mysticism, misunderstood by mainstream culture People incorrectly think mysticism is some kind of odd occult or a mystic someone who studies magic or renounces life and goes off to live in a cave. Nothing could be further from the truth.

The mystic consciously enters into the sacred journey that all the world's great religions speak of in various ways.

Love

Alan

Im a little partial to this topic and enjoyed reading your post here Alan.

You are so accurate in your assessment of the definition and assumtion of the public. I wrote a book and titled it Mainstream Mystic and MADE SURE to put a defintion in the Introduction just for that reason.

We are all Mystics, we are born with that innate desire to reconnect with our Source.

Mysticism is defined as the pursuit of conscious awareness of the ultimate spiritual truth; or having a direct experience with God through the use of instinct, intuition or insight.