Hello, there Dear Forum, I have mused for some time now on what is the “commonality” (beyond OBE and the afterlife knowledge) that binds this forum together. I think that in one way or the other we are all Mystics or potential Mystics Bases on the information below what do you guys think.

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/self-actualization desires 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, my self identity?" "Who is this that observes and is self-reflecting?" “What is at life's very source?”....

The mystic consciously enters into the sacred journey that all the world's great religions speak of in various ways: Some call it becoming awakened, enlightened, and born again. An inner journey requires a deconstruction of the conditioned illusions of separation so that the true freedom of living can emerge. It is the true meaning of being born anew. It is the process and realization of letting die our stale and conditioned habits and beliefs so that we may live in the fullness of each new moment of Creation. It is the understanding that conditioned patterns, belief systems, and memory are not living, but dead moments already. It is the realization that true living can only be lived in a freedom that moves with the current of Creation -- forever open to each moment teaming with new potential.

To let go the illusions of ego identity and stand naked before our true original nature, often requires a removing of oneself from typical ways of living and thinking (at least for a time). In the sacred literature, this is often referred to as entering the wilderness, facing the dark night of the soul, annihilation of the ego, or dying to oneself to be born again. It is a process of fundamental transformation of conscious understanding that the mystic takes on. The journey it takes to successfully deconstruct the layers of conditioning that block true awareness, and what emerges from this inner journey of realization (or awakening) can often look and sound very mysterious (if not down right confusing) to the uninitiated and linear mind. However, in truth it is the deepest meaning upon which all the world's great religions have their original foundation. It is the journey to discovering and experiencing direct relationship with/as God or the Source of All Creation. It is each individual soul coming to directly know itself within the Divine. It is the fulfillment of our purpose: “I and my father are one."The inteconnectedness of all things'

A mystic is really anybody who seeks to experience above all else, the direct expression of God/Source/Being in one’s life. He or she is anyone with the deep desire and courage necessary to look - and see - beyond the obvious conditioning of our manufactured world view; to see beyond the illusions of our self-created identities, and find what lies forever before and all around us, as the One that is All. The path is one of surrendering all that we currently hold on to as belief, identity, and intellect. What emerges is the full expression of Being within the language of Love

Someone who has divine intent and who can lift the lid of doubt to comprehend a reality beyond most human understanding. Mystic is from the

Greek word - mysticos. Someone who is spiritually aware though not necessarily religious in a religious sense. A mystic is absolutely focused on a path to understand existence, creation, and establish some sort of a real connection with the divine source of everything; namely, the infinite being we call God. A mystic is heart centered and love is the driving force.

1.      Involving or characterized by esoteric, otherworldly, or symbolic practices or content, as certain religious ceremonies and art; spiritually significant; ethereal.

2.      Of the nature of or pertaining to mysteries known only to the initiated: mystic rites.

3.      Of occult character, power, or significance: a mystic formula.

4.      Of obscure or mysterious character or significance.
5.      Of or pertaining to mystics or mysticism.

–noun

6.      a person who claims to attain, or believes in the possibility of attaining, insight into mysteries transcending ordinary human knowledge, as by direct communication with the divine or immediate intuition in a state of spiritual ecstasy.

7.      A person initiated into religious mysteries.

alan

Perhaps we are mystic
when we don't go ballistic....  

love, blink

Hi,

It appears that only three forum members come out and declare themselves mystics,

Well I add myself and now we have four mystics on the forum based on the response to this thread.

alan