The Mystical Beauty which is Truth
“Mysticism, then, offers us the history, as old as civilization, of a race of adventurers who have carried to its term the process of a deliberate and active return to the divine fount of things. They have surrendered themselves to the life-movement of the universe, hence have lived with an intenser life than other men can ever know; have transcended the ‘sense-world’ in order to live on high levels the spiritual life. Therefore they witness to all that our latent spiritual consciousness, which shows itself in the ‘hunger for the Absolute,’ can be made to mean to us if we develop it; and have in this respect a unique importance for the race. It is the mystics, too, who have perfected that method of intuition, that knowledge by union, the existence of which philosophy has been driven to acknowledge. But where the metaphysician obtains at best a sidelong glance at that Being ‘unchanging yet illusive,’ whom he had so often defined but never discovered, the artist a brief and dazzling vision of the Beauty which is Truth, they gaze with confidence into the very eyes of the Beloved.” ~Evelyn Underhill
As Old as Civilization
Many people think mysticism goes back only two or three thousand years, but it is much older than that. Almost since the very beginning of the human race, there have been mystics. These are people who can communicate with God and God’s messengers. They can often see things that most of us don’t see and know things that few others know. Materialists think it is no more real than the tricks of a stage magician, but they are wrong. While there are certainly frauds who pretend to be mystics, many of them writing books these days, there have always been and always will be real mystics.
Divine Process
The mystics are adventurers in the sense that they are willing to go where few have gone before. Not in the sense of physical travel, though that may be involved for some, but spiritual travel to other dimensions of being and consciousness. They do follow a divine process for spiritual growth that is never written down, except in allegorical form, and is shared only with those who are ready for it. It isn’t basic meditation as the schools of meditation would have you believe. Meditation is very basic and you wouldn’t need years of study in a mystery school to master it. What the students learned in those schools was far more than meditation.
Latent Spiritual Consciousness
Spiritual Consciousness is latent because we enter the physical world with our spiritual faculties in a state similar to a coma. These faculties must be awakened and developed before we can truly gain Spiritual Consciousness.
Perfected Intuition
Mystics and spiritual adepts do have a better developed intuition then most of us. They also have prophetic dreams regularly. The trick is knowing how to interpret dreams, visions, and intuitive feelings. Mystics are trained to do that, and once they reach a certain level, they just know and understand the symbology used.
Beauty of Truth
The Beauty of Truth is not like the beauty of an attractive person, flower, or other object with physical beauty. The Beauty of Truth comes partly by simply knowing it is true, and not just opinions or accepted theories. Truth is also beautiful in that it is simple, yet complex enough to account for the whole universe. The truly awakened mystic can understand this and be able to be a co-creator with God. The materialist creates little except chaos.
From the SOLAR WIND collection by Harold Boulette
The first interfaith luncheon sponsored by the Nevada Interfaith Association since 2019 was held Wednesday, October 13, 2021 at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Cathedral. The bi-annual luncheons provide a time and opportunity for clergy of the Northern Nevada region to meet personably and exchange ideas and also inform each other of special events happening in their respective communities. Bishop Gene Savoy Jr. and Reverend Canon Robert Petrovich attended on behalf of the International Community of Christ Church.
