Mysticism

From: richard <richard.develyn_at_nwpeople.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 10:12:18 +0100


I've just had my second yoga session last night and afterwards we talked a little about mysticism.

Most of my ideas about that come from reading articles on illumination on the Digest!

Anyway, I thought I'd post some stuff which came out which I thought was interesting, and I think thought provoking for Gloranthan.

Let me just talk about enlightenment in a religion-neuteral way. I'm not an expert on this. I'm just throwing ideas up. All this is IMO.

An enlightened person gets at the truth. Jesus said (apparently) The Truth Makes You Free. Sounds like illumination.

Interestingly, however, when you get at the truth of yourself you are also in touch with some sort of cosmic unity. God, I suppose. That I guess is the idea that God is inside us, outside us, in the waste-bin, whatever.

I'm not sure whether that idea is in Gloranthan illumination. In particular:

  1. Is it a personal way of going into sync with something which is not part of you.

or

b) Is it a way in which you recognise how you are a part of something which envelops everything.

Finally, my Yoga teacher said to me that a truly enlightened person can change the world. That isn't something I've heard much talk about in terms of illumination.

Whether you go for (a) or (b) above, it would seem to me that if an illuminated person chose to make a change to Glorantha, he could do so with minimal effort and maximum effect.

It's a bit like a martial artist who has such an understanding of your body that he can incapacitate you with a little press of his finger.

If an illuminated person chooses to _push_ the world, rather than just accomodate himself within it, he would know exactly where to push and how hard.

What do you think?

Richard
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