Re: Mysticism

From: Paul Andrew King <paul_at_morat.demon.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 21:35:52 +0100

>I would rather say "Good mystics don't use their powers, which are
>considered just another manifestation of the illusory world."

Or another way of putting it might be that Mystics learn to see through the levels of illusion but to use the powers gained from that knowledge means accepting deeper levels of illusion as Real.

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"The T'ang emperors were strong believers in the pills of 
immortality.  More emperors died of poisoning from ingesting minerals 
in the T'ang than in any other dynasty" - Eva Wong _The Shambhala 
Guide to Taoism_

Paul K.


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