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Welcome to The Mystics!

  

AM I IN THE RIGHT PLACE?

If you're feeling the discontent of having no spiritual direction and experiencing the nagging thought that you're missing something important ...

If you don't have a Bible, don't understand scripture, or are intimidated by those who do understand it ...

If you have a religion and a denomination but no meaningful relationship with God ...

If you wanted to visit a website about the paranormal or occult and reached this site by mistake ...

If you feel Mysticism threatens your own beliefs and want to keep tabs on what "the enemy" is doing ...

If you instinctively believe that the Creator loves us and wants us all back with Him ...

 
Whatever it was that brought you to this site, I hope sincerely that you will continue your investigation by cheerfully setting aside pre-conceived notions of Mysticism, and also your understandable intellectual need to categorize your set of religious beliefs. Life's loftiest goal, a relationship with our creator, is the one which takes the most humility, but there is also freedom and joy in focusing on union with God. This freedom and joy is what I want most for all, and though it's trying to explain the unexplainable, I hope what we do here will inspire you to realize your own ability to recognize God's love for you.

WHAT IS MYSTICISM? ". . . the experience of mystical communion or direct communication with ultimate reality reported by mystics; the belief that direct knowledge of God, spiritual truth or ultimate reality can be attained through subjective experience (as intuition or insight); a theory postulating the possibility of direct and intuitive acquisition of otherwise (unobtainable) knowledge and grace . . ." (Webster's Collegiate Dictionary)

That is the dictionary definition; here is how it feels:

Mysticism is the state of recognizing and accepting a personal, loving relationship between you and your Creator based on your free will desire for it and the gift of God's spirit infused into your own. It shows itself in your need to communicate often with Him in comfortable prayer, and results in your sense of God's presence constantly supporting you throughout your daily life. Your inner senses are heightened and your body, mind, soul and spirit are together oriented toward God in such a way as joy becomes more familiar and the trials of life become more bearable. You attain a new humility that urges you to match your will to God's, and a new obedience to accept God's plan without question. You are more attuned to God's reality than to the world's, and you tend to put God first, ahead of worldly distractions and absurdities. You become conscious of a deep peace in your life that comes from knowing virtue and pursuing a right-relationship with God. You attain a new hope for life everlasting because through mystic experience you have already seen a glimpse of what God has in store for you and it is wonderful beyond expression.

 

WHAT IS MYSTIC DEVOTION?

A person doesn't set out to become a mystic – enrolling in courses and getting a diploma that makes them a mystic. Mystics become mystics through a calling by God and a surprisingly well-documented process brought to life through God's grace. But people who have gotten that calling probably do not understand that it is a beginning, and may spend many years in confusion as to how to proceed. These things are decided by God, but by studying the history and works of past and present mystics, a seeker can recognize what they're going through and say “Yes” to God through the mystic process. Those who have not experienced a calling can also perfect their prayer and their spirit to make themselves receptive to what God wants for them. So there's great reward in mystic devotions for everyone, including the peace and joy of placing ourselves in the attitude of appreciation for God's presence in our lives.

 

IS MYSTICISM RELIGIOUS OR SPIRITUAL?

All religions have their mystic elements; yet Mysticism isn't limited to being a religious exercise, but is more of an independent, personal spirituality. It's the nature of Mysticism to have a universal outlook appealing to the global community, because the Creator is the Father of all. Mysticism is about the unitive relationship each person can have with the Creator, who doesn't distinguish between us for this purpose.

 

WHAT CAN MYSTICISM DO FOR ME?

 

The hope of Eternal Life, thereby, is available to all, and the joy and promise of God's Kingdom can be demonstrated here and now on Earth -- we are chosen by God because we demonstrate our desire to be chosen, and to receive insight. In seeking a relationship with the Creator, we naturally secure the very virtues that open us up to a right-relationship with God and the ability to recognize His presence in our lives. Our own divinity, then, puts us in right-relationship with each other too. In this path lies the peace and joy that was meant for us since the beginning.
© 2005-2010 Aubri Dennison

THE MYSTICS  MINISTRY

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This current spiritual guidance sample is taken from the Devotional Mysticism course, Applied Mysticism. To see all topics for the course, click HERE.  To learn more about the Mystic Spirituality course, click on the "Courses in Devotional Mysticism" page.

  

 
 

TOPIC #4

THE GREAT NOD FROM GOD

PUBLISHED 1/9/07

 

As we found in the last presentation, inner peace is a personal gift from God as built in us by the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is a manifestation of God Himself, just as Jesus is a manifestation of God himself. So in practice there's no real difference between the work of God and the work of the Holy Spirit, just as there's no practical difference between what your hand has written and what your mind has ordered your hand to write.

 

The Holy Spirit is the messenger of enlightenment for us. The Word is given to us in this “human” way so that we can relate to something that we aren't ready to understand in this life. In the Bible it tells of how the Holy Spirit came upon Jesus at His baptism, at which time God revealed Jesus' role. Also, after Jesus had died and risen, he walked with two of his disciples from Jerusalem to Emmaus, telling them all about scripture and the life of Jesus. The two disciples didn't recognize Him until the Holy Spirit came to them and enlightened them as to who He was and what He said. Later Jesus explained to the apostles that His earthly work was over but He promised them that the Holy Spirit would come in His place to carry on God's work on Earth in another, much different way. It's all about revelation; revelations that God provides His people, including you and me.

 

We will study the Holy Spirit in more detail later on, because the Holy Spirit is the life and enabler of Mysticism. But for now what's important is that God has chosen not only to be present in us but to make a difference in us through the Holy Spirit. The work of the Holy Spirit makes God's glory knowable to us in doses that we can handle, and the results of this work are perfectly visible and understandable to us even in our human weakness and faults.

 

Stop and think about that for a minute, because this is what Mysticism is really about, and it's an awesome gift. Here we are with enough intellect to wonder why we're here, but without enough intellect to reason out the answer. Along comes God and says “You have made a choice to accept the kingdom Christ offered you, so I'm going to give you a small glimpse of it here on Earth. In My plan this will give you so much joy and love you will become a catalyst for bringing others close to Me. I will send the Holy Spirit to you to give you the knowledge and grace to do this. All you have to do is keep accepting My love and the way I carry out My plan, no matter how it may seem to you. Show Me that you're on My side in this, and not only will you be comforted by your own prayers, but by your example so will others.”

 

This is the Great Nod from God. Many are called but few are chosen; I want everyone reading this to be chosen. I want you to encourage God to choose you by your prayer and acceptance; by humbling yourself and abandoning your free will to God so you will want only what God wants. The more you do this the more grace the Holy Spirit will pour into your spirit, making it Christlike and divine in the measure God has chosen for you. You will be given virtues, and along with virtue comes joy. As an instrument of God you will experience a new existence with new inspirations, each one another “Nod from God” that you will recognize and appreciate and want to share.

  

When you discuss God with someone, brilliant words will come to you automatically. When you write it will seem so effortless you'd think if you let go of the pen it would keep on writing by itself. You will accidentally hit a button on your computer and a page will appear out of nowhere that's exactly what you need to see at that moment. If you are straying from what God wants you to do, an unbelievable string of impossible glitches will keep you from pursuing that project. Something you happen to need in order to carry out God's plan will inexplicably appear before you. A stranger you speak to will say something that enlightens you or answers a need. Peace and joy will overcome you for no other reason than “just because”.

 

Each of these and much more have happened to me and can also happen to you. In fact, these things are only uncommon if a person doesn't recognize them as the small miracles they are. When God becomes everything in your life, everything in your life will speak to you of God. It's so much more enjoyable to walk around in the world this way than the way most people do -- striving for things other than God; things that will not satisfy and will not last. Build a relationship with God and you will experience real joy that you can pass on to others.

 

SUGGESTED READINGS FOR LECTIO DIVINA

 

Matt. 7:7-23

Luke 12:8-13

Ephes. 2:1-9

2 Peter 1:16-21

 

 

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

 

  

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

  

  

 

 

  

MYSTIC QUOTE:

  

 “Many see something miraculous in the outward manifestation of divine ecstasy. We see in it only a higher degree of mystical union. It is no more miraculous than the prayer of quiet, which is more or less unobserved exteriorly. It is supernatural. The real miracle takes place in the soul. What we notice is merely that the door is closed and the shades are down at the earthly house of the soul. The mystical drama does not admit any spectators. Only the soul can reveal the secrets of the ecstatic union, and it is from such revelations that we learn about the nature of ecstasy, its different forms, its marvelous effects.”

 

Pascal P. Parente – The Mystical Life

 

 
 

 

  

 

 
 

AUBRI'S PRAYER

 

Lord, the sins I've committed are long gone in you eyes. All that's left of where they once were is the good tracks they've left behind – the desire to do better. Please send your Holy Spirit to help me in this.