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Vol. 11, Mysticism in Life
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17. The Mystic's Nature
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The Outlook of a Mystic
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Vol. 11, Mysticism in Life
17. The Mystic's Nature
The Outlook of a Mystic
Thirdly there is the outlook of the mystic. The mystic not only sees the first reason of everything and anything; he sees the reason behind the reason, and behind that still another reason, until he touches the essence of reason, where what we call "reason" is lost.
As far as we can see, we see only a cause, but what the mystic sees is deeper than a cause; it is the cause of all causes.
And by this his outlook changes from the ordinary outlook. Thus it may happen that the language of the mystic seems gibberish; people cannot understand its wisdom because they only use their reason.
The mystic is the friend of many, but for a mystic to find a friend is difficult. It is difficult enough for anyone to feel that there is even a single person in the world who understands him, so how much more difficult must it be for the mystic! He can only try to understand himself; but if he can do that it is quite sufficient.
The mystic does not concern himself much with what will be the immediate result of anything; he concerns himself with what will be the final result. This makes his point of view different from the worldly point of view.
The outlook of the mystic shows him that the rise is for a fall and that the fail is for a rise; in other words, after the night comes the day, and the day awaits the night.
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