Mysteries of Mysticism

June 19, 2005

I very much enjoyed reading the following lines by Rashid Mughal sahib:

How can one tread the vastness of mysticism when one is tethered to the pettiness of religion? I sincerely believe the magic of mysticism transforms our lives when we pluck up the courage to put religion in its place.

How true Rashid sahib! For most of us, religion almost always becomes a destination rather than a boat to reach at a destination. It usually occurs like a movie projected on the screen of thoughts directed by one’s  own conditioning with a cast of God, Angels, Prophets etc. The director being the only spectator even wins an Oscar for his own presentation. Then, pyramid of likely minded people start expanding downwards, hence comes denominations, sects and different religions. We read commentaries upon commentaries on religious scriptures,  diverse interpretations based on logical conclusions without even realizing the simple fact that this is just ‘mind at work’. It is like using words to define love without ever experiencing it; describing honey without even tasting it! Naturally, the outcome has to be distorted. If heart is not there, then mind can only work like a broken mirror changing  perception of reality from God to dog. The Mystics have always said, “Wings of intellect burn at the threshold of heart”. A heart simply knows, directly experience that what it is! This is why, it creates a chaos out of order to form an order of its own, breaking the chains of borrowed religious ideas to find the Truth on its own.

Regards

Hasan N. Mirza