| Awaken Bharata |
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| Books By David Frawley |
| DEVIC AND ASURIC FORMS OF MYSTICISM | |
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| Devic
or divine mysticism is dominated by sattva guna, the quality of
purity, light and goodness. Yet it should transcend even attachment
to sattva, including attachment to religion. Asuric or power-seeking
mysticism is dominated by rajoguna and always has a restless urge to
assert and expand.
Yet the boundary between these two types of mysticism is not always clear and the two types can be mixed together in a particular person or religious group. There are cases of mystics who have both very sublime experiences as well as exaggerated or monumental human failings. In addition at any stage a Yogi can fall into an Asuric state, pursuing power rather than realization, with his ego taking the spiritual realization as a sign of its own preeminence. Even in non-dualistic paths, such delusions can occur with the mystic confusing the Divine Self or the Absolute with his own human personality, or Divine wisdom with his own intellectual achievements. |
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