Although there are similarities between psychism and mysticism, they are different. Psychism deals with the personal or mortal aspects of consciousness, with paranormal experiences involving an I-Thou relationship. Mysticism transcends personal ego consciousness, and is for the sole purpose of having a direct, firsthand experience of God.
Affirmations for this lecture by Dr. Paul Leon Masters:
- Similarities: I understand that similarities between the psychical and mystical may include paranormal sight and extrasensory experience.
- Personal: I understand that psychism deals with the personal or mortal aspects of consciousness.
- Impersonal: I understand that mysticism involves that which transcends personal ego consciousness—the impersonal or Universal Consciousness.
- Psychism: I recognize that the experiences of psychism may include, but are not be limited to, other dimensions; clairvoyance; clairaudience; visions of symbols, scenes, gods, goddesses; or any other paranormal experience involving an I-Thou relationship.
- Mysticism: I understand that the practice of mysticism is for the sole purpose of firsthand, direct experience of Absolute, Eternal/Infinite Beingness as Mind/Spirit Consciousness—God.
- Meditation (Psychical): I understand that even for that sole purpose of union with God, meditation may be filled with experiences of a psychical nature.
- Psychical Learning and Distractions: I understand that while I may learn about life’s mysteries from psychical experiences, they are distractions that can direct my attention away from my ultimate spiritual goal—union with God.
- State of Being: I understand that while psychical experiences may be revealing or interesting, they may keep me just as neurotic or incomplete, or even more so if I allow myself to get caught up in such experiences and miss becoming a whole person, or experiencing union with God.
- Meditation (Mystical): I understand that the number one priority of my daily meditation is to transcend my personal ego consciousness to experience Universal Beingness, or union with God.
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