Practical Mystic

Practices and perspectives of a practical mystic:

Becoming a Practical Mystic by Jacquelyn Small

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In every age of human history certain people have felt a strong sense of destiny and realized there is something bigger going on here than meets the eye. These practical mystics are visionaries, but they are also grounded catalysts for change who know intuitively how to recognize and direct the natural process of personal and planetary transformation. They perform the sacred function of helping humanity evolve. Having already tapped into the core of the creative process, they know how to give spiritual principles a concrete expression to move us from the uncreated to the created. For they remember that they are divine. Because of their obvious strength of conviction and their faith in this process, these individuals are sought by others for guidance and support. Though in the minority, these vision carriers hold steady with their unbending belief in the coming future while much else falls apart. These people haven't actually done anything to make their presence felt by others in this way; their authority is not a matter of doing, but of being.

A spontaneous flow of spirit naturally pours through their nature. And this spirit is contagious! When you are in the presence of such a person, you feel aligned with a higher purpose and can rest, content that everything is being guided by a Higher Power and that even your small life has a sacred meaning.

Practical mystics are guides for humanity during times of great change. They are the architects for the new era, for they can see the sacred within the ordinary world. They possess an intuitive understanding of how to die to the old and allow a Higher Order to make all things new. And they model this process for others, which is how they teach.

We ourselves are these artists and designers of the coming times, makers of the specific themes and events we intensely desire to experience. There appears to be a "universal fabric" or "cosmic soup" in which our consciousness is imbedded. This consciousness, our very life force, can be molded and visibly shaped into any type of matrix or design for every human potential we can imagine as a possibility. By using our creative imaginations, focused attention, and remarkable ability to create stories and assign meaning to things, we shape our reality. We do this in alignment with the Creative Force itself.

If we could draw a diagram of what is happening, we could see that our human will is merging with divine love itself. In so doing, we are cultivating qualities of courage, compassion and understanding. We are aligning with the Creator's plan for humanity. Our prayer becomes:

"For so it must be, and help me to do my part!"

Are you one of these awakening ones, perhaps a "closet mystic" with an eye on the future life and ears to hear the inner instructions coming from your Source? If you are, you will know it. [excerpt from BECOMING A PRACTICAL MYSTIC, pg. 4-6]

Today, because science and mysticism are merging, practical mystics are coming forward from within our own psyches, a new archetype emerging for today's transitional times. As the synthesis of the Seer and the Scientist, practical mystics know how to manifest the visionary in physical reality. These new helpers of humanity are not dreamers; they are doers of Spirit's work. They are free thinkers–and must be–in order to break away from the past and serve an evolving humanity.

The mystics of old spun visions of possible futures out of their hopes, wishes and desires. Most were knowers who could predict what was to come, not builders who could construct it. Today's new imaginative visionaries do not stop with an image of the ideal. They embody their dreams and build scaffolds through which Spirit can shine its light.

"God geometrizes," said the Greek sage Pythagoras, the father of music and mathematics. Today's new seers move into the world of materialism with a steady eye, grounding humanity's visions in new institutions, systems, policies, and procedures that reshape our everyday world.

Practical mystics are never zealots. They know how to balance the tension of the opposites and not get caught in one-sided emotionalism, at least never for very long. Their "Aquarian" consciousness respectfully carries forward the goods of the past, honoring all paths that represent true spirituality as approaches that lead one home.

But I must warn you: Those who are invested in upholding the status quo often regard today's mystics as complete fools. No matter. Possessed with a gutsy fortitude to buck society's stereotypes, the practical mystics of today remain obedient and courageous servants of Spirit, undaunted by any resistance they encounter in the outer world. Then, with an uncanny childlike grace, they inspire all of humanity to build its dreams. [excerpt from BECOMING A PRACTICAL MYSTIC, pg. 124-125]

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