Search for Truth
Search for Truth
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individual or group that might help the common
man reach his spiritual destination consciously
and independently.
Moreover, mysticism makes the claim that the
natural quest of man is its own fulfillment. It
does not require any external effort to arrive at
the perceived goal. In other words, it is like
assuming that the feeling of thirst or hunger in
man contains its own satisfaction. A thirsty or
hungry person is not to trouble himself to search
for water or food in the outer world.
4. Those (of this school of thought) who believe in
God interpret this hidden treasure in terms of
God. To them the inner contemplation of a
mystic is directed towards God.
This concept too is rationally inexplicable, for, if
such mystic exercises are a means to discover
God, then, there should be genuine proof that
God Himself has shown this way to find Him.
But there is no evidence that this path has been
prescribed by God. On the other hand, there is a
clear indication that this course separates the
seeker from God’s creation and leads him to a
