Written By: Tavishi Dogra | Updated : December 9, 2023 3:54 PM IST
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What is a mystical experience? When we look into the meaning of this term, it says something that inspires a sense of spiritual mystery, an awe or a fascination. Another part of the meaning also relates to the mystics or religious mysticism. It would be fascinating to delve further into the first aspect of it. If there is any experience or any phenomenon that someone hasn't experienced earlier, they categorize it as a mystical, an unknown experience that inspires awe and a sense of fantasy.
It is also popularly considered to be uniting or becoming one with God or the Absolute. It may sometimes also refer to any ecstasy or an altered state of Consciousness. This experience may be given a religious or a spiritual lens to view. Mysticism also refers to attaining insight into the ultimate or hidden truths about birth, death and life that bring about human transformation. Founder of AIR Institute of Realizations and Spiritual Leader AiR Atman in Ravi explains how various practices and experiences can bring about this transformation.
Spirituality has existed since humans have existed, and many aspects of Spiritualispiritualityawe and fascination in humans. This is because only a few incline Spirituality and Spiritual Awakening. 1% of the population is physically blind, and the rest, 99%, is spiritually blind. In such a situation, a lesser explained and lesser occurring spiritual phenomena like Enlightenment, Realization of the Truth, Purification, Illumination, Sel-Realization, God-Realization and the experience of SatChitAnanda or Eternal Bliss in the Truth Consciousness are also taken as mystical experiences. These mystical experiences are lesser known to the ordinary person, and such rarely known experiences inspire awe and a sense of fantasy. Hence, they are also categorized as paranormal experiences.
First, one should yearn for Spirituality, Self-Realization and God-Realization to get to the Spiritual path. Once the yearning is developed, the seeker can take the path of Spirituality, where there are stages of progression toward the ultimate Spiritual Awakening.
Enlightenment is a spiritual experience that seems mystical and magical because one can truly understand it only when one experiences it and realizes the truth. This mysterious, spiritual experience can completely transform the individual's life and take him towards the ultimate goal of Spiritual Awakening the attainment of Moksha, Nirvana or Salvation!
