The Source Book On Sikhism

Chapter Fifty-Nine

Mystic is the Image of the Person To Be

Dr. S.S. Sodhi

Without mysticism man (person) is a monster,

Automatized, caged, chained to his cultural conditioning,

In waking consciousness, he performs his utilitarian tasks,

And misses the fathomlessly strange, enigmatic, “the other kind of seeing”.
Through transcendental operationalism she can develop a mind which has no boundaries,

Through mind fasting, she can lose her attachments,

Through mediation she can dwell upon something to produce a metaphoric universe,

Through de-automatization she can come to her senses by losing her mind.

He can say his prayer of simple regard to become the seer and the seen,

His wise passiveness can develop in him awareness without comparison,

He can stop de-naturing nature by using language and labels,

He can train himself in mental silence and choiceless attention.

She can seek satori, at-one-ment and beatitude,

She can become fearless because of compulsions to empathize with the powerlessness,

She can reach an oceanic stage of relating, responding and becoming,

She can intentionally dissolve her ego through I - naughting and Karuna.

At times he can get frustrated and cultivate his own garden,

At times he can get fixated due to “ego” and “separation anxiety”,

At times his plateau experiences of mindfulness do not break his chains of bondage,

But he still lights a candle rather than cursing darkness and urges people to