Barok w mistyce – hipertrofia myśli i emocji? (1)
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In mysticism, I am mostly interested in emanations of some type of
intensity of existence, which abstracts from the biological one. Revoking
a treaty with time results in a puzzling personal experience, the story of
which can be treated as an existential lesson. In mysticism, the truth
becomes known through faith. It finds its source in love, which is the
soul’s response for the salutary love of God directed at it. As a refusal of
the demands of human nature, mysticism offers an entrance into the
realm of the spirit and transcendence. The latter is approached by man
through a sacrifice of love, which cleanses him of the ontological stain
and guilt. The first stage of this peregrination is purification. It is an act
of conscience stimulated by the vision of Christ’s passion, foreseeing
death and inevitable Judgement. Purification is an encouragement for
contrition and responsibility going beyond the temporal limits. In the
second stage of the journey to God (illumination), a prayer for grace of
life under the aegis of the cross substitutes the lament over oneself. It
will be a life of humility, contemplation and doloristic imitation,
crowned with love understood as following the intention of God.
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