Is there any value to mysticism???

Answer 1

I suppose to those who experience it.

Answer 2

I think, ultimately, value is given to things and not received from them. Value is given by the way something is perceived. For example, if you think gold is ugly, you aren't likely going to agree with the value that is conventionally given to it.

Given that, I think it makes more sense to assign value to mysticism than it does to assign value to more traditionally materialistic pursuits. Matter comes and goes. That which has a beginning has and end. That which lives will die. That which was created will one day be destroyed. This is the temporal nature of the material world. Thus, for me, there is very little persistent value in it.

The spiritual world, however, is not at all temporal in nature. The world of the soul is neither created nor destroyed. It was never born so it will never die. It is the eternal part of experience. It is stainless. It is above and beyond all the trappings of temporal life.

I'd rather die accumulating a vast amount of spiritual wealth than die after accumulating a vast amount of material wealth. Spiritual wealth persists; the more you have the fuller and more alive you feel. Meanwhile, material wealth is always fleeting; the more you have the more you want.

So yes, I think there is great value in mysticism, if we don't speak about it in absolute terms (again, that which has a beginning has no end -- thus no destination), mysticism is therefore a journey, as is this life unfolding before us.

Answer 3

Other than showing the real value of rational thought? I can't think of anything else.

Answer 4

To answer, you must first explain what you mean by "value"...

Answer 5

is there any value to anything? No.