On Mysticism

[Listening to: Lateralus - Tool - Lateralus (9:21)]

Indians have their Bhramin and we have our sufis. There appears in each civilization or society an ever broadening spectrum of versatile people, activities, traditions as the individual components grow and evolve. One cannot simply dismiss these deviations on the basis of majority beliefs. Traditions such as metaphysics and mysticism are not a figment of some crazy man's imagination. They are the result of a combined effort of mankind to use stagnant rules of understanding upon an ever changing swirl that is their temporal existence.
If we were to evaluate mysticism in its proper context as a rebellion against the contemporary analytic approach then it would become apparent that mysticism is much more than a few reclusive individuals chanting hymns. It is a revaluation of human understanding and a departure from normal comprehension towards emotional surrender. I cannot do justice to this topic here but I believe our bias towards the fully comprehensible acts as a barrier between us and a better understanding of mysticism.