EXplanation for the mystical practiCe I. Květoslav Minařík Received June 6 2015 - Revised August 15 2015 - Accepted August 18 2015 Abstract Joyfulness is not only an emotional state. It is a tingeing factor, which will take hold of a human being as an object and transform it; and this transformation of the being is actually the point. Key words Yoga, mystical practice, moral practice, joyfulness, concentration 1 Why to develop joyful mood We cannot imagine the advancement towards redemption otherwise than that it must be happening through joyful states. People who are not able to rejoice are actually pessimistic and by that, they are closer to the ideas about hell than about heaven. We know about heaven, that it is a place of joy and, on a higher level, even a place of bliss. About redemption we subsequently know, that it is a state beyond celestial states and definitely not to be found beyond some culmination of obstinacy, dark mood and gloomy thoughts. Joyfulness will not “fall into the lap” of anyone. Therefore everyone has to strive, to come, by the very developing of joyfulness, internally closer to celestial states; that is a practical path to heaven as a between state on the path towards salvation from the natural, perhaps human state. The human state is characterised by changes. It is typical for people to swing from the states of literally crazy elation to desperation again. Between these extreme inner states, there is an ideal equilibrium, which can be classified as a pure original humanness; this humanness suffers from the fact that it has to counterbalance that crazy joyfulness by subsequent desperation. What follows from that is, that to let oneself drift by the state of humanness doesn’t lead to anything good. Spirituality Studies 1 (2) Fall 2015 33 (1)
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