6 4 S p i r i t ua l i t y S t u d i e s 8 - 1 S p r i n g 2 0 2 2 the emanation] of this substance results in psychic exhaustion, the stages of which are well classified by psychiatrists.” (Minařík 1991/1, 117). 2) An active human mind is, naturally, a phenomenon disappearing in a diffusion-like manner. When the mind shows excessive emanation due to exuberant thinking, “the organism deteriorates due to a lack of vital forces” (Minařík 2013, 85). “Every person who does not care about the cultivation of conscious thinking is thus exposed to mental degeneration” (Minařík 2013, 107). 5 Mysticism as the Way of Transformation of Being The process of growing education levels of the world’s population makes, by exerting intellectual tension, individuals put great pressure on their centers of essential energies. “Not in the least does [note: this process] provide man with instructions how to deal with these energies thus released.” (Minařík 1991/1, 117). “For that reason, the consciousness of people travels more and more towards the head, which makes their lives not only very limited in terms of space but is also badly subjective.” (Minařík 1991/2, 233). People without this kind of information throw the released mental forces outside of their beings and these forces in turn carry away their consciousness. Thus perception of the body eludes them and man becomes a being more mental rather than vital, therefore also ignorant because “cosmic information is obtained primarily through sensation in our bodies” (Clow, 2006, 251). “Hence it is completely wrong to think that the more thoroughly one devours the world through the senses, the happier you live. Because by missing out on the sensation of one’s own body, the feeling of missing out on something arises and this deprivation cannot be compensated for by any amount of sensation coming from the outer world. In common people this means a general decline that needs to be stopped.” (Minařík 1991/2, 234–5). For that reason, Minařík gives to the world a unique system that as a “teaching of the wisest yogis, defies the tendency of restricting and narrowing consciousness” (Minařík 1991/2, 233). It achieves this in two particular ways: 1) by being aware of one’s body, 2) by watching one’s own feelings.
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