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Volume 20:3 March 2020
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Tagore’s Concept of Mystic Vision and Realization

N. Kaushi Reddy, Ph.D. Scholar (Full-Time)

Abstract

This paper is an attempt to highlight Tagore’s concept of Mystic vision as projected in his plays. This paper gives a clear view of the term ‘Mysticism’. The concept of mysticism is something simple and clear which provides a tiny beam of light in readers minds and illuminates the soul. Thus, through this paper it is made clear that the concept of deathless soul and endless possibilities in life.

Keywords: Rabindranath Tagore, Tagore’s plays, mysticism, realization, fulfilment, spirituality, consciousness.

‘Mysticism’ is a term which is something related to religious ideas and sometimes used to replace the words such as ‘allegory’ and ‘symbolism’. Many people think that mysticism is something that is related to love but the universally acknowledged mystics have put their efforts fully to make sure that it is the idea of uniting the ordinary soul (Jivatma) with the heavenly or the superior soul (Paramatma). Mysticism is closely related to the term ‘Savikalpa Samadhi’ which means realising one’s own self as a part of the supreme soul or the discovery of one’s inner self. No other word in English could well mean this idea other than ‘mysticism’. Going further into this idea, mysticism could be a part of theological study or an occult science or a collective term used as a fanatic opinion about God and world. No matter what the religion is, mysticism joins hands with all religions. It goes parallel with all philosophies and arts because the home place of mystic study is religion and only religion. Religious mysticism is defined as “the attempt to realise the presence of living God in the soul and in nature, or more generally, as the attempt to realise in thought and feelings, the immanence of the temporal in the eternal and of the eternal in the temporal”. (Inge 5)

There is another form of mysticism which says about the merging of the individual identity with the Brahman, otherwise the supreme soul. To be true, this kind of mysticism speaks about the Jivatma fighting to get freedom from life and death and join hands with the Paramatma. This form of mysticism is called the ‘Vedantic Mysticism’. The intuitive experience that arises in the individual’s mind makes this mysticism happen so easily. As said by the present-day mystics, the main focus of all mysticism focuses on love. Love is nothing but the sense of superficial emotions and an incomparable ultimate expression of one’s innermost feelings. Love is “a total dedication to heart and will. It is described as a deep-seated desire and tendency of the soul”. (Seshadri 10). Every soul needs love because it is the only way to attain the supreme soul. The supreme soul that an ordinary self loves, may be for no reason or might have fixed through thoughts. Whatever the reason may be, the supreme soul could be attained only by love and not by any understanding. This is the basis of a mystical love and it considers devotion as one of the substances of mystic. The ordinary self in the process of attaining the supreme soul dedicates or sacrifices all the worldly possessions and falls deeply in love with the unidentified supreme soul. This process does not give the devotee a personal gain or precious worldly possessions, it gives him a way to attain God and strengthen God-man relationship. To understand this view in a better way, it is necessary to read Professor Seth Pringle’s lines about mystic.

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N. Kaushi Reddy, Ph.D. Scholar (Full-Time)
Department of English & Comparative Literature
School of English & Foreign Languages
Madurai Kamaraj University
Madurai-21
Tamilnadu, India
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