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Originally Posted by aron
The above is how I came into mysticism. In the Local Churches, under Witness Lee. Today I see it as pure manipulation. Nee got caught, then Lee, then others, then eventually I was there. Thankfully I got out.
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This is it.
The danger with Mysticism is that it allows for subjectivity. You're taught to focus only on the "now" ie "What is the spirit speaking now". That's the type of thing you'll hear within mystic circles.
By just having an "in the now" type of spirituality, you can justify contradictions in teachings because in a sense what was spoken of in the past no longer matters, it's the fresh new teaching that matters.
It allows for ambiguity and makes doctrine malleable to whatever the current situation calls for.
Compare that to Christ where he always pointed back to what was spoken of in the past through the prophets in order to reconcile God's Word to the present situation.