Mystical Tales [REVISED]

I look at my document and the world ends, every time;
I bring it back by quickly looking away – Tunisia’s
corruption is not meant for today and I read William
James instead: mystic’s revelations hold true for
mystics only – others can consider them but have
no claim to truth without our personal experience
of such events

I agree; even a sceptic can see a right to dignity
creates peaceful society and inequality a recipe for
disaster; no need for a mystic’s revelations to provide
foundations for these principles; yet some mystical
tales are so enchanting and their claim to truth is
irrelevant, like the mystical tale of a baby
born to bring peace to the world

The tale of Buddha illuminated, Sufi Whirling Dervishes
dancing atom’s spin into a primitive world, Hindu gods
telling of many Kali ages, the Kabala’s Tree of Life; when
these lovely ideas are used to motivate more freedom and
rights for members of the human race, they fulfil a higher
ideal in a magnificent way