How We Should React to Mystics Today

Mystics are supposed to be close to God and have direct knowledge of spiritualism than most of us do. Being religious means knowing and acting right as per the instructions of the church or the scriptures. This may appear too boring and repetitive at times as most truths lose their relevance and substantiality after a period of time. But mystic experiences add a quality of freshness to our perception of the world and create ground for new illuminations and visionary directions to change the state of things we are rotting in. Consider for example, the revelations of St. Joan of Arc. Were they not intended to stop political apathy and save France from English domination? St Joan's claim that she had been directed by the voice of God to venture upon a task that needed extreme courage and determination, and Indomitable Faith to pursue the Lord's authorial voice to the last, were found to be true at last and therfore she was anointed. But during her lifetime she faced the ridicule of the Church and was burnt on the stake to appease political and ecclesiastical interests.
Mystics keep on being born. Society has not learnt from lessons from history. They are still haunted and sacrificed at the alter of greed and dissension.
Weshould react differently to Mystics. The common enough mode today is to declare them mentally ill and have them put behind the bars of an asylum. Or to torture them after declaring them to be heretics and witches. This is primarily because they speak in metaphors that elude our understanding. Their real life experiences are translated into proverbs and parables, and their ability to see the unseen upsets us.
 Ler us be kind and thoughtful to them and try to profit from their insights and knoweledge of the unknown.