mysticism

is a way to attain knowledge which is close to philosophy, except that in philosophy you go horizontally while in mysticism you go vertically.

What does mysticism really mean' It means the way to attain knowledge. It's close to philosophy, except in philosophy you go horizontally while in mysticism you go vertically.

is the seat of the germ of all art and all true science. Anyone to whom this feeling is alien, who is no longer capable of wonderment and lives in a state of fear is a dead man.

The finest emotion of which we are capable is the mystic emotion. Herein lies the germ of all art and all true science. Anyone to whom this feeling is alien, who is no longer capable of wonderment and lives in a state of fear is a dead man.

is the idea that the eye through which one sees God is the same eye through which God sees oneself: as such, one's eye and God's eye are one eye, one seeing, one knowing, one love.

The eye through which I see God is the same eye through which God sees me... my eye and God's eye are one eye, one seeing, one knowing, one love.

is the attempt to draw near to God by inward disposition rather than by rites or ceremonies.

For what is Mysticism' It is not the attempt to draw near to God, not by rites or ceremonies, but by inward disposition' Is it not merely a hard word for 'The Kingdom of Heaven is within'' Heaven is neither a place nor a time.

Mysticism is the art of union with Reality.

 occurs whenever a human being sees the separation overcome between the natural and the supernatural, between the temporal and the eternal.

Mysticism occurs whenever a human being sees the separation between the natural and the supernatural, between the temporal and the eternal, as overcome.

is the love of truth when it leaves the merely intellectual sphere (i.e. philosophy), and takes on the assured aspect of a personal passion.

In mysticism that love of truth which we saw as the beginning of all philosophy leaves the merely intellectual sphere, and takes on the assured aspect of a personal passion. Where the philosopher guesses and argues, the mystic lives and looks... and speaks, consequently, the disconcerting language of first-hand experience, not the neat dialectic of the schools. Hence whilst the Absolute of the metaphysicians remains a diagram 'impersonal and unattainable'the Absolute of the mystics is lovable, attainable, alive.

is contrasted with the philosophy in that while the Absolute of the metaphysician remains an impersonal and unattainable diagram, the Absolute of the mystics is lovable, attainable, alive.

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