John Ruysbroeck, writes,

 "he is illumined by divine truth and partakes anew every instant of the eternal birth; and by means of the light he enters into divine contemplation. And from this comes to pass a loving union, wherein above all else our eternal beatitude resides."

YOGA AND THE CHRISTIAN MYSTICS by Swami Paramananda

 The origin of mysticism is to be found in the human heart, for it is the natural tendency of every living creature to try to unravel whatever is hidden from him. Being impelled by this tendency, some, braver than others, have been able to penetrate the depths of the Unseen, and such people are called Mystics. They use a language with which the world is not acquainted, they perceive truths which to them are more real than what we see 

Swami Vivekananda

​“EACH soul is potentially Divine. The goal is to manifest this Divinity within by controlling nature, external and internal. Do this either by work or worship or psychic control or philosophy- by one or more all of these- and be free. This is whole of RELIGION. Doctrines, or dogmas; rituals, or books, or temples, or forms, are but secondary details.”

RUMI

 

Rudollf Rank

 

 The superconscious experiences of mystics in the West are identical with those of mystics in the East.

 Rudolf Otto says “that mysticism is the same in all ages and in all places, that timeless and independent of history it has always been identical. East and West and other differences vanish here.”

Meister Eckhart

“When one takes God as he is divine, having the reality of God within him, God sheds light on everything. Everything will taste like God and reflect him. God will shine in him all the time.”

GOD AND MAN by Swami Sharvananda

 

Those who live in God do not care to define. They have a peculiar confidence in the universe, a profound and peaceful acceptance of life in all its sides. Their response to ultimate Reality is not capable of a clearcut, easily intelligible formulation. The mystery of God’s being cannot be rationally determined. It remains outside the scope of logical concepts. Its form does not lie in the field of vision, none can see it with the eye.

RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE by Anon

 Religion is a matter of experience. It is not an awakening from a swoon, but a transformation of one’s being. It is not an addition to one’s intellectual furniture, but an exaltation of one’s personality into the plane of the universal Spirit. It is Brahmadarsana, insight into Reality, a direct awareness of the world of values.

Religious experience, when genuine, is characterized by vividness, directness, freshness, and joy. In it we feel the impact of Reality. It is spiritual discovery, not creation. The men of experience feel the presence of God and do not argue about it. The shoals and shallows of existence are submerged in a flood-tide of joy. 

UNKNOWN

  When we consider the nature of cosmic process with its ascent from matter to spirit, we are led to the conception of a supreme Being who is the substantiation of all values. These values are not only the revealed attributes of God, but the active causes of the world. T ill these values are realized, God is transcendent to the process, though He inspires it. God is the creator, destroyer, and sustainer of this universe. He transcends all creatures as the active power in which they take their rise.

SRE NEEM KARRO;I BABA RAM DASS'S FIRST TEACHER

 

Spirit

 It is we that possess the ineffable consciousness of the Eternal. The soul it is that becomes aware of Brahman. The Absolute is Spirit. Though unspeakable in its transcendence, the Supreme is yet the most inward part o£ our being. Though. Brahman in one sense entirely transcends us, in another sense it is intimately present in us. The Eternal Being, Brahman, is Spirit, Atman. T hat which we indicate with awe as the Absolute, is also our own transcendental essence. It is the ground of our being, that in which our reality consists.