Friday, August 21, 2009

Mystics and passionate love

Mysticism has to do with union with God.

In a simple way one could also speak of the mystical experience people have when they realize that and how God loves humanity and creation without any reason or condition.

Mysticism is then simple and merely about the divine love for what has been created.

Whatever the condition of humanity and creation, whatever the chaos in this world and among people, mysticism seems to grow in its feeling of God’s passionate love for nature and those who inhabit creation.

Although people seem to forget God or regard the notion of God as passe, mystics recognize a divine presence in the world. They see what few others seem to see.

As a result and because of this love, mystics in our time are people who fight injustice. They cannot tolerate the forms of evil and chaos. They therefore fight for a humane society, where everyone has a place in the sun and is accepted as a full human being. They see something special in others and in creation – which no one is allowed to destroy. They care for nature, its beauty. And they vehemently fight against its destruction and abuse. Simply because they understand how passionatly God loves nature.

Mystics are people who live God’s passionate love.

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