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Mysticism
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“... there is a hard clear rationality about Quakers — and, indeed, all mysticism, which, once experienced, makes other ways appear indirect, childish, and crude.”
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“Mysticism and creativity have this in common: they require a person to live truthfully at every level of being.”
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“One of the keystones of romantic love — and also of the ecstatic religion practiced by mystics — is the powerful desire to become one with the beloved.”
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“A mystic is a person who sees the facts as inadequate.”
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“I have always been psychic. The walls of any room I walk into talk to me.”
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“O my Lord, the stars are shining and the eyes of men are closed, and kings have shut their doors and every lover is alone with his beloved, and here am I alone with Thee.”
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“Mysticism is the passionate longing of the soul for God ...”
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“I do not think reading the mystics would hurt you myself: you say you must avoid books which deal with 'feelings' — but the mystics don't deal with feelings but with love which is a very different thing. You have too many 'feelings,' but not nearly enough love.”
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“The spiritual life is not a special career, involving abstraction from the world of things. It is a part of every man's life; and until he has realized it he is not a complete human being, has not entered into possession of all his powers. It is therefore the function of a practical mysticism to increase, not diminish, the total efficiency, the wisdom and steadfastness, of those who try to practice it.”
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“Mystical experiences nearly always lead one to a belief that some aspect of consciousness is imperishable. In a Buddhist metaphor the consciousness of the individual is like a flame that burns through the night. It is not the same flame over time, yet neither is it another flame.”
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“The worst danger of the mystic is as always a quest of spiritual privilege leading to aloofness from the common lot.”
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“The mystics are the only ones who have gained a glimpse into what is possible when this same capacity [for creation] is used primarily in the service of the individual himself instead of for the creation of art.”
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“If you are ready for mystical experiences, you have them.”
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“Is it conceivable that mysticism is a mark of inadequate art?”