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Process, Development, Journey, Relationship. Mysticism is dynamic, not static. More verb than noun. It’s something we  do  in response to the love of God. Christian Mysticism begins with God. In this dance, God is Fred Astaire and the human being(s) whether a single, individual, or the collective “Body of Christ” is Ginger Rogers. God leads, we follow. God asks, we answer. God initiates, we respond. And what is at stake is more than just a dance. We are offered a  relationship there’s a reason why marriage is a metaphor that shows up again and again in the writings of the mystics. Mysticism is a process of entering into an ever-deepening relationship with God: from an initial experience of longing or desire, to a gradual growth of friendship, intimacy, and love, to the consummating bliss of nondual union.

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