Mystical Union.

Union with God is realized in the vision of the Divine Being "face to face" (1 Cor 13:12), a vision called "beatific" because it carries with it the ultimate attainment of man's aspiration to truth. John Paul II, Crossing the Threshold of Hope, P.71.

When God comes, where is sleep? Where is the body? Nothing matters but His intoxicating presence. (...) To be ever conscious of Him is the most wonderful existence. Paramahansa Yogananda, Man's Eternal Quest, P.46.

The "Songs of Songs" alludes to communion with God as His kiss: "Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth" (1:2,3). This is the state the Hasidim called yihud, "union," and ultimately, ayin, "nothing." Miriam Bokser Caravella, The Holy Name. P.261.

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