The Book of the Twelve Beguines by Blessed John Ruysbroeck, is what I'm reading at the moment. It was written in the 14th century and is a guidebook on contemplative prayer, containing a mixture of poetry and prose.
It says that in the highest stage of the spiritual life there is nothing save an experience of emptiness in which one knows neither oneself, nor any other creature, nor even God but only eternal, measureless love ie:
It says that in the highest stage of the spiritual life there is nothing save an experience of emptiness in which one knows neither oneself, nor any other creature, nor even God but only eternal, measureless love ie:
AND thus the Fourth Mode is a state of emptiness, made one with God in bare love and in Divine Light, free and empty of all the observances of love, above actions, and enduring a pure and simple love, which consumes and annihilates in itself the spirit of a man, so that he forgets himself, and knows neither himself nor God, nor any creature, nor aught else but Love alone, which he tastes and feels and possesses in simple emptiness. He feels himself one Breadth with Love, Which is measureless, comprehending all things, and Itself for ever remaining incomprehensible. He sees himself made one with the eternal Length, which is immovable, without beginning or ending, going before and following after all created things
Its rather complicated stuff - not light reading anyway, but hey I'm into that kind of thing :angel2::cover:
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