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The God he sought in the cloister, in prayer, in ascetic practices, the God he tried somehow to address, describe, and quantify in his writing, was a God of a subtle, knowing smile, a God everywhere, in everything. Christian mysticism is an invitation to open ourselves up to a deep transformation by God; such transformation invariably begins with a radical purging of our passions and desires, continually involves the disciplines of prayer and ascetic practices and, while giving us an intense awareness of God, is not necessarily a "feel good" experience. Lamentation, prayer, fasting, weeping in solitude, and wearing sackcloth and ashes seem to have been elements in a full complement of ascetic practices that related to ritual morning (see e. |
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