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We may wonder how it is possible to achieve a mystical union with God, or if it is possible at all.
Our doubt might lead us to poring over books and instruction manuals to find the secret to this mystical union.
However, St. Bonaventure believed that mystical union was not something attained through research, but only through surrendering ourselves to the Holy Spirit.
He explained his thoughts in a book titled From the Journey of the Mind to God.
It's tempting in the modern world to think that there is a particular formula that will help us achieve a mystical union with God, but St. Bonaventure did not think that was possible.
He reiterated his point that this experience can not be found in research or in burying ourselves in intellectual exercises.
Mystical union with God should be viewed as more of a gift, than something to be grasped at or achieved on our own merits.
Through God's grace, and the fire of our own love, we can draw closer to God and be united to him in this life as well as the next.
