“There is a deeper place on the journey that the mystics of old simply called the prayer of union. In this third stage, I become so absorbed in His glorious presence that I can no longer tell where I end and He begins… You are no longer distracted with interpreting a vision or trying to understand a Scripture. He shows up, and you are undone. It is deeper into simplicity.”
— John Crowder, “Ecstasy of Loving God”, Kindle locations 3072, 3075