St. John of the Cross was a Spanish priest and mystic in the era of the Spanish Inquisition. His deep spirituality led to having visions for which he was branded a heretic and imprisoned and tortured. It was during his near-death experience that he evolved from his former common understanding and evolved into what today might be called "non-dual" thinking. The purpose of the dark night of the soul (as John describes it) is to strip us of our incessant...
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