Spiritual marriage starts with betrothal and leads to marriage vows. It is a spiritual love between a lover who has returned to the Beloved. Spiritual marriage begins in the far country but finally makes it way home. It is the place where lovers lose themselves and become one.
Mystic marriage has taken place when our mind is no longer estranged or separated from the external world. Thoughts, emotions and will are lost or fused together by the fire of God's love. It begins with a silent gazing upon God. Everything becomes focused on one point. Whether it is a hillside, the starry heavens, or the contemplation of the beauty and grandeur of God's creation. There is a deepening quietness, a slowing down, a heightened awareness and an intensified look. The barrier between subject and object melt away.
In mystic marriage, there is a retreat from the many distractions of the world where the many turns into the one. One moment, one substance, one God. At this one point, the contemplative mind focuses on one attribute of God, one fragment of Scripture, one image of Christ that has no beginning or end but just is.
The soul enters paradise with God while at the same time shutting the door to all the things of the world. By possessing nothing one posses all. By empting oneself completely one is full of peace and tranquility. One loses the adult "I" and becomes a little child again held close in the arms of our Heavenly Father. It is in this silent marriage vow that pure love is consummated in our soul.
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