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Does Union with God mean Losing Your Self?

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Carl McColman
Dec 09, 2015
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Be yourself. Everyone else is taken!
Be yourself. Everyone else is taken!

“If the goal of the contemplative is union with God, does the individual begin to disappear and lose his or her unique self (personality, emotions) in pursuing this goal?”

The above question came to me in an email from a reader of this blog. It’s a huge question and I’m not sure a single blog post can do it justice. Bu…

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