Mystics

It has been eluded to, that I have in my quest to actually think on my own and begin to know my God, have become a "mystic".
Here are a few definitions of what a "mystic" is.....

A) someone who believes in the existence of realities beyond human comprehension

B) Just as in earthly life lovers long for the moment when they are able to breathe forth their love for each other, to let their souls blend in a soft whisper, so the mystic longs for the moment when in prayer he can, as it were, creep into God. Soren Kierkegaard

C) Someone who has divine intent and who can lift the lid of doubt to comprehend a reality beyond most human understanding. Mystic is from the Greek word - mysticos. Someone who is spiritually aware though not necessarily religious in a religious sense. A mystic is absolutely focused on a path to God. A mystic is heart centred and love is the driving force. A mystic is not aware of being a mystic. If he or she was then they are not mystics. Many may claim to be mystics and of those there are thousands but the true mystic is a discovery of heart.

D) Any Christian can have a mystical experience in the normal course of life, the Christian mystic on the other hand makes a conscious effort to draw near to God through deep prayer and the use of spiritual exercises aimed at opening the heart and mind to God. The mystic may feel overwhelmed by God’s love or power or wisdom and moved to tears, so mysticism is dismissed as overly emotional by some Christian academics.

If these are some of the definitions, then so be it....I confess.....but, like it says above, a "mystic is not aware of BEING a mystic". So, if people call that to a mystics attention, does that THEN disqualify them? Too many rules....can't go there....all I know is that "my determined purpose is to know Him".....if that makes me a mystic, then so be it. I much prefer the title Mystic to the title of Fundamental Evangelical Religious Right. And yet...it is not about labels...labels are for men....it is LOVE not LABELS that matter....and so....as a mystic...I will leave you with this quote ( though there are SO MANY to share!!!)

"We are all of us more mystics than we believe or choose to believe...We have seen more than we let on, even to ourselves. Through some moment of beauty or pain, some subtle turning of our lives, we catch glimmers at least, of what the saints are blinded by; only then, unlike the saints, we go on as though nothing has happened. To go on as though something has happened even though we are not sure what it is or just where we are supposed to go with it, is to enter the dimension of life that religion is a word for." Fredrick Buechner