Mysticism is not confined to the lives of the saints. Nor does each mystical experience have to replicate exactly what the saints describe in their writings.
Mysticism is a spiritual quest for hidden truth or wisdom, the goal of which is a deep experience of and union with God. Mysticism constitutes the experiential core of spirituality.
The soul, being created in God's image, shares in God's spiritual nature. However, awareness of this spiritual nature is veiled by our ego. The ego regards itself as being distinct from all else.
Nonetheless, the ego has a gnawing sense of incompleteness which it tries to overcome by acquiring things, and no matter what the ego succeeds in acquiring, the gnawing sense of incompleteness remains until it wearies of such things and turns to God. This shift of focus brings about the realization of one's True Self and its need for oneness with God.
Psalm 42:1-2 "As the deer longs for streams of water, so I long for you, O God. I thirst for God, the living God. When can I go and stand before him?"
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