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supramundane. Philo aimed at the mystical ecstacy obtained in the union of man with God by means of the Divine Wisdom which results from contemplation which is above reason. It can be done by freeing the soul from the trammels of the body and the world of sense. He regards that the highest happiness of man consists in the ecstatic union with God. He places confidence in God rather than in action. His ideal is analogous to the Vaisnava ideal of union with God. Plotinus too aimed at a mystical ecstacy in the union of the soul with the one by means of the contemplation of the intellect which is an emanation of God. The soul retires into itself and is rapt in ecstacy and is reunited with the One from which it emanates, receives a special light from intelligence by means of contemplation. His position is somewhat like that of the Advaita Vedanta and Janes'vara, in so far as he seeks absorption in the One. According to St. Augustine, the goal of human life is the mystical union of the soul with God in the future life. It is full of blessedness and it can be attained by contemplation and love of God and by the discharge of moral duties as prescribed by the Divine Law. The earthly life is preparatory to the future achievement and so it should be treated as a pilgrimage of the soul. One should love God alone and reject all others. The Mystics of the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries revolted against the excessive intellectualism and believed that God could be attained by sincere prayer, asceticism, and attachment through emotions to God. Their approach is
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