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Todo y nada

“All and nothing”: John of the Cross’s teaching that to come to possess all, one must desire to possess nothing.

Also: nada, All and Nothing

Christian mysticism

In The Ascent of Mount Carmel, John of the Cross sketches the mountain of perfection with a path marked nada, nothing, and verses teaching that to arrive at being all one must desire to be nothing. The radical detachment of the senses and spirit leads to the fullness of God.