Místo, které Ježíš zaujme v naší duši, už nikdy neopustí, protože v nás je jeho domovem a je pro něj největším potěšením v něm přebývat..... A duše, která takto kontempluje, se připodobňuje [Tomu], který je kontemplován." 
-Julián z Norwiche, Pohádky 22 (Krátký text), přel. Colledge a Walsh  

V ten den si uvědomíte, že já jsem ve svém Otci a vy jste ve mně a já jsem ve vás.-Jan 14,20  

Otec Richard vyzdvihuje Ježíšovo učení o sjednocení s Bohem v Janově evangeliu:  

"Ten den", který je slíben v Janově evangeliu, je již dávno minulostí, přesto je trvalým poselstvím všech velkých náboženství v dějinách. Je to tzv. perpetuum mobile. Božské, a tedy univerzální sjednocení je základním poselstvím a příslibem - celým cílem a smyslem všech náboženství. Ke sjednocení s Bohem se nemůžeme dopracovat, protože jsme ho již obdrželi. [1] 

The place which Jesus takes in our soul he will nevermore vacate, for in us is his home of homes, and it is the greatest delight for him to dwell there…. And the soul who thus contemplates this is made like to [the One] who is contemplated.   
—Julian of Norwich, Showings 22 (Short text), trans. Colledge and Walsh  

On that day, you will realize that I am in my Father and you are in me and I am in you. —John 14:20  

Father Richard highlights Jesus’ teaching on union with God in the Gospel of John:  

“That day” promised in John’s Gospel has been a long time in coming, yet it has been the enduring message of every great religion in history. It is the Perennial Tradition. Divine and thus universal union is the core message and promise—the whole goal and the entire point of all religion. We cannot work up to union with God, because we’ve already received it. [1] 

Julian of Norwich uses the idea of “oneing” to describe divine union. From Revelations of Divine Love, Mirabai Starr translates:  

The human soul is the noblest being [God] has ever created. He also wants us to be aware that he knit the beloved soul of humanity into his own when he made us. The knot that connects us to [God] is subtle and powerful and endlessly holy. And he also wants us to realize that all souls are interconnected, united by this oneness, and made holy in this holiness.… When I look at myself as an individual, I see that I am nothing. It is only in unity with my fellow spiritual seekers that I am anything at all. It is this foundation of unity [this oneing] that will save humanity.… The love of God creates such a unity in us that no man or woman who understands this can possibly separate himself or herself from any other. [2]   

Richard explains:  

This is not some 21st-century leap of logic. This is not pantheism or mere “New Age” optimism. This is the whole point! Radical union is the recurring experience of the saints and mystics of all traditions. We don’t have to discover or prove it; we only have to retrieve what has been re-discovered—and enjoyed again and again—by those who desire and seek God and love. When we have “discovered” it, we become like Jacob “when he awoke from his sleep” and shouted, “You were here all the time, and I never knew it!” (Genesis 28:16).  

As John states in his first Letter, “I do not write to you because you do not know the truth, I am writing to you here because you know it already”! (1 John 2:21; Richard’s emphasis). Like John, I can only convince you of spiritual things because your soul already knows what is true, and that is why I believe and trust Julian’s showings, too. For the mystics, there is only one Knower, and we just participate in that One Spirit. [3]