He came to realize more profoundly the unity in terms of which everything subsists, and encountered the depth, ultimacy and challenge of advaita , the mystery of unity or nonduality. The more the Persons are distinct, the more they realize their unique intimacy in the unicity of their common ground of identity. Similarly, Bede clearly saw that our relationship with God is mirrored in the relations of the divine Persons to their common nature. Bede's experience was thoroughly advaitic, and he came to realize that all genuine mysticism is fundamentally advaitic. What distinguishes Christian advaita from a purely monistic Hindu form is its inner dynamic of love.
Love is the energy of inner distinctions within the ground of the divine nature and identity.
The Incarnation is a revelation of this love, this inner dynamic quality of nonduality. It is this experiential insistence of Bede that further distinguishes him from Abhishiktananda, who seemed to lapse into a purely monistic advaita. Supernatural contemplation, or mystical awareness, also expressed itself through Bede. Bede's eyes, his movements and gestures, his simple being and presence revealed the divine mystery. I remember on numerous occasions experiencing the Presence of God through his eyes, and these moments have made a deep and lasting impression on me.