The goal is to transcend the world of things and to reach a spiritual world beyond. The point is not to understand but only to do. This is the appeal of the East. The Western reliance on rationalism has failed. The East knows nothing of such distinctions.
Eastern mysticism is monistic.
The Christian believes in a personal God Who is separate from His creation. Eastern thought makes no distinction between man and cosmos. The name for this is monism. All is interrelated, interdependent and interpenetrating. Consider the ethical implications of such a view.