O soul, most beautiful of creatures, who so earnestly longs to know the place where your Beloved is, that you may seek him and be united to him.  You are yourself thevery tabernacle where he dwells, the secret chamber of his retreat where he is hidden.  Rejoice therefore and exult, because all your good and all your hope is so near you as to be within you. Yes, rather rejoice that you cannot be without it, for lo ;the kingdom of God is within you;.  So says the Bridegroom himself, and his servant St. Paul adds: 'You are the temple of the living God'.  What joy for the soul to learn that God never abandons it even in mortal sin, how much less in a state of grace:  What more can you desire, what more  can you seek outside, seeing that within you you have your riches, your delight, your Beloved whom you seek and desire.
St. John of the Cross from Spiritual Canticle, Stanza 1

Since He is there, let us keep Him company, as a friend with a friend. This Divine union is quite interior and it is the essence of our life in Carmel. It is what makes our solitude so dear to us, for as our Father St John of the Cross says, two hearts that love each other prefer solitude to everything else.
~Bl. Elizabeth of the Trinity from The Charism of Her Prayer