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The Enlightenment

He stands on the very verge of non-existence. Shall he take the plunge? The courageous aspirant must not waver at this crucial moment. He must gather up all his force and draw the veil which conceals the face of Isis. A moment more–and he stands in the presence of the Unknown God!

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He feels that he is now in the very centre of his being, that he has shifted identity there. The ego no longer covers it over and occupies his whole view. Rather is it now transparent to the light radiating from this centre. This transparency is peace.

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He touches the Permanent, feels that his true self is part of eternity and this other self is a foolish thing he is glad to be rid of.

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… He will abruptly find that it is not a mere mental abstraction but something real, not a dream but the most concrete thing in his experience. Then and then only can he declare positively, ”It is This.” For he has found the Overself.

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To enter this strange state, a primeval yet delightful void, where the ego, the intellect, the emotional desires, and the body do not intrude, is to be born again.

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This is the spiritual climax of one’s life, this dramatic moment when consciousness comes to recognize and understand itself.

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Desires die of themselves without struggle, karma comes to an end, the stillness of the Overself settles in him.

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A feeling of lightness and freedom, of songlike well-being and perfect harmony, comes with this disidentification from the body.

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When his mind moves entirely and wholly into the One Infinite Presence, and when it settles permanently there, the divided existence of glimpse and darkness, of Spirit and matter, of Overself and ego, of heaven and earth, will vanish. The crossing over to a unified existence will happen.

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All metaphysical study and all mystical exercises are but preparations for this flash of reality across the sky of consciousness which is here termed insight. The latter is therefore the most important experience which awaits a human being on this earth…

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Paradoxically enough, tremendous forces lie latent here. Indeed the law is that the deeper a man penetrates into the void and the longer he sustains this penetration, the greater will be the power with which he will emerge from it.

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Yet the deeper we travel, the less need have we of thoughts and words, for all multiplicity collapses in this marvelous unity. We can neither think nor talk of this sublime state with any accuracy. Hence the only medium whereby we can properly represent it is–silence!

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This is the experience whose mystery as well as peace passeth understanding. It is incommunicable by or to the intellect. For with it we attain unity but lose personality yet preserve identity.

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…There will come suddenly unexpectedly and in the dead of night, as it were, a tremendous Realization of the egoless state, a tremendous feeling of liberation from itself as it has known itself, a tremendous awareness of the infinitude, universality, and intelligence of life…

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… The actual finding of Truth, which is the same as Nirvana, Self-Knowledge, Liberation, is really a work of brief duration–perhaps a matter of minutes–whereas the preparation and equipment of oneself to find it must take many incarnations…

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Enlightenment may come slowly or suddenly but in the second case it has the effect of sunlight bursting through the sky.

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… It is a single awakening that enlightens the man so that he never returns to ignorance again. He has awakened to his divine essence, his source in Mind, as an all day and every day self-identification. It has come by itself, effortlessly.

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When you awaken to truth as it really is, you will have no occult vision, you will have no ”astral” experience, no ravishing ecstasy. You will awaken to it in a state of utter stillness, and you will realize that truth was always there within you and that reality was always there around you. Truth is not something which has grown and developed through your efforts. It is not something which has been achieved or attained by laboriously adding up those efforts. It is not something which has to be made more and more perfect each year. And once your mental eyes are opened to truth they can never be closed again.

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… As at the beginning, so at the end of this path, the unveiling of the Overself is not an act of any human will. Only the Divine Will–that is, only its own Grace–can bring about the final all-revealing act, whose sustained consciousness turns the aspirant into an adept…

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The Overself is not a goal to be attained but a realization of what already is. It is the inalienable possession of all conscious beings and not of a mere few. No effort is needed to get hold of the Overself, but every effort is needed to get rid of the many impediments to its recognition. We cannot take hold of it; it takes hold of us. Therefore the last stage of this quest is an effortless one. We are led, as children by the hand, into the resplendent presence. Our weary strivings come to an abrupt end. Our lips are made shut and wordless.

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73 Philosophic Building Blocks

  • The Mystery
    • Timeless Wisdom
    • The World-Mind
    • The World-Idea
    • The Evolutionary Process
    • The Overself
    • The Overself always Present
    • The Overself never Changes
    • Beyond time, unborn, undying
    • The Overself’s Love
    • The Overself’s Grace
    • The Overself’s Gentle Voice
    • Cultivate Your Intuitive sensitivity
    • Intuition and Intellect
    • Mystical Glimpses
    • Glimpse approaching
    • Experiencing a Glimpse
    • After the Glimpse
    • Overself and Ego
  • The Ego Illusion
    • The Ego
    • Prisoners of our Past
    • The Ego is a Hindrance
    • The Ego manipulates
    • Body, Health and Diet
    • Through the Portal of Death
    • The Afterlife
    • Reincarnation
    • Reincarnation and Karma
    • Karma/Law of Reflection
    • Karma can be Balanced
  • The Turning Point
    • The Highest Purpose
    • We have a Choice
    • The Quester
    • The Spiritual Quest
    • The Inner Voyage
    • Expect Success
    • The World is our School
  • On the Long Path
    • The Ego in Focus
    • Cleansing and Testing the Ego
    • Thoughts of the Ego
    • Improvement of Character
    • Harmonious Balance
    • Meditation
    • Meditation is Necessary
    • The Power of Prayer
    • Aspiration for a Higher Life
    • In the Bosom of Nature
  • On the Short Path
    • The Overself in Focus
    • Love the Overself
    • Entering the Short Path
    • The Short Path
    • Changed Attitude
    • The Twofold Path
    • Trace the I to its Source
    • Contemplation
    • The Remembrance Exercise
    • Remember what You are
    • The As-If Exercise
    • The Witness Exercise
    • Philosophic Studies
    • Reflections
    • Reject Negativity
    • Inner Detachment
    • Positive Attitude
    • Our first Thought
    • Your Silent Partner
    • Your Inner Teacher
  • Born Again
    • Loving Surrender
    • Grace Opens the Door
    • The Enlightenment
    • The egoless State
    • The Sage
    • Compassion without End
  • A Noble Task
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