Page 68 - Bodhayanti Parasparam Vol 7
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SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE
state of meditation as one of Nothingness and if this mirror-like awareness is there even such a profound experience would be seen as another cloud drifting by and the state of beyond and beyond is experienced. The experience that is had where the unity of all existence is felt deep in the core of our being requires to be contemplated and our actions and thoughts moulded accordingly to be in tune with such an experience. That is when we can say that we have realised our true nature and enlightened to that extent. Enlightenment I must add is not an end state; it is a continuous process where the individual separate existence is dissolved in the universal.
It is necessary to understand that spiritual experiences occur only in a pure mind. Granting that spiritual experiences can be either external or internal it is always the purity of self that is in the act of perceiving that matters. If the mind that is cleared of all dirt and dross perceives then the vision is clear and transparent as to its meaning and wisdom results. An impure mind obviously cannot have wisdom; such a mind will be in a state of self
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