Book 4 (Part I)

87 the body comes into contact with every atom in the Universe all at once,” is the description Bhikku Ananda Metteya gives of it. The root of the tongue gives the “ideal sound ”; and the pharynx the “ideal sight.”1 The Samadhi par excellence, however, is Atmadarshana, which for some, and those not the least instructed, is the first real Samadhi; for even the visions of “ God ” and of the “ Self” are tainted by form. In Atmadarshana the All is manifested as the One: it is the Universe freed from its conditions. Not only are all forms and ideas destroyed,but also those conceptions which are implicit in our ideas of those ideas.2 Each part of 1 Similarly Patanjali tells us that by making Samyama on the strength of an elephant or a tiger, the student acquires that strength. Conquer “ the nerve Udana,” and you can walk on the water; “ Samana,” and you begin to flash with light; the “ elements ” fire, air, earth, and water, and you can do whatever in natural life they prevent you from doing. For instance, by conquering earth, one could take a short cut to Australia; or by conquering water, one can live at the bottom of the Ganges. They say there is a holy man at Benares who does this, coming up only once a year to comfort and in- struct his disciples. But nobody need believe this unless he wants to; and you are even advised to conquer that desire should it arise. It will be interesting when science really determines the variables and constants of these equations. 2 This is so complete that not only “Black is White,” but “The VVhiteness of Black is the essentia! of its Blackness.” “ Naught: One = Infinity”; but this is only true because of this threefold arrangement, a trinity or “ triangle of contradictories.”