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THE STAR IN THE WEST
primary by order and degree , sometimes
obviously , some
times obscurely , perhaps even untraceably , so that we have
no real right to predicate their connection . '
Dhâranâ
is mentioned
at some
length
in
“ Pente
cost " :
Olympus in a nutshell ! I
Have a superior faculty
To reasoning , which makes
absurd ,
Unthinkable
and wicked too ,
A great deal that I know is true !
In short , the mind
is capable ,
Besides mere ratiocination ,
Of twenty other things as well ,
The first of which is concentration !
Bloom , Concentration's midnight flower !
After much
practice to this end
I gain at last the long -sought
power
(Which you believe
you have
this hour,
But certainly have
not , my friend !),
Of keeping close the mind
to one
Thing at a time -
suppose , the Sun.
I gain this (Reverence to Ganesh '!)
And at that instant comprehend
(That
past and future tenses vanish )
What Fichte comprehends.
Division ,
Thought , wisdom , drop away .
I see
The absolute identity
Of the beholder and
the vision.?
Then
we
come
to
the
advanced stage known
as
Dhyana .
In
“
Science
and
Buddhism
”
Crowley
states :
In a certain meditation one day I recorded :
I was (a) conscious of external things
seen behind after
my nose had
vanished
.
(6) Conscious that I was not con
scious of these things . These (a) and (6) were simultaneous
.
1 Science and Buddhism , vol. ii , p. 151.
2 Vol. ii, pp. 173-174.