The Star in the West

302 THE STAR IN THE WEST MYSTICISM 1 This is “ the peace which passeth all understand ing , ” a conscious communion with the Absolute by paths which lie beyond the dialectical ; when the con sciousness is full of God and is carried outside itself by a sublime alienation which cannot be made intel ligible in words ; and even if we could do so , we should assimilate to our minds the very qualities which con stitute our minds , concerning which it is equally a lie to exclaim . Yea or Nay ! There is no equivalence of motion in Samadhi , Samadhi being beyond motion , a perfect equilibrium . Yea and Nay are extensions in maya , and can give no true perception of Samâdhi to the inquirer , beyond a nebulous symbolization , in which Samâdhi can alone be ill clad , and which word rags are by the ignorant so often mistaken for the perfect conception itself . To remain before its inquirers silent , as Christ before his judges , is the only possible status regard ing Samâdhi compatible with the Truth . Samâdhi is the engineer who manipulates the engine . If you wish to discover how that engine is worked , go to him and not to the ( ir ) rational cogs , levers , and wheels ; and as to explain the engineer in terms of his engine is to sin against the Holy Ghost , so to express in definite terms , outside symbolization , the state of Samâdhi which is inexpressible -- is also to sin 1 The word Mystery comes from the Greek Mvotnpia , a word ultimately derived from the root Mv ( MO ) a sound produced by the opening of closed lips . It may be noted here that OM the sacred utterance of India is pronounced by exactly opposite methods .