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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
.