Fundamental Principles of Operative Occultism

The eighth and final step is Samadhi. It is attained when the mind is capable of ascending higher by its pointing or focalizing than the sense of I. The individual lives, he is conscious, and he thinks; but he is above the sense of I. He is temporarily universalized, and when he returns to his normal state of consciousness he brings back with him an overwhelming sense of the relationship of things which he never before possessed. Samadhi is brought on by a tremendous exertion of will power, in which the mind turns its focal ray to contemplate something greater even than itself. Thinking of this tremendous thing, it is temporarily part of the thing of which it thinks, and dwells in limitless Space and limitless Mind. The mind later drawing itself downward from Samadhi enters the restricted area of human intelligence to experience a sense of oppression as a person might feel if he were ushered into a small, ill-ventilated, poorly-lighted room. 2 FINIS