The Story Of Swami Rama - Holybook

The Story Of Swami Rama
mind, which is the state of inspiration—ecstasy,
merging into transcendental Trance. It is there
when man is in unison with God, is one with Him,
is God. He who lives in that state of Samadhi
continuously, is, verily, God Himself. Swami Rama
does not speak to us of the invisible powers at
work in this beautiful state; and he having
Samadhi or the religion of Trance as his subject, is
eminently a spiritual mystic who opens himself to
the full light that shines beyond the broken lamp of
mind. He says concentration means elevating one's
self above body and mind. It is the ecstatic state—
the Samadhi—from where all great ideas come,
from where the poet brings down his poetry, the
scientist his startling discoveries of the secrets of
Nature. The ecstatic state dawns upon man
sometimes in an extreme crisis of mental or
physical pain. "Live in the ecstatic state and you
need not worry. The world will readjust itself
towards you, just as you rise to that state. The
judge need but occupy his seat, and he will find all
things ready for him." He says repeating this
illustration at another place:
The king's very presence on his royal throne
establishes order throughout the Darbar, so doth
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