Mental states...

In the ordinary state, man is conscious of himself as a personal thinking and physical entity.

In the mystical trance-like state, he loses this consciousness and is aware of the Divine alone.

In the philosophic state, he returns to the ordinary consciousness but without letting go of the diviner one.



-- Notebooks Category 20: What Is Philosophy? > Chapter 4:
Its Realization Beyond Ecstasy > # 135
Paul Brunton