Religion is a matter of experience. It is not an awakening from a swoon, but a transformation of one’s being. It is not an addition to one’s intellectual furniture, but an exaltation of one’s personality into the plane of the universal Spirit. It is Brahmadarsana, insight into Reality, a direct awareness of the world of values.
Religious experience, when genuine, is characterized by vividness, directness, freshness, and joy. In it we feel the impact of Reality. It is spiritual discovery, not creation. The men of experience feel the presence of God and do not argue about it. The shoals and shallows of existence are submerged in a flood-tide of joy.
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