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Mystical
Experiences of Paul Brunton
(1898 - 1981)
Paul
Brunton wrote many books focusing on spiritual wisdom
from Eastern and Western sources. Here, in his son's account,
is Brunton's description of an illumination that came
upon him after years of study:
- "Suddenly,
I realized that this was a crushing of the self by
an unknown power beyond myself. It was then that I
began frevently to pray, feeling forlorn, humbled,
terrified and lost. I lost the feeling of the passage
of time. I felt severed from earthly reality and became
dizzy at the thought that I had reached the end of
my endurance. Then I swooned. The moments just before
I fainted were filled with indescribable horror. But
I soon awoke. A tiny flame of hope appeared in my
heart. And then it grew and grew. My first thought
was that God was answering my prayers. I began gradually
to feel close to the people around me once more; closer
than ever before. Some hours later reassurance gradually
returned to me and I felt mature and newly born. Enlightenment
seemed to come.
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- Next
a feeling of oneness with God followed. I seemed to
know and understand much that I had never understood
before. My ego was going and my happiness increased
every moment. I felt that this newfound faith would
guide me through every possible situation...
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- The
Divine Presence seemed to be very near. In fact, I
knew that it was in my real essence. Whenever any
difficulties or problems arose, I found that all I
had to do to solve them was to say, "Not my will
but Thy will be done."
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Source:
Paul Brunton, quoted in Kenneth Thurston Hurst, Paul
Brunton: A Personal View (Burdett, NY: Larson Publications,
1989).
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