With expanded perception comes freedom from the limitations of the body. The experience bestows a profound sense of joyous well-being, “beyond imagination of expectancy,” and undeniably clear awareness of one’s indissoluble unity with the infinite Consciousness from which all creation springs. Some of the names given to this experience are “cosmic consciousness,” “samadhi,” “oneness,” “nirvana,” “Christ consciousness,” “enlightenment,” “self-realization,” “divine ecstasy,” “rapture,” and “union.” This is the experience of God, or, just as meaningfully, the experience of our Self or soul. Because we are all Divine in our essence, all inextricably one with God, the experience is not reserved only for cloistered nuns or yogis in remote Himalayan caves. Anyone, anywhere, who achieves deep stillness and complete inner absorption, regardless of how, shares the same universal experience.
Joseph Selbie
The Physics of God