North America     South America  Meditation and Mysticism  A
long term meditator, Chris Dale shares his experience with
meditation and mystical states.  As any experienced meditator
will know, the regular practice of meditation opens up a whole
new dimension of experience. The terrain of this inner world is
vast and can be intensely captivating, so much so that a
meditator may feel that any sensory experience that the external
world can offer seems trivial by comparison.  The goal of
meditation, as given in all the classic Vedic meditation texts,
is to experience the infinite consciousness which is the source
of our being and to function in life from that unbounded
awareness.  Of course, there are many other benefits which
accrue from meditation, including tremendous enhancements in
physical, mental and emotional health. Spiritual unfoldment
however is the essence of what meditation is about. Because we
are all unique beings, the process of that unfoldment will vary
from person to person. Usually it will incl