In a similar way, if, during his meditation sessions, the seeker manages to be concentrated to the point that nothing exists for him other than the object of his concentration, the effacing of his ordinary individuality will be accomplished by itself without his even realizing what is happening to him. He will then be able to have a foretaste, at least to some degree, of quite another state of being which will transport him into ordinarily unknown dimensions.

Thus, when, at one of the most dramatic moments of his life, a human being starts to pray, the more his prayer is sincere and intense, the more his ordinary self gives way within him – without his even being aware of what is happening in his being.

Edward Salim MichaelTo Awaken, a matter of life and death chap 10