Venerable Ajahn Chah

There's nothing I can compare it to.

No simile is apt.

This time, the mind remained inside far longer than it had previously and only after some time did it come out of that state.

When I say it came out, I don't mean to imply that I made it come out or that I was controlling what was happening.

The mind did it all by itself.

I was merely an observer.

Eventually, it again returned to its normal state of consciousness.

How could you put a name on what happened during these three times?

Who knows?

What term are you going to use to label it?

Everything I've been relating to you concerns the mind following the way of nature.

This was no theoretical description of the mind or psychological states.

There's no need for that.

When there's faith or confidence, you get in there and really do it.

You would put your life on the line.

And when your practice reaches the stage that I've been describing, afterwards the whole world is turned upside down.

your understanding of reality is completely different.

Your view is utterly transformed.

If someone saw you at that moment, they might think you were insane.

If this experience happened to someone who didn't have a thorough grip on themselves,