The enlightened man emerges
from this overwhelming experience a new person.
A transformation of his character,
behavior and hierarchy of values has occurred.
A new life style arises without his volition,
astounding no one so much as the person to whom it happens.
His ego has mysteriously diminished.
He experiences a selflessness
of which he did not know himself capable,
a certitude for which he has longed,
a love of the human race that astounds him,
harmony with the universe
that his rational mind had assured him was impossible,
and a joy unlike any other.
-Clair Myers Owens