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The state of concentration acquired during a worldly pursuit differs from that acquired during mystical meditation in that the first is usually directed toward outward things and the experience of sense-pleasures, whereas the second is directed toward inward being and rejects sense-pleasures. Thus the two states are at opposite poles--one belonging to the ego-seeking man, and the other to the Overself-seeking man.

-- Notebooks Category 4: Elementary Meditation > Chapter 3 : Fundamentals > # 118 -- Perspectives > Chapter 4: Elementary Meditation > # 52