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It is a common practice for religious or mystical Indians to meditate upon their favourite deity until they get the experience of being completely identified with it of becoming one with it. This experience is then considered a grace given by the deity itself. But what else is it to the outside observer, however sympathetic he may be to such practices if he is at all critical at the same time, than a process involving the creative imagination and what is the end result but an imaginary one?

-- Notebooks Category 4: Elementary Meditation > Chapter 5 : Visualizations, Symbols > # 43