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levels, until at last the whole being is transformed, and nothing

is left untransformed. One is entirely pervaded by the light of
Enlightenment. This is the stage of Perfect Samadhi — the stage

when one's whole being and consciousness, having been
brought into line with one's original Perfect Vision, has been
thoroughly transformed and transmuted, from the lowest right

up to the highest levels. It is also, of course, the state of
Enlightenment or Buddhahood. The Path has now been

completely fulfilled — has, in fact, become the Goal — and the
whole process of the Higher Evolution has been perfected and
fulfilled.

With this we come to the end of our journey. At least, we come

to the end of that journey in our imagination, because so far as
these lectures are concerned it is, to some extent, in our
imagination that we have been following the Buddha's Noble

Eightfold Path. It is my hope that this 'imaginary journey' of
ours, on which we have had the company of so many people,

has been of some use both to those who have been trying to
follow the Path for some time and those who are newcomers to
the study and practice of the Buddha's Teaching, and that it will

help them follow the Buddha's Noble Eightfold Path not just in
imagination but in reality.

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