When, through meditation, the mind has a release from the conscious duality of opposites, there is a dawning within the person that occurs. The direct effect of this is that it bestows upon life a certain vitality; it’s almost a meaning bestowing force. It’s like opening the inner eye, a door that leads to the inner reality of things. Because the mystical/mythical component of man begins to direct itself toward the eternal aspects of things. As Bahá’u’lláh says, “A pure heart is as a mirror, cleanse it with the burnish of all things save God, that the true Sun may shine within it…”