Direct experience

Last night during Lynn's Paris group we discussed the levels of spiritual reality and/or spiritual consciousness. The following quote from the Buddhist tradition seems to me to express the "direct experience" level.

"If you really want freedom, happiness will arise. From happiness will come rapture. When your mind is enraptured, your body is tranquil, you will know bliss. Because you are blissful, your mind will concentrate easily. Being concentrated, you will see things as they really are. In so seeing, you will become aware that life is a miracle. Being so aware, you will lose all your attachments. As you cease grasping, so you will be freed."

-Digha Nikaya