Sentence examples for attain the state from inspiring English sources

One of the self-stated goals of Scientology is to help its followers attain the state of clear, which a person can reach once they have rid themselves of neuroses developed during childhood and former lives.

The Sufi has to pass various ritual stages (maqām) before he can attain the state of mushāhadah, which is eventually given to him only by an act of sheer grace of God.

The trisvabhava is inseparably connected with the practical purposes of Yogachara ("Practice of Yoga"), as knowledge of the doctrine can enable one to break through the painful chain of death and rebirth, or samsara, and attain the state of enlightenment, or nirvana.

Yet to attain the state's highest office, he may be called upon to perform Pacheco-like stunts, most notably lassoing both Arnold Schwarzenegger, so far his most formidable foe on the replacement ballot, and Mr. Davis, who is none too pleased that a fellow Democrat is campaigning for his job.

Rather, he offers a scientific account of how we are framed, both physically and psychologically, so as ultimately to attain the state in which we are all be "partakers of the divine nature, loving and lovely, holy and happy" (OM 2, prop. 56).

At division, offspring remain unchanged or attain the state of any of L single mutant neighbours.

After he is awakened from that state he attains the state of baqāʾ ("subsistence"), and ḥaqīqah is revealed to him.

"To become a Maoist for our generation was like attaining the state of Nirvana for a Buddhist," the narrator explains.

Stoliar's update on Erin Fleming re-visits the old question about whether she eventually attained the state of genuine madness.

Under his leadership, the proportion of students attaining the state proficiency or advanced standard in reading rose to 22.4 percent this year from 6.7 percent in 2010.

Psychologists studying ultra-marathon runners recently concluded that one of their main sources of motivation was not muscle-building or chasing PBs, but attaining the state of mind known as "flow".