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If he is merely seeking paranormal powers, the meditator runs a grave risk. Nor, when the desire for paranormal powers is mixed up with spiritual aspirations, is this risk eliminated: it is only reduced. The risk results from those beings who dwell on the inner plane, who are either malevolent or mischievous, and who are ready to take advantage of the mediumistic condition into which such a hapless and unprotected meditator may fall.

-- Notebooks Category 4: Elementary Meditation > Chapter 1 : Preparatory > # 477