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The experience enlightens him only to the extent that he lets it do so. For if the trend of his belief and thought is based on a wide knowledge of comparative religion and philosophy, thus opening his outlook and explaining the experience, he will meet it with acceptance and without fear. Otherwise his dominant belief, expectancy, and bias get entangled with the experience--either at its onset or later--and are confirmed in part or wholly.

-- Notebooks Category 16: The Sensitives > Chapter 9 : Inspiration and Confusion > # 64