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There is only one way to settle his question of whether the Overself exists and that is the very way most moderns refuse to accept. Each must gain for himself the authentic mystical experience. Sugar can really be known only by its sweet taste, the Overself only by opening the doors of the mind to consciousness of its presence.

-- Notebooks Category 22: Inspiration and the Overself > Chapter 3 : The Overself's Presence > # 437