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There are plenty of misconceptions about the nature of mystical contemplation. They range from the utterly absurd to the perfectly reasonable. A serious one is that the aim of such contemplation is to lose consciousness. Anyone who has been hit over the head can do that!

-- Notebooks Category 23: Advanced Contemplation > Chapter 7 : Contemplative Stillness > # 36