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He enters the third stage, contemplation, when the thought or thing on which he fixed his mind alone remains there whereas the consciousness that he is meditating vanishes. He finishes this stage when this residue is none other than the Overself, thus transcending his personal self and losing it in the Overself.

-- Notebooks Category 23: Advanced Contemplation > Chapter 7 : Contemplative Stillness > # 93