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Entry into the third or contemplative stage may be marked by a momentary lapse from any consciousness at all. Yet it will be such a deep lapse that the meditator will not know on recovery whether it has endured a few seconds or a whole hour.
-- Notebooks Category 23: Advanced Contemplation > Chapter 7 : Contemplative Stillness > # 225