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It is an experience which comes of itself, not constructed by the ego and not following the intake of a hallucinogenic drug. It leads into a consciousness where there are no objects, no activities, and no others. It is a zero, a nothing, yet simultaneously an utter intensity, clarity, and purity of consciousness.

-- Notebooks Category 23: Advanced Contemplation > Chapter 8 : The Void As Contemplative Experience > # 60