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We do not have to fall asleep to experience this truth. Everyone has been momentarily flung into the peace-fraught vacuum state by the unexpected removal of a great fear or by the sudden satisfaction of a great desire. But very quickly other thoughts, desires, or fears rush in to fill the vacuum and the glimpse of peace is lost.

-- Notebooks Category 24: The Peace within You > Chapter 2 : Be Calm > # 9