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To renounce the world is merely to exchange one kind of residence and one form of activity for another. We live in the consciousness, experience all happenings in it, and cannot renounce it whatever form or appearance it takes. There is in fact a hierarchy of worlds to be passed through.

-- Notebooks Category 3: Relax and Retreat > Chapter 4 : Retreat Centres > # 20