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Because they are unready for it, they cannot endure such an experience. The peace it imparts is too impersonal and would suffocate them. The detachment which it creates makes the worldly life seem less important and is too frightening.

-- Notebooks Category 22: Inspiration and the Overself > Chapter 3 : The Overself's Presence > # 425