How is the mind to allow that thing to come to it? Obviously, the mind cannot go to it; it must come, and how is it to come? You cannot invite it, you cannot make a habit of it, you cannot sacrifice yourself for it, or make yourself into this or that to get it: it must come. And, the how - in the sense of by what conduct, by what path, by what system, by what process of thinking- is not the problem. You see, to put this question seriously to yourself, you must be aware, totally, of the full implications of the question. Knowing all the habits of the mind, knowing that you can do anything now with the mind through drugs which will have no aftereffects, then surely you see that such a mind, which has been influenced, cannot possibly receive that which has no measure, which is nameless.
And yet, without that other, it is like having a perfect body, a beautiful mechanical mind, which is but an empty shell. So, how is that unknown to come? You cannot induce it, you cannot buy it through any means. It is too vast, immeasurable, and so fleeting that the mind cannot capture it. It cannot be held within the field of time.

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