A vivid, intense, and self-critical revelation of how ”sinful” he has been may precede, accompany, or follow the glimpse. It may shake him to his core. But it cannot be said that he feels he has betrayed his best and higher being any more than it can be said a child has betrayed the adult it has not yet grown into. He understands this at the same time and so forgives himself.

Source: The Notebooks of Paul Brunton

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