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★ 115 ★ Thus the talent to represent, to accurately observe, to effectively describe the observation, is different than genius. Without this talent, one sees only half and is only half a genius; one can have a disposition for genius, which in the absence of that talent, never develops.

22. The most arbitrary prejudice is to deny a person's ability to be outside oneself, to be with an awareness beyond the senses. A person is able to be a supersensible being at any moment. Without this he would not be a citizen of the world, he would be an animal. Admittedly, level-headedness, self-understanding, is difficult in this state as it so incessantly, so necessarily, connected with the alteration of our normal state. But the more we are able to be conscious of this state, the livelier, more powerful, and more compelling is the conviction that arises from it; belief in true revelations of the spirit. It is not seeing, hearing, feeling; It is more than all three combined, more than all of the three: a perception of immediate certainty, a vision of my most true, most unique life. Thoughts transform themselves into laws, the wishes into fulfillments. For the shallow person, the reality of this moment is an article of faith. The phenomenon is particularly striking at the sight of certain human figures and faces, especially when beholding certain eyes, certain facial expressions, certain gestures, when hearing certain words, when reading certain passages, by looking over when looking at certain aspects of life, the world and fate. Very many coincidences, certain natural events, special times of the year and day, give us such experiences. Certain moods are especially favorable to such revelations.