There are primary and secondary levels of mind and consequently primary and secondary products. The former are insights, the latter are intuitions.
Sages speak from the highest level; mystics contemplate, while genius speaks, writes, paints, and composes from the secondary levels.
Primary consciousness is exalted but calm; secondary consciousness is exalted but excited. The first does not change its settled mood, but the second falls into rapture, ecstasy, and absent-minded reverie.
รข€” Notebooks Category 1: Overview of the Quest > Chapter 1: What the Quest Is > # 63
Paul Brunton
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