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"I call this "immersion in matter." Everything becomes flat, ordinary, prosaic; the voice of the mysterious and miraculous, which is so strongly heard in India, falls silent and seems no more than a foolish invention. You notice only the discomforts - the ridiculous and unpleasant side of everything and everybody. The mirror loses its luster and the world seems universally gray and flat." (pg. 100-101).