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XXVII. SUBJECTIVE REINTEGRATION 'Good-afternoon!' said the rabbit politely. f Moo/ replied the cow, munching a mouthful of grass. 'Beautiful tender grass round here,' added the rabbit; 'hope you are enjoying it.' 'Moo,' agreed the cow, without looking up. 'May I ask you a question ?' said the rabbit, diffidently. 'I have been hoping for the opportunity for some time/ 'Moo,' the cow acquiesced, with indifference. 'I fear it is a somewhat personal question, but—well —are you enlightened?' 'Moo,' assented the cow. 'How did it happen, if you don't mind my asking?' 'Moo/ replied the cow, doubtfully, shaking her head and making her cow-bell ring. 'My friend the owl, up there, says that you cows frequently are,' explained the rabbit. 'Moo/ the cow answered, with undiminished indifference . 'If he were awake, we could ask him, but he sleeps at this time of day/ 'I am always awake,' snorted the owl; 'I shut my eyes because I shine too strongly in the day-time.' 63 XXVII. SUBJECTIVE REINTEGRATION 'Good-afternoon!' said the rabbit politely. 'Moo,' replied the cow, munching a mouthful ofgrass. 'Beautiful tender grass round here,' added the rabbit; 'hope you are enjoying it.' 'Moo,' agreed the cow, without looking up. 'May I ask you a question?' said the rabbit, diffidently. 'I have been hoping for the opportunity for some time.' 'Moo,' the cow acquiesced, with indifference. 'I fear it is a somewhat personal question, but-well -are you enlightened?' 'Moo,' assented the cow. 'How did it happen, if you don't mind my asking?' 'Moo,' replied the cow, doubtfully, shaking her head and making her cow-bell ring. 'My friend the owl, up there, says that you cows frequently are,' explained the rabbit. 'Moo,' the cow answered, with undiminished indifference . 'If he were awake, we could ask him, but he sleeps at this time of day.' 'I am always awake,' snorted the owl; 'I shut my eyes because I shine too strongly in the day-time.' XXVII. Subjective Reintegration 'We have a visitor,' announced the rabbit, 'a bovine friend of mine, and your presence is needed/ 'Cows are holy girls,' the owl replied, 'and I am always present as no thing whatever; my appearance is only what is sensorially perceived as such by whatever sentient-being is conceiving it. I am, in fact, always present as my absence.' 'You hear?' the rabbit asked the cow, 'he is always, in fact, awake somehow or other, and greets you warmly/ 'Moo/ said the cow, picking another mouthful of fresh grass, and looking up. 'She agrees that she is enlightened,' the rabbit explained, 'but she seems doubtful concerning how it happened, and when.' 'It didn't,' the owl snorted, 'and there is nowhere in which it could happen.' 'But why is that?' asked the rabbit, mystified. 'Only an entity could be enlightened,' the owl pointed out, 'and there aren't any. Is not that your experience?' he asked the cow. 'Moo,' she assented, munching happily. 'But however can that be?' the rabbit inquired. 'A famous Indian sage of our times told everybody thatwhat they dubiously call "realization" already exists, and that no attempt should be made to attain it—since it is not anything to be acquired/ 'And did they believe him ?' asked the rabbit. 'Apparently not/ the owl observed, T am told that yearly every phenomenal biped who is interested, writes, lectures, or reads about it, "meditates" and practises goodness only knows what in order to acquire it.' 64 XXVII. Subjective Reintegration 'We have a visitor,' announced the rabbit, 'a bovine friend of mine, and your presence is needed.' 'Cows are holy girls,' the owl replied, 'and I am always present as no thing whatever; my appearance is only what is sensorially perceived as such by whatever sentient-being is conceiving it. I am, in fact, always present as my absence.' 'You hear?' the rabbit asked the cow, 'he is always, in fact, awake somehow or other, and greets you warmly.' 'Moo,' said the cow, picking another mouthful of fresh grass, and looking up. 'She agrees that she is enlightened,' the rabbit explained, 'but she seems doubtful concerning how it happened, and when.' 'It didn't,' the owl snorted, 'and there is nowhere in which it could happen.' 'But why is that?' asked the rabbit, mystified. 'Only an entity could be enlightened,' the owl pointed out, 'and there aren't any. Is not that your experience?' he asked the cow. 'Moo,' she assented, munching happily. 'But however can that...

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