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fear passes。 As happens in dreams； a voice says： 〃Notice this；
this is it！〃 And I look more and more into the infinite above me
and feel that I am becoming calm。 I remember all that has
happened； and remember how it all happened； how I moved my legs；
how I hung down； how frightened I was； and how I was saved from
fear by looking upwards。 And I ask myself： Well； and now am I not
hanging just the same？ And I do not so much look round as
experience with my whole body the point of support on which I am
held。 I see that I no longer hang as if about to fall； but am
firmly held。 I ask myself how I am held： I feel about； look round；
and see that under me； under the middle of my body； there is one
support； and that when I look upwards I lie on it in the position
of securest balance； and that it alone gave me support before。 And
then； as happens in dreams； I imagined the mechanism by means of
which I was held； a very natural intelligible； and sure means；
though to one awake that mechanism has no sense。 I was even
surprised in my dream that I had not understood it sooner。 It
appeared that at my head there was a pillar； and the security of
that slender pillar was undoubted though there was nothing to
support it。 From the pillar a loop hung very ingeniously and yet
simply； and if one lay with the middle of one's body in that loop
and looked up； there could be no question of falling。 This was all
clear to me； and I was glad and tranquil。 And it seemed as if
someone said to me： 〃See that you remember。〃
And I awoke。
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