Most questers experience this momentary elation, this cosmic paean of exultation, at some time. In some the wish to re-experience it becomes a craving which causes them to lose their balance, to be repeatedly depressed and unhappy at its loss. Thus what was intended to increase their happiness becomes a source of further misery!

-- Notebooks Category 22: Inspiration and the Overself > Chapter 7: After the Glimpse > # 44