يعيش معظم الناس، جسديًّا وفكريًّا وأخلاقيًّا، في دائرة ضيقة جدًّا من كينونتهم الممكنة. يستعملون قدرًا يسيرًا من وعيهم الممكن، ومن موارد أرواحهم عمومًا، كمن يستعمل من جسده كله إصبعه الصغيرة فحسب، وقد اعتاد ذلك.

“Most people live, whether physically, intellectually or morally, in a very restricted circle of their potential being. They make very small use of their possible consciousness, and of their soul's resources in general, much like a man who, out of his whole bodily organism, should get into a habit of using and moving only his little finger.”William James