Problemless living (ICA)

This is experienced as the absence of worldly cares. In the never-ending responsibility for the world, the fear of death loses its power; and the individual trusts the fact of life, that significance is already given to his own most personal existence. This is security beyond security: perplexing questions are no longer blocks. It may be compared to the popular story of the Duke of Wellington dancing at a ball the night before the Battle of Waterloo; or to the old song, "Pack up your troubles".

A dimension of this experience is a sense of awe, that is fear and fascination. The fear is of being at life's mercy, the knowledge that there is nothing to hold on to, and at the edge of existence is death. It makes no difference but it is there nevertheless. At the same time there is fascination in noticing the insignificance of the things that consume one's time and a sense of almost floating in the midst of life's cares; one gives one's self to this sense of detachment and the larger context. Such a time brings knowledge that one can go anywhere and do anything. Nothing of this world binds one.

This state is number 54 in the ICA Other World in the midst of this World.