In order to derive benefit from the oneirism of such an image, one must no doubt first place oneself “in the palm of repose,” that is, withdraw into oneself, and condense oneself in the being of a repose, which is the asset one has most easily “at hand.” Then the great stream of simple humility that is in the silent room flows into ourselves. The intimacy of the room becomes our intimacy. And correlatively, intimate space has become so quiet, so simple, that all the quietude of the room is localized and centralized in it. The room is very deeply our room, it is in us. We no longer see it. It
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