questions to which, because of the
characteristics of the
mind, there is no possible answer. One of these is "Give me an unknown
time." As soon as the
preclear starts to answer such a question, he of
course has as-ised a certain amount of unknownness and will know the
time. The answer to a
fade-away question is measurable, however, it could be said arbitrarily to be answered when the
preclear has as-ised enough unknownness to give a known
time. There are
relatively few of these questions.
(PAB 43)