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Deeper in the unconscious than the instinctual drives lies a wish for union that goes to the source of life itself, and exists prior to the wish for separation included in object relationships. The level can be reached in treatment through a change, at a culminating point, from the classical neutral attitude that brings on the transference neurosis to one of deep-seated availability and hearty attentiveness that permits silences and may include granting of special wishes, such as change of appointment hour. In this way the patient experiences an added dimension from treatment to that provided by classical analysis of the drives; he experiences a 'peace of the depths' (Huxley) that enables him to escape the ebb and flow of life as well as to re-enter it.