This occurs during a "receptive state", which happens when a member of his species is deeply in love.

Gradually, then, she permitted her body and mind to sink into a receptive state.

Unless the person you are projecting to is in a receptive state, he may not receive the thought.

Perhaps, in the receptive state of sleep, Sam had sensed his brother's presence.

Deep in a receptive state, she reached up to touch it.

Whether they'll be in a receptive state for talking about problems, I don't know.

You place yourself in a receptive state and then allow me to enter your mind with mine.

She must have been desperate to reach him, even in his receptive state.

This was an awful lot to absorb, of course, even in a receptive state.

It will place them in a receptive state of mind for what must be done.