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Namah The signpost to our destiny

necessary for everyone to traverse through conscious only of a small thin crust which is all
a catastrophe. Not everyone has to endure that they know of themselves and things and
a dysfunctional upbringing, there are many the world, and it is so thin a crust (2)!”
raised in a healthy and nurtured way, who
have been inspired with some thirst for the So the turn inside is probably the most
Truth at an early age, so the way forward significant movement we make in life.
is more seamless and clear. But still there is There is no doubt that it also has profound
still this dissatisfaction, a longing to discover implications for our health and well-being.
greater riches inside. First of all, we need to create an environment
conducive to this process. To a certain extent,
this may even initially require ring-fencing
ourselves off from the outside world. The
sapling’s tender shoots are so tempting
for society’s cattle to gorge upon! Our
surroundings may present immense obstacles
to this realignment. In my own experience, I
felt that an entire relocation to India was
required! At the very least though, we need
to create our own sacred space. This is just
the beginning.
If nothing is done to break free of the
stagnancy of the outer life, one faces the We don’t aim to ultimately disengage from
prospect of pursuing a futile treadmill for the spume of everyday life — that is not really
countless incarnations. For those souls possible — but we try to establish a poise
who do not relish challenges, it offers a which is distinct and apart from the influences
more comfortable life with fixed grooves. of the surface life. We learn to do this in every
It can become a habitual pattern for many facet of our existence. In the end, we draw
lives. So many people are ignorant of their on a greater power in our interactions with
own malaise. They do not really know how the outside world and we base everything
miserable they are. They live through an on this poise inside. Up to that point, we are
auto-pilot and have forgotten the true tossed around entirely by circumstance and
meaning of their existence: open to every conceivable exterior force. In
truth, we start to live. Before this point, one is
“Almost totally, everybody lives on the surface, immersed in a world of dream and illusion,
all the time, all the time on the surface. And for where only the phenomenal seems true.
them it’s even the only thing which exists — the
surface. And when something compels them It is only by living from inside that one
to draw back from the surface, some people can access true mastery over our complex
feel that they are falling into a hole. There are individuality. This control gives us the
people who, if they are drawn back from the prospect of vibrant health. It is the psychic
surface, suddenly they feel they are crumbling being alone, our evolving soul accompanying
into an abyss, so unconscious they are! They are us through all our lifetimes, which offers this

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