Second Coming Teachings Preparations Series (How To Expand Your Consciousness by Learning Your Inner Symbols) Part 1

Understanding Your Personal Inner Symbolism

The Second Coming will be a Great Teacher to expand the world that you personally perceive.


Transcript
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chapter 18 various stages of
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consciousness symbolism and multiple
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focus within your personality all facets
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of your consciousness converge whether
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or not you are aware of it consciousness
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can be turned in many directions
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obviously both inward and outward you
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are aware of fluctuations in your normal
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consciousness and closer attention would
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make some of this quite clear you expand
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or narrow the scope of your attention
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constantly you may focus upon one object
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almost to the exclusion of everything
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else at times so that you literally are
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not conscious of the room in which you
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sit you may be quote-unquote conscious
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and reacting to a remembered event so
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strongly that you are relatively unaware
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of present events you take all of these
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fluctuations for granted they do not
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disturb you if you are lost in a book
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and unaware momentarily of your
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immediate environment you are not afraid
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that it will be gone when you want to
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turn your attention back to it nor in a
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daydream do you usually worry about
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returning safely to the present moment
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to some extent all of these are small
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examples of the mobility of your
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consciousness and the ease with which it
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can be used in a strange manner symbols
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can be regarded as samples of the way
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you perceive at various levels of
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consciousness they're changing guises
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can be used as signposts fire for
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example is a symbol made physical so a
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real fire tells you obviously that you
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are perceiving reality with your
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physically attuned consciousness a
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mental picture of fire automatically
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tells you that another kind of
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consciousness is involved a fire
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mentally seemed that has warmth but does
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not burn destructively obviously means
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something else all symbols are an
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attempt to express feelings feelings
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that can never be expressed adequately
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through language symbols represent the
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infinite variations of feelings and in
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various stages of consciousness these
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will appear in different terms but they
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will always accompany you there are
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several exceptions however in which pure
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knowing or pure feeling is involved
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without the necessity for symbols these
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stages of consciousness are infrequent
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and seldom translated into normal
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conscious terms
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let us take a particular feeling and
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follow it through as it might be
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expressed at various levels of
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consciousness begin with a feeling of
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joy in normal consciousness the
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immediate environment will be perceived
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in a far different manner than it would
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be say if an individual were in a state
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of depression the feeling of joy changes
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the objects themselves and that the
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perceiver sees them in a far brighter
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light he creates the objects far more
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vividly and with greater clarity in
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feedback fashion the environment then
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seems to reinforce his jewelry what he
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sees however is still physical the
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objects of the material world pretend
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now that he begins to daydream and falls
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into a reverie into his inner mind calm
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pictures or symbols of material objects
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people or events from perhaps the past
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as well as present and future imaginings
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the joy now being expressed with greater
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freedom mentally but with symbols the
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joy stretches out so to speak into the
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future sheds also its light into the
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past and may cover greater areas of
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expansion than could be shown in
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physical terms at the moment now imagine
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that our individual from his reverie
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falls either into a trance state or into
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a deep sleep he may see images that are
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highly symbolic to him of joy or
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exuberance logically there may be little
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connection between them but intuitively
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the connections are clear he now enters
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into his mental experiences far more
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deeply than in the reverie state and may
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have a series of dream episodes in which
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he is able to express his joy and share
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it with others he is still dealing with
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physically oriented symbols however now
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since we are using this discussion as a
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case in point we will continue to follow
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it even further he may form images of
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dream cities or people that are of a
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very joyful nature translate the emotion
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itself into whatever symbols are
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pertinent to him an exuberance may be
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translated into images of playing
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animals flying people or animals or
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landscapes of great beauty again the
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logical connections will be lacking but
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the entire episode will be connected by
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this emotion the physical body all the
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while is greatly benefited because the
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beneficial feelings automatically renew
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and replenish its recuperative abilities
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the feelings of joy
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may lead to images of Christ Buddha or
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the prophets these symbols are the
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changing scenes characteristic of
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consciousness at various stages the
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experiences are to be considered as
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creations creative acts all native to
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consciousness at various stages beyond
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this are states in which the symbols
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themselves begin to fade away become
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indistinct distant here you begin to
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draw into regions of consciousness in
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which symbols become less and less
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necessary and it is a largely
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unpopulated area indeed representations
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blink off and on and finally disappear
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consciousness is less and less
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physically oriented in this stage of
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consciousness the soul finds itself
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alone with its feelings stripped of
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symbolism and representations and begins
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to perceive the gigantic reality of its
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own knowing it feels direct experience
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if we use joy as our example all mental
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symbols and images of it would finally
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disappear they had emerged from it and
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would fall away from it not being the
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original experience but byproducts the
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soul would then begin to explore the
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reality of this joy in terms that can
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hardly be explained and in so doing
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would learn methods of perception
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expression and actualization that would
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have been utterly incomprehensible to it
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before now physical objects are the most
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obvious of your symbols and precisely
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for that reason you do not realize that
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they are symbols at all at different
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levels consciousness works with
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different kinds of symbols symbols are a
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method of expressing inner reality
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working in one direction the soul using
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its consciousness expresses inner
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reality through as many symbols as
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possible through living changing
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symbolism each symbol itself then is to
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its own extent conscious individual and
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aware in so doing the soul continually
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creates new varieties of inner reality
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to be explored working in the opposite
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direction so to speak the soul divest
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itself of all symbols all
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representations and using its
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consciousness in a different way learns
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to probe its own direct experience
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without symbols to come between it and
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experience it perfects itself in a kind
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of value fulfillment that you presently
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cannot understand except symbolically
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now these efforts go on whether you are
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awake or asleep once you are aware of
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these activities however it is possible
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to catch yourself in various stages of
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consciousness and even at times to
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follow your own progress particularly
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through dream states your body is your
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most intimate symbol at this point and
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again your most obvious you will use the
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idea of a body in most stages of
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consciousness when you leave your
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physical body in any kind of out-of-body
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experience you actually leave it in
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another that is only slightly less
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physical this in turn is quote-unquote
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later discarded for one still less
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physical but the idea of the form is so
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important a symbol that you carry it
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through all of your religious literature
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and stories of the Hereafter at one
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point it will vanish with the other
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symbols now there was a time speaking in
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your terms before the making of symbols
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a time so divorced from your idea of
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reality that only in the most protected
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areas of sleep does any memory of it
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ever return it seems to you that without
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symbols there would be non being but
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this is a natural enough deduction since
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you are so symbol oriented those stages
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of consciousness that occur after death
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still all deal with symbols there is
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much greater freedom in their use and
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greater understanding of their meaning
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but in higher stages of consciousness
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the symbols are no longer necessary and
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creativity takes place completely
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without their use obviously you cannot
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become aware of that stage of
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consciousness now but you can keep track
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of the way symbols appear to you in both
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waking life and the dream state and
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learn to connect them with the feelings
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they represent you will learn that
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certain symbols will appear personally
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to you at various stages of
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consciousness and these can serve as
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points of recognition in your own
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explorations when Rubert is about to
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leave his body from the dream state for
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example he will often find himself in a
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strange house or apartment that offers
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opportunities for exploration the houses
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or apartments will always be different
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and yet the symbol is always the
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signpost that he has reached a
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particular point of consciousness and is
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ready to enter into another state of
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consciousness each of you will have
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certain symbols that serve the same kind
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of purpose highly individual to you
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unless you make an effort at self
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exploration however the symbolic
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guideposts
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make no conscious sense some such
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symbols stay with you for life some in
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periods of great change may also alter
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their character bringing forth a certain
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feeling of disorientation as these
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unconsciously familiar symbols undergo
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transformation the same sort of thing
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applies to your physical living a dog
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may be a symbol to you of natural joy
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for example or a freedom after seeing an
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accident in which a dog is killed then
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dogs may mean something entirely
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different to you this of course is
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obvious but the same sort of symbol
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changing may occur within dreams the
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dog's accident may be a dream experience
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for that matter that then changes your
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conscious symbolic feeling towards dogs
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in the waking State one person may
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symbolize fear as a demon as an
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unfriendly animal or even as some
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perfectly simple ordinarily harmless
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object but if you know what your own
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symbols mean then you can use the
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knowledge not only to interpret your
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dreams but also a signpost to the state
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of consciousness in which they usually
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occur these symbols will change
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therefore in various stages of
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consciousness again the logical sequence
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is not present but the intuitive
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creation will change the symbols much in
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the same way that an artist might
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changes colors all symbols stand for
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inner realities therefore and when you
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juggle symbols you are juggling inner
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realities any exterior move that you
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make is made within the interior
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environment within all the interior
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environments with which you are involved
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symbols are highly charged psychic
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particles and that includes physical
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objects that have strong characteristics
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of attraction and expansion that stand
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for inner realizations and realities
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that have not been perceived through
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direct knowing by direct knowing here I
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mean instant cognition and comprehension
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without symbolization even the symbols
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then at various stages of consciousness
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will appear differently some seeking to
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have stability and permanence as your
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physical objects following the
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principles or root assumptions of
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corporal reality and some changing much
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more quickly as in the dream state these
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being immediate and sensitive indicators
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of feeling various states of
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consciousness seem to have their own
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environments in which these symbols
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appear again as objects appear in a
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physical
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environment seemingly non stable mental
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objects appear in the dream environment
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at certain levels the symbols follow
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rules then in both cases as mentioned
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earlier again the dream universe is as
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quote-unquote objective as the corporeal
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one the objects and symbols within it
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are as faithful representations of dream
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life as physical objects are of waking
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life the nature of the symbols therefore
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can serve as an indication not only as
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to your environment but your state of
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consciousness within it in normal
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dreaming within the context of an
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ordinary dream drama the objects seem
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permanent enough to you you take them
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for granted
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you are still physically oriented your
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project upon dream images the symbolism
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of your waking hours in other states of
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dream consciousness however houses may
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suddenly disappear a modern building may
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suddenly replace a shark a child may
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turn into a tulip
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now the symbols are obviously behaving
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in a different manner in this
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environment permanency is not a root
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assumption logical sequence does not
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apply symbols that behave in this way
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can be clues to you that you are now at
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another stage of consciousness and
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within an entirely different interior
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environment expression of feelings and
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of experiences are not limited to the
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rigid framework of objects stuck in
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consecutive moments feelings are
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automatically transformed and expressed
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in a new mobile immediate manner in a
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way the tune of consciousness is quicker
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actualization does not need to wait for
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hours or days experience is free from a
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time context in this realm of
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consciousness an entire book may be
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written or one's life plans thoroughly
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scrutinize your present time is one of
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many dimensions that help form this
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particular stage of consciousness
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therefore your past present and future
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exists within it but only as a portion
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of that interior environment you have to
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learn your way about for the states of
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consciousness and their environment
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stretch out in their own way as your
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world stretches out say in space it is
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not difficult however to be aware of
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yourself in the stage through giving
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yourself proper suggestions before sleep
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to some extent this transmutation of
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symbol can be observed in various stages
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of waking consciousness also when you
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are at rest awake but with eyes closed
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images and pictures will often appear to
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your inner eye some will be physical
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like materializations images of trees
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their houses are people others will be
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simply shapes that change swiftly and
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seem to flow one into the other
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as a rule even the images that are
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recognizable will quickly be replaced by
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others in a kaleidoscope of constantly
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changing forms there may seem to you to
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be no logic to these inner pictures and
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certainly no connection between them and
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what you were thinking a moment before
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or even an hour before to some extent
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they seem disconnected from you and not
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of your doing often however they
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represent the characteristics shown by
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consciousness when it is somewhat turned
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away from physical stimuli the form of
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symbols is changed as the states of
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consciousness change the images that you
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see in this circumstance represent the
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thoughts and feelings experienced just
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before you closed your eyes or those
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that were paramount in your mind
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somewhat previously the minute your eyes
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are closed the thoughts and feelings
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express themselves through this
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symbolism because the images may seem to
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have no direct connection logically to
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these thoughts and feelings you do not
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recognize them either as your own
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where are you able to tie them up with
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what they represent

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