Mostpeople proceed through life busy with their own
thoughts. Picture your face as smilingfaintly, but do not actually
smile.
You must let go absolutely, said the Invisibles, as
though you werefalling through space. That in itself is a form, a simple form, of
spiritual contact. The simplest achievement is so much more important.
It is humble but unwavering, not an arrogant
demand.
It is an experiment to avoid the difficulties of
relayingmessages so far.
Its like a reservoir always in danger ofbeing
broken down by pressure from without.
It is one of those things we understand only
afterwe have worked into it. It doesnt matter how you symbolize it, but YOU MUST
HAVESOMETHING CONSTANT IN YOURSELF.
Picture your face as smilingfaintly, but do not
actually smile.
As to what, definitely, this automatic action
produces must be left untillater. If this analogy is clear, then we are ready to
begin the kindergarten.
When that effort was withdrawn we droppedback
automatically.
How can I bring to you strongly enough this first
principle?
You were born with wings: why prefer to crawl
through life? All life is a practical affair to be gone at in apractical
fashion.
That does not mean she remained conscious asyou and
I are conscious.
The rounding out of proportionis the foundation of
everything they told us.
That balanceshould be restored, for the proportion
is wrong there too.
The flexibility, and utility, of unconsciousness is
soonlost.
The flexibility, and utility, of unconsciousness is
soonlost.
That does not mean she remained conscious asyou and
I are conscious. Whenever a thing is desired enough tocause an outgoing of
determination, automatic action begins. Nevertheless, we argued, others have
succeeded at this sort of thingwithout such training. In nine you will be able to do
ithourly, and even momently. You will be led into a blind alley and leftthere. But
there is another, and very essential, consideration. The material that had come by
thencomprised a little over four hundred typewritten pages. If thatproportion is
overbalanced ON EITHER SIDE trouble always results.
Empty the foreground of your mind, said the
Invisibles. We must WANT to reach out in harmony with spiritual forces. Birds
singing for example: amoment ago you literally did not hear them. The natural
tendency is to seek psychic powersrather than practice human living. But if we are
not to strive for any definite results, I hear you say,what can we expect to
happen?
Once a person ofhis own force establishes it, we
can act on it. We had begun tounderstand what was meant by intelligent cooperation.
Another example you can find, perhaps, if you are a lover of dogs. Does that sound
mystic and vague and fuzzy?