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This is the real darkness; and all those who deny the immortality of the soul, or deny the soul's existence, and so lay out their lives wholly for the psychical, mortal man and his ambitions, are under this power of darkness. THIS IS THE REAL DARKNESS AND ALL THOSE WHO DENY THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL OR DENY THE SOUL'S EXISTENCE AND SO LAY OUT THEIR LIVES WHOLLY FOR THE PSYCHICAL MORTAL MAN AND HIS AMBITIONS ARE UNDER THE POWER OF DARKNESS
 teachers testify, is a long and arduous task, a steady up-hill fight, demanding fine courage and persistent toil. Fervour, the fire of the spiritual will, is, as we said, two-fold: it illumines, and so helps the spiritual man to see; and it also burns up the nets and meshes which ensnare the spiritual man. So with the other means, spiritual reading and obedience. Each, in its action, is two-fold, wearing away the psychical, and upbuilding the spiritual man. 3. These are the hindrances: the darkness of unwisdom, self-assertion, lust hate, attachment. Let us try to translate this into terms of the psychical and spiritual man. The darkness of unwisdom is, primarily, the self-absorption of the psychical man, his complete preoccupation with his own hopes and fears, plans and purposes, sensations and desires; so that he fails to see, or refuses to see, that there is a spiritual man; and so doggedly resists all efforts of the spiritual man to cast off his psychic tyrant and set himself free. ANDAGING HIS EYES AND THIS AS ALL TEACHERS TESTIFY IS A LONG AND ARDUOUS TASK A STEADY UPHILL FIGHT DEMANDING FINE COURAGE AND PERSISTENT TOIL FURTHER THE FIRE OF THE SPIRITUAL WILL IS AS WE SAID TWOFOLD IT ILLUMINES AND SO HELPS THE SPIRITUAL MAN TO SEE AND IT ALSO BURNS UP THE NETS AND MESHES WHICH ENSNARE THE SPIRITUAL MAN SO THE OTHER MEANS SPIRITUAL READING AND OBEDIENCE EACH IN ITS ACTION IS TWOFOLD WEARING AWAY THE PSYCHICAL AND UP BUILDING THE SPIRITUAL MAN SETRA THREE THESE ARE THE HINDRANCES THE DARKNESS OF UNWISDOM SELF ASSERTION LUST HATE ATTACHMENT LET US TRY TO TRANSLATE THIS INTO TERMS OF THE PSYCHICAL AND SPIRITUAL MAN THE DARKNESS OF UNWISDOM IS PRIMARILY THE SELF ABSORPTION OF THE PSYCHICAL MAN HIS COMPLETE PREOCCUPATION WITH HIS OWN HOPES AND FEARS PLANS AND PURPOSES SENSATIONS AND DESIRES SO THAT HE FAILS TO SEE OR REFUSES TO SEE THAT THERE IS A SPIRITUAL MAN AND SO DOGGEDLY RESISTS ALL EFFORTS OF THE SPIRITUAL MAN TO CAST OFF HIS PSYCHIC TYRANT AND SET HIMSELF FREE
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