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The vital matter is, that we need to disentangle our consciousness from the noisy and perturbed thraldom of the psychical, and to come to consciousness as the spiritual man. THE VITAL MATTER IS THAT WE NEED TO DISENTANGLE OUR CONSCIOUSNESS FROM THE NOISY AND PERTURBED THRALLDOM OF THE PSYCHICAL AND TO COME TO CONSCIOUSNESS AS THE SPIRITUAL MAN
he web of emotions, desires, argumentative trains of thought, which cover up and obscure the truth by absorbing the entire attention and keeping the consciousness in the psychic realm. When hopes and fears are reckoned at their true worth, in comparison with lasting possessions of the Soul; when the outer reflections of things have ceased to distract us from inner realities; when argumentative-thought no longer entangles us, but yields its place to flashing intuition, the certainty which springs from within; then is the veil worn away, the consciousness is drawn from the psychical to the spiritual, from the temporal to the Eternal. Then is the light unveiled. 53. Thence comes the mind’s power to hold itself in the light. It has been well said, that what we most need is the faculty of spiritual attention; and in the same direction of thought it has been eloquently declared that prayer does not consist in our catching God’s attention, but rather in our allowing God to hold our attention. RE THE WEB OF EMOTIONS DESIRES ARGUMENTATIVE TRAINS OF THOUGHT WHICH COVER UP AND OBSCURE THE TRUTH BY ABSORBING THE ENTIRE ATTENTION AND KEEPING THE CONSCIOUSNESS IN THE PSYCHIC REALM WHEN HOPES AND FEARS ARE RECKONED AT THEIR TRUE WORTH IN COMPARISON WITH LASTING POSSESSIONS OF THE SOUL WHEN THE OUTER REFLECTIONS OF THINGS HAVE CEASED TO DISTRACT US FROM INNER REALITIES WHEN ARGUMENTATIVE THOUGHT NO LONGER ENTANGLES US BUT YIELDS ITS PLACE TO FLASHING INTUITION THE CERTAINTY WHICH SPRINGS FROM WITHIN THEN IS THE VEIL WORN AWAY THE CONSCIOUSNESS IS DRAWN FROM THE PSYCHICAL TO THE SPIRITUAL FROM THE TEMPORAL TO THE ETERNAL THEN IS THE LIGHT UNVEILED SUITRA FIFTY THREE THENCE COMES THE MIND'S POWER TO HOLD ITSELF IN THE LIGHT IT HAS BEEN WELL SAID THAT WHAT WE MOST NEED IS THE FACULTY OF SPIRITUAL ATTENTION AND IN THE SAME DIRECTION OF THOUGHT IT HAS BEEN ELOQUENTLY DECLARED THAT PRAYER DOES NOT CONSIST IN OUR CATCHING GOD'S ATTENTION BUT RATHER IN OUR ALLOWING GOD TO HOLD OUR ATTENTION
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