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(Attending were Sally, Rose, Rachel, Amelia and Brad.)
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Now, this is a quiet evening and I am pleased with our small gathering. I wanted to tell you that symbolically, you (Brad) are winning, you are making adjustments, in more than weight. For the weight was indeed symbolic. You will find that some further adjustments will be much easier. The inner adjustments came first and the loss of weight later. The loss of weight is a physical materialization of the inner change. And you can expect others to follow.
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And do not judge according to your egotistical ideas alone. I am speaking to you now since you have set yourself (Brad) some problems. It took courage to set yourself the particular problems that you did for this existence, otherwise you would have tackled so many at one time, so to speak. There were certain truths that you found difficult to face. Now when I say this, I do not mean that the truths were difficult. I merely mean that in past lives there were certain portions of reality in which you did not have experience. And in this life you decided to experience these. And you are so doing and you are working toward solutions. If you knew this and if you knew what the problems were at this point, the problems would not be as real and the solutions would not be as valid. It would be like cheating in an examination.
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Now. I have told you often that there are methods by which you can indeed take your waking self into the dream state and follow your own travels. Now you follow them but you (Rose) will not remember; and you (Sally) follow them sometimes; and you (Rachel) follow them sometimes; and you (Amelia) are beginning to put one foot upon the path; and you (Brad) have not as yet allowed yourself to remember any of your dream encounters. But the point is that you can indeed learn to do this—that it is not impossible. It is not only probable, but it is not even difficult.
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([Brad:] “My wife took the brandy that I had for you, hard though that may be to believe.”)
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Now. What is your question? (Brad).
([Brad:] “In many ways my relationship with my wife has been destructive. I am now at a crossroads where I could end this relationship. However, I feel a strong relationship with her, perhaps a karmic relationship—something I must solve with her in this life. “)
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([Brad:] “Am I succeeding at all?”)
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([Brad:] “How vital is she to me?”)
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([Brad:] “Are you implying it is ended for—”
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([Brad:] “Could a new relationship with her exist with me as the dominant?”)
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([Brad:] “Do I need her? I want her. The dilemma has immobilized me.”)
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([Brad:] “Do you mean then that we will go back together?”)
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(Break. Jane asked during hreak what transpired. Brad said that it dealt with his struggle with reality—and his having to “face the music.” Seth interjected the following:)
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([Brad:] “Even though I may find I can get along without her, I think I will still feel I need her.”)
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