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Pretend, pretend that yourself...your whole identity, is a tape, such as being used here, but in stereophonic. Now, pretend that you have eight channels on this fantastic machine. Now, the whole self is composed, to use this analogy, of the entire eight channels. Usually, however, you can only play one channel at a time. The whole self, however, is aware of the entire eight channels and is able to keep track of them. The conscious mind as you know it is only one note on the first channel, not even the entire channel. You can learn methods that will enable you to tune in on these other channels. These other channels are all conscious portions of your own entire identity. They may or may not be aware of you as one small note on the first channel. They must learn to tune in, but many of them have already learned this knowledge and it is part of their own training.
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There is no penance! You are here to develop. You do learn the consequences of your thoughts and actions, and you face them. But there is no penance! And I tell you this: there is no guilt. And I tell you: there is no guilt. You learn the consequence of your action and you face the consequence of your action. You create the idea of guilt. And when you believe in guilt, then you create the penance in accordance to how strongly you believe in the guilt.
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