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[... 3 paragraphs ...]
You are aware of the selves that sit in this room on a particular evening of a snowstorm with certain members of the class present, certain members of the class absent, and some new people here, but I am familiar with the inner portions of yourselves that you also know but that the egotistical self has hidden from you. And so I must think constantly to myself, oh, yes, our Lady from Florence thinks that she sits in this specific room at this specific hour and is wearing a blue outfit but I am aware of a Lady of Florence you see, in several different manifestations in various existences all occurring at once. And so I must remember that she is not aware of these, and when I speak to her I must use a designation that will make sense to her at this particular time.
[... 1 paragraph ...]
You have been much given to thoughts of death this evening. Now, I have been a very lively corpse many times, but then, so have you all. And the inner portions of yourselves know this well. You have walked away from more graves than you can remember and will, indeed, many of you, walk away from more. Why then do you worry about justifying your own existence in this hour?
[... 29 paragraphs ...]
By the whole self indeed. Remember, when we speak of other personalities, again, this is only for convenience sake. This is your entire identity of which we are speaking. It is only you who are presently aware but of one portion and this portion you insist upon calling yourself. You are the self who makes these decisions.
[... 8 paragraphs ...]
He knew. You insist upon equating identity with the ego so if the ego does not know, you say he did not know. The ego is merely the tiny pinhead that sticks up and pierces physical reality. It is the tiniest portion of him that he did not inform.
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