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(So was the second impression, which came immediately after. This time I suddenly “saw” a shorter left leg superimposed over my own flesh-and-blood leg of normal length. This new leg reached only to my knee but was complete with a foot and a knee as it stemmed from my hip. It could have been the leg of a dwarf.

Part of what I am about to say may sound callous, but you should see that such is not the case. From the viewpoint of the concerned and conscientious ego-self, truly there appears to be great and disastrous evils that overflow like poison the cup of human existence.

You see perhaps havoc within the physical field, and this is indeed to be faced and dealt with, and set straight, as aid is given to the victims of a hurricane. But you are familiar only with the results of action as they appear within the physical field, as long as you insist upon viewing your physical universe with the eyes of the ego-self; for the ego-self attempts to cut itself off from that action of which it is a part, and in so attempting it loses contact with this larger reality.

They seek each other out for many complicated reasons. This whole subject is difficult but I will not simplify matters, as I could. I would prefer to discuss it most thoroughly. Nothing here must ever be taken as a justification for evil, in humanity’s terms. For many practical reasons at this point, and please underline at this point, it is necessary that man fight against what he considers evil, for he strengthens himself immeasurably by so doing.

This, temporarily, is something like what happened to you, Joseph. The inner self is aware of other realities. It is aware of the ego. Remember here the difference between consciousness of self and the ego, for the difference is important. The ego is but part of the self, part of the conscious self, but focused in one direction.

There is no such thing as evil, except for the phantoms which man has made. He sees hate in his own heart, what he calls hate, which is but fear, so he projects it into another man’s face and says the man hates him; and he may slay the man. But the hate never existed, that is, what mankind thinks of as hate never existed.

(Break at 10:15. Jane was more deeply dissociated. She had spoken steadily for half an hour, but upon coming out of her trance state felt that but a few minutes had passed.

You must not allow yourself to become constricted, for in constriction there is no expansion and little creativity. The daily walk that you plan is not only an excellent idea, but had you carried this through in the past, there is a good possibility that you would not have become ill. For there is that in the physical nature of your field that is automatically refreshing and renewing.

The inner self that knows its existence within action, has a firm foothold within reality. The ego can perform its function, fulfill its responsibilities within the physical field, and be free to know adequate joys and pleasures. But such an inner self must be renewed within action.

Your personal potentials, Joseph, are excellent. A knowledge of past lives would be most helpful to any personality, not only of lessons learned and of triumphs achieved; but also of problems passed and solved. We will have much more to say concerning what you may call moral problems, but such discussions will always be tied in with reality as it exists.