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(He stayed until about 12:20 AM, then left, bound for where?.... Jane said the next day that we should have offered him shelter, but I didn’t feel any compulsion to do so. I did think that practically all of our unannounced visitors were young people because the Seth material attracted them much more easily than older generations. I thought it a good sign, actually, since these young people would one day be playing roles in society; at least, I thought, they’d have been exposed to what we thought were good ideas in their formative years.
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Though the fanatic may make much noise in the world, he is actually isolated from all of the world’s ideas except his own. Anything else is seen as a threat. He does not allow the development of his concepts or beliefs, for example. They stop at one particular point—and at that point he wages his battle against reality.
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The varying and various fanatical groups, such as, for example, the anti-homosexual Florida contingent, are in a way quite natural and necessary in your country. They serve as focus points for others who have the same ideas but are afraid to really face them or admit their beliefs. A former Miss America does it for them.
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Whenever you reinforce the ideas of threat, defense must be built up. Some threats are realistic and some are not. If you concentrate upon your daily, natural prime events, you will not live under a constant sense of threat. There are too many periods of safety, if you take advantage of them.
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As-yet-sometimes-unsynchronized new motion has been responsible for the eye “difficulties.” One eye moves faster. James explained some issues of greatest importance. You are dealing, however, from your perspective with ideas that have the potential of reorganizing the society, yet your backgrounds have been those of your world. I am aware of your efforts to put these sessions into practice.
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