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(Yesterday we also had two unexpected visitors, as well as a brief call from a young man who had called on us unannounced with a friend, last week. The two women were from Arizona and Massachusetts; the former had flown here to see Jane unannounced. I turned her away at the door with a promise that Jane would call her at the Holiday Inn. Shortly after she left, the second caller, a “parapsychologist” from a college in Massachusetts, was camping in Pine Valley with her family. I arranged that both women would meet here at 4:00 PM to talk with Jane for an hour before supper time; Sue Watkins was also due that afternoon with some typed material for Psyche—which is why I made the arrangement to begin with.
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Dedicate yourselves as I have said. Be honest. If someone comes to the door and you do not want to see them, make a polite excuse. If you feel so inclined, see the person. Make a decision, however, whatever it is, and stick to it in any case—that is, in any given case: you follow me? You will learn that way, and your decisions will be in league with your inclinations at the time.
(10:56.) These will naturally even out. You can trust those inclinations. They will be built upon your own inner knowledge and your feelings about your state at the time, and your inner knowledge about people at the door.
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When you do not trust your inclinations then you must indeed make rules to follow instead. It takes but a moment to check with each other, though so far you usually answer the door, but state your feelings to Ruburt clearly, then ask for his, and make your decision jointly. One of you may want to talk to the person involved, or both of you, or neither. There is no strain that should be involved. The affair is taken care of in a few moments.
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