"One of the single greatest problems that human beings have is the
inability to see that very fact that they say one thing and do another.
They don't see the two at once. They're both in separate compartments. Once
a person says, 'I will be gentle with you.' The man says to the woman,
'I'll care for you.' The woman says, 'I'll be considerate of you. Once
they say that, it's all in a little compartment and they don't see
themselves when they do the exact opposite. Which is why the breaking down
of the walls of unconsciousness, of resistance, of folly, the breaking down
of the wall must happen so that we can see that indeed we say one thing and
then go out and do another.
Now I'm going to read to you another exercise in the series of 'Practical
Exercises for Inner Harmony' that will put you into action inwardly and
outwardly so that you can begin to see these contractions, these two sides
in yourself.
The title of this Practical Exercise for Inner Harmony that you can use
out in the world is called, 'The Show is Over, Thank Heaven.' And let me
pause to say when your show is over you will say, 'Thank heaven' for the
first time.
Right now you say thank heaven when you get a a stroke of good fortune,
right? You get something, some advantage over someone. Our wolf-like
nature had everything to do with it, in which all we know is what we want
regardless of the consequences of someone else.
Let me repeat a very definite point. As long as you have a wolf-like
nature, which means you're sound asleep, under the spell of this world and
your own mind, as long as you have that, you have no conscience toward
anyone else. You will hurt anyone, but you don't see it. You don't know how
bad it is. You don't know how deep the delusion is that you are a good
person."
Practical Exercises For Inner Harmony - Part 4
Practical Exercises for Inner Harmony - MP3 CD, track 4
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