21 levels of Self-Deception: THIRD EDITION by Tom Wallace - HTML preview

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17. Allow for Darkness, Chaos and

Randomness

‘The Ground of the soul is dark’

Meister Eckhart

‘The inner being of a human being is a jungle. Sometimes wolves dominate, sometimes wild hogs. Be wary when you breathe! At one moment gentle, generous qualities, like Joseph’s pass from one nature to another. The next moment vicious qualities move in hidden ways. A bear begins to dance. A goat kneels!’

Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi

The essence that is our true selves can never be anything other than perfect. So, this is the ultimate source of intrinsic value. The inner core, soul, of who we are is complete within herself. It does not need to change, be cured, or strive to be something else. In fact it is better to allow that inner self to have its true expression. The way the soul expresses herself is rooted through our physicality, our rational mind and our personal circumstances. There’s no soul without the mind and body, and the

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