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                                                                                                       Part 9









                 Developing A World View by



                               Embracing Our Soul






        When something occurs in the outer  We may hang in there in a job or a
          world as an ill-fated event, do we                   relationship for years, even when we

          stop to understand the meaning or                    know that parts of it are unacceptable

           do we continue to believe we are                    having elements of disrespect, neglect,
          victims, letting life go on as usual?                even emotional abuse or cruelty. Our
                                                               ego will continue to adamantly defend
                                                               its position using justifications or
        A popular cliché says, “He or she is                   rationalizations, forgiving repeatedly
        stuck in a rut.” We’ve all been there                  what is clearly not in our best interest.
        at one time or another. Repetitive                     Regardless of what others tell us, they

        experiences that come into our lives                   can see from the periphery looking at us
        that are painful or devastating are                    and our behavior or situation, we stay in

        ultimately set in motion to change the                 denial making excuses. We refuse to see
        course of our path for better or worse. If             clearly and accept the truth that is right
        for worse, there is definitely something               in front of us because a part of us knows

        deeply unconscious and lop-sided in                    that if we do, our life is going to change.
        us that seeks its own redemption. That                 Most of us avoid change, so we don’t

        something is our shadow self.                          until we are forced to do so. Suffering



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