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The Veil We Must Penetrate

There is a psychic veil within us that separates our outer and inner life. This veil is periodically penetrated through insights and inspirations. As we expand consciousness this veil becomes thinner and we can then more easily move our awareness between our inner and outer life, having greater access through will or choice to the power, love and light that we have within.

When things in our outer life are going really well we usually do not want to pay attention to our inner life, for we are content and comfortable. This is typically experienced, for example, when we are having great success in our work or our economic life, or are newly in love. Basically, this is when we are not being challenged. What we do not realize at these times is that the longer we neglect attention to the archetypal or soul source of that success or love, the greater will be the need to reconnect with it later.

Whatever outer success we are experiencing the greater the need is to use it for soul expression. And if this is not done, a deep need is being created. If that need is not recognized and then fulfilled from a soul level, the success becomes a negative reality, and our love either disappears or becomes mundane.

When you love someone, nourish that love from deep within. Let it be a love that is generous, sacrificial, noble and empowering. Avoid turning it into a selfish feast for unfulfilled needs.

When you are experiencing success or happiness, constantly add greater quality and universality to it by being of greater service and presence. Use it as a joyful expression that fulfills real needs in the world around you. Avoid pride, selfishness and superficiality. It is never the personality alone or the outer world forces and values that have given you what you have.

Also at times, when things are going badly we might ignore the inner life. The outer is always created by the inner. Recognize this, value and appreciate the source and nourish the connection to the inner life with the awareness of purpose that comes from all soul impulses toward expression and fulfillment.

Whenever anything external is experienced, there is always a specific inner connection we can make. This takes deliberate focus and intention. However, there is also the ongoing need to cultivate our inner soul life so that we always have that inner connection. Our outer life is constantly nourished and guided by the support and wisdom that is always present within. We can do this by being open to the soul presence of nature, others and experiences or by meditating on soul qualities so that we can see them and experience them in our daily life. We can also cultivate this inner life and have it connect to our outer expression by focusing on specific experiences and questioning deeply what their meaning and purpose might be. The ultimate way of keeping the inner connection is to identify with soul, our essence, as who we really are, and seeing our outer life as simply an expression of that identity showing us what and where changes need to be addressed.

Exercises: 1. What do you do to cultivate your inner life? What more will you do? 2. Develop a practice of examining the possible meaning or purpose of specific experiences you have.

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