' No Longer Striving '...

When he feels the gentle coming of the presence of the higher self, at this point he must train himself in the art of keeping completely passive.

He will discover that it is endeavouring actually to ensoulhim, to take possession of him as a disembodied spirit is supposed to take possession of a living medium.

His task now is purely negative; it is to offer no resistance to the endeavour but to let it have the fullest possible sway over him.

The preliminary phases of his progress are over.

Hitherto it was mostly his own efforts upon which he had to rely.

Now, however, it is the Overself which will be the active agent in his development.

All that is henceforth asked of him is that he remain passive, otherwise he may disturb the holy work by the interference of his blind ignorant self-will.

His advance at this point no longer depends on his own striving.



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