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The majority of people are creatures of moods. It seldom occurs to them that it is possible to understand the psychology of moods, and by knowledge of this psychology, one may master emotional fluctuations and coordinate the self. Coordination is intellectual and requires systematic thinking. Those who’re victims of emotional fluctuations seldom possess the intellectual development required for such mastery. Intelligence is the primary thing to develop in order to master the self and the emotions that arise.

We tend to have a duality of self. Today we believe strongly about something because of conditions that support it. The next day we believe something else very different because we feel different. One day the world is totally within our power to influence, the next day we can’t seem to do anything at all. We are hopeful one moment and dejected the next. Inconsistency continues to be a characteristic of our thought, words and deeds. We must establish our power for always by resolving the duality of self.
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A man who in one mood believes that all things are spiritual and good, and who in the next knows not what he believes is not yet a complete man. There are higher and lower states of consciousness. The lower states are characterized by a sense of limitation. There is painful awareness of the process that is going on. In the higher state, you see the goal by which the process is tending towards. All that was so painfully apparent on the lower is now seen and far more. Your focus is on the ideal of the soul.

Suffering is regarded in the light of its significance in the growth of character. Material possessions are valued only for what they are worth. From the lower point of view, life is seen as a conflict. From above, life is seen in the light of peace which is the outcome. The lower is the plane of struggle. The higher is the domain of that quiet composure that overcomes. The lower is the realm of judgment by appearance. The higher is the realm of righteous judgment. What is true on one level differs on another.

It is through the alternation of moods that one sees the law of balance. You may be conscious of the lower level on one day and feel weighted down by the conditions that surround you. The next day you may rise to a superior plane and your entire world is transformed. You laugh at the fears and follies of yesterday. Your vision carries you many times as far. Doubts can never assail you anymore. But no, in your zeal you have overleaped the mark. Tomorrow you’re down again and then you rise the day after.

By continuing to compare, you gradually develop a well poised mood which is more inclusive than either your customary lower or temporary higher state. You arrive at the state of equanimity. This gives you freedom from pull of emotions. You now access your true godlike nature of being unchanging, constant and complete. The pendulum of life is always swinging. Your inner subconscious flow shifts up and down from time to time. By placing yourself at the center, you transcend the swing and are free from it.

The greater the tendency towards the extremes one is, the more poised the individual may become. It is by lacking moderation and repose that one learns the need and value of poise. This is the meaning of suffering. A person who becomes enlightened no longer suffers in the ordinary sense. There is no more purpose in burning gold once all impurities have been purged. The middle path is the path of extremes. The more emotionally extreme you can feel, the more centeredness and power you can develop.

The mind learns by contrast and grows by mastering opposites. You learn what light is by learning what it is not, which is the darkness. You grow stronger in the light by mastering the darkness. Excess on one plane means excess on the other. Ecstasy of spiritual emotion causes a descent to the animal plane. Craving spiritual experience because you are addicted to the feeling of high it gives you causes you to become carnal. The very thing that is meant to free you now traps you when there is an excess.

In areas where you are negative, weak or undeveloped are areas that afford opportunity for growth. Every time you consciously rise from the lower plane to the higher, you further develop the art of self control and spiritual mastery. Little by little you will transmute your energy, until victories which once seem discouragingly impossible are now easy to accomplish. The secret of turning from the lower to the higher is by actively concentrating on a mental picture or ideal which consciousness is on the higher plane.

This voluntary shift of attention is only possible when there is sufficient repose in the self to become poised, to take hold of the self and turn the tide. Thus cultivation of inner poise, peace is the prime essential. Repose of being comes with the knowledge of contrasted mental states. The actual progress is made when one actively beings to pause, to hold still, to gather energy and build up momentum. To shift the attention is to transfer the balance of power to the higher plane where all its forces assist you.

The key to perfect experience is everything in moderation including moderation itself. Which means you can allow yourself to experience extremes from time to time for the joy of it. Balance of mind is balance of life. Equilibrium is the state of the divine. It is the state of rest. When we are in the state of the divine, we experience everything that is divine. All the abundance, wellbeing and happiness flows through us in their own accord with minimal resistance. Staying centered is your key to immovable peace.[/hidepost]