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nervousness and irritation. These things belong to the old mind
you are trying to leave and therefore stand in the way of concen-
tration and quietude. They should be stopped at their root by
rejecting the suggestions of the physical mind as soon as they
begin. A new consciousness is coming based upon inner silence
and quietude. You must wait quietly for that to develop. True
knowledge, true perceptions of people and things will come in
that new silent consciousness. The mind's view of people and
things must necessarily be either limited and defective or erro-
neous—to go on judging by it is now a waste of time. Wait for
the new consciousness to develop and show you all in a new
and true light. Then the tendency to anger which arises from
this mind and is a violent impatience directed against things
the mind and vital do not like, would have no ground to rise at
all — or if it rose without cause could be more easily rejected.
Rely for the sadhana on the Mother's grace and her Force, your-
self remembering always to keep only two things, quietude and
confidence. For things and people, leave them to the Mother
also; as you have difficulties in your nature, so they have too;
but to deal with them needs insight, sympathy, patience.
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The inner will prevails sometimes, sometimes it does not prevail
for the time being. That is quite normal. It depends on certain
conditions which the physical mind does not see. As one grows
in knowledge, one becomes aware of these unseen conditions
and understands better what happens.
CWSA 31: 267-70

Rejection
Because anger etc. once used to come, it does not follow
that they cannot die down in a short time, so his incredulity is
not justifiable. This is just the way that these things do go. They
come vehemently and resist the force used to eject them, but

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