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" Within us there is a hidden part of our own ego that is never visible. As the Moon has two faces, one that is visible and another that is hidden, in the same way we have an occult part that is not visible.
First of all, I want you to understand that as there exists a physical Moon, there also exists the Psychological Moon. That Psychological Moon is carried within us; it is the ego, the "I," the myself.
The visible face, with some observation, can be seen by everyone. But there is an invisible face of our Psychological Moon that cannot be observed easily. Unfortunately the Essence has not illuminated the hidden part of our own Inner Moon. In reality, we live in a small region of our Consciousness.
We have created a portrait of ourselves. When the Consciousness as a ray of light penetrates that invisible face, then the hidden side of ourselves, the portrait that we had created of ourselves, is disintegrated, it is reduced to cosmic dust.
It is unfortunate that we only live in a small part of ourselves and we ignore many things about ourselves. The hidden side of that unknown part is normally really profound and we need to know it. This will be possible if we project the light of our Consciousness onto it.
That hidden face is important because it is in this part where we find the origin of our errors, the innumerable mechanical reactions, our stinginess. Obviously, so long as we have not illuminated that occult side with the rays of the Consciousness we will relate incorrectly not only with ourselves but also with our fellow men. When one illuminates the hidden face of our own Psychological Moon it is possible to know one's own errors; only then is it possible to see our fellow man correctly. However, when one does not illuminate that hidden part of oneself with the Consciousness, one mistakenly projects all of one's psychological defects on others.
If we are stingy, we think that everybody is like that. If we have plenty of hatred, we will see everybody in that way. If we are envious, we also believe that the others are envious. If we are violent, we do not understand the others' violence; we believe that we have reason and that others do not.
When we feel antipathy for somebody, it is obvious that the defect that we have internally is in that person and that we are incorrectly projecting on him.
Why do we feel antipathy for somebody? Why do we see in him a defect that annoys us?
Although it seems incredible, even if we would not accept it, the truth is that we also have that defect and we are just projecting it on our fellow man.
When one understands, it is obvious that one will want to eliminate the element that has been discovered. When we observe some defects in our fellow man, it is certain that those defects can be found in the hidden face of our Moon. Therefore, it is unfortunate that we are incorrectly related with the others.
If we relate incorrectly with ourselves, obviously we will relate incorrectly with others. If we relate correctly with ourselves, we will relate correctly with others; that is obvious. Accordingly, once one understands this, one realizes how mistakenly one walks along the path of life. " […]
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