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The Twelfth Lesson: Sub-Conscious Influences.691
disappointment is part of the Great Change, and is preparing the race for
That-which-must-Come. And yet the relief will not come from any Thing or
Things. It will come from Within. Just as when, in Well’s story, things righted
themselves when the vapor of the comet had cleared men’s minds, so will
Things take their new places when the mind of the race becomes cleared
by the new unfoldment that is even now under way. Men are beginning to
feel each other’s pains—they find themselves unsatisfied by the old rule of
“every man for himself, and the devil take the hindmost”—it used to content
the successful, but now it doesn’t seem to be so satisfying. The man on top is
becoming lonesome, and dissatisfied, and discontented—his success seems
to appall him, in some mysterious manner. And the man underneath feels
stirring within himself strange longings and desires, and dissatisfaction. And
new frictions are arising, and new and startling ideas are being suddenly
advanced, supported and opposed.
And the relations between people seem to be unsatisfactory. The
old rules, laws, and bonds are proving irksome. New, strange, and wild
thoughts are coming into the minds of people, which they dare not utter
to their friends—and yet these same friends are finding similar ideas
within themselves. And somehow, underneath it all is to be found a certain
Honesty—yes, there is where the trouble seems to come, the world is tiring
of hypocrisy and dishonesty in all human relations, and is crying aloud to
be led back, someway, to Truth and Honesty in Thought and Action. But
it does not see the way out! And it will not see the way out, until the racemind
unfolds still further. And the pain of the new unfoldment is stirring the
race to its depths. From the deep recesses of the race-mind are rising to the
surface old passions, relics from the cave-dweller days, and all sorts of ugly
mental relics of the past. And they will continue to rise and show themselves
until at last the bubbling pot will begin to quiet down, and then will come
a new peace, and the best will come to the surface—the essence of all the
experiences of the race.