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AllatRa by Anastasia Novykh
Rigden: There is another type of attack of the Animal nature – the soft and subtle
one, based on pride. It is exactly the opposite of the violent type. During such an attack
of the Animal nature a person thinks that he has everything under control, that he is so
cool, that everyone around him praises him. But if you look at this situation from the
perspective of the Observer from the Spiritual nature and analyse these moments of selfadmiration,
then it becomes clear that all of them are based on self-obsession and
egoism. Man's consciousness narrows down in the same way, he is similarly focused on
his precious self, this time in another direction. Metaphorically speaking, like a
narcissus, he sees nobody around him other than himself. And the pressure is again felt
from the outside to the inside and it is not violent, but subtle, endearing, satisfying, with
a character of enjoying the outer.
Anastasia: What other traps can be expected from the Animal nature?
Rigden: The ways of its influence are diverse. For instance, you are doing an important
task that will influence many people and their lives in a good way in the end. Already at
the first stages of implementation of this task, the Beast (the Animal nature) starts
planting ideas that require you to spend the same amount of efforts and time on them as
on the main task. These ideas, which are really not important for the moment, start to
divert your attention with a multitude of their issues that require an “immediate
solution”. Thus, you will simply get caught up in these problems and, as the saying goes,
there will be much cry and little wool. But in the end, if you estimate the efficiency ratio
of your actions, it will become clear that the mundane actions have not given such a
significant result as the initial action, which you abandoned, could have done. Time is
lost and efforts are spent. So this is the subtle substitution.
Here's a variation of the “substitution of notions” attack of the Animal nature. For
example, you have managed to notice an attack and hold your position. But suddenly,
some sort of panic starts inside, something like “Help! I urgently want into Eternity!
What is to be done?! How can I be saved immediately?” This is another subtle
substitution. Unfortunately, there are many such substitutions. It happens that, while
being under the influence of the Animal nature and not bothering much about refining
himself, a person only boasts with his “accomplishments” in the spiritual development
in front of others. He thinks mistakenly (from pride) that he “watches” for his Animal
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