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AllatRa by Anastasia Novykh
“fully armed”. But in reality this situation resembles the fable about the wolf and the
hunter:
“Once upon a time, a wolf decided to sally by himself so that he could later boast to his
pack that he went hunting man himself on his own. At the same time, a man decided to
go hunting alone so that he could later boast to huntsmen that he went hunting a wolf all
by himself. So both of them went, the wolf and the man, and both of them were afraid,
shivering from fear in the night. Both of them got settled on the edge of a forest, having
leaned against a “warm tree”. So they sat until dawn, having cuddled up to each other's
backs from fear, only soothing themselves with the thought how they would boast to
their fellows that they went hunting all alone. They were warm and cosy, and they both
were infinitely glad they had remained safe and sound. The wolf was happy that the
hunter did not get him, and the hunter was happy that the wolf did not get him.”
Anastasia: Rightly said. Many people do not bother about truly refining themselves.
They only sooth themselves with flattering thoughts. Later they get surprised why they
haven't got any significant results in their spiritual development, though they “went
hunting” their Animal many times. It is surprising how many subtle substitutions there
are. The impression is that it is not only you who learns more, but the Animal does not
sleep either, that it is always improving itself where it can catch you.
Rigden: That is correct. The funniest thing is that the Animal nature has standard, sametype
programmes. People step on the same rake, and everyone thinks that it is only they
who get hit on the forehead. Each person thinks that he has it worse than everyone else,
and that his obstacles are the most difficult to overcome. But all these low spirits is
another trap of the Animal nature to get a person to focus his attention on its purposes.
By knowing about these tricks, however, one can easily foresee and avert another attack,
avoid traps. The most basic programmes of the Animal nature are based on pride, selfabsorption
and fear. These negative feelings cause envy, jealousy, grief, resentment,
self-pity, the wish to control and discuss others, to blame someone, the fear of changes,
fear of diseases, loss of the close ones, fear of loneliness, of the approach of old age,
death and so on. Here, the same processes of narrowing of consciousness, of which I
have already spoken, take place.
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