As Master Yoda said, in the Star Wars movies, “Don’t underestimate the power of the dark side of the force.” Once you get caught up in it, it is often very difficult to see your way out of it. The common expression of how you can’t see the forest for the trees applies here. It is easier to see other people’s “stuff” than your own.
Staying clear takes enormous vigilance, self discipline, commitment, self-introspection, and devastating honesty. If the ego can’t make you feel like an underdog it will make you feel like a top dog which is even more seductive. The Bible says, “after pride cometh the fall.” Let this be a warning to us all.
My sincere hope is that by studying and meditating upon these insights, and instructions, that you may avoid some of the suffering and karma I have had to go through, and that I have seen many of my clients, students, and friends go through.
Everything in God’s universe is governed by laws. There are physical laws, emotional laws, mental laws, and spiritual laws. By learning to understand these laws and become obedient to them we fulfill the law, which is the path of Ascension. This chapter has been an attempt to elucidate some of these universal laws, so you, my friends, may learn by “grace” instead of by “karma” (suffering)!
