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Unlimited Horizons
this is only a small price for freedom from an automatic reaction that in the long run would cost us far more energy.
Each single block, restriction, effort and obstacle we confront is a vital tutorial element of our present existence. Once we stop regarding these difficulties as insurmountable barriers, but rather interpret them as challenges to grow and to test our inherent abilities, we are well on our way to a far broader and more fascinating scope of life.
Positive Experiences Positive experiences are also always the result of our own actions and attitudes. Comfortable conditions of life, friends, affluence, high status etc. indicate that now or at an earlier time we ourselves created the basis for this agreeable environment. And we certainly have the right to enjoy this.
However - one aspect of this situation is somewhat problematic: All positive physical experiences - as well as negative ones - are limited in time. Sooner or later they all come to an end. We usually see two ways to deal with this: • either we enjoy the agreeable situation till it ends - and
try to regain the positive conditions we got accustomed
to once negative or dull influences start to increase • or we assign some part of our present means to
generate sufficient positive influence in advance
so our agreeable condition will continue. In both cases we merely react to influences instead of intentionally structuring them. This keeps us on a low level of
