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| about differently. My dear friend, before the earth plane was created in its present form, other ways | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| before it can manifest destruction on the material plane. If only a small part of humankind sowed | 12 THE ORDER AND DIVERSITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS-THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION |
| lower self is still a reality on the plane where you now live, and you cannot close | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| close your eyes to any reality on whatever plane it may be. Another misunderstanding, misuse, or abuse | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| shadowy side that all good has on your plane of existence. Your desires and the granting of | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| sacrifice, for it brings you happiness on every plane of existence: physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. But | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| on different planes, not only on the earth plane. There you will rediscover contacts, loved ones, old | 18 FREE WILL |
| the attitude of each individual being on this plane possessing the power of free choice. Conditions and | 21 THE FALL |
| of Salvation. And this plan exists on every plane. Now, of course, I am still talking of | 22 SALVATION |
| that life does not originate on this earth plane. But then, people often misinterpret this in another | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| the necessity for self- development on this earth plane which exists for that very purpose. No matter | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| your feelings: you put yourself on a higher plane than your brother. The moment your vanity and | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| govern that world, although still on this earth plane. This ties in with the first words of | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| of darkness--is easier there than on the earth plane. For that reason, development is slower in the | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| is all about. When life on the earth plane is finished, an account is made; everything is | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| are working there. Many physicians on the earth plane have been incarnated from such hospital spheres existing | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| exists. For you have nothing on your earth plane that is not a poor copy of what | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| last, best, and highest stage of this earth plane is the approach I have outlined here, my | 38 IMAGES |
| you are going up or down. When the plane ascends, you will be under the impression that | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| necessary to fulfill your work on this earth plane, therefore they should bring out the inner person | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| principles or forces that manifest differently on every plane, from the highest to the lowest. Humanity has | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| But my dear, this human sphere, the earth plane, will never have perfection. It is a temporary | 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES |
| can walk through your matter. But on your plane of perception, the densest matter is physical matter | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| And when you come back to the earth plane life after life to learn just that but | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| the connection between the interplay on the human plane of action and reaction and God's will, the | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| there is only reason to rejoice on whatever plane you live, whatever illusions or hardships you temporarily | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| to the other extreme, putting yourself on another plane, separated from others, demanding more than you give | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| be in contact with spirits on a higher plane who may not have the type of strength | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| tune in on it, you on this earth plane could enjoy perfect happiness in every possible respect | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| about a state of desirelessness, but on the plane where most of you are it is an | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| exists no more than complete perfection. This earth plane incarnates only those in whom there is a | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| loud noise for us. When we approach your plane, all souls send forth this loud calling and | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| does not seem to love you. On the plane on which most of you are, love is | 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS |
| characteristic -- although perhaps on a quite different plane -- or to the exactly opposite extreme of | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| you may never even discover on this earth plane. But in principle, all are energy fields and | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| I can foresee a time on your earth plane -- some of you may still see the | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| of the most flagrant illusions on the earth plane. Distortions can only be brought to the fore | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| since you are living on this imperfect earth plane and dealing at all times with the imperfections | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| the original unity, or oneness. On the earth plane, one particular aspect of development is union between | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| find peace and some justice on this earth plane. Woman was long forced to suppress her intelligence | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| personality. Yet the cosmic current sweeping the earth plane, which always tries to harmonize and establish balance | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| now, while you are still on this earth plane. When you think or feel that selfishness would | 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS |
| certain conditions in this life on the earth plane and the spiritual laws of absolute reality where | 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF |
| you will see that all evil on this plane is nothing but a defensive weapon, or rather | 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF |
| represented by schools of thought on your earth plane. Life in itself is a school. The curriculum | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| in them. The time measurement on your earth plane is entirely symbolic, whereas in real spiritual understanding | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| means and why this world of the earth plane is illusory. As long as these are merely | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| over there. I want to remain on this plane now. If the plan has not been fulfilled | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| spirit said, Stay here. Stay on this earth plane. Perhaps by being nervous and unrestful you will | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| of evolution is union. Union on this earth plane does not exist. Some people have a vague | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| union. These two stages do exist on your plane of existence and consciousness. They are, at the | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| outer material life, but may affect the emotional plane. If you do not wish to love, and | 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS |
| that this cannot be. The outlook from the plane from which I am talking is so different | 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE |
| still geared to a very superficial and materialistic plane, the matter the entity produces for the vehicle | 130 FINDING TRUE ABUNDANCE BY GOING THROUGH YOUR FEAR |
| is what makes negative manifestations on this earth plane particularly serious or severe. In other words, when | 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS |
| up the struggle. This applies to the physical plane, of course. Therefore, physical pain ceases when tension | 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN |
| at least occasionally, experienced this. On the spiritual plane, my friends, it is different. For the spiritual | 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN |
| my friends, it is different. For the spiritual plane is the cause, while all other planes or | 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN |
| or spheres of consciousness are effects. The spiritual plane is the origin of the positive direction. It | 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN |
| with the origin of all life. The spiritual plane is unity itself, therefore conflict, opposing directions and | 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN |
| an objective, non-indulgent attitude. But on the spiritual plane, which comprises the total being, total life, the | 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN |
| level exists in identical form on a scientific plane. This principle can be found in chemistry, in | 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN |
| for human consciousness: the dualistic and the unified plane. The majority of human beings live predominantly on | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| of human beings live predominantly on the dualistic plane, where you perceive and experience everything in opposites | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| it causes. Few human beings transcend the dualistic plane, so most people experience only an occasional taste | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| outlook, the wisdom and freedom of the unified plane. On the unified plane of consciousness there are | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| freedom of the unified plane. On the unified plane of consciousness there are no opposites. There is | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| right, the life that exist on the unified plane of consciousness combine both dualistic poles, so no | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| through understanding or knowingness. Life on the dualistic plane is a continuous problem. You have to struggle | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| state of consciousness are pursued on the dualistic plane, a tremendous conflict must ensue because they are | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| they are absolutely impossible to accomplish on that plane. You strive for the fulfillment of your deep | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| is one. When you seek this on a plane where all is divided, you cannot ever find | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| how they can learn to transcend the dualistic plane in their practical daily existence. When the vague | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| or the precise theoretical knowledge of the unified plane of consciousness is misread and therefore sought on | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| is misread and therefore sought on the dualistic plane, here is what happens: You sense that there | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| but when you apply this on the dualistic plane, you will immediately be plunged into the very | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| being denied by the other. On the dualistic plane, your sense of identity is associated with the | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| right and the other's wrong. On the dualistic plane each issue ends with either life or death | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| long as life is experienced on the dualistic plane, as long as one side is viewed as | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| the two complement one another. On the unified plane, neither aspect is thinkable without the other. There | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| negations of each other; only on the dualistic plane of consciousness are they so opposed. There every | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| there is no way out on the dualistic plane of thinking. As long as your very existence | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| You can find your birthright only on the plane of unification. Since everything you learn from your | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| state, despite the immediate accessibility of the unified plane of consciousness, I would like to say more | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| directing your attention and hopes to the dualistic plane, with its tightly held opinions, false ideas, vanity | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| find life, as it did, on the dualistic plane. The unified real self can always be contacted | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| opens the way to rise to the unified plane of existence and to be moved by the | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| you hoped for and feared on the dualistic plane. You find that you are not as right | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| than the struggle that ensues on the either/or plane of the dualistic life. Before you can bring | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| as long as you remain on the dualistic plane, you struggle against unification because you falsely believe | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| life. Hence, you feel that leaving your dualistic plane is the greatest danger. The tension will mount | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| As long as you are on a dualistic plane, you must be in a constant soul cramp | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| this wrong in the world? On the dualistic plane this may indeed be so. But with this | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| personal, little considerations of the ego. The dualistic plane is the plane of the ego. The unified | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| of the ego. The dualistic plane is the plane of the ego. The unified plane is the | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| is the plane of the ego. The unified plane is the world of the divine center, the | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| The ego finds its whole existence on the plane in which it is at home. To relinquish | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| which it is at home. To relinquish this plane means to give up the claims of the | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| life, but you master it on the wrong plane and believe that you must vanquish every resistance | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| the transition from the dualistic to the unified plane of consciousness so difficult, for giving up this | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| energies and makes the transition to the unified plane impossible. When you look at your problems in | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| yet willing even to contemplate. On the dualistic plane you must have everything your way. You must | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| simply means for conquering life on the dualistic plane to guarantee your existence. The overt fight is | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| time and space; therefore, growth on the dualistic plane automatically moves toward its opposite. From the moment | 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING |
| long as growth takes place on the dualistic plane, there is always a peak to be reached | 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING |
| And so all living things on the dualistic plane move in a perpetual cycle of life and | 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING |
| the downside will be anticipated. On the unified plane of consciousness, because there are no more opposites | 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING |
| that unitive perception cannot occur on the earthly plane. It is possible, absolutely possible, for anyone willing | 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING |
| from dualism to unity. Growth on the dualistic plane must always be fraught with fear of the | 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING |
| good, as opposed to bad. On the unitive plane, growth is not threatened by an opposite; hence | 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING |
| -- on the dualistic and on the unitive plane -- are entirely different. Dualistic growth is a | 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING |
| and ideals you have held on the dualistic plane, but the way you experience these ideas and | 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING |
| and purposeful activity in your life on the plane of existence where you function. Even the crasser | 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY |
| all of these, my friends, on a relative plane. That is, life will manifest exactly as you | 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE |
| of non-life could exist only on the relative plane, never on the absolute plane. On the absolute | 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE |
| on the relative plane, never on the absolute plane. On the absolute plane life is life, therefore | 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE |
| never on the absolute plane. On the absolute plane life is life, therefore it cannot be non-life | 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE |
| on the nature of life on the absolute plane. Human consciousness is incapable of conceiving of the | 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE |
| feeling. You all know that on this temporary plane of existence real negative feelings do exist, real | 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE |
| at the beginning of this lecture, on this plane the good and the bad forces, pleasure and | 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT |
| it. In the opposite state, on the dualistic plane, people are overserious, heavy and intense on the | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| consciousness that have transcended the dualism of this plane have different physical laws, corresponding to their overall | 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER |
| significant point when this happens on an overall plane. Look at the people in your environment and | 168 TWO BASIC WAYS OF LIFE: TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE CENTER |
| through a number of appearances on this earth plane in which their activating forces must be dimmed | 169 THE MASCULINE AND FEMININE PRINCIPLES IN THE CREATIVE PROCESS |
| be human, you would not live on this plane of consciousness, which expresses a particular degree of | 176 OVERCOMING NEGATIVITY |
| I recapitulate. To deny evil on humanity's present plane of consciousness is as unrealistic as to believe | 184 THE MEANING OF EVIL AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| and yet another meaning of death on this plane of consciousness. The principle also applies to an | 184 THE MEANING OF EVIL AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| connection, already manifest or potentially there, on the plane of inner reality. Where it is as yet | 188 AFFECTING AND BEING AFFECTED |
| who uses the key of life on this plane of existence. The more you do this, the | 188 AFFECTING AND BEING AFFECTED |
| you thus fulfill spiritual responsibility. On an invisible plane, both the positive and the negative actions and | 196 COMMITMENT: CAUSE AND EFFECT |
| or phenomena. There are people on this earth plane who experience the universe, the cosmos, as a | 197 ENERGY AND CONSCIOUSNESS IN DISTORTION: EVIL |
| must accept the reality of evil on this plane of development, in order to learn to cope | 197 ENERGY AND CONSCIOUSNESS IN DISTORTION: EVIL |
| clean slate. On the day to day outer plane the same process holds. It is not merely | 205 ORDER AS A UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE |
| message and applies it only to the outer plane. Order in such instances always becomes compulsive and | 205 ORDER AS A UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE |
| be spiritually more or less on the same plane of development. This does not mean that every | 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY |
| constantly integrate each level on a yet higher plane. The physical level will then not only become | 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY |
| attention on the reason for coming into this plane in the first place can you find your | 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE |
| They are not visible on the three- dimensional plane, but they are perceivable by inference, by intuition | 214 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS |
| of the psychic planes or on the earth plane. It is a climax, a creative orgasm in | 214 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS |
| all plans for your life on the material plane are thoroughly discussed and assimilated, you lose consciousness | 220 REAWAKENING FROM PRE-INCARNATORY ANESTHESIA |
| evolution of consciousness has existed on this earth plane that alternately emphasizes individuation and group consciousness. The | 225 EVOLUTIONARY STAGES OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS |
| from higher spheres. This manifests on the inner plane as a strong movement. When this movement is | 225 EVOLUTIONARY STAGES OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS |
| ripening into a reality manifest on your earth plane. Thus you can follow the various spirals within | 225 EVOLUTIONARY STAGES OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS |
| new energies are being released onto your earth plane. Each period had its own newly released energy-and-consciousness | 225 EVOLUTIONARY STAGES OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS |
| energies that are being released on the inner plane of the planet are to be creative and | 227 CHANGE FROM OUTER TO INNER LAWS IN THE NEW AGE |
| work is not sufficiently spread on the earth plane and it needs more emphasis. This will happen | 227 CHANGE FROM OUTER TO INNER LAWS IN THE NEW AGE |
| Christ who is awakening within you, on your plane of inner reality. Exactly the same process applies | 227 CHANGE FROM OUTER TO INNER LAWS IN THE NEW AGE |
| new consciousness as it spreads on the inner plane and fully embrace the movement. Go with it | 227 CHANGE FROM OUTER TO INNER LAWS IN THE NEW AGE |
| you are well aware of on the physical plane. The physical body is alive through the pulsations | 238 THE PULSE OF LIFE ON ALL LEVELS OF MANIFESTATION |
| systems, pulsatory laws. The existence of your earth plane is one pulse beat of the universal clock | 238 THE PULSE OF LIFE ON ALL LEVELS OF MANIFESTATION |
| for the next step. Development on the conscious plane can open certain channels that reach, at least | 238 THE PULSE OF LIFE ON ALL LEVELS OF MANIFESTATION |
| if ever, experienced to that degree on the plane of matter. It is a misunderstanding, however, to | 239 CHRISTMAS LECTURE 1975 |
| be subtle, it can be on an inner plane, it may not be observable from the outside | 241 DYNAMICS OF MOVEMENT AND RESISTANCE TO ITS NATURE |
| the best known political systems on your earth plane at this point in your evolution. I shall | 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS |
| greater degrees of goodness must exist. Therefore, a plane of all-pervading goodness must also exist. The same | 245 CAUSE AND EFFECT ON VARIOUS LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| meaning in the two spheres, because on your plane you only perceive very simplified and cruder manifestations | 246 TRADITION: ITS DIVINE AND DISTORTED ASPECTS |
| a person who is on an altogether lower plane of development. It would be good if you | 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL |
| may feel pain about the suffering on this plane of existence. Take for example the suffering of | 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY |
| aware that you are here on this earth plane to find your true being and fulfill it | 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY |
| the greater, real life into this limited dualistic plane and in thus spiritualizing the matter you temporarily | 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE |
| is always gradual. Even on the purely physical plane, a human being is not born complete. The | 255 THE BIRTHING PROCESS -- COSMIC PULSE |
| was already born when you came into this plane. Other parts shed the covers later, one by | 255 THE BIRTHING PROCESS -- COSMIC PULSE |
| it with life. Every incarnation on the earth plane represents a pulse beat, an outbreathing. Each time | 255 THE BIRTHING PROCESS -- COSMIC PULSE |
| These are not idle speculations. On your earth plane you can observe this truth by a very | 255 THE BIRTHING PROCESS -- COSMIC PULSE |
| only human life fulfills this function. The earth plane is particularly designed as an arena to serve | 255 THE BIRTHING PROCESS -- COSMIC PULSE |
| every animal, every life form existing on this plane, breathes into matter and enlivens it. The enlivening | 255 THE BIRTHING PROCESS -- COSMIC PULSE |
| to all, although many souls reaching the earth plane do not make use of this possibility. Some | 255 THE BIRTHING PROCESS -- COSMIC PULSE |
| there are highly developed spirits coming into this plane in ever greater numbers, so is an increasing | 255 THE BIRTHING PROCESS -- COSMIC PULSE |
| an increasing number of undeveloped souls reaching this plane. In former times these differences were much less | 255 THE BIRTHING PROCESS -- COSMIC PULSE |
| brings more spiritual values and laws to your plane. Many spiritual laws and values are generally known | 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE |
| spirits. This can never be different on your plane of consciousness. Wherever there is divine influx, the | 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE |