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in you as you go through your lower self and do not evade it by wishful thinking 239 CHRISTMAS LECTURE 1975
of trust that there is a real higher self in you. Your distrust is that you know 239 CHRISTMAS LECTURE 1975
that you know deep down that your mask self is not genuine and you project that lack 239 CHRISTMAS LECTURE 1975
feel also that I strongly mistrust my higher self and even to ask for help from you 239 CHRISTMAS LECTURE 1975
blame others than honestly look into your lower self? Does self-love mean giving free rein to the 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM
free rein to the aspirations of your lower self and your mask self? Or does the necessity 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM
aspirations of your lower self and your mask self? Or does the necessity on the path of 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM
path of facing the truth of your lower self, with its subterfuges and deceptions, mean that you 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM
endure. Most of you fluctuate between hatred for self and others. It remains for you to find 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM
attain a truthful balance in facing your lower self honestly and -- not in spite of this 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM
to experience how you can acknowledge your lower self without becoming ensnared in self-hate. You will then 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM
in the true way, without indulging your lower self and its childish demands, you will find that 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM
will emerge clearly: self-discipline, strict honesty with the self, and firmness with the lower self's desire to 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM
create self-honor, tenderness, and deep appreciation for the self. The distortion of this balance is self-indulgence at 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM
you distrust the tyrant of your own lower self that wants to rule selfishly and cruelly. In 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM
condition to truly face aspects of your lower self and find more of your self-love. You no 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM
yourself without indulging yourself, without whitewashing your lower self, seeing it straight, and loving your beautiful structure 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM
to react to, new approaches to life and self -- can you realize the riches contained within 241 DYNAMICS OF MOVEMENT AND RESISTANCE TO ITS NATURE
already dissolved quite a bit of your lower self, when much of these energies have been transformed 241 DYNAMICS OF MOVEMENT AND RESISTANCE TO ITS NATURE
is not first and primarily used toward the self. If it only exists toward others while the 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS
If it only exists toward others while the self indulges -- as many rulers have done and 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS
former times the general level was the lower self that was crassly acted out -- by leaders 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS
first facet of the realization that the lower self is unacceptable and does not pay. Although it 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS
until more maturity is reached. Then the lower self can be identified and evaluated, which makes the 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS
This is the only road to the higher self. You, as individuals, are already beyond that and 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS
that and are struggling to eliminate the mask self that is now the generally accepted rule and 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS
in this frame of reference -- the mask self and the dualistic good versus bad -- any 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS
get to know yourself, to face the lower self and thereby begin to transform it, so does 243 THE GREAT EXISTENTIAL FEAR AND LONGING
that lies beyond the mask and the lower self, beyond the psychological and emotional problems, beyond the 243 THE GREAT EXISTENTIAL FEAR AND LONGING
stagnation and hindering growth and change in the self and the environment. This is why you, my 244 BE IN THE WORLD BUT NOT OF THE WORLD -- THE EVIL OF INERTIA
you have brought about. It is your higher self which is unaffected, the divine part of you 245 CAUSE AND EFFECT ON VARIOUS LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
experience a new strength and a sense of self that you never knew before. This will appear 245 CAUSE AND EFFECT ON VARIOUS LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
see and accept your mask and your lower self. I have opened up to you the vista 246 TRADITION: ITS DIVINE AND DISTORTED ASPECTS
up to you the vista to your higher self. I have re-entered into the spiritual realms with 246 TRADITION: ITS DIVINE AND DISTORTED ASPECTS
same thing happened when responsibility for the lower self became an essential aspect of the pathwork. When 246 TRADITION: ITS DIVINE AND DISTORTED ASPECTS
and not deserving happiness. This applies to the self and, by extension, to the parents. Rebelling Christians 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY
as is inevitable in human nature, the lower self entered into the picture. It induced pride, arrogance 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY
who follow their true destiny are humanity's higher self. Those who resist it are humanity's lower self 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY
self. Those who resist it are humanity's lower self. As in your individual struggle, all depends on 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY
unwillingness to face and therefore transcend the lower self, frequently made them the prey to evil influences 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL
that corresponded to the intentionality of the lower self. As history proceeded, a disconnection from the invisible 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL
dealing once again with a duality: either the self is responsible for the individual's fate or the 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL
After a long period of concentrating on the self at the expense of invisible forces, the time 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL
to understand that to the degree your lower self is conscious, thereby enabling you to choose not 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL
suffering at all cost. The separation between the self that perpetrates suffering and the victim who suffers 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL
God, but also from others and from the self. This aspect of separation exists in the case 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL
world, around you and within your own lower self. You will see that in its negative intentionality 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL
that in its negative intentionality your own lower self contains all three principles of evil. Only when 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL
become aware of the connection between your lower self, which, due to its ignorance, fear, and lack 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL
Because the stronger you become in your higher self and its positive intentionality while at the same 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL
same time leaving certain aspects of the lower self unattended to, the more you become prey to 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL
clear how the interaction between an individual's lower self and evil spirits follows certain very definite laws 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL
yet that the hidden part of your lower self that resists exposure and transformation is unable to 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL
forces of light and darkness, between the higher self and the lower self, is also waged on 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL
darkness, between the higher self and the lower self, is also waged on a universal level, enacted 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL
been allowed to find entrance through your lower self which you have not dealt with sufficiently. My 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL
it. Underneath the resistance to face the lower self is the pain of an unjust, chaotic, meaningless 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS
put it a bit more accurately, the lower self is a direct result of the fear and 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS
of injustice creates negativity, that is, the lower self. And, conversely, the guilt about the lower self 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS
self. And, conversely, the guilt about the lower self fosters an attitude of not deserving salvation, that 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS
you seem to get away with your lower self, the momentary triumph is very shallow and covers 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS
the helper does not ally with your higher self, no matter how covered up it may still 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS
the resistance to making every crevice of the self known and to taking responsibility for it. Scriptures 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS
resolution with your clear consciousness. What your outer self often opposes most vigorously, your inner self longs 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS
outer self often opposes most vigorously, your inner self longs for most ardently. When the outer self 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS
self longs for most ardently. When the outer self succeeds and rules the will direction of the 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS
direction of the manifest, acting personality, the inner self is in the greatest despair. You feel this 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS
is good. Since life is change, your lower self is also a constantly changing aspect of life 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS
into the best. Taking responsibility for the lower self is no longer so difficult for most of 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS
In not facing the consequences of the lower self, you try to cultivate the illusion that there 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS
This suits the wishful thinking of the lower self and makes you afraid of the consequences you 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS
do not want to know that your lower self has effects and consequences. Conversely, to the degree 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS
that only a limited part of your total self functions on the level of reality into which 250 INNER AWARENESS OF GRACE -- EXPOSING THE DEFICIT
be brought into the material level. The lower self exists precisely because of the limitation with which 250 INNER AWARENESS OF GRACE -- EXPOSING THE DEFICIT
confirm your vision of poverty of life and self. In contrast, the benign circle can be established 250 INNER AWARENESS OF GRACE -- EXPOSING THE DEFICIT
way. For example, you either project your mask self to the world, while you inwardly despair about 250 INNER AWARENESS OF GRACE -- EXPOSING THE DEFICIT
so much energy in your mask and lower self that you never dare expose your deficits and 250 INNER AWARENESS OF GRACE -- EXPOSING THE DEFICIT
of these secondary guilts gave energy to lower- self energy. Material greed was fostered; money, power, and 251 THE EVOLUTION AND SPIRITUAL MEANING OF MARRIAGE -- NEW AGE MARRIAGE
the strength of the secondary guilt. The mask self claimed greed, calculating self-interest, prideful appearance values, and 251 THE EVOLUTION AND SPIRITUAL MEANING OF MARRIAGE -- NEW AGE MARRIAGE
based on superficial attraction, without deep knowledge of self or partner. No wonder such marriages could not 251 THE EVOLUTION AND SPIRITUAL MEANING OF MARRIAGE -- NEW AGE MARRIAGE
into the light the hidden parts of the self are the prerequisites of fulfillment in an alive 251 THE EVOLUTION AND SPIRITUAL MEANING OF MARRIAGE -- NEW AGE MARRIAGE
of divine reality, of the Christ in the self and in the other. My beloved friends, this 251 THE EVOLUTION AND SPIRITUAL MEANING OF MARRIAGE -- NEW AGE MARRIAGE
it is primarily fear of contact with the self, and only secondarily fear of contact with others 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY
important enough to create impenetrable walls between the self and others. If one is in truth, one 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY
and a transparency in which all secrets of self and others are being experienced as insufferable burdens 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY
secret makes it impossible to reveal your best self. You feel embarrassed about yourself; your innermost thoughts 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY
feelings within the four walls of your inner self seem so vague, so unexplainable, that you do 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY
not taken to bring all aspects of the self into play, the expected bliss can never materialize 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY
of the personality's general tendency to keep the self secret. The false belief that the self in 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY
the self secret. The false belief that the self in its entirety is not acceptable must be 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY
was once a confining prison of your inner self then becomes a wide open field that reaches 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY
includes the basic willingness to change a lower- self action, a lower-self goal, or a lower-self attitude 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY
to remove the secrets and to make your self available to others. If you look back on 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY
desire a destructive act or attitude. Your lower self must be revealed so that it can be 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY
and if you continue to project a false self into the world? Do not rationalize such projections 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY
up secrets: (1) The fear that your lower self makes you all bad and, together with this 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY
disadvantages on others, and therefore also on the self. As long as this pain is denied, the 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY
that are not compatible with your newly awakening self, so must the entity Pathwork do the same 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE
deep relaxation of body, mind, and the feeling self brings about the attitude I described at the 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE
do not want. Both are what your deeper self knows is intensely desirable, much better than what 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE
They vaguely sense that the giving away of self can only occur when the self is strong 254 SURRENDER
away of self can only occur when the self is strong and healthy; then the self will 254 SURRENDER
the self is strong and healthy; then the self will grow even stronger and healthier through the 254 SURRENDER
find yourselves in an interim stage where the self is not yet complete and whole enough and 254 SURRENDER
so you can dare to let go of self, to give over, and to allow yourself to 254 SURRENDER
The conscious decision, to deliberately let go of self and give over, will at first seem frightening 254 SURRENDER
truly feeling with your heart, of feeling your self, your lovingness, your vulnerability, the beauty of creation 255 THE BIRTHING PROCESS -- COSMIC PULSE
perception of outer truth increases. As understanding of self grows, so does understanding of the world. As 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS
that you are indeed only your outer, mortal self. This is why the mind makes itself so 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS
voice of your inner God, of the higher self, sends its inspirations through your mind, not necessarily 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS
material, and eventually the reality of your higher self and the vast world of eternal life in 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS
related to your personality, your various levels of self. Your inner being always creates your outer conditions 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS
you encounter emptiness, nothingness. 3) Recognitions about the self, connections between some aspects of the self and 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS
the self, connections between some aspects of the self and outer experiences become clear. New understanding and 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS
and with it heretofore unrecognized levels of lower- self material appear. This stage is a ray of 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS
and not merely an experience of the lower self. Recognition of the lower self is always a 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS
of the lower self. Recognition of the lower self is always a manifestation of higher-self guidance. 4 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS
or not it is desirable for your real self or for others. You do not want to 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS
when you are willing to be your autonomous self. If you follow through you will no longer 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS
want to depend and not be your own self. It is up to you to explore these 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS
most childish, most destructive, most shortsighted, is the self that is autonomous. You want to believe that 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS
theory. In effect, the voice of the higher self is often the weakest at the beginning, yet 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS
is indeed the key to this. When the self becomes stronger, more of life can penetrate matter 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS
Psychological approaches have created a greater awareness of self and therefore a greater capacity to understand oneself 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE
sisterhood. Obviously, true communication presupposes communication with the self, with the inner levels of being that were 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE
of being that were inaccessible before. Understanding the self is the groundwork, the foundation, for you cannot 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE
both entities are always at work. The higher self has not created the negative interaction per se 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE
well be quite consciously connected with the higher self of that person. Never forget that love--union with 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE
your mind of all preconceived ideas your lower self has a stake in retaining. You need to 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE
desire to find a way to understand the self and life more profoundly. Even those who are 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE
is again, as I explained before, the higher self of such a person working in conjunction with 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE
and recently through profound spiritual work, exposure of self has reached depths unknown before in your history 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE
cultures. Now exposure of the deeper levels of self has reached unprecedented degrees. Even the least knowledgeable 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE
always so. This new ability to explore the self is a combination of communication and exposure. The 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE
follow on this path: you expose your lower self, you share it, you communicate it to others 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE
You will know that the already developed higher self is the part that makes the exposure possible 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE
same with the planetary entity. The earth's higher self is conducting all the exposures that occur now 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE
and the expression of your group entity's higher self. At times one is ahead of the other 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE
that so often accompanies insight into your lower self obstructs the cleansing and liberating process that makes 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION
search for and face all of your lower self and to understand all of your being with 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION
find Him. His presence merges with your higher self. You truly become one. Thus all interdependence with 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION
place after the body separates from the spirit self. To no longer exist is the most insidious 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION
development? If there is anything in my lower self that I am not yet aware of or 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION
in the negativities that stem from your unpurified self and that therefore draw evil forces to you 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION
matter how flawed, imperfect and destructive your lower self may be, will you be able to do 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION
you have done, no matter what your lower self still wishes to do. The door is always 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION
untruth -- sin -- and consequent destructiveness of self and others. Let us now discuss three interdependent 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION
shed a habit that stems from your lower self and gives you some lower-self gratifications for a 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION
not respond, no matter how sincerely your outer self wants to change them. So you constantly need 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION
you the wisdom to distinguish between where the self is the master and where you desperately need 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION

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