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proof of the basic human struggle and unfounded fear of leaving the state of separateness. It is 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION
will then have the transcendent insight that your fear is unnecessary, futile, illusory, and completely senseless. In 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION
you are afraid of, why, and where the fear comes from. This is hard work, I admit 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION
find out. Then you will encounter the original fear and its underlying misconception. At that moment the 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION
and its underlying misconception. At that moment the fear begins to vanish. That is the only way 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION
vanish. That is the only way. Harboring the fear that you might tune into the wrong current 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION
even more. The only way to master your fear is the willingness to go through it. It 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION
a long time to find out where that fear is. In the transition time one automatically attracts 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION
ANSWER: Do you mean that the inwardly existing fear of leaving the old state will attract to 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION
because you are unconsciously afraid of it. This fear may manifest in many outer symptoms, yet deep 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION
symptoms, yet deep down it is the basic fear of leaving the old state. Human beings always 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION
of leaving the old state. Human beings always fear that because they are more conscious of a 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION
you are conscious of this or any other fear, the less negative will be the effect it 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION
It is gradual work and if one has fear for a while, there is just no help 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION
over a period of time, then slowly the fear will begin to change by itself. ANSWER: That 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION
I would like to ask a question about fear of success. ANSWER: Any such question can only 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION
are many variations, many possible factors. Broadly speaking, fear of success indicates a fear of not being 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION
factors. Broadly speaking, fear of success indicates a fear of not being adequate to the success. You 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION
if the child in you does not, then fear of success may be the result. Therefore, an 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION
success may be the result. Therefore, an additional fear is created. It is the fear of losing 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION
an additional fear is created. It is the fear of losing any possible success that may be 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION
sabotaging the success at the outset with your fear. So what creates fear of success usually is 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION
the outset with your fear. So what creates fear of success usually is: (1) feelings of inadequacy 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION
that in a previous talk I explained the fear of happiness that exists to some degree in 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION
exists to some degree in every human being. Fear of happiness is closely connected with the new 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION
unconscious factor it is. The incompatibility creates the fear of success. I shall now retire with special 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION
so would entail joy, fulfillment, and development. The fear of love and its risks is a sign 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures)
persists just as strongly, in spite of your fear of it. You all desire happiness and you 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures)
people? The cause of insomnia is usually a fear -- a fear of letting go, a fear 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures)
of insomnia is usually a fear -- a fear of letting go, a fear of letting the 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures)
fear -- a fear of letting go, a fear of letting the subconscious rise, a fear of 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures)
a fear of letting the subconscious rise, a fear of going into the world of the spirit 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures)
this is possible. People may not realize this fear consciously at all. Consciously they may have a 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures)
a great difference between believing something out of fear, and believing something after having faced your doubts 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures)
different things, even good things, either out of fear to sin, or of fear that these good 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures)
either out of fear to sin, or of fear that these good things bring increased unhappiness. The 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures)
rejection, for another prejudice, for a third the fear that somebody will steal something from him -- 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures)
or another. It may be done out of fear, it may be done because you are so 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures)
part of your being you have nothing to fear from the overlayers of error, illusion and compulsion 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT
is something utterly strange and new. Therefore, you fear it just a little bit. But nothing could 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT
know your real self. You have nothing to fear from it. It is not far away -- 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT
annihilation for you -- unconsciously, of course. This fear is so strong that you often do not 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT
fulfillment. On the other, you are in constant fear of not succeeding and unconsciously you labor to 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT
The second direction of this current concerns your fear of not getting what you want, or even 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT
When you find an attitude of battling in fear against annihilation, for instance, you can be sure 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT
within your psyche. In other cases, such a fear may be unconscious and may apply only to 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT
love and obey you. Or else, if you fear defeat, you do not allow either your intuition 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT
I want on the one hand, and I fear that I will not get what I want 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT
the surface after you have banned them in fear for such a long time. You did not 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT
necessary and eliminate that which is unnecessary, without fear and worry. This serenity sounds like an ideal 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT
tension is relaxed, you float, you do not fear, you have no doubt, and you recognize clearly 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT
supposed to be a protection against something you fear. It is an armor. So it becomes imperative 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT
a benign universe, that you have nothing to fear if you come out of your illusion, if 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT
of your illusion, if you give up the fear, as well as the error, that your little 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT
truth. Where the truth is blurred by your fear, cowardice and the erroneous belief that life can 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
given a distorted meaning. It suggests a negative fear as though this is the rule by which 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
experience. In your soul-sickness and error, productive of fear, pride, arrogance, ignorance, darkness, confusion, you are not 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
layers of false detachment, which is nothing but fear and withdrawal into isolation, protection against being hurt 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION
withdrawing from life, love, and communication due to fear. That, too, is something to be carefully examined 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION
they are afraid to let go. A personal fear or threat is involved here. They feel, If 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION
through in logical steps, we see that the fear of death creates the world of duality and 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY
chose rather the way of avoidance out of fear and weakness. This is one way of trying 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY
religious people who cling to faith out of fear are examples of those who want to avoid 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY
when you deliberately choose death out of cringing fear, in a negative spirit of weakness. It is 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY
you choose to accept death. Acceptance mixed with fear and negativity -- both of which lead to 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY
do it in the spirit of evasion and fear. Thus religion, no matter how true its teachings 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY
also because the motivation for accepting it is fear. The more we look into this subject, the 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY
lies in facing the unknown and confronting the fear of it. The task is learning the strength 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY
to die. Not only can your occasional conscious fear of anything that connotes death help you, but 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY
to which you cling out of weakness and fear. Such a frank admission will give you the 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY
to face your unbelief, your uncertainty, and your fear, and come to terms with them by accepting 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY
but it must come for everyone. Do not fear that you are being disloyal to your faith 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY
from which you cringe; do not repress this fear. You will then begin to see that you 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY
You will then begin to see that you fear not only the negative, but also change, because 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY
longing for happiness as well as of your fear of the negative. No, my friends, not one 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY
which you basically long, and also what you fear. As this awareness grows, you will understand what 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY
of defeatism. As I indicated before, the very fear of something makes you rush into it. Your 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY
desire for the exact opposite of what you fear, whether or not it is avoidable, makes you 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY
uncertainty. I am now aware that I still fear it, but I will learn to accept what 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY
avoided, and thus I will eventually lose my fear. This applies also to every other negative facet 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY
attributes will either push you into what you fear or make you run from it. Both have 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY
is superimposed faith that is embraced out of fear and weakness. So let us be careful and 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY
to which you cling out of weakness and fear, but as actual experience. And you can experience 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS
A few times in the past I mentioned fear of happiness and fulfillment. Many of my friends 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS
What is done in impatience, haste, frustration, or fear inevitably slows down the process of activity. Those 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS
you want, and what it is that you fear. Go beneath surface reasoning, surface desires and fears 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS
your seemingly insignificant daily reactions of desire and fear. Only then will you learn the right attitude 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS
Why do I want this? Why do I fear not getting it? you will come to the 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS
to the love you desire and to your fear of not getting it. When you flee from 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS
that manifests in your courting death because you fear it. In a similar way, you reject love 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS
therefore to life versus death. When, from your fear of not getting what you really want, you 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS
want love and life and that you really fear not getting love and life eternal. This condition 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS
so often you are unaware that what you fear are death and suffering. Rejection of love signifies 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS
from death and suffering, but also from your fear of both. And this is what you have 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS
Outwardly, you may not be aware of this fear, but deep down it may still be there 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS
Face in yourself that place where you still fear. Become aware of it, and then you can 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS
live! As you become aware of your real fear of death in any form -- physical death 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS
then invigorate you to meet that which you fear. The life of Jesus Christ symbolizes this age-old 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS
words on the cross expressed his doubt and fear that he was forsaken by God. This has 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS
people. How could that great spirit doubt and fear? Human illusion and idealization would have preferred that 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS
does that mean? It means the stark, naked fear of the unknown -- death -- and the 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS
or authority would hesitate to admit moments of fear and doubt, would feel ashamed and afraid of 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS
of losing face with the disciples. This basic fear is often rationalized by acceptable explanations. The teacher 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS
not know that in this very doubt and fear was an important directive and lesson for all 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS
restriction, without shame in admitting his doubt and fear, pain and vulnerability. Only those who have this 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS
the opposite. Quite the contrary: to deny your fear would be one form of running away from 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS
useless; what really helps is to acknowledge your fear and suffering and relax into it. You cannot 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS
is a misconception that stems from the inherent fear of physical death. People want to believe in 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS
that if you do not flee from your fear of death, suffering, and the unknown, but go 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS
those who cling to religious faith out of fear and weakness will come to the conclusion that 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS
fanatic who has accepted a belief out of fear and weakness, and not through inner knowledge. Another 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS
the religionist who clings to faith out of fear. As I explained in the last lecture, the 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS
experiences, or their possibility, is always present, the fear of them creates a basic problem. The most 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE
above all, the pretense with its resulting shame, fear of exposure, secretiveness, tension, strain, guilt, anxiety. It 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE
idealized self. You will discover the deeply hidden fear that says your world will come to an 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE
as vulnerable as pride; nothing causes so much fear. In most cases these two tendencies are combined 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE
outer problems to account for acute depression or fear. Look into the question from this new angle 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE
idealized self, of the shame, humiliation, exposure you fear and sometimes feel, of the tension, strain, and 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE
happen out of negative motives, such as cowardice, fear, indifference, opportunism, resignation. This would then be a 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE
the underlying emotional motivations may be similar -- fear of getting hurt and disappointed, fear of being 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS
similar -- fear of getting hurt and disappointed, fear of being dependent on others and therefore feeling 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS
and carefully planned safety crumbles. Besides, the constant fear that others may, perhaps, not abide by your 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION
attitude really is to defeat. Test how you fear exposure of certain reactions and incidents and how 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION
life-force. It induces such a deep guilt and fear of exposure that its effects are too numerous 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION
up the glory of your idealized self. You fear that especially, above and beyond anything else. You 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION
to the value of this particular rationalization -- fear of not remaining oneself -- I do not 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION
therefore hide it produces strain, anxiety, pretense, and fear of exposure. What makes this work temporarily so 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT
a very different understanding. The acute anxiety and fear that you occasionally experience will be ascribed entirely 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT
The obvious answer would be self-punishment, guilt feelings, fear of success. But such answer will not bring 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
self-image. You try to identify with what you fear most. Such emotional reactions can be found constantly 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
tendency of submitting to the very person you fear most. In other words, it is the attitude 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
act from their own conviction and never from fear, nor from the desire to please and appease 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE
this submissive and dependent attitude. False religion encouraged fear, dependency, helplessness, and a humiliating, though often very 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE
Rebellion must follow this set of emotions. Whenever fear, timidity, nonassertion, appeasement, and obedience predominate in a 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE
laws and rules, you may be certain that fear, cringing appeasement, and helplessness also exist, though hidden 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE
this goal. Take any negative emotion: envy, bitterness, fear, helplessness -- and most indicative of all, self-pity 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE
responsible for your weakness, your helplessness, your enduring fear of life. But you combat this discovery by 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE
crutch to support you in the face of fear and aloneness, but recognizing and bravely encountering them 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE
beliefs that serve only to cover up your fear. There is a mutuality here. Accepting death and 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE
help for a while. It may assuage unreasonable fear. But in the long run, it cripples you 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE
and find that you want companionship out of fear of being alone, then the need for companionship 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE
If you want to be alone out of fear of involvement because you have a strong tendency 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE
constructive reasons, rather than to avoid something you fear. The right answer can come only from rigorous 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE
doubly: you do not avoid that which you fear -- not really and not in the long 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION
mature and you will no longer need to fear the power of those emotions which you cannot 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION
build your true security. You have nothing to fear from becoming aware of what is already in 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION
ask you to do. You have nothing to fear from it. After you have evaluated the childish 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION
rely on. Then you do not have to fear exposure. And now, my friends, let us consider 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION
course, experience negative emotions, but you will never fear that they can lead you into losing self-control 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION
of negative emotions, to the point where you fear that you are unable to handle them, is 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION
true message and you will never have to fear. QUESTION: How can you be sure that I 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION
from natural insight and inner growth but from fear: the fear about your imperfection. Therefore, such goodness 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS
insight and inner growth but from fear: the fear about your imperfection. Therefore, such goodness is ineffectual 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS
certain negative instincts or feelings causes an inordinate fear. The more you fear your imperfections, the more 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS

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