Chapter IX. The Heart and Mind
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Terms you must own
- Heart — define it (the unconscious, soul) and say what it can and cannot do.
- Mind — define it (conscious thought) and say what it can and cannot do.
- Unity of heart and mind — define it and say it works for fear as well as joy.
- Perception template — say what it is and what the ant and the blind mole show.
- Pendulum rule ("do as I do") — state it and say who gains from it.
- Star sector — define it and say what copying a star produces.
- Guardian angel — say what you do with it and what that prevents.
- Soul in a box — say what the box is made of and who the jailer is.
- Frail — define it and say how you can know it, by his own admission.
- Inner tension — define it and say how it differs from shyness.
- Inner monologue — define it and say why it cannot be switched off while awake.
- Window — define it and say when it opens.
- Frame — define it and say what goes into it.
Carried forward
Outer intention · inner intention · will to have · excess potential · importance · pendulum · adherent · favorite · slide · comfort zone · material realization · sector · lifeline · virtual sector · rustle of the morning stars · magic ritual
Objectives
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recall Evidence: one sentence each, using the kite and sail. [0:02:23] [0:08:30]
explain Evidence: retell the ocean and drop in three sentences, then say what he asks of you instead. [0:03:31] [0:07:21] [0:21:11]
explain Evidence: answer review question 2 in the guide, then give your own example of a template. [0:12:57] [0:14:53] [0:15:38]
explain Evidence: write both, then say what a star's flaw does to the rule; he gives anecdotes, not evidence. [0:25:52] [0:37:35] [0:49:20]
explain Evidence: answer review question 3; do Desk work 3. [0:40:07] [0:43:42]
explain Evidence: say what each character already had, then state why he calls allowing yourself to have the main condition. [0:21:57] [0:27:57] [1:34:35]
analyse Evidence: write the argument (masks, dust, self-love without superiority); then note it seems to clash with Chapter VIII's positive slide, which he leaves open. [0:32:15] [1:24:24] [1:44:19]
explain Evidence: answer review question 4; name the cost of thanking a pendulum. [0:56:38] [0:58:15] [0:59:00]
explain Evidence: two sentences, using importance as the reason. [0:59:36] [1:03:49] [1:05:39]
apply Evidence: describe one recent provocation and what "empty" would have looked like. [1:10:31] [1:11:39] [1:13:26]
explain Evidence: answer review question 10; state the two senses he gives (a frequency, an essence) and that he admits we can only guess. [1:14:41] [1:15:51] [1:17:34]
analyse Evidence: trace lingering anxiety or self-criticism to a worse lifeline, then to the best-expectation version. [1:22:38] [2:11:05] [2:12:58]
apply Evidence: answer review question 5, then rewrite one "we cannot afford it" from your week. [1:31:55] [1:33:48] [1:36:30]
apply Evidence: do Desk work 1 and say what a heavy feeling implies. [1:38:25] [1:40:23]
apply Evidence: do Desk work 2; answer review question 6; take "boldly refuse" carefully with obligations. [1:46:18] [1:48:14] [1:50:03] [1:53:57]
apply Evidence: do Desk work 4; list at least five rules, including why heart ignores words alone. [1:55:57] [1:57:56] [1:59:50]
explain Evidence: write the steps from memory; his claim that everyone dozes daily is unsupported. [2:05:34] [2:24:04] [2:25:59]
analyse Evidence: answer review question 8; say what the slide still does in lucid dreaming. [2:16:34] [2:18:35] [2:20:23]
Readiness check
Answer these without looking anything up.
- Why can neither heart nor mind alone steer outer intention?
- How does copying a star leave you in someone else's sector?
- What does sharing pride with the angel stop from building up?
- What is the toy shop's mistake, and what should the mind say?
- How do you tell inner tension from shyness before a hard goal?
- Give four rules for a working affirmation.
- What is the window, and what do you put in it?
- Why does a slide in sleep not move material reality?
The next chapter assumes you hold one idea: a goal must come from the heart, and you test it by feeling (inner tension) before prestige or method.