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Have you ever noticed how your entire psychology is based upon the Laws of Conservation of energy? Just as our bodies never expend one ounce of effort beyond what is absolutely necessary, so too, our inner psychic forces avoid expending any form of unnecessary energy.

By consciously putting on the lens of perception that our entire lives are run along a continuum of the ever-present Law of Conservation of Energy, our endless forms of self-observation take on new meanings. For example, let us consider the following pairs of opposites only in terms of which opposite takes the most energy/time/effort?

Projecting blame outside of oneself?

And/or

Accepting responsibility for ones own behavior?

·

Lying?

And/or

Telling the truth?

·

Rationalizing/Justifying one’s own behavior?

And/or

Going against oneself to overcome the weaknesses in ones own behavior?

·

Forgetting?

And/or

Remembering?

·

Breaking one’s word?

And/or

Keeping one’s word?

Much of our mechanical/automatic psycho/spiritual behavior is based upon the Law of Conservation of Energy; therefore, much of our "lesser" forms of behavior manifest so frequently in order to help us to conserve Energy. Only when the sincere Work students become able to "digest" the Law of Conservation of Energy will they be able to see their automaticity in an endless new way.

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