Chapter Twelve
Now as the days passed, the students continued to learn, but
only those who had seen The Light continued to receive images,
and the other students began to get jealous and annoyed because
they were not able to do things like their fellows.
2 "Be patient," The Old Fox told them. "Your day
will come. Do not rush The Lords. When you are ready The Light
will come to you. Five of you have received it already, the other
five will, in time. The others are being readied sooner, because
they will leave sooner. Just be patient."
3 Now as they practiced one day, The Old Fox told Gray Fox to
take The Light. "I see a man in Spirit," Gray Fox
explained, "and as I watch him, he seems to get younger and
younger. Then, he is older again, and gets younger, then, older
again. And also I feel his nature change.
4 When I just see him, he is friendly and out going. But each
time he gets older and younger he becomes more
hostile....angry....frustrated. Now he looks like a dog that
walks around like a man. Now, he is going too fast. He is
becoming one animal after another, becoming smaller and smaller.
Now, he is gone completely, I cannot even see him.
5 Now, I see another man. But looking inside him, I can see all
these things, one inside the other. But I do not understand what
it means. What is it, Teacher?"
6 "You are looking at their life lines," The Old Fox
answered, "expressed in several different ways. You may also
see them as having several pairs of arms and legs, or several
heads floating around each other.
7 Someone may often ask you, 'What was I before?' It is a
curiosity many will have. Be absolutely sure when you answer
their question, you are seeing one of their past existences and
not another Spirit close to them."
8 "But how will we tell the difference?" asked Gray
Fox.
9 "A previous existence will always overlap the person you
are speaking to," answered The Old Fox. "It will be as
if there are two people in the same place, because in reality
that is what is happening. Another Spirit or another Soul will be
outside the one you are speaking with. But be careful! Sometimes
they can be very close, and the difference is hard to detect. It
takes a bit of practice. But continue, Gray Fox, what else do you
see?"
10 "As I look inside all of these," Gray Fox continued,
"I see a beast, a terrible creature that wants to attack and
kill, devour and destroy. It is encased by the soul that has
control and discipline.
11 Master, The Lords have shown me Their Truth, and perhaps I am
not worthy to serve Them. For I would not defend Their
Truth."
12 "What do you mean?" asked The Old Fox.
13 "I went to the marketplace," the other explained,
"yesterday, and while I was there some men began to make fun
of me. 'Here is one of those strange people,' they said, 'that
believes they are animals, that in each of them is a wild beast
that must be controlled, that the gods did not make their souls.
Now, tell me, my good fellow, look inside me. Do you see a wild
dog or a bush cat? Or maybe I was a mouse and I'll chew you
up!"
14 Now as the man spoke I DID look inside him, and I found none
of those things. I found a timid creature, a sheep, a common ram!
Now I did not dare tell him this, so I told him that he was
mistaken. That I was not even a worshipper of Spirit because I
did not want to be ridiculed in a public place. The men went
away, and I was so ashamed! But it is such a hard thing, Lord, to
tell men that they were animals. And I thought that we were all
aggressive creatures, like dogs and cats before we became
men."
15 "Gray Fox," The Old Fox replied, "have you ever
seen a ram protecting his flock? There is no more vicious
creature in the world! He will attack with sudden fury, and his
terrible blows will drive off a bear! But he is loyal to his kin,
and brave, near to being a man. We do not all rise from the
aggressive creatures. Some of us came up through the grass
eaters, too.
16 Every soul finds the passage that benefits it best. And be not
ashamed. You were hesitant to speak because deep in your mind you
doubt this Teaching.
17 You are afraid to look within yourself, and know that a beast
dwells there. But this is a natural thing. No man likes the
thought that there is savageness in him. He always wants to think
that he is the perfect thing, that he is always in control. But
that is the greatest danger for any person.
18 We must always realize our heritage, and be ready to control
that beast within us, only fighting when we must fight, never
abusing others for our own sake.
19 Only when we recognize the beast within us, and conquer it,
can we ever hope to conquer the beast within other men's souls.
Never be afraid of it. Always face it boldly and surely. You can
never pretend that it isn't there. That is how it destroys other
men."
20 "I understand," Gray Fox told him, "and I will
obey. I will never fear to speak The Truth again, no matter what
other men think."
21 "That is good," encouraged The Old Fox. "Now,
let us break the circle. It is time to rest." So the
learning continued.
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