{"id":4051,"date":"2013-07-13T01:53:05","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=4051"},"modified":"2013-07-13T01:53:05","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:53:05","slug":"33-stepping-back-vol-03-questions-and-answers-volume-03","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/02-works-of-the-mother\/01-cwmce\/03-questions-and-answers-volume-03\/33-stepping-back-vol-03-questions-and-answers-volume-03","title":{"rendered":"-33_Stepping back.htm"},"content":{"rendered":"<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"6\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse\" width=\"100%\">\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div class=\"Section1\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>&nbsp;<\/span><b><i><span style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span><font size=\"3\">\u00a0<\/font><\/span><font size=\"3\">Stepping Back<\/font><\/span><\/i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'> <\/span><br \/>\n<span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'>\n<span style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><font size=\"3\">M<\/font><\/span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>ost of you live on the surface of your being, exposed to the touch<br \/>\nof external influences. You live almost projected, as it were, outside your own<br \/>\nbody, and when you meet some unpleasant being similarly projected you get<br \/>\nupset. The whole trouble arises out of your not being accustomed to stepping<br \/>\nback. You must always step back into yourself \u2013 learn to go deep within \u2013 step<br \/>\nback and you will be safe. Do not lend yourself to the superficial forces which<br \/>\nmove in the outside world. Even if you are in a hurry to do something, step<br \/>\nback for a while and you will discover to your surprise how much sooner and<br \/>\nwith what greater success your work can be done. If someone is angry with you,<br \/>\ndo not be caught in his vibrations but simply step back and his anger, finding<br \/>\nno support or response, will vanish. Always keep your peace, resist all<br \/>\ntemptation to lose it. Never decide anything without stepping back, never speak<br \/>\na word without stepping back, never throw yourself into action without stepping<br \/>\nback. All that belongs to the ordinary world is impermanent and fugitive, so<br \/>\nthere is nothing in it worth getting upset about. What is lasting, eternal,<br \/>\nimmortal and infinite \u2013 that indeed is worth having, worth conquering, worth<br \/>\npossessing. It is Divine Light, Divine Love, Divine Life \u2013 it is also Supreme<br \/>\nPeace, Perfect Joy and All-Mastery upon earth with the Complete Manifestation<br \/>\nas the crowning. When you get the sense of the relativity of things, then<br \/>\nwhatever happens you can step back and look; you can remain quiet and call on<br \/>\nthe Divine Force and wait for an answer. Then you will know exactly what to do.<br \/>\nRemember, therefore, that you cannot receive the answer before you are very<br \/>\npeaceful. Practice that inner peace, make at least a small beginning and go on in<br \/>\nyour practice until it becomes a habit with you.<span>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style='margin:0;text-align:center;line-height:150%'>\n<span style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Page \u2013 160<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"MsoPlainText\" align=\"center\" style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:blue'><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;\u00a0Stepping Back &nbsp; &nbsp; Most of you live on the surface of your being, exposed to the touch of external influences. 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