The Impersonal Life

by Joseph Sieber Benner

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The Inner Life

THE HERALD OF THE NEW AGE | AUGUST 1933

me, when all sense of fear seemed to leave me. I said, “Do you hear that man coughing?” He evidently sensed the fears I felt, and turned his horse and rode back to the building which I had left a short time before; while I walked beside his horse, keeping it between me and the black shadows.

I cannot recall that the man spoke, though his presence brought to me a great sense of peace; but when I returned to my bed I awakened from the dream in a very agitated state of mind and heart.

Your dream represented your depressed consciousness on the soul plane and illustrated exactly what you accomplished in trying to throw it off; for the man coming to you from the dark valley, coughing, was symbolic of your physical self in that dark state of mind, while the man who came to you on the white horse was your Higher Self, Who is always the master of the body or animal consciousness and Who knows no fear. Which explains why, when in your soul consciousness you walked beside Him on the white horse, you felt a great sense of peace, but when you turned away from Him you became agitated and fearful again. Therefore, if you will always remember that horse and rider, and when you feel low-spirited will turn to Him, recalling the peace He brought you, and will walk beside Him, you will instantly throw off any negative condition.

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In my dream I stood looking across a pool of water; the water was very clear and the banks well-kept (like in a park). On the other side of the pool the bank was terraced with steps and as I looked each step became filled with people, all in white loose robes (as in a choir). There were probably a hundred in the gathering, and as I watched, wishing I could be with them, I was slowly drawn around the edge of the pool until I reached the other side; when instead of the terraced bank being filled with people, it was filled with rows of tall white lilies—the most beautiful sight I have ever looked upon. I was very pleased with the lovely flowers and so filled with awe that I awoke with a strange quiet feeling possessing me.

We know that you grow hungry for more truth, but before more can be sent you, you must first digest and assimilate what you have already received, and that cannot be done in so short a time. Your dream was really to show you this very thing. The


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