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GOALS & STRUGGLES"
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"Every search must have a goal, a norm or standard that is to e achieved,
other!ise one !ould never ecome dissatised and see# something etter$
Su%%ose a man !ent to drin# coee 'or the rst time$ (e cannot %ossily #no!
!hether it is a good cu% o' coee ecause he has no norm or standard y !hich to
)udge it$
There'ore, i' am not satised !ith mysel', must already have some #ind o' norm
against !hich com%are mysel'$
And That +orm is A LEASE- ".E", A LEASE- SEL/$
0e see# occasions in !hich !e ecome %leased and !e !ant to re%eat such
e1%eriences$ ' !e are unale to ecome %leased through those e1%eriences, !e
see# other %leasing e1%eriences instead$
Thus The LEASE- SEL/ is the norm 'or !hich !e constantly search and struggle in
li'e$
The leased Sel' reveals the !hole !e truly are !hich is e1%erientially #no!n to us
!henever !e nd ourselves eing %leased$
T(E 0SE ERSO+ has no laments 'or things le't undone, nor 'or eing orn to
%articular %arents, nor 'or eing treated in certain !ays, nor 'or gro!ing u% in a
certain environment$
All These 2O.LA+TS disa%%ear !hen one ecomes 'ullled$"
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