CHIEF FEATURE

When we bundle together the sheaves of all our characteristics, PHYSICAL, MENTAL, EMOTIONAL, we do not realize that even if we study them , we are completely ignorant of our CHIEF FEATURE, which is, one of those things that everyone can see except yourself! This Chief Feature is readily apparent to those who come to see and know you and so forth, but you are blind to this feature and you can only see this CHIEF FEATURE long after many trials and tribulations and much painful study. It does absolutely no good for anyone to tell you about this Chief Feature or to describe it to you or for you. You will not believe it,most likely, you will deny it, and it will hide from you as you go off in another direction. Then you also have a sort of 'false'self that gets you into many difficulties, mainly by promising things that cannot be possibly delivered, even though at the time you express 'deep sincerity', 'complete honesty' and which you quickly forget you ever made and this contradiction has to be resolved. It is not merely presenting a false face or social front which is another matter that needs to be discussed. CHIEF FEATURE will be an aspect of your fate that only can be overcome once you get beyond the obstacles that will confront you on the Path to Self-Knowledge.

YOUR CHARACTER DETERMINES YOUR FATE

CHARACTER is often seen as being either 'good' or 'bad'; 'strong' or 'weak' but such notions are simplistic. Since the term 'characteristic' is derived from CHARACTER, we would do well to consider physical, mental and emotional characteristics in any dsicussion of why one's FATE dependsin large part,if not entirely, on one's character. By listing under each cctegory the traits and otehr aspects, one can expect to find a good deal about one's self,perhaps one's fate! Abrief example might be: under physical-weak or strong; tall or short; thin or fat,etc. while under mental:dull or bright, slow or fast, keen or sharp,etc.; and under emotional: angry or happy,sad or glad, spirited or dejected,etc. Of course, you have to supply your own adjectives all of which can describe the outcomes of certain behaviors one displays. You can conjure up your images and supply your own examples but quite often when others do so for you, you might experience a 'SHOCK' which will make you realize perhaps that the self-image you have is nothing like how others see you or 'characterize' you! Of course this is only a slight hint, and we tend to suffer when such happens because we feel other people simply do not appreciate us enough or understand us,etc.