Outward Actions of an Inward Existence

There is a constant
give and take
between each individual 

and his or her society.

The divisions and characteristics
of any particular civilization
will be a perfect exterior representation
of the overall attributes

of the people within it,
as they relate to one another
and as they see themselves.

The exterior dimensions
are replicas of
interior personal ones.

The accomplishments, wars,
difficulties and institutions
are all
"after the event"

--- that is,

they are outward actions
of an inward existence.

Under certain conditions
water turns into ice.

In the same way,
interior events can appear
in physical reality
in a quite different form
than the original.





(from the book, "The Nature of Personal Reality," by Jane Roberts.)