This document discusses how people experience fluctuations between periods of light and darkness in their consciousness, similar to natural fluctuations in nature. It advises being prepared for difficult periods by learning to sense when they are approaching so you do not unwisely commit to undertakings that you may regret when your consciousness becomes dark and obscured. Knowing when dark periods will recur helps avoid feeling weak, dejected, or without inspiration later on if you had started something important during that time.

1. Be prepared for difficult periods

2. Our consciousness is sometimesfull of light

3. and sometimes in darkness

4. Sometimes brimfuland sometimes empty

5. For we are subject to the samefluctuations as nature

6. This is why it is important to know when each phenomenon is going to recur.

7. If you cannot see that the pendulum is aboutto swing back to a difficult period,you may commit yourself unwisely to such or such undertaking

8. And then when the time comes, you find yourself in the doldrums, without inspiration or joy

9. You could have avoided this if you had realizedin advance thatthe dark days were about tobegin and thatyou would be feeling weak and dejectedAll our faults arecommited in darknesswhen our consciousnessis obscured

10. So learn to sense the advent of thosemoments, and when they come do not undertake anything important

11. Extracted from “A New Earth”byOmraamMikhaelAivanhov