And Jesus experienced the challenge of mental inertia in the account of His struggle with “Satan” in the wilderness. What is temptation but the inertial pull of limited states of consciousness resisting the upward reach of man’s higher aspirations? Jesus had caught the ideal of the Divinity of Man, and He had set His course in the direction of personal fulfillment. But Satan, the human consciousness of Jesus, was saying, “Don’t be foolish. You have fabulous powers by which you can control the world. You can be rich and powerful.” But the “external force” of Jesus’ unshakable faith and vision
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