Spiritual Qualities that Engender Success and
Enabling One to Grow
There are a number of spiritual qualities and methods that can
dramatically increase success in life Taking to any of them at the
right time can attract overwhelming good fortune from the world around
us. Among them are:
-being calm and equal in the face of difficulty
-opening to the Spiritual
Force before engaging in any activity
-thinking exclusively of the other party instead of yourself
-focusing on the needs and interests of others
-taking the other person's point of view
-not speaking, which will cause others to speak out your thoughts
-orienting yourself inwardly instead of on the surface of life
-stilling the mind and heart whenever possible
-using your mind to consider all sides of a matter before acting
-avoiding impulsive action; even initiating if possible
-perceiving the outer as a reflection of your consciousness within
-altering outer conditions by changing corresponding element within
-taking to any action that brings greater harmony
-being unscrupulously honest
-maintaining a positive, optimistic, cheerful demeanor
-seeing negatives as positives in disguise
-taking responsibility
-expressing deep, heartfelt gratitude to others and life
-feeling and expressing goodwill towards others
-avoiding any negative expression concerning others
-making the right, higher consciousness cross-road decision
Success through the Force and Increasing Faith
Every difficulty overcome by
offering to and through the action of the spiritual Force
gives you that much more Faith, which in turn compels you to
use the Spirit the next time a problem arises, no matter the
size, scope, or intensity. It becomes a self-perpetuating
cycle of trust, power, success and wonder.
Practical and Spiritual-like
Qualities that Enable Success
The practical means by which we
accomplish and garner success is through
aspiration/intention, will, organization, strength, skills,
knowledge, focus, discipline, hard word, self-motivation,
delegation, right handling money of money, positive
attitudes, personal values, etc.
The spiritual-like means to success are
emotional calm, patience, mental silence, self-givingness,
goodwill, gratitude, true individuality, functioning from
our true selves, inner poise of witness, taking
responsibility, getting at truth, honesty, sincerity, faith,
opening to the spirit, having the subtle sense, reading
life's signs, tolerance, generosity, affection, giving
other's freedom, harmony, and oneness, to name a few.
We can each fill the void in what we are
missing. Life will quickly, spontaneously respond to that
effort.
The True Spiritual Individual and Prosperity
Every era has its own great success stories and breakthrough
accomplishments.
When we move within to the depths of our being, we begin to
perceive the deeper truths of our times. At that level, we
are freer, more open to possibilities, unencumbered by what
society of our era demands of us. From those depths, we
perceive what is different and emerging in the world. It is
a sign of True Individuality.
Further still, when we are in touch with our evolving soul,
we connect with universal forces, and therefore we are led
DIRECTLY to what is emerging in the world. As a result, we
can see the Wave Rising in a variety of domains. If we then
take to that possibility, we will rise to the heights of
creativity and accomplishment, becoming a prosperity symbol
of our own era. It will be a sign that we have become True
Spiritual Individuals in the world.
Changing Our Nature that Attracts
100-Fold Increase in Prosperity
In Sri Karmayogi's article 'Our
Swabhava and Prosperity," He argues that the deeper
the change we make in our being, the greater the outer
result in the form of prosperity and success. He indicates
that we can change at levels ranging from surface behavior,
to changing our very character and nature, to making the
soul connection within. When the change is made at the level
of the Swabhava (the nature/character), the result is
literally 100 times or more increase in prosperity, as the
doors of the Infinite open up. (A soul change can have an
even more overwhelming effect.)
How do we begin to make such a
significant change? Sri Karmayogi indicates that we begin
through Mind's recognition of that possibility; that a
change in the nature will in fact bring about 100 times
improvement in prosperity. When that recognition turns into
a decision to change and then matures into a full
commitment, powerful energies are released, which align with
the very best conditions of life. I.e. life responds and the
100-fold improvement HAPPENS.
Moving Life from Within
-Each time you are unable to move life on the outside is an
occasion to move it from within.
-Outer life unmoving indicates you have to go deeper and find the right
inner lever to change things. Often it is found in a
resistance or a wanting attitude in your being. Overcoming
it will cause life to suddenly spring into action on your
behalf.
-For those on the path of the Spirit, outer unresponsiveness
and resistance is also an opportunity to increase one's
level of faith in something Higher.
A Visionary
We are all a product of our times.
However, a visionary sees beyond his time; into future
times, and all times. At that point, he becomes a sage and
seer.
Faith in Divine Force, Not Life in A Spirit-Oriented Enterprise
When undertaking an enterprise from the spiritual point of
view, one should not place one's faith in the product, the
state of the market, or one's personal skill, capacities,
and knowledge, but in the Divine. Powerful response from
life will invariably follow. It is the difference between
our normal faith in life, and a super-normal faith in the
power of the infinite Divine.
Creating a Personal Universe
From our highest consciousness, we perceive that we are each
a universe in miniature, capable of creating our own
infinite-like reality.
Bringing Out the Infinite from Any Plane of the Reality
Sri Aurobindo says that the highest conception of existence
given to Man is the Reality. Also known as Brahman of the
East; the Absolute of the West. It is Spirit, but it is also
this life of matter. It is the Unmanifest Source and
Stability, but also the Manifest and its movement of forms
of force. It is the Creator and Creation. In fact, the
Reality expresses at every plane we can conceive of, from
the Infinite consciousness "above," to matter, life, and
mind on earth. They are simply different expression of the
same omnipresent Reality.
When I look at a flower, I am experiencing the Reality in a
material form that is beautiful. When I meet someone, I am
seeing a living being expressing physical, vital, and mental
dimensions of the Reality. And so forth for everything in an
out of the universe.
One interesting aspect is that every plane of existence is
capable of expressing the infinity of the Reality, since
they originated in its Infinite consciousness. Thus in the
unconsciousness of matter is buried a seed of infinite
possibility that can be brought to the surface. As we
ourselves become more conscious, we bring out that infinity,
as the scientist has done by splitting the atom. But we can
engage matter in other ways. E.g. by raising our attitudes,
we can attract vast material success out of nowhere. In this
way, we bring out the embedded, involved, hidden infinity
that lurks within material existence.
We
can take this same approach with other planes of the
Reality, such as energy, life, and mind, since infinity is
buried in potential there as well. In that way, we can bring
about a social existence that is far richer and more
satisfying than what we experience now, and we can elicit a
many-sided knowledge about any matter in a flash,
accelerating knowledge and wisdom exponentially. Thus, we
bring the distant future into the present by evoking the
infinity from the finite.
-seeking to know all sides of the truth of the matter
Indicators that We are Growing Spiritually
How do we know when we are growing spiritually? Here are some of the
indications. We are growing spiritually when --
- Patience: We are more patient and tolerant.
- Peace: We feel more calm and peaceful, even in the
midst of other people and intensity activity.
- Silence: Our minds become settled. Thoughts are no
longer insistent. We may even experience periods in which the
mind is completely still.
- Equality: We do not react to disturbing events. We
are capable of greater equanimity. We have the capacity to
remain undisturbed without being indifferent.
- Knowledge: We understand the significance of all
experiences that come to us and know how to grow or outgrow the
need for them.
- Goodwill: We rejoice in the joy of others. We no
longer feel jealous, resentment or competition with others.
- Self-giving: We identify with others and aspire for
their fulfillment more than for our own. (MSS)
List of Spiritual Habits
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Spirit-Oriented Works Do one's work
for the highest values one can imagine, including service of the
Divine.
Goodness Do good things, the right thing
in every and all situations.
Self-Givingness
Move from selfishness to ever-increasing self-givingness. Take
pleasure in the needs, interests, and success of others. Show
genuine affection for them.
Generosity Give to
others fully and generously in terms of resources (time, effort,
knowledge, etc.) whenever possible and appropriate.
Goodwill Have goodwill for every one you come in contact
with. Send goodwill to others through the atmosphere. Avoid
goodwill to those who mean harm. Be neutral there.
Humility Avoid relating a matter to the ego in any way. Do
not aggrandize ones self.
Gratitude Feel deep
thanks and appreciation for all or particular things that
have come your way.
Soft/Reduced Speech Speak in a low, soft voice; speak
fewer words; if possible, not at all.
Silent Will
Hold back expression of one's
thoughts and wishes, which will compel others to speak it out.
Taking Another's Point of View In any conversation
or interaction, see the truth in anothers words, no matter how
much at odds with your perspective.
Patience Hold back all urge,
intent to speed up what you desire.
Impatience should not touch the nerves.
Equality of Being Be calm in the face of difficulty; or
when an intense positive
arrives.
Inner Detachment (Non-reaction)
Maintain a poise of non-reaction to what others say or do. It is
the first principle of taking to the Spirit.
Non-Initiating Hold back from taking action whenever
possible, attracting powerful positive
conditions back to you.
Peace (inner spiritual)
Move from disturbance to inner calm. Make
peace and calm your natural state.
Opening to
the Spiritual Force (Consecration) Open to the Force
(Mother) before initiating activities, for situations, problems,
wrong attitudes, etc. You will quickly gain lifes cooperation.
Moving to the Depths Within (Concentration) Center
yourself in the inner being, not the outer surface.
Peace, richness, right understanding, surrounding life movements
will become the norm.
Living in the Now/the
Ever-Present Dont think about the past unless it is
useful to the present. The same with the future. Know that all
three can be joined and affected by being in the right
consciousness in the Eternal Now.
Seeing Beyond the
Positive & Negative Perceive that the good and bad,
positive and negative are useful for the unfolding of
life's progress;
your progress.
Seeing the Outer as a Reflection
of the Inner Look around and see that all things reflect
ones consciousness. If you increase the corresponding positive,
and eliminate the negative, the outer will instantly respond in
your favor.
Inner Awareness of Subtle Forces
Become aware of the subtle forces of life unfolding around you,
enabling right understanding, and decision making and action
that enables life to respond in your favor.
Spiritual
Sincerity A constant aspiration for the Divine to come
into your life is spiritual sincerity.
Surrender
Offer every act, your very existence to fulfill the Divine
Intent.
Mind's Movement out of Ignorance - Accept
that the mind knows only a part, not the whole. Seek the many
parts and truth of any thing or matter. It is the Truth that
brings success and fulfillment.
Power of Mind and
Spiritual Mind Overcome the hard churning of thought to
experience knowledge through silence, as light, illumination,
intuition, revelation, and supramental perception. Constant
consecration, calling, etc. will allow this to happen.
Faith (spiritual-) Shift your trust from life to the
Divine.
Calling the Spirit Call the Divine into
your life for a period of time every day to evoke that power in
general or for a particular matter.
Seeing The Marvel See how each and every
thing, positive and negative, as it
arises, serves the purpose of unfolding for progress in life; in
your life.
Infinite from the Finite Realize that
in the smallest thing, the finite can break out if the right
consciousness is brought to bear.
Break the Habit
Perform an act one or several levels higher. E.g. a physical
act with emotion (vital); physical or vital act with thought
(mentality); mental act with inner silence or spiritual
perception.
Truth Know the full truth of a
thing, and act from that truth. Be truthful, honest.
Life will cooperate with that effort.
Values
Apply ones deepest values, such as tolerance, respect for
the individual, harmony, etc. Take to new values.
Understand that values are spiritual
skills.
Spiritual Values Take to any of the
universal spiritual expressions -- Truth,
Silence, Wisdom, Knowledge, Harmony, Oneness, Peace,
Love, Beauty, Delight, Infinity, Timelessness -- in increasing
measure.
Evolving Soul Seek the inner being,
including the evolving soul within (psychic being) which will
put you in touch with your highest nature and purpose.
Resolve Contradictions into Harmony Resolve conflicts
with another or other things or matters
by discovering the higher harmony.
Contradictions as Complements See the things you are in
conflicted with and divided from as actually true complements;
that serves the purpose of both your growth. Raise you
consciousness to see the unity and resolve the contradiction.
Soul to Soul Connection Perceive
another's soul. Feel that yours and theirs
are one and the same. Experience that
inner Oneness.
Raise One's Attitudes
Constantly raise your level of attitudes, overcoming all wanting
ones, while maintaining a general positive one.
See
Divine in Others - Each time you meet with another imagine
that they are the Divine. Respect them to that degree. In
reality, it is the Truth of things.
Sudden,
Abundant Results through Spirit
Though the Internet speeds up life 2-10 times and is a wonder to
behold, utilizing the Spirit enables you to speed up life 100-10,000
times or more, as you receive instant, infinite
results by invoking It.
E.g. desired people suddenly appears at your doorstep from out of
nowhere; a project is completed not long after you start it;
the pursued client comes to you in five minutes, instead of six
months of trying to establish a relationship; the solution of an
experiment comes into your mind in a flash instead of weeks or
months of experimentation. In other words, you accomplish what would
take a lengthy period of time, very quickly, even instantly, defying
our common notions of cause and effect, and space and time.
Also, where you now receive a certain level of results through a
substantial outer effort; connecting to Spirit enables vast
results for little effort. No matter how hard you try, or
whatever your level of skill, or to whatever degree you use
technology, it will be in slow motion, and create a fraction of the
results compared to the instantaneous abundance that you will
receive when you open yourself to the Spirit.
The next time you engage in an activity, open yourself to the
spiritual Force, and notice the results after act is complete. If
you experience the power just one time you life can be changed
forever.
Accomplishing Infinitely by Acting on the Universe Contained Inside
Ourselves
For 10,000 years we lived our lives based on
our perception of physical space and measured time, which the
Internet now threatens to abridge to a considerable degree. And yet
the deeper inner consciousness of an individual can contain the
entire universe within himself at any moment, negating space and
time altogether. E.g. he can take actions from those depths, using
that Force, enabling life to instantly respond up to an infinite
degree from anywhere on earth within seconds. Even the Internet is a
scratch of the surface compared to the accomplishment and joy that
can emanate from this timeless, spaceless, infinite existence that
we can contain from within.
Spiritual Methods to
Accomplish
One can use spiritual techniques like calling and
deference to a Higher Power to create great
and
instantaneous accomplishment in life.
Timelessness and Infinite
Abundance of Being
Since the Being, the Divine
Source of creation is timeless and One, when we invoke that
Spirit into activities, we enable the positive future into the present,
and negate the negative friction of the past. Likewise, through the
Spirit we can enable infinite abundance in the present
finite because the Being is infinite in its essential nature.
We are created formations of Brahman able to release Its
infinite, timeless Nature in our existence.
Centuries Overcome
in Split Second through Spirit
Any
process that requires centuries in life requires only a split second in
Spirit. What you spiritually and consciously choose will give you that
split second growth.
(MSS)
Human vs.
Spiritual Effort
Human effort has human limits. Spiritual efforts have no such limits.
Humans receiving spiritual gifts that call for spiritual effort are
overwhelmed. Such occasion arise in the lives of rare souls. Spirit
knows no failures. (MSS)
Benefits of
Solving Problems through Spirit
The Spirit acts widely. Your target is fulfilled many times over. It is
achieved pleasantly and effortlessly. Absence of labour or effort is one
characteristic of the Spirit. When the Spirit is in action, a work of
years comes to fruition in months, rarely even in days. Spirit moving
into action, apart from acting swiftly, raises your status and achieves
by the new status. It always accomplishes more than intended. A problem
suddenly transforms itself into an opportunity when the Spirit comes in.
[However] Seeking
the Spirit for any of those advantages is NOT seeking it, but the
advantages. (MSS, reassembled)
Create Infinitely
Since the Infinite Spirit is the source of all creation,
we can utilize that same spirit to create infinitely.
To Know the
Infinite
To be able to do an act and produce results is to know the finite. To
produce great results is to know the Infinite. (MSS)
Practical Concept
of Infinity
This
principle essentially means that you can accomplish and succeed in life
to literally an infinite degree if you make contact with and then open
yourself to the spiritual powers of the Divine Reality.
Going within in essence enables you to begin to really realize
the principle of the ''practical concept of infinity;" that all of the
infinite potentials of life can be made real, can be embodied by you in
your life as a practical reality. Infinite abundance and success and joy
can really happen. By going to the depths, we begin to move from what we
perceived as a finite life to the real experience of an infinite life,
as infinite abundance, prosperity, achievement, success, and joy.
Infinite Accomplishment in No Time
We can move within to Silence, or be Self-giving toward others to the
point of love, or open ourselves to the Force before every act, enabling
vast accomplishment in no time.
Spirit as Ultimate Efficiency for
Achievement
By using the spirit and its methods we overcome the limitations of
what is possible, of space and time. of our normal notions of cause and
effect, as infinite results come to us in no time. It is the ultimate
efficiency for achievement.
Achieving, Rising in Weeks Instead
of Years or Decades
Why wait years or even decades to rise to the next level, when
through the spirit within and the Force above one can accomplish those
things in months, even weeks, even instantaneously, as life responds
from all corners of the earth to our spiritual movement.
All In Life Can Express
Spirit
Sri Aurobindo explained
that in all activities, situations, circumstances in life one could
bring in a spiritual force to uplift those acts. Whether you were a
businessman, a writer, a sportsman, a politician, it didn't matter.
Everyone and everything is to be included.
Everyone and every thing
could go one step further, could grow, develop, and evolve; could find
the spiritual planes within it, so that the real, infinite, potential of
the thing could be let loose.
Connecting to
the Spirit/Force of the Times that Enables
Boom
When a writer or the leader or other skilled individual has touched the
Spirit in his own inspiration in his field, it touches the Spirit of the
population also. This individual Spirit calling the social Spirit
creates a live ever-increasing movement, a boom, e.g. of sales or
popularity.
Anyone who is
patient enough to invoke the Spirit in his own life, who acts on his own
faith in Spirit rather than his own individual capacities to succeed,
will witness such a boom in his own life. How far it will rise depends
upon how far he is in tune with the Spirit of the Times.
With the spiritual Force ever-increasing in the
atmosphere, this phenomenon of interrelated Spirit is ever-more likely
to burst out into boom. (Paraphrase of MSS)
Availing the Force
The Force on earth since 1956 enables us to call the Spirit situated so
high and the Spirit itself is eager to respond, while our own highest
ambitions are confined to a few levels of life [i.e. relatively small
traditional human needs]. Let us call the Spirit successfully and be
elevated to its regions. (MSS)
Benefits of Living Within and Opening to the Force
If only we
learned to live within and harness the spirit above, we would accomplish
at ten times the level we are now accomplishing at. Rooted in the depths
of our being, and open to the Force "above," descents of intuition begin
to pour into your mind, enabling you to overcome the bonds of logic,
space, and time. Living such a life brings enormous change. E.g. an
investigator on a case would uncover the motive and culprit in the bat
of an eye. The athlete would discover a new aspect of his being that
would enable to excel far beyond what he has ever experienced. An
instructor would have the adoration of his students where previously he
only had their respect. A politician would attract the right people and
take the right action that would enable the administration to be known
for their visionary leadership and great benefit to society. A CEO would
increase the company's profit by ten times in two years. A newspaper
columnist would turn solid insightful comments into revelations that
would electrify the nation. A manager would issue a report to
superiors that would become the basis for stunning turn-around for a
lifeless company.
In the end what
occurs when living within and opened to the Force is that for you future
possibilities are realized in the present; infinities of possibilities
break out where only the finite seemed to reside; life responds
positively from seemingly out of nowhere; knowledge that would have
taken weeks or months to acquire simply appears in the mind. In other
words, our perceptions of cause and effect, the inner and the outer,
time and space, of the finite and the infinite, are rendered obsolete.
Are you interested
in living such a life?
Replacing Vital
and Mental Energy with Spiritual Energy; and Techniques for Its
Deployment
Spiritual energy is superior to vital or mental energy. In a work
replace mental energy with spiritual energy and the result will be
greater, just as replacing the oil lamp by the electric lantern.
Spiritual atmosphere accomplishes more by its silent presence than
mental atmosphere.
Imagine the CEO present at the dispatch of a shipment, instead of the
floor supervisor. A lot more gets done. [He brings a greater power for
effectivity.] While you are reading, if you can, you can give up the
mental intelligence in favour of spiritual intelligence. Then you read
faster, understand better and are able to reproduce it with greater
effectivity.
For every skill, capacity, ability, talent, energy, faculty, tool or
instrument, there is a corresponding spiritual one. Using the spiritual
counterpart, one ends up with far greater results.
In each instance
you can evoke a corresponding method spiritual faculty and employ it,
such as the method of concentration in the depths down to the evolving
soul, or consecration, i.e. offering of the event to a Higher
Power, or even (e.g.) sending the Spirit to the destination, such as
imagining the Spirit being there at the meeting before one arrives there
one's self. (MSS, somewhat modified)
Insuring a Great
Outcome when Solving a Problem, or Availing an Opportunity Presented
Let's
say you have made an experiment to solve a problem or to avail an
opportunity that presents itself. What will enable it to succeed
royally? When you are able to shift to the Spirit, you have completed
the first step in the experiment. You will know that you have
successfully shifted to the Spirit when your mind is not going back to
old doubts, when you are determined not to repeat past errors, when you
are void of expectations; i.e. when you have removed all old bad habits
and attitudes. Most of all, you will know it is Spirit when you
experience a tangible inner calm. In addition, on the positive side, you
will have committed to express in your endeavor personal values like
punctuality, cleanliness, orderliness, and silent will in work. Also, to
perfect the activity itself, you will have written down every activity
and sub activity involved in the work, identified limitations in each
one, and made the concerted effort to clarify and perfect each area;
i.e. organize it for clarity and efficiency. Finally, and the one single
key, is to make the complete persevering effort; to exhaust your
energies to carry out the required actions, which will inevitably
attract positive responses from life along the way commensurate with
your vision for improvement. (Paraphrase of MSS)
Utilizing Inner,
Higher Powers Attracts Positive Life Response
There are
many powers of life that go beyond the normal functionings. These are
the powers of higher mind and the spiritual domain. When utilized they
can trigger life response. For example, if someone inwardly were able to
project goodwill or gratitude to others, life responds in kind. Or if
one learn to connect inward to someone else or some other object, life
can respond. Or if someone utilizes the spiritual Force. There are many
powers in this domain that one can learn and utilize to attracts
great
responses from life.
LIFE RESPONSE EXAMPLES
-An individual concentrated, felt, and inwardly projected good will to
people he worked with. Within days if not hours he got extraordinary
good news about their situations, as to their health, good business
fortune, etc.
-An individual had problems with his computer. He decided that rather
than wait stoically for the machine to come back from repair in who
knows how many days, he decided to communicate inwardly directly with
the computer. Five minutes later the machine is suddenly delivered
repaired at his door step. (This happened to him again shortly
thereafter.)
Hidden
Forces at Work in Accomplishment
The final outcome to whether or not one
accomplishes is also reflected in the operations and undercurrent of
forces that are subconscious to most humans. These include "life
responses" and other hidden patterns and processes that seem to
circumvent time and space and all sense of normal logic. Like the
attempt to understand the mechanics of quantum physics if understood
these secret patterns of life could reveal the ultimate mystery to
endless accomplishment in life.
Seizing the Vast
Opportunities Before Someone Awake
An individual's consciousness can be AWAKE at the deepest level, like
the world opportunities for the United Kingdom in 1700, which she
seized, enabling the British empire; and the virgin land that beckoned
the settlers to USA in 1600, that she too took advantage of enabling
vast accomplishment. The awakened one can likewise seize the VAST
opportunities before him if he organizes his consciousness to the point
that the full potential before him turns into a concrete, living
reality enabling the beckoning infinite to emerge in the finite.
Great material accomplishment that includes prosperity will be the
measure of its success. (Paraphrase of MSS)
Bridging Material
Prosperity and Spiritual Realization in the Hour of God
It has been said that the Hour of God is here. On earth it is
fulfilled by relating the two ends of Material Prosperity and
Spiritual Realization. One person can join these two ends, and
through his experience present the Formula of Life for all the
world to take up, enabling the rapid fulfillment of this
auspicious time for
Man.
(Paraphrase of MSS)
Accomplishment
& Fullness Beyond Education, Discipline, et al through Spirit
A high level of education, military discipline, or spiritual background
make ordinary men rise far above their compeers. One who succeeds in
invoking the Spirit in his daily life will see the efficiency in life
attained by the above mentioned persons is of the surface. They are the
shadows of the Spirit or penumbra. Spirit invoked is the Spirit of Life
in its fullness, a spiritual fullness in the field of life. (MSS)
How Spirit
Expresses
The Spirit
expresses as Oneness, Peace, Integral Knowledge, Truth, Power, Delight,
Love, Beauty, Infinite (expression, non-Time bound expression, amongst
others.
-When we move to our higher consciousness, we enable these expressions
of spirit to enter into the details of our lives life.
-When we move within to the depths of our being, away from the surface,
when we connect to the transcendent Force, these are spiritual ways of
enabling higher consciousness. Just below these are the life ways,
through goodness, self-givingness, humility, compassion, openness, and a
hundred other high values of life.
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