{The Attraction of +C†I~}[6th March 1988]

[Redbook5:40-41][19880306.0000d]{The Attraction of +C†I~}[6th March 1988]

19880306. (a.m.?)

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How exactly does this* come about? By** Circle Analysis, we all encounter +C†I~ at the point of Crisis. Even if we recognise him, can we be sure of transforming ourselves?

[Text from ms diagram of which an extract is shown above:]

	+C†I~
	Attraction
/	→	\
Simplification		Ordination	\
			Outer Action

[In the ms diagram the arrows curve around an arc.]

It must be all too easy (it is all too easy) to discover Christ at Crisis – whether personal or political crisis – and, full of the light and strength of one's own new knowledge, go on to ordination and organisation of outer action – of the Christian life, Churches, Crusades, Utopia by conquest... or of one's own family. This is my danger too – although my motivations are mixed. To an extent, within the World, we cannot avoid this. But the Inner Life must be stronger:

[Text from ms diagram of which an extract is shown above:]

				+C†I~
		→		Attraction
		The	Turning	Point ↓
	Simplification	Love	←	Unity		Harmony	Ordination
	↑	↓
Revolution		Revelation		☼		(Inner -)	- Action -	- Outer

[In the ms diagram the arrows curve. Solid arrows are shown here with the text.]

The Attraction of Christ must be to Unity in him; Love can lead one through this turning point, just as it can be one's driving force on the Inner Circle which follows.

*[See last previous entry.]

**[i.e. According to]

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