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destructive tendency. When we understand that the main-
spring in this force of Repulsion is self-assertion, a pushing
away of all others that it may have room, we shall
understand that it gives way most easily to a desire for other
things, so that the substance of the third Region of the
Desire World is principally dominated by the force of
Attraction towards other things, but in a selfish way, and
therefore this is the Region of Wishes.
The Region of Coarse Desires may be likened to the
solids in the Physical World; the Region of
Impressionability to the fluids; and the fluctuating,
evanescent nature of the Region of Wishes will make that
compare with the gaseous portion of the Physical World.
These three Regions give the substance for the forms which
make for experience, soul growth and evolution, purging the
altogether destructive and retaining the materials which may
be used for progress.
The fourth Region of the Des ire World is the “R egion of
Feeling.” From it comes the feeling concerning the already
described forms and upon the feeling engendered by them
depends the life which they have for us and also their effect
upon us. Whether the objects and ideas presented are good
or bad in themselves is not important at this stage. It is our
feeling, whether of Interest or Indifference that is the
determining factor as to the fate of the object or idea.
If the feeling with which we meet an impression of an
object or an idea is Interest, it has the same effect upon that
impression as sunlight and air have upon a plant. That idea
will grow and flourish in our lives. If, on the other hand, we
meet an impression or idea with Indifference, it withers as
does a plant when put in a dark cellar.
Thus from this central Region of the Desire World come