The difficulties of rearing children, the irritations of family life, and the monotony of much married existence are problems which most people have had to face at some time or other. They must be mastered, however, for one cannot desert duty without suffering pangs of conscience. This mastery calls for much endurance and more gritting of teeth, but the road can be smoothed greatly if he will try to cultivate something of that spirit of inner detachment which the Overself is seeking to impart. To be able to stand aside from the self occasionally, to treat his problems as though they were someone else's, and to refer them at critical moments to a higher power for solution, is of enormous benefit in every way. In this connection one should read chapter 11 of The Secret Path.
-- Notebooks Category 13: Human Experience > Chapter 2 : Living in The World > # 497
