Being in the external world

[Ray711]

I don't think that putting somewhat more importance on the inner world is necessarily an imbalance that demands correction. I get the impression that most wanderers are introverts. This is something that might be explained by these words of Ra's:

We seek now without polarity. Thus we do not invoke any power from without, for our search has become internalized as we become light/love and love/light.

We are working together, serving each other, teaching each other. But the end game of it all seems to be to find, in a progressive manner, aspects of the Creator inside of ourselves, so that we learn to be more and more self-sufficient.

Very often the catalyst for emotional pain, whether it be the death of the physical complex of one other-self which is loved or some other seeming loss, will simply result in the opposite, in a bitterness, an impatience, a souring. This is catalyst which has gone awry. In these cases, then, there will be additional catalyst provided to offer the unmanifested self further opportunities for discovering the self as all-sufficient Creator containing all that there is and full of joy.

This inevitably leads to higher levels of introversion, it seems to me.

Oh, and then there's the genetic or biological foundation of certain aspects of introversion, which is also very important. Simply put, introverts are more stimulated than extroverts with less stimuli. This is likely a pre-incarnative choice that is outside of our (current) control. Be compassionate with those aspects of yourself that you came here with, and use your wisdom to see what it is that can and can't be changed. Even if something can be changed and you truly wish to change it, I'd say it's still a good thing to treat with compassion your self as it is right now.

This other quote might be of some comfort. I know it is to me:

We have, many times now, spoken about the relative importance of balancing as opposed to the relative unimportance of maximal activation of each energy center. The reason is as you have correctly surmised. Thusly the entity is concerned, if it be upon the path of positive harvestability, with the regularizing of the various energies of experience. Thus the most fragile entity may be more balanced than one with extreme energy and activity in service to others due to the fastidiousness with which the will is focused upon the use of experience in knowing the self.