# Why You Are Always Being Tempted - And What the Universe Wants You to Know, Part 1

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Podcast: [The Gary Zukav Deepcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-gary-zukav-deepcast-7038217)
Published: 2026-06-08T09:00:00+00:00
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Duration seconds: 1652

## Resource

Your emotions are messages from your soul. Learn How to Tune In and Listen Here: www.seatofthesoul.com/emotionalawarenesscourse In this DeepCast, Gary Zukav reveals what he considers the single most fundamental element of spiritual growth and self‑transformation - temptation. Far from the Western view of temptation as an external evil force, Gary reframes it as a gracious dynamic in the universe - a purposeful invitation to choose between love and fear. Drawing on the lives of the Buddha and Jesus, he shows that every human being meets the same essential crossroads that the great spiritual masters met. Gary challenges the idea that temptation originates outside of us. He reveals it instead as the activity of the frightened parts of the personality - a kind of dress rehearsal for a negative karmic event that places the full power of choice in your hands. The answer lies in the twin pillars of authentic power: emotional awareness and responsible choice. When you recognize the physical sensations and thoughts of a frightened part of your personality, temptation shifts from a trap into a teacher. What You’ll Discover in This Episode: (01:04) — Gary names the core dynamic - temptation - and contrasts the Western, externalized view with the perspective of the new consciousness, in which temptation does not originate outside of you, but within the frightened parts of your personality. (05:52) — Gary draws on the lives of the Buddha and Jesus to show that the great spiritual masters met the same temptations that you meet - with nothing to guide them toward one choice or another except their own awareness. (11:59) — Gary introduces temptation as a dress rehearsal for a negative karmic event - the moment just before choice becomes action and energy becomes matter. When you act o…

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