therefore it is better to select a temporary chairman

-Glastonbury in the days of Mary and Joseph of Arimathea

56.  My warriors, walk valiantly; the growth of the spirit needs its impetus.

236.  Carry the light and do not look back.

365.  The Secret must be revealed in safety.  Do not destroy people by entrusting them with too much.    -Leaves of Morya's Garden 1924

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I, x, 5.  Forward flies the shot--there is no turning back.

II, ii, 9.  Since memory is for the past, consciousness is for the future.  Therefore we replace memory by consciousness….Consciousness is akin to spirit-understanding, it grows until one's whole being is engulfed as in a flame….He who attains hastens on without looking back; humanity must remember the transmutation of consciousness.

II, iv, 5.  Do you notice that we even try to speak in the simplest words only to bring nearer the downfall of the Tower of Babel?

II, v, 8.  At dawn, at eventide, in advance and retreat, flying or diving think about us, the Watching Ones.  The beautiful will also be the worthy.

II, vi, 1.  Striving towards true cooperation lies at the foundation of evolution.  Only by the awakening of creativeness may the march of ignorance be destroyed….Instead of stock market speculation let there be striving for discoveries supported by cooperative societies.

III, iii, 5.  Do not be displeased except with yourself.  Do not let others do what you can do for yourself, and in this way you will abolish the thralldom of servants.  Do not say twice what needs to be said once.  Do not re-tread the same path, for even a stone threshold will wear away.  Do not swim where one has to fly.  Do not turn back where one should make haste.  Do not distort your mouth in ill-speech where you should pass in silence.  When the steel of achievement is needed do not cover yourself with rays.

III, iii, 7.  When someone bars your way step aside in silence if you know your path.  When you have to find shelter find good words for the host.      -Leaves of Morya's Garden 1925

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30.  We see that not in a day of flowering of science but during the proclamation of religion was cosmic consciousness awakened, for not hypotheses but only knowledge of the Spirit leads to the starry paths. 

66.  Construction in revolution is a most dangerous moment.  A great number of imperfect elements will press structures downward into strata of outworn and poisoned substance.  Only reckless courage can turn the structure upwards into strata untried and beautiful in the maintenance of new elements.  Therefore I speak and shall say again that outworn forms must be avoided in the structure.  Sinking back into the old receptacles is inadmissible; understanding of the new world in all its austerity is needed.

100.  It is difficult to renounce the feeling of ownership; it is like wise difficult to overcome babbling. 

156.  We summon those co-workers who know the difficulties.  We call to those who will not turn back. 

197.  It will be asked "What care are you taking of the established communities?" Let us consider the most recent….Noticeable is conflict about precedence, therefore it is better to select a temporary chairman.  The matter of the attraction of new ones is worse….One may open to those who knock, but the sword of the spirit must be kept always sharp.  One may regret the lost co-workers.  It is necessary to work more compactly, otherwise you will postpone dates.  I would be glad to summon you nearer—provide the opportunity.  My hand is with you in each courageous action.

199.  The stratification of striving into the future fills the whole existence of the community.  The entire attraction of objects is drowned in the current of aspiration. 

229.  Begin to build community as a home of knowledge and beauty. There will be no conventional measuring sticks in this house.  Each one will strive to know and to express his knowledge.  Only unceasing cognition will be of assistance, only saturated labor will prevent from turning back into dark corners.  But we wait for those who strive to abandon the old life. There is nothing worse than to bring along dried up crumbs; such crumbs take away joy.

248.  To turn back the matured step of evolution is impossible.    -M:  Community 1926

                      -La Tourelle, Colorado Springs, Summit Lighthoue hq 1966-76

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44.  People would sooner fall down stairs than watch the steps.

55.  The new consciousness grows, unskilled, but full of daring.  Despite its experience the old thinking loses strength. There is no power that could hold back the tide of the new world.  We regret the useless waste of energy of the expiring consciousness.  We welcome with a smile the daring of those who realize their right to expand new achievements.

124.  The karma of obsession or weakness of spirit can easily set a barrier between the disciple and his Teacher.  Self-correction by the one expelled can bring him back to the point at which the path was interrupted.  The disciple must understand the need for haste and apply himself to this task.

237.  To reach the Teacher there is but one way--to walk without glancing back.  Any thought of failure is already a defeat.  The one who knows the direction of his flight is like an eagle soaring across an abyss. 

253.  Just as the hour of striving is like a whirlwind, so is looking back akin to decay.  All the past must be burned away for the yoga of Fire.

302.  The flame is vertical in its structure and thus does each fire act.  The taking of slight precautions will not separate people from Life. 

446.  One can see that the main plan is unvarying.  When it is necessary for Us to take some time to recoup our forces do not assume that we are about to retreat.  It should be understood that we will accelerate events as much as our forces allow.  You must just help us with a right attitude.  Understand that no orchestra conductor can properly produce a symphony if the musical instruments are not tuned.     -M:  Agni Yoga 1929

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88.  Ignorance, preceptor of humanity, sees the planet as beginning and end; but reason indicates that such accepted formulae, confining cosmos within narrow boundaries, will bring on catastrophe.  Expecting an end the human consciousness receives endless evidences of its karma and is perplexed over these calamities.   -M:  Infinity 1, 1930

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79.  Remember that if you give in spirit to the Lord what has been taken from you, He will reward you a hundredfold.  Thus direct your thought to the Lord and let the Lord enter your heart.  Without the Lord it will be narrow in the empty heart, and like peas in a dried sheepskin wrath will jar within the empty heart.  Fill your heart with the Lord so fully that no enemy can force his way through.  Peace unto you.    -M:  Hierarchy 1931

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333.  we shall open the doors of the narrow house.  Each fusion of consciousness already means open doors.   -M:  Heart 1932

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18.  Indeed the bacilli of cancer exist.  They can be detected and killed primarily by the fire of the heart.  If the absence of finer energy contributes to their growth, then the fire of the heart, being the highest expression of consciousness, destroys them.  In fact everything that is readily consumed by the higher energy can be mitigated also to a certain extent by physical fire.  The roots of many plants contain in themselves potent fires of the vegetable kingdom and can be useful where the fires of the heart are as yet inactive.  

43.  Let the fiery energy work, it will know how to find at least a narrow entrance.  Thus in all circumstances remember that you possess a store of the all-pervading energy.     

  -M:  Fiery World 1933

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165.  Vexation is the plague of the world.  It reacts upon the liver and engenders certain bacilli which spread in a highly contagious action.  The Emperor Akbar upon sensing vexation in someone would summon musicians so that a new rhythm would break up the infection. This action even though physical brought beneficial results. 

246.  Cooperation lies in mutual solicitude and hearty labor.

248.  It is tedious to listen to babblings which lack the heart quality, particularly since the number of printed books is reaching frightening proportions.  Rarely has the quantity been so at variance with the quality!  In this is also revealed a sign of heartlessness.  We encourage each burning of the spirit. The flaming heart is a torch of the fiery world….The Teacher must always rotate a concept so that it contacts the consciousness of the disciple in its full scope.  Though urgent, it is impossible to accept many concepts at the first reading.  One must return to them, as has been said, under all the shades of color of morning and evening.  Even the night will bring a ray of understanding.  You yourselves have seen how strangely people form opinions about what they have read.  When they hear about the Messiah they merely think--isn’t he a demon?  When they read about the heart they are afraid--isn't it sorcery?  This means that demons and sorcery are very familiar to them.  The man who is pure in heart will not think first of all about darkness.    -M:  Fiery World 1934

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412.  It is especially horrible that the majority does not want to understand present events….People once dreamed of conquest and considered themselves the lawful masters of the world, but how suddenly these Towers of Babel collapsed!    -M:  Supermundane 2, 1938

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