282. How can attention be directed to new energies? By keenness of sight enhanced by straight-knowledge. Soon people will be divided according to the quality of their straight-knowledge. Those with an open consciousness must be known and paid attention to. Not education, not experience, not talent but precisely the fire of straight-knowledge opens the direct path to Shambhala.
380. In daily life we must refine keenness of our understanding of subtle energies, for in them lies the future.
639. Not vacant receptivity but a keenness of the centers: one must be able to distinguish between willfulness and refining of perception. Thus we shall gradually discern our inner forces. -M: Agni Yoga 1929
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448. Is it not better to become accustomed to attentiveness through one's own heart? These experiments in attentiveness will not be in vain. Above all they are fitting for the approach to the subtle realm. He who has once listened to his own heart does not see even any end of observations. Observations that are begun in the home will inevitably guide the consciousness of him who observes universally and will indicate the path to highest worlds. Why write a multitude of formulas without desiring to apply them to life? Contact with subtlest energies refines the entire being. He who has entered the fiery path understands the refinement, keenness and vigilance of which I speak. -M: Heart 1932
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69. Quality of observation is one of the principal fiery qualities, but it is not attained easily. It is acquired as slowly as is consciousness….But human absent-mindedness is monstrous, it creates a seemingly unreal world. In their egoism people see only their own delusions. In such wanderings there can be no discourse about the new world. Hence by all means, training in observation should be introduced in schools even for small children. An hour devoted to observation is a true lesson in life, and for the teacher this hour will be a lesson in resourcefulness. Begin refinement of observation upon everyday objects. It would be a mistake to direct pupils too rapidly to higher concepts....
We can propose that the pupil pass through an unfamiliar room at a run and yet with concentrated observation. Thus it is possible to reveal blindness and assert true keenness of vision. It is necessary to outline a program of tests for all the senses; thus is fiery action expressed in a simple exercise. Children are very fond of such tasks. Such exercises of consciousness carry one into higher spheres. The most ordinary routines can become the gateway to the most complex.
249. Each one who realizes Fire feels evil with especial keenness as the direct antipode of his being. One must, I say, one must develop in oneself this counteraction to evil, the opponent of progress. One must, I say, one must recognize this boundary which impedes advance for the good of evolution. One may hear about the complexity of such boundaries, but the manifestation of Fire will reveal where is evolution and where decrepitude of decomposition. -M: Fiery World 1933
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11. Verily not cold reasoning but tremor of the heart will bring closer fiery refinement. -M: Fiery World 1934
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361. But do not let it be known that you can see their condition. Such keenness people will not forgive; they may become enemies.
427. One needs to repeat about the observance of keenness in order not to make wrong use of sacred energy. Many counsels may be found toward such a path. Love, benevolence, pity, and many other qualities are indicated, but it is necessary to affirm them by a realization of the great energy. It is not easy to remember about this amid the waves of life. -M: Aum 1936
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116. It may be asked "Who then is more devoted to truth, he who sinks into the narcosis of illusion or he who is ready to encounter reality with keenness and courage?"
(by Schmiechen, 1884)
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