424. What is the sense of denying a fire that is already ablaze? Yet cover the fire and its force will disappear. Likewise nothing is gained by contradicting opinions; but cover negative judgment with Our Teaching and the entire city of the enemy will be covered by the vault of Our Brotherhood, for this dome accommodates all.
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III, iv, 11. Only beauty can promote determination; then to think about the purse and the enemy will seem a child's whim. -Leaves of Morya’s Garden 1925
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2. Depression is the enemy of each improvement; there can be no constructive building in doubt. There will be no learning under fear. Observation is a step toward justice. Selfhood is betrayal of self-renunciation; without achievement there is no path.
46. Never did I speak about any ease in bringing the new consciousness into life. Not the destroyers but moldy, conventional virtue is the enemy. The destroyers know the instability of that which they destroy, and the principle of remittal is easier for them. But “rosy-cheeked virtue” loves its chest of savings and will always defend it with eloquence.
70. The power of experience defeats alien infirmity. At the point of loss do I pour in the new possibilities.; on the line of retreat I build stronghold; n the eyes of the enemy I wave the banner. I call the day of fatigue a day of repose. I recognize a manifestation of non-understanding as rubbish on the thresholds; I can conceal the sacred in the folds of a working garment. A miracle means for me only the mark of a horseshoe; courage means for me only the arrow in the quiver; resoluteness for me is only the daily bread.
138. Personal aspiration toward world tasks can attain such tension that inevitably the enemy is drawn in the same direction. We must not forget that the enemy by his very enmity is already connected with us; in this bond lies the weakness of the enemy. Hating us the enemy begins to fill his being with a picture of us. The enemy chains his consciousness to us and often ends up as a simple imitator, to which fact indeed he will never confess. The enemy will imitate first in an external way, and then when his hatred has led him to this point the cosmic grandeur of the talk may entice him inwardly. When we know that the enemy is attached to us we can look upon him as a foolish member of the household. Thus penetrate into the essential nature of the enemies and you will find a place for them.
176. We do not value communal moths. -M: Community 1926
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173. One may often ask oneself why is the evolution of the world so slow? Negation will prove to be one of the principal causes, for it is deadly. Like doubt it cuts off all the ordained possibilities. People given to denial eventually have to outlive its consequences. Truly negation is like a millstone around one's neck. Enough has been said about it in the Teaching. But now especially the Earth is infected with negation. Let multitudes of people imagine that negation is only a sensible criticism, but negation is not a judgment, it is like ashes banking a grate fire. It suppresses but does not elevate. Only broadening of consciousness can shame the denier, but as a rule such a torpid state terminates in a grave illness. -Morya: Fiery World 1934
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303. It is most pernicious when halfwayness insinuates itself into one who is affirming himself upon the path, because then there results duality of thought and action. Hence halfwayness is the enemy of the Teaching, and when we see halfwayness in relation to Hierarchy this destructive attitude must be eradicated, for without integrity there can be no construction. Hence the disciples must understand how important it is to have complete striving. -M: Hierarchy 1931
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123. Thus one can avoid the chief enemy of mankind--all narcotics.
368. Unity is the first sign that the Teaching is not an empty sound. -M: Heart 1932
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