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    SEED THOUGHTS

    forDaily Planting

    References compiled from the

    Books of the Agni Yoga Teachings

    To the Reader of Seed Thoughts for Daily Planting:

    It should be explained that there is no particular reason why any one Book of the Agni Yoga Teaching

    should be assigned for study during a certain month, or for the assignment of a designated paragraph to a

    specified day. The following arrangement was adopted as a convenient method for the presentation of a few

    facets of this Great Teaching offered to Humanity at the beginning of a New Era the Epoch of Maitreya.

    No attempt has been made to epitomize each Book. It would be impossible to do so. However, certain

    characteristics have been stressed in order to show that each Book has an individual message*, though threads of

    continuity run through all.

    In reading straight through Seed Thoughts for Daily Planting, after completing the detailed work on each

    Book, the compiler discovered a significant pattern binding them all together:

    First comes The Call of the Hierarchy to the Pathway of Light. This is followed by Illumination. Then comes

    a sense of responsibility toward the Community.

    These three introductory volumes lead up to preparation for the acceptance of Agni Yoga. From this lofty

    peak we glimpse Infinity the Goal of our striving.

    Infinity is, however, too lofty a concept for our comprehension until we have learned that Hierarchy is our

    Link, and Heart the means of our attainment.

    Then we must learn about the Fiery World, and come to know ourselves as citizens of the Universe, not

    simply of the planet Earth.

    Also, we have to so refine our natures that we can respond to the sacred AUM the vibration that opens the

    Gates of Realization. Our concept of Brotherhood expands, including all manifestation of the ONE LIFE.

    These volumes are followed by Letters of Helena Roerich, a Disciple of the Great Hierarch through many

    incarnations, chosen by Him to transmit His Message of AGNI YOGA, or LIVING ETHICS for the NEW ERA.

    So, perhaps, if we learn the lessons of all the other Books of the AGNI YOGA TEACHING (thus far

    published) we may return to the two volumes of Infinity, better prepared to understand something of the Realm

    of Beauty which may be experienced even while in our earthly bodies if we remain steadfast in striving,ceaseless in service, conforming to the two great Laws the Law of Evolution and the Law of Hierarchy.

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    Compiler.

    *Brotherhood, 221. Each Book of the Teaching carries an inner task.

    THE AGNI YOGA TEACHING

    or

    LIVING ETHICS FOR THE NEW ERA

    Each is destined to receive his call.

    But the trumpets of angels are inaudible

    to the ears of those who sleep.

    The Call, 307

    Many are called to the Knowledge,

    But to few are opened the secrets of Our Decisions.

    The Call, 382

    Our Teaching is not a campaigning one; it is an instructive one, intended for those who already desire to perfect

    themselves.

    Agni Yoga, 543

    I entrust the Teaching to each one who lives in all the worlds. Do not consider such a definition inapplicable.

    Man actually lives in all the Worlds. Each day he visits the Worlds, but he cannot be conscious of these

    momentary absences. Only a few apprehend the sensation of being absent. No extended time is required for the

    spirit, which exists outside of time. Such sensations are quite characteristic for developed consciousnesses.

    AUM, 334

    Is the fragmentary character of these notes accidental? May it not be that in this mosaic there is contained a

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    rhythm and a special design? Let friends sometimes reflect upon why this system has been selected! Does there

    not lie in it the particular problem of reacting on different centers? Perfecting the ability of perception is a very

    important attainment.

    AUM, 569

    The Books of the Teaching are guideposts on the path to Infinity.

    SEED THOUGHTS for DAILY PLANTING

    gathered from

    LEAVES OF MORYAS GARDEN I, THE CALL, 1924

    January

    January 1st

    5. I will point out the waythe heart will understand

    Our Token.

    Behold the bliss sent unto you.

    Dedication is the requisite of those who strive

    on the path of ascent.

    Those who with a full heart fulfill Our requests will

    attune their ears to the harmony of the Universe.

    By bringing happiness unto you We show Our Trust

    in your striving towards Good.

    Truth is with yoube ready to receive it.

    As the heavens are fathomless, so great is your strength.

    January 2nd

    19. Steep is the path to the abode of faith.

    Turn your mind to the joy of creation,

    That you may exalt the spirit,

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    cast out all trivial thoughts, and be ready

    to receive the waves of vibration sent by Us.

    January 3rd

    24. Beseech Christ.

    Search for the joy of turning to the Creator.

    Learn, and unlock the Gates of Knowledge,

    And affirm yourselves in understanding the Divine Plan.

    January 4th

    25. We lend Our Ears to pure thoughts.

    You will receive the knowledge

    and will walk the pure path,

    but beware of anger and of doubt.

    If you conquer, you will receive the light.

    If you falter, the whirlwind will obscure your soul.

    Perfect yourselves, my friends, unwearyingly.

    Deny not the Voice of the Spirit, suppress only

    the earth-bound voices.

    Be daringI am with you.

    January 5th

    40. Beware! Do not forget to turn to the Teacher.

    The cultivation of offenses produces a poor garden.

    The ability to overcome proves the strength of your spirit.

    January 6th

    45. The miracle of Beauty in the adornment

    of our daily lives will exalt mankind.

    Raise high your light.

    Illumine the beauties of My Temple.

    Teach the Joy of Beauty.

    January 7th

    181. Pure music helps the transmission of the current.

    We pray by sounds and by symbols of Beauty.

    The heart and mind do not conflict

    when they sail the Ocean of Creative Labor.

    And the wings of the bird of the spirit, atremble,

    will soar upon the breeze of harmony.

    And the steel of the word flashes

    in the furnace of Truth.

    January 8th

    193. The character of the people will be illumined

    by the beauty of spirit.

    Weep not where tears are useless; arrows are needed

    to transfix the dark spirit.

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    January 9th

    199. I bring a talisman to all:

    Whosoever proclaims Beauty shall be saved.

    January 10th

    229. Yes, yes, yes, each word of unity is as the seed

    of some fair flower.

    To cultivate a garden of beauty is permitted to all.

    But where are the gardeners who can judge

    which seed is best?

    We shall teach them to gather the fertile stalks.

    We shall pluck out the blighting weeds.

    And the ground where God has manifested Himself

    We shall adorn with flowers.

    But where the flowers of unity areguard their petals.

    January 11th

    251. Streams of joy fill the ocean

    of the Creators Thought.

    And you, pouring drops of joy into the human soul,

    bring offerings to the Creator of the Worlds.

    Enlightenment will never end.

    Learn by teaching others.

    You were not mistaken in expounding joy.

    Each tree blooms in joy;

    But when shedding its leaves, it grieves not,

    remembering the coming spring.

    January 12th

    253. Close not the path to the new who knock.

    The old forms are of no use.

    The one who understands Beauty will keep

    the travelers on their path.

    January 13th

    260. But observe Our Instructions.

    Fulfill Our Message.

    Know to carry the Light.

    And understand how to manifest the grandeur of Beauty.

    January 14th

    288. You lay a new foundation

    for the manifestation of Beauty.

    With you do We pronounce the beginning

    of a new Teaching.

    Flood tide and ebb tide succeed each other,

    but the ninth wave rises highest.

    January 15th

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    312. Pupil, why think about what cannot

    be fulfilled?

    Dissipate not your force in languor of your spirit.

    My Lotus is a joy to those who visit My Garden.

    January 16th

    317. Know you the truth, the great truth

    of the everlasting bonds between Father and Son

    and between the son and his son.

    The fruit and flowers of my Garden are given to all,

    and you must be the Keepers of My Garden.

    At My Gates I shall place you and in My Name

    you will proclaim.

    My Word be with you.

    January 17th

    333. Remember, Art is the one vital medium

    of the coming culture.

    Through Beauty will you approach.

    Understand and remember.

    You, my daughter, saidLove.

    And you, my son, saidAction.

    And you, both, saidBeauty.

    If you desire the gates to be opened to you, use

    My Sign.

    I said Beauty, in combat and victory.

    I said Beauty, and failure was covered by Beauty.Mountains blossomed with Beauty.

    And you must give entrance to the flowers of Beauty.

    Let the children approach.

    Bow before Him Who brought the Beauty

    of the great Universe.

    Understand, there are no possessionsnor decisions,

    nor pride, nor repentance.

    There is one thing aloneBeauty.

    And to you I say:Guard, expound, and affirm this Beauty.

    Therein lies your way.

    With Beauty shall I meet those who will come to Me.

    And they are already on their way.

    January 18th

    334. Your joy is Our joy.

    When the enchanted flower of tenderness unfolds

    on earth, a new star is born in the Infinite.

    January 19th

    336. Waterfalls and green grass, birds and winds

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    all sing to me.

    And on my way is born a song.

    I proceed with ease.

    But when the wind is still and the birds are flown

    and the green grass bends, what shall I do, My Lord?

    Regard then Me.

    As the mountains give rise to new heights,And abysses crossed but confront me

    with new mountains,

    When I have traversed all deserts

    and have scaled all summits

    What shall I see, O Lord?

    Thou shalt see Me.

    January 20th

    344. New ones will manifest themselves in action.They will reveal the shield of Beauty,

    And, full of love, will open the doors to those who

    knock.

    The earth will sink beneath the feet of the blind,

    And the deaf will be destroyed.

    I am sending a living spring,

    to bathe your eyes and ears.

    And the Miracle will be manifested,

    And a Bridge of Beauty will lead you on your new path.

    January 21st

    350. Your best endeavors are nurtured by Us like seeds.

    Blessed are the paths of beauty;

    The thirst of the world must be quenched.

    The miracle of New Life is obscured by tatters,

    yet it lives.

    Fear not the scum of life;

    When the pot is boiling, the scum swirls to the top.

    On the path of podvig there can be no fear,Yet the fire of the heart illumines the way of truth.

    The truth of Eternity is in beauty of the spirit.

    The spirit knows where beauty is.

    January 22nd

    356. Teach My Path.

    Help people to develop an understanding of mans nature.

    They will understand the nature of Service.

    They will understand the joy of the Beautiful.

    They will understand the simple truthsthat transform life into a miracle.

    Our Shield is invisible,

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    Yet by night you can perceive affirmation

    of the days hints and whispers.

    For Us there has not been a more complex time than

    this, at the changing of races.

    January 23rd

    357. Can the tree stand firm?

    Yes, yes, yesif the roots are deeply buried

    and unseen beneath the ground.

    I told you of beauty, I told you of love,

    I told you of action.

    I told you of devotion, I told you of readiness and

    compassion.

    I have opened the window for you, and shown you

    the battle.

    I explained the meaning of courage,

    And finally I summoned you to the Great Service.

    January 24th

    357. And when you erect the Temple of Beauty,

    And on its approaches you lay out My Garden of Joy,

    Then name this Garden in My Name,

    For I told you: Children, rejoice!

    January 25th

    360. But amidst attainment devote time to silence

    of the spirit.

    Then shall I approach thy inner being.

    The seed of the Great Silence

    leads to knowledge of the Great Service.

    January 26th

    360. Brothers, in all thy beginnings,

    remember the time of silence.

    It is then that you are approached

    by the Messenger of the Teaching.

    And thus, understanding prayer and podvig,

    Glorified by beauty, strongly embracing power assacrifice,

    You will reach the Temple.

    January 27th

    374. The morning bird is ready to sing out the dates.

    The prophecy of days is being fulfilled.

    And filled to the brim are the chalices

    of the Archangels.

    Hallowed be the Name of the Lord!

    People will rise up by the spirit.The essence of the miracle is simple:

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    Love is the miracle, Beauty is the miracle.

    January 28th

    433. The Wonders of the Teacher will grow.

    Within the garden of love grow illuminations

    of the spirit.

    Tire Me today; burden Me more,

    laying on the weight of the world.

    Yet will I increase My strength.

    January 29th

    433. Yet will I increase the strength of My daughter,

    for she goes into My garden.

    Urusvati, dost thou hear? The burden will blossom

    with roses,

    And the dewy grass will be arrayed

    with the morning rainbow.

    Therefore, tire Me.

    When I go into the garden of beauty,

    I fear no burden.

    I ponder, I ponder, I ponder.

    January 30th

    434. From the fir tree you can learn;

    It is the same both in winter and summer.

    January 31st

    449. I will gather the daughters.

    Let them help lay out the garden of beauty.

    Let them fill the garden to overflowing with new

    blossoms.

    I perceive that one can expect a rapid sprouting

    of life in the New World.

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    SEED THOUGHTS for DAILY PLANTING

    gathered from

    LEAVES OF MORYAS GARDEN II, ILLUMINATION, 1925

    February

    Illumination, Part I

    February 1st

    V 3. Ponder each day how to fulfill My Work. Teach the inheritorsteach them beauty. Affirm their eye.

    Wherefore years, when one may accomplish in weeks?

    February 2nd

    VI 4. Each one has his goal. I provide the gateway fitting for the spirit. Through it one may enter into a

    transformed world, where the mind dwells at home in all lands.

    The spirit learns to fly when sorrow sharpens the eyesight. The ray of realization of the Infinite illumines the

    bestowed good. There is the path of Earth and the path of wings. Discern and choose.

    February 3rd

    VIII 3. Love the solitude of thought, when the sparks of understanding weave a wreath of knowledge. And as I

    have vouched for you, so entrust yourselves to Me. With the Hand of Power I affirm the path to the Heights.

    Apprehend the Good when My Envoys will bring the tidings: "He has come!" The hour of happiness is ordained,

    and on the way there are flowers.

    February 4th

    VIII 12. Be steadfast not only during the time of Communion with Me, but also when you are left to your own

    devices, because only then is the resourcefulness of the spirit forged.

    February 5th

    IX 9. Turn to the East, behold My Dawn! Beauteous is the chrism stored up in time! Precious is the flower

    planted in My Hour! Do not spill the chalice of My Hour! The Miracle comes!

    Accept your heritage, waiting ones! The vessel of ancient times has returned!

    February 6th

    XI 9. Through fire, through smoke, through miracles, through faithwalk!

    Sparkle with youth of spirit; be most young and mobile. The sail of achievement is most lasting.

    February 7th

    XII 2. M:. and the understanding of Buddha's Teaching lead one to the vital understanding of law, conceived

    upon the Mount of Light. His Law will be of much help on the way to knowledge. His Teaching is My joy. My

    Hand leads to knowledge.

    Illumination, Part II

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    February 8th

    III 17. Resolve to act in calmness, bearing in mind that Our spring flows through you incessantly. And when

    you ask yourselfwhere are They Who made promises?We are standing behind you; and We rejoice,

    measuring the growth of the flower of your aura. We rejoice because this is Our Garden. Beyond bounded vistas

    the Light unites the hearts.

    February 9th

    IV 5. Simplicity, beauty and fearlessnessChrist and Buddha spoke of nothing more. And it is a blessing if

    the spirit vibrates to these covenants.

    February 10th

    V 8. Know how to meet the waves of life in beauty.

    February 11th

    VII 7. One must know that amidst spirituality the realization of beauty lives but rarely. A sound understanding

    of beauty is the rarest quality, and will be valued by the Lords above many things.It is better to approach the great with difficulty than to master the small with ease.

    By a series of historical examples We will show the path of evolution.

    February 12th

    IX 10. Friends! Place four stones into the foundation of your actions: FirstReverence of Hierarchy. Second

    Realization of unity. ThirdRealization of co-measurement. FourthApplication of the canon, "By thy God."

    February 13th

    IX 11. You may have noted in My Words cryptic passages or separate words not clear for today. Remember,

    guidance is on condition that karma be not infringed upon.The understanding of Good must prompt one how to put milestones along the road.

    February 14th

    X 3. Joyously quivers the air of the hour before dawn, the hour when Buddha cognized the greatness of

    Cosmos, and when the Lord Christ prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane.

    February 15th

    XI 1. Christ taught compassion, yet trampled is the law of love. Gotama, called Buddha, besought courage and

    energy, yet His followers surrendered to laziness. Confucius taught about an orderly system of government, yet

    his followers have succumbed to bribery and corruption.

    February 16th

    XII 2. The Blessed One said: "Truth is the sole source of courage." The truth correctly understood is the most

    beautiful chapter of wisdom in the book of Cosmos.

    Illumination, Part III

    February 17th

    I 4. Benevolence and austerity are one and the same concept. Formerly We sent the olive branch of peace.

    Formerly the dove was Our symbol; now it is the chalice of achievement.

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    Yes, each age has its symbol.

    February 18th

    II 2. 2. They will ask: "What kind of heaven is yours?" Answer: "The heaven of toil and struggle." Out of toil

    is born invincibility; out of struggle, beauty.

    Yes, even today I said that I Myself come! Indeed My arrows fly into My Country, and multicolored sprouts

    await the gardeners.

    February 19th

    II 4. As I send you each shield, so must you make use of each moment. Not for a reward and not because of

    fear do you go forward, but because of a realization of the Cosmic beauty.

    February 20th

    II 16. Every moment We are ready to give the bread of life to him who will choose the same path of vigilance

    of the spirit. My Ray can illumine the actions of the spirit.

    February 21st

    II 18. Who then are My people? Those who do not feel any place to be their home; those who do not attach

    any value to objects; who love to ascend mountains; who love the singing of birds; who value the air of the

    morning hour; who value action more than time; who understand flowers; who display fearlessness without

    noticing it; who abhor gossip; who esteem the manifestation of the joy of beauty; who understand the life

    beyond the limits of the visible; who feel when one can partake of Amrita; who hasten to fulfill the prophecy.

    These, My people, can use My Power.

    February 22nd

    II 20. There is an Oriental riddle: "What is it that likes to be buried?" Answer: "A seed."

    Precisely, the seed of a plant must be buried in the ground, but when it begins to come to life it grows onlyupward.

    February 23rd

    IV 1. Prayer is the realization of eternity. In prayer there is beauty, love, daring, courage, self-sacrifice,

    steadfastness, aspiration. But if in the prayer are included superstition, fear and doubt, then such an invocation is

    related to the times of fetishism.

    How then should one pray? One can spend hours in aspiration, but there may be a prayer of lightning speed.

    Then instantaneously, without words, man places himself in continuity with the whole chain into the Infinite.

    Resolving to unite with the Infinite, man inhales emanations of the ether, as it were, and without mechanical

    repetitions establishes the best circuit for the current. Thus, in silence, without wasting time, one can receive astream of refreshment.

    Only developed spirituality can uplift the human consciousness in a single sigh.

    February 24th

    V1. In Beauty will Infinity be manifested. In Beauty the teachings of the Seekers of the spirit are illumined. In

    Beauty we do not fear to manifest the truth of freedom. In Beauty do we kindle radiance in every drop of water.

    In Beauty do we transform matter into a rainbow.

    There is no ugliness which will not be engulfed in the rays of the rainbow. There are no fetters which will

    not disintegrate in the freedom of Beauty.

    How shall we find the words to approach the concept of the universe? How shall we tell about the evolutionof forms? How to uplift the consciousness to the study of fundamentals? How to stimulate humanity to scientific

    cognition of the worlds?

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    Each realization is born in Beauty.

    Know how to think radiantly, and nothing terrifying will touch you. Remember, We have no forbiddances.

    February 25th

    There is nothing more beautiful than sunrise and the sun rises in the East!

    February 26th

    V 13. People are attracted by beauty and by luminous knowledge. Only that Teaching which contains all hope,

    which makes life beautiful, which manifests action, can promote true evolution.

    February 27th

    V 18. An unmistakable sign of Our Call is when you are borne irresistibly, as if on wings. Thus accept Our

    Community of Knowledge and Beauty. And be assured that, although one can search every mountain gorge, an

    uninvited visitor will not find the way.

    February 28th

    VI 12. An unmistakable sign of Our Call is when you are borne irresistibly, as if on wings. Thus accept OurCommunity of Knowledge and Beauty. And be assured that, although one can search every mountain gorge, an

    uninvited visitor will not find the way.

    February 29th

    VI 19. Each thought about the Common Good is persecuted unmercifully, whereas only growth of the

    individual spirit can fill the treasury of the General Welfare. This conformity of the individual spirit with the

    world Common Weal also constitutes the Beauty of the Cosmos.

    If each plant has its own irreplaceable individuality, then how particularly must each human spirit be dealt

    with. Such tremor of sensitiveness must be a sign of Our disciples, and then without a word, through a simple

    contact, can light be shed.And not only by day but also by night one can be in contact and can bring the help of enlightenment.

    Be illumined through expansion of consciousness. As voyagers afar, accumulate knowledge through the

    rainbow pollen of the whole world.

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    SEED THOUGHTS for DAILY PLANTING

    gathered from

    New Era Community, 1926

    March

    March 1st

    4. The seed of labor withers without the moisture of reciprocity. Let us not look backward too much. We

    hastening fellow-travelers shall become weary if we jostle each other. We shall realize a beautiful meaning if we

    can introduce the great conceptfriend. Community may consist only of friends.

    March 2nd

    8. Cooperation must be based upon sound rules. This teaches orderliness; that is, it helps the acquirement of a

    rhythm. Thus even in daily work are expressed the great laws of the Universe. It is especially needed to become

    accustomed from childhood to continuous labor. Let the better evolution be built upon labor as the measure of

    value.

    March 3rd

    10. A lofty quality will enter into pure labor through love of a favorite craft. A beautiful quality will be affirmed

    throughout life. Nothing will remain in darkness. Ignorance will be a shameful offence. Darkness is infectious

    but Light is attractive. Hence, let us affirm the love of a favorite craft, which uplifts the life.

    Science should indicate the best quality. Science should attract the strongest energies. Let the knowledge of

    the spirit shine over every workbench.

    March 4th

    12. There should be instilled respect for craftsmanship, in order that it be understood as a higher distinction.

    Ancient working community-guilds left testimony of their vitality. One can see how people cultivated their skills

    toward perfection. They knew how to shield each other and how to guard the dignity of their community. So

    long as people do not learn to defend the merit of their fellow-workers they will not achieve the happiness of

    Common Good.

    March 5th

    22. One may reach Us only in harmonious agreement. We need not deification but a certain quality of spirit, as a

    lamp of concordant tension. A flickering lamp is unbearable for prolonged work. The same laws apply in

    everything, and according to the law of justice a flickering lamp injures itself. I counsel My lamps not to blink.

    The dynamo is not damaged because of the quality of the lamps, but uncoordinated voltage often results in a

    grievouszing! And the basic metal must be provided anew. The laws are identical in everything.

    March 6th

    23. There is no soulless justice, but only shining goalfitness. Indeed, the glorious goalfitness cannot tyrannize,

    but reveals the gates of beauty. And the call of goalfitness fills the space with the rapture of victory. Events and

    creations constituting goalfitness are not small outworn fragments but are the precious parts of the Cosmos.

    March 7th

    27. Pure thought saturated with beauty points out the path to truth. The interdictions and the prescripts ofrenunciation in the Teachings were given in condescension toward a limited consciousness. But a broadened

    consciousness frees man from many fetters and affirms progress. Adorned lives allow departing freely and

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    generously in order to return as victors. He who proceeds with a consciousness of beauty cannot be confused.

    Only confusion can bar the way.

    March 8th

    27. It is not quite correct to say that beauty will save the world. It is more accurate to say that the realization of

    beauty will save the world.

    One can walk through obstacles of ugliness toward a beacon of beauty, scattering seeds without number.

    When one can create a garden of beauty there is nothing to fear. There is no weariness when the garden of the

    spirit admits the newcomers.

    March 9th

    29. The teaching of the New world will solve all discomforts. Verily, only the shield of the Community can give

    meaning to the sojourn on Earth. How indescribably beautiful it is to think about cooperation with the far-off

    worlds. This cooperation, begun consciously, will draw into the orbit of communication new worlds. And this

    heavenly cooperative will broaden its possibilities infinitely.

    March 10th

    29. Harkening of the spirit will bring the first tidings; not for master degrees, but for life which forges evolution.

    The Teaching can point out to the sensitive ones-on awakening, remember the far-off worlds; on going to sleep,

    remember the far-off worlds.

    March 11th

    30. It is one thing to discuss abstractly distant worlds; it is another to realize oneself a participant there. Only he

    who has not closed for himself the path to beauty may understand how near to him is the manifestation of the

    far-off worlds.

    The ear can catch fragments of the Great Breath, but the knowledge of the spirit gives man a place in

    Infinity.

    March 12th

    31. I direct you to keep the Teaching simple; not necessary are complicated expressions, for life is beautiful in

    simplicity. Often one is obliged to dig around a plant, therefore repetitions are unavoidable.

    March 13th

    35. What kind of mobility can the spirit manifest on the surface of the Earth? What thoughts can it share with

    and upon the earthly sphere?

    It is asked why We waste so much energy over the Earth. Not for the sake of Earth, but for rectifying the

    path. When a criminal rips up the rails, often the engineer takes much time to repair them. If We couldimmediately transfer from the Earth those who have consciousness of the Cosmos, could there possibly be any

    restraining Our wish to do so? Our striving is to hasten this process. I feel that perhaps soon cosmic conditions

    will permit the beginning of these labors for communication with the far-off worlds. In this, all considerations of

    beauty, and of impetuousness in personal sending, are needed. It is true, above so-called beauty there is the all-

    embracing concept of the betterment of the Cosmos. The rainbow ray can exceed the imagination. A silvery light

    marks the beginning of the rainbow. The rainbow viewed under earthly conditions resembles make-up at close

    range. Few can have a prescience of the supermundane rainbow.

    March 14th

    42. The gardener knows when it is time to gather the flowers, for he planted the seeds now hidden.

    March 15th

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    44. The essence of striving to the far-off worlds is contained in the assimilation of a consciousness of our life in

    them. The possibility of life on them becomes for our consciousness, as it were, a channel of approach. Indeed,

    this consciousness must be dug through as a channel. People are able to swim, yet a considerable portion of

    them do not swim. Such an obvious fact as the far-off worlds completely fails to attract humanity. It is time to

    cast this seed into the human brain.

    Those who are unfortunate and without kin may more easily accept this thought. Earthly fetters are not so

    lasting for them. In the worst position of all are people provided with comforts.

    March 16th

    58. You already know the usefulness of obstacles; you already know the advantage of disappointments. There

    can even be a usefulness of terrors. Indeed for Us and for you there are no terrors in the usual sense. On the

    contrary, a terror without fear is transformed into an act of cosmic beauty.

    Is it possible to think about beauty without a chord of rapture?

    March 17th

    60. Much can be forgiven him who even in darkness has preserved the concept of the Teacher. The Teacher

    uplifts the dignity of the spirit. We liken the concept of the Teacher to a lamp in the darkness. Therefore, the

    Teacher may be called a beacon of responsibility. The bonds of the Teaching are like a saving rope in the

    mountains. The Teacher is revealed from the moment of kindling of the spirit. From that moment on the Teacher

    is inseparable from the disciple.

    March 18th

    75. Truly one may look forward to the fulfillment of all prophecies. I do not see the dates being altered. Think

    through the film of events, and comprehend how unimportant is the exterior; only the inner significance is vital.

    The sowing of generations begins to sprout; the seed is beginning to shoot up.

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    82. On the day of beginning the new step let us speak without reproach about the great times when we learn to

    break away from the earth and already in the body become associated with the Higher Worlds.

    My Word must affirm you in the beauty of achievement. Facing the path, let us abandon the rules of actions;

    let us again gather the consciousness above the firmament. It is beautiful to have already the subtle body and

    find the spirit no more troubled before distant flights. Therefore, let us rejoice at each movement on the crust of

    Earth-let us learn, as it were, to fly therein.

    To flywhat a beautiful word! In it is already contained the pledge of our destination. When matters are

    grave, think about flights; let each one think about wings. I send to the daring ones all the currents of space!

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    84. Only a tested consciousness understands the value of the seed of reality. Rulership is not in crowns nor in

    crowds, but is in the cosmic expanse of ideas. Thus, the Teachings of life complement each other, having no

    need to attract multitudes.

    March 21st

    91. Maintain pure air in your dwellings, project to those who come best wishes, and await Us intently. Let each

    community await its Teacher, for a community and a Teacher constitute the ends of one and the same column.

    Even in daily trifles it is necessary to remember the foundation of the house. Again we arrive at the necessity of

    altering the quality of the consciousness; then the transition is easy.

    March 22nd

    97. Remember the treasure of the consciousness. Tremor of the substance of the Cosmos manifests the pulsation

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    of the awakened consciousness. Indeed, the rainbow of knowledge flows out of the tremor of the consciousness

    a visible stream from an invisible source.

    Through all experiences of the past and all attainments of the future, remember about the consciousness.

    March 23rd

    104. Each school must be a complete educational unit. In schools there must be a useful museum in which the

    pupils themselves take part. There must be a cooperative, and the pupils must also be taught such cooperation.

    All phases of art must be included. Without the paths of beauty there can be no education.

    March 24th

    108. The school will teach respect for useful inventions, but will warn against a machine slavery. All forms of

    slavery will be destroyed as signs of darkness. The teacher will be a guiding tutor-a friend who points out a

    shorter and better path. Not the process of compulsion, but the smile of summons.

    March 25th

    110. Among the school subjects let there be taught the fundamentals of astronomy, but let it be presented as the

    gateway to the far-off worlds. Thus schools will stimulate the first thoughts about life in the far-off worlds.

    Space will become alive, astro-chemistry and rays will round out the presentation of the magnitude of the

    Universe. Young hearts will feel not as ants upon the earth's crust, but as bearers of spirit responsible for the

    planet. Let us fix our attention on schools, for from them will issue the affirmation of cooperation. There will be

    no construction without cooperation. There will be no security of state and union while outworn egoism holds

    sway.

    March 26th

    116. Shield children from everything false; guard them against worthless music; protect them from obscenity;

    protect them from false competitions; protect them from affirmation of selfhood. The more so, since it is

    necessary to inculcate a love for incessant learning. The muscles must not gain the upper hand over mind and

    heart. What sort of heart takes a liking to blows of the fist?

    March 27th

    122. Plants reach out toward the light-this law of primary consciousness is immutable. Proceed by the path of

    immutability and build life! There is nothing abstract, and life absorbs each thought. Therefore be realists of true

    reality.

    March 28th

    152. Day and night Our coworkers are prepared for all the scintillation of the Cosmos. In their readiness they

    will pass invisibly by day and will find at night the radiant path. Nothing will alarm you when you are constantlyalert. The character of the seeker does not permit the ship to be ice-bound.

    March 29th

    156. It can be seen that the path of those who bear a mission is not a restful one.

    But the World Community is built with human hands and feet, and therein lies the beauty of the

    construction. Yet rarely in the cities does the messenger of the Community meet with a welcome. The very soul

    of the city growls at him. Indeed, the very existence of the Community is denied in the city. The very

    atmosphere does not permit the messenger to take any rest.

    Indeed, realization of cooperation and community goes on, but the thinking of the average citizen is sunk

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

    summon those who know that joy is a special wisdom.

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    We may give the most arduous instructions, but Our counsels lead to rejoicing!

    March 30th

    228. The time has come when We shall say to each worker "You belong to Us!" The time has come when we

    shall reexamine the paths and signs, starting from the stellar ones; when we shall abbreviate languages and

    expressions of thought; when we shall reread the verses of antiquity for the last time.

    Without superstition must we examine the milestones of the growth of humanity under the sign of the

    community. We must examine how the victory of the community grew, in the kindling fires of knowledge and

    beauty. True knowledge and beauty contain in themselves the best community.

    We shall choose all the best and affirm that he who cognizes the best becomes a community member.

    March 31st

    242. What are the signs of the time of Shambhala? The signs of the age of truth and cooperation.

    Trace how the word Shambhala is uttered in the East. Try to penetrate, even in a small way, i