Signs of Agni Yoga



HIERARCHY



1931

 
Copyright 1977
Agni Yoga Society, Inc.

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	 Merging into the waves of the Infinite, we may be compared to flowers torn away by a storm.  How shall we find ourselves transfigured in the ocean of the Infinite?
	 It would be unwise to send out a boat without a rudder.  But the Pilot is predestined and the creation of the heart will not be precipitated into the abyss.  Like milestones on a luminous path, the Brothers of Humanity, ever alert, are standing on guard, ready to lead the traveler into the chain of ascent.
	 Hierarchy is not coercion, it is the law of the Universe.  It is not a threat, but the call of the heart and a fiery admonition directing toward the General Good.
	 Thus, let us cognize the Hierarchy of Light.







	 How to transmute the most bitter into the most sweet?  Naught save Hierarchy will transform life into a higher consciousness.
	 It is impossible to imagine a bridge into the Infinite, because a bridge is in need of abutments.  But Hierarchy, like the abutments of a bridge, brings one to the shore of Light.  And imagine the entire effulgence that the eyes behold!  And understand the Song of Light.
	 Let us labor for Light and Hierarchy!














1.  So much has been said about doctrines; yet humanity does not know how to accept the doctrine of the Brotherhood.  How many distortions have been accumulated about the Truth!  How many principles have been destroyed!  They will ask, "On what is the Stronghold of the Brotherhood built?"  Answer, "On the doctrine of the heart, the doctrine of labor, the doctrine of beauty, the doctrine of evolution, the doctrine of tension-the most vital doctrine."
	We are Votaries of the Infinite.  Where the all-encompassing striving cannot penetrate, the Brothers of Humanity do not affirm their manifestation.  We suffuse space with the flux of evolution.  The Brothers of Humanity willingly renounce Paranirvana for the affirmation of human evolution, in their desire to lay the foundation for a better step.  The goal is not divested of labor.  The goal is not divested of sacrifice.  Thus, point out the closeness of the manifestation of Maitreya.
	According to the prophecy of the most ancient Teachers, when humanity loses the foundation of the Teaching and sinks into obscurity, the Epoch of Maitreya will take place.
	Our pillars of the foundation are sent to regenerate the spirit-understanding.   Thus say to those who do not understand, thus point out the doctrine of the Heart!

2.  When we pointed out the urgency of regenerating Our Decrees concerning the equilibrium of the Origins, humanity did not accept this assertion and inaugurated transgression.  Thus, one side transgressed against the cosmic balance.
	We know the tread of the Mother of the World.  We know the manifestation of the Mother of the World.  We intensify the complete flow of the Magnet to restore the doctrine of the Heart.
	I designate the Tara as the symbol of the assertion of Our Decree.  Yes, yes, yes!  The Tara and the Arhat bring to humanity a Covenant of utmost striving.  Thus is the future built.  Thus We affirm Our striving.  Wondrous is the future!

3.  The heart of an Arhat is like the Heart of Cosmos.  The heart of an Arhat is like the fire of the sun.  Eternity and the motion of Cosmos fill the heart of the Arhat.  Maitreya is coming, radiant with all fires.  His Heart is aflame with compassion for destitute humanity.  His Heart is aflame with the affirmation of the new Covenants.
	Among people there exists the concept of benumbed Arhats; the poor yogis feed the imaginations of men with their own images.  But when humanity shall realize that the Arhat is the highest manifestation of Materia  Lucida , it will understand that there is no difference between Materia  Lucida  which emits Light, and the Matter of Love enveloping all with Light.  Humanity invests the Arhat with an austere image, but Materia  Lucida  radiates Love.
	The sublime is bestowed upon the sublime; and the sublime dwells in the sublime; and the sublime will hold sway in the dimensions of the far-off worlds.

4.  Our Hierarchy lives and grows by the fiery law.  We Arhats rejoice at the fire of life, and even more at the growth of the flame of evolution.  Future Arhats, completing their earthly accounts on the planet, are co-workers with Us, the Arhats.  When Hierarchy is enriched, there is a cosmic festival.  The law is one and eternal.  The law is confirmed by Cosmos.
	We see the radiance of the worlds.  We see the accomplished and endless march.  We see the radiance of the Mother of the World!  Let us conclude in the joy of the endless march.

5.  The universal Eye of Shambhala brings Bliss to mankind.  The universal Eye of Shambhala is a Light on the path of mankind.  The universal Eye of Shambhala is that star which has guided all seekers.
	For some, Shambhala is the Truth.  For others, Shambhala is a utopia.  For some the Ruler of Shambhala is a venerable sage.  For others, the Ruler of Shambhala is the manifestation of riches.  For some, the Ruler of Shambhala is a bedecked idol.  For others, the Ruler of Shambhala is the Ruler of all Planetary Spirits.   But We shall say, The Ruler of Shambhala is the fiery Impeller of Life and of the Fire of the Mother of the World.  His Breath is ablaze with flame and His Heart is aglow with the fire of the Silvery Lotus.
	The Ruler of Shambhala lives and breathes in the Heart of the Sun.  The Ruler of Shambhala is the Invoker and the Invoked.  The Ruler of Shambhala is the Sender of the Arrow and the Receiver of all arrows.  The Ruler of Shambhala breathes the Truth and affirms the Truth.  The Ruler of Shambhala is invincible, turning destruction into construction.  The Ruler of Shambhala is the Crest of the Banner and the Summit of Life. Accept the Ruler of Shambhala as the manifestation of life; thrice I say-of life!  For Shambhala is the guaranty of human aspirations.  Our manifestation is guaranty of the perfecting of humanity.  Our manifestation is the affirmed path to the Infinite.

6.  All creation is contained in the call of the heart.  The entire cosmic expanse is permeated with a call, and the Heart of Cosmos and the heart of an Arhat are permeated with the call.  The call and the answer comprise the combination of the cosmic fires.  Union is verily the manifestation of our cycle.  Many cycles are created by the call, and these, expanding intensely, embrace different spheres.  The affirmation of creation is manifested as  union.
	I, Ruler of Shambhala say, "The principle of life is the affirmation of the expanse of cosmic energy and the way of creative Fire!"

7.  The Ruler of Shambhala reveals three Doctrines to humanity the Teaching manifested by Maitreya summons the human spirit to Our creative world; the Teaching of Maitreya ordains the infinite in Cosmos, in life, and in the attainments of the spirit; the Teaching of Maitreya guards the knowledge of the Cosmic Fire as the unfoldment of the heart that embraces the manifestation of the Universe.
	The ancient legend that affirms the manifestation of Maitreya as a resurrection of the spirit is correct.  We will add that the resurrection of the spirit as the conscious acceptance of the Teaching of Lord Maitreya may be precursor to the Advent.  Verily, the resurrection!

8. Maitreya wishes to hasten all.  Maitreya wishes that all should be successfully accomplished.  Maitreya wishes you joy.  Maitreya wishes to grant to humanity a gift through the fiery experience of Agni Yoga.  Maitreya wishes to transform life on Earth in the radiance of the Mother of the World.  Yes, yes, yes!  The beauty of life is limitless!
	An Arhat sees with the eyes of the heart.  An Arhat sees with the eyes of the heart the beauty of reality.  An Arhat sees with the eyes of the heart, and the essence of the future calls Us.  Verily is that creativeness affirmed by Us.

9. Ruleress, I pronounce Thee the great Co-worker of Cosmic Reason.  Ruleress, thou, beyond all cosmic powers, bearest within thyself the sacred seed which provides radiant life.  Ruleress, affirming all manifestations of the Great Reason, thou art the bestower of joy of cosmic creativeness.  The Ruleress will adorn the aspiring realm with creative fire.  Ruleress of thought, thou who invokest life, to Thee We make manifest the radiance of Our Ray.  Mother, venerated of the Lords, We carry in Our Heart the fire of Thy Love.  In thy Heart lives the ordaining Ray.  In Thy Heart life is conceived, and We shall affirm the Ray of the Ruleress.  Yes, yes, yes!
	Thus the Cosmos lives in the greatness of the two Origins.  Yes, yes, yes!  Thus the Cosmos crowns the two Origins.  Thus the Mother of the World and the Lords build life.  Yes, yes, yes!  And in boundless striving the Cosmic Magnet welds its sacred parts.  Thus, We venerate the Ruleress beyond all spheres.

10. Vast is the field for the manifested approaching Tara.  We, the Arhats, ascending to the Fire of Space, prostrate Ourselves before the entire Fiery Bosom of the Mother of the World.  The Bosom of the Mother of the World finds all reflections upon Earth.  One of them the most powerful and the most intense, is the advent of the coming Tara.  The Mother of the World carries visibly and invisibly the manifestation of those ineffable threads-the affirmation of the world's threads.
	Let us find the reflection of the Cosmos in the great principle of construction and fusion.  When the Brothers of Humanity feel sorrow over the Image in which they are held by the human consciousness, they can only say, "You are building your hypotheses upon apparent phantoms.  We are only phantoms for humanity!  When the spirit affirms Our Flaming Existence, then, instead of phantoms, We shall become the Fiery Warriors."

11. To the Brothers of Humanity is assigned the construction of the life of the planet; and they maintain the Command of the great Mother of the World.  The music of the spheres resounds when the current of joy is in motion.  The music of the spheres fills space when the heart is stirred to tremor by the cosmic force.  The Heart of Our Brotherhood safeguards for humanity the path to the General Good.

12. Humanity has never deliberated upon the life of the Arhat.   It is customary to think of an Arhat as a dweller of the clouds.  The records of the drift of thought are dreadful and grotesque.  Verily, We Brothers of Humanity do not recognize ourselves as humanity conceives Us.  The images of Us are so fantastic that We deem that if people applied their fantasies precisely conversely, Our Images would assume true form.
	The karmic tie apparently disappears when human thought pictures an Arhat.  Everything takes on a new dimension.  Everything becomes improbable.  Everything becomes uncorrelated to reality.  Let us say, in proceeding to the higher worlds, that an Arhat is limitless in all manifestations.  In ascending, an Arhat elevates along with himself all the highest and most subtle energies.
	We can show Our true Images only to near ones.  We can send Our Rays only to near ones.  Yes, yes, yes!

13. If it were possible to impart Our Image to humanity, the striving toward knowledge would be established.  Of course it would be necessary to impart the Image over a span of millenniums.  The "Book of Life" is beautiful in its complete affirmation.  Assuredly, when it is possible to impart the complete picture of the Cosmic Magnet, then the manifestation of the beauty of Existence is affirmed.
	If it were possible to impart the entire picture of the whole path of an Arhat's course of lives, then Our Image would take on its true aspect.  The "Book of Our Life" resounds mightily and cements Our step.
	Each Lord has his keynote.  The Epoch of Maitreya proclaims woman.  The manifestation of Maitreya is linked with the confirmation of the Mother of the World, in the past, present, and future.  The "Book of Life" is so beautiful.

14. Much has been spoken about Man-God aspiring toward deification.  Many are the memorable records citing the Images striving toward higher worlds.  But how dimly are they formulated in the human consciousness!  Man-God is to man only one who departed to other worlds!  But We Brothers of Humanity seek and proclaim Man-God on Earth.  We revere all Images, but none more that the great Image of Man-God, who bears in his heart the full Chalice, ready for flight, but bearing his full Chalice on Earth.  Renouncing his destiny, he strains his fiery being.  In the fulfillment of his destiny man confirms the Cosmic Magnet.  Man-God is a fiery creator.  Man-God is the carrier of the fiery sign of the New Race.  Man-God is aflame with all fires.  Thus, inscribe in the records about Man-God  Arhat, Agni Yogi, Tara-so shall We inscribe.

15. Man-God advances as an evident aspiring Redeemer of Humanity.  We guard this sacred truth about Man-God.  I affirm that the Tara, carrying the flaming Chalice of aspirations for the redemption of humanity, can proclaim Our manifestation among men.  The origin of the power of the Cosmic Magnet bestows striving toward the consummation.  We Brothers of Humanity point out that the change will take place through the fiery principle.  Verily, Our new step is so beautiful!  The currents of the higher spheres impel the currents toward the construction of Our Cosmic force.  Great is the attraction!  When striving hearts aspire toward consummation, the impetuosity increases, and the current of oneness is affirmed by the tension of the Cosmic Magnet.  Thus the union resounds.

16. The prayer uttered by Christ when leaving Earth remained unheeded by men.  The prayer uttered by Buddha remained unheeded by men.  The prayer that Maitreya shall pronounce knocks like lightning at the gates of the human spirit.  Thus is Earth stratified and the consciousness of the spirit created.
	When the dates draw near, the work of creativeness may be entered upon.  The creativeness of the Origins maintains a rhythm, neither retarding nor hastening. Parallel with the planetary life proceeds the construction for higher spheres.  The sweep of the constructiveness of the spirit completing its planetary life is so complex that one may truly say there exists a two-fold constructiveness, and the spirit is manifested as the guide of life.  On the last step the spirit cannot affirm itself in the existing forms; for the striving toward new forms greatly suffuses the consciousness and the spirit.  The appearance of existing forms corresponds very little to the beauty of the future.
	I bear witness that there are many mysteries in the life of him who approaches Arhatship.

17. How little does humanity ponder over the idea of responsibility, when the concept of Shambhala is regarded by people as a land ordained for rest.  If people would only realize that the Brothers of Humanity bear all the burden of man's consciousness!  If people would realize that We carry the responsibility for their schemes!  If people would realize that, in essence, Shambhala is the Source which creates a new and better step for humanity!  
	When I say that the suffusing of the earthly crust is Our task, man should understand that Our planet must arouse itself.  Cosmos awaits!
	People plead for Good.  The Cosmos affirms humanity not as the manifestation of one who receives, but as a receiving creator.  Thus is the step laid, and the spirit of a creator can construct powerfully when the might of tension reaches to the summits of Cosmos.

18. The comprehension of Our Image by humanity is entirely contrary to reality.  When Our Images live in the consciousness as Those who are responsible for humanity, We can accept this spirit as one who understands the tensed heart of an Arhat.  Certainly We must say that in Our creative work We are moved by the one feeling of law.  But the conceptions of law are so varied!  When We Brothers of Humanity speak of law as the stimulus of Our existence, We definitely speak of the great law of the Magnet.  In Our law the entire cosmic life, premised upon the great attraction, is transformed.  The attraction has, in its striving, the greatest heart.  Your law is based on human cruelty; Our law is based upon the Heart of the Mother of the World.

19. Upon this planet exists a manifestation closely approaching the constructiveness on the far-off worlds.  For millenniums We have been cultivating this manifestation.  And thus are We Brothers of Humanity striving to Our powers of Hierarchy.  By the same Magnet We are striving to the very Power which exalts Our creativeness.  Wondrous is the predestination of Our existence!  Upholding the Chalice of manifestations, one can be manifested as a power; both hands are outstretched to the Chalice.

20. One may understand that page of Our constructions as the intensified Magnet.  Humanity, in accepting the Magnet and its intensified action, must also accept the ever increasing power of the Magnet as the evidence of the Lord's Hand.  Of the act of creativeness, I may say that each spirit creates individually.  Spirit-creativeness is so powerful that, even when the memory does not recall its actions, it can create an affirmation of the most difficult task.

21. We say "the arc of consciousness," because We term the consciousness of an Arhat a complete circle.  But there is a still higher step of cognition; We call it "full affirmation."  The Cosmic Magnet is Our Sacred Power.  Boundless is the immensity of this Power.  If only the spirit would manifest understanding, fearlessness would suffuse all hearts, and the spheres would resound with rejoicing.
	The Arhat proceeds, carrying the power of the Cosmic Magnet in his heart!  Cosmos creates; it creates the beauty of Be-ness.  I can call striving a cosmic magnet.

22. In the creativeness of an Arhat the heart manifests that striving which is attested by the Cosmic Magnet through educing intensified combinations.  The actual creative tension of the striving heart of an Arhat is so aflame with the Fire of Space!
	To bring about the advance of evolution, to bestow affirmed truth and knowledge, and to link humanity with the currents of evolution-this stimulus inspires each move of an Arhat.  This tension sets into motion all feelings and subtle energies.  Thus proceeds the manifested Friend of humanity.  These spatial strivings are the foundations of Our cooperation.  Similarly sustained are the centers of the fiery Agni Yogi as a friend of humanity.  Yes, yes, yes!  Thus We serve the progress of humanity.

23. You heard correctly about sovereign power.  Verily, the Hierarch uses the power for cosmic progress.  We Brothers of Humanity possess this power of acting in step with the Cosmic Magnet.  I attest, verily, that We create by a strained heart.  Thus let us understand unity.  The cosmic creativeness also achieves in being strained by the Heart of Reason.  Yes, yes, yes!  This law is the attestation of Reason.  Only thus does Cosmos create.  Yes, yes, yes!
	To Thee, Mother of the World, the law of Existence is made manifest.  To Thee, Ruleress, We Brothers of Humanity pay reverence.  Thee, Thee, Thee!  Thus the unified heart rules the Universe.  Yes, yes, yes!

24. Man is merciless to himself.  Bewailing his fate, he forgets that he inflicts upon himself a severe penalty.  It is difficult for Us to make people assimilate the thought of karma; but in a still more intractable state is the consciousness of a man headed straight for the abyss.  People prefer self-destruction and self-deception to the enlightenment of consciousness.
	The quest for Shambhala varies widely in the spiritual domain.  And is it possible that people believe they will attain the Community of Shambhala through invasion or through fasting?  To him who is aware of the path to Us, let us say, "Walk by the path of love.  Walk by the path of labor.  Walk by the path of the shield of faith!"  To him who has found Our Image in his heart, We shall say, "Walk by the way of the heart and the Chalice will affirm the path!"  To him who, through conceit, thinks he has attained the path, We shall say, "Go and learn from the spirit who knows consummation."
	The little girl carrying the heavy volume of the Bible in the chambers of luxury appears as a creator of a new world.  The little girl who perceived the Teacher of Light under the blue sky is the destroyer of the dungeons of darkness.  When the spirit of a small girl could feel the Brothers of Humanity, then the name of this spirit is a light-bearing sword.  When, since childhood, the spirit could sense that the Brothers of Humanity regenerate that which exists, then this spirit holds the light-bearing name,  We cherish the spiritual leaders among children.
	The evidence of enlightenment is the best gift to evolution.  The Command of cosmic life is a summons to light-sustaining achievement, and this mission is affirmed only by Light.

25. The stream of karma rushes like a torrent, and consciousness may transform this tide into a repeated sacred union of beauty. But the way in which people understand the karmic stream is attested in human deeds.  The evidence of the affirmation of karma and of union is attested by Us as the greatest Truth.

26. The subtlety of Our Indications to humanity is not yet comprehended.  When will it be possible to illumine man with Our Image?  The tendency of thought comprehends only with difficulty the purity of the higher sphere.  Sacredly We guard the Sacrament of Life.  The wheel of life breathes with beauty.  The wheel of life is suffused by the grandeur of Cosmos.  The wheel of life is directed toward the greatness of Materia  Lucida .  And equally light-sustaining are the rays of each manifestation of life that merges into the immensity of Cosmos.  The sacred bonds of spirit are comparable to the most light-sustaining rays.  The atomic energy of karma, consciously woven, comprises the most powerful lever.

27. Verily, the tortuous line of the spirit retards its growth. A spasmodic striving induces an explosion which rends space.  Each striving wave leads to creativeness.  Each descending action induces an explosion.  The most awful action is the rejection of the given Decrees.  On the way to the Brotherhood one must understand that the highest Hierarch has his entrusted ones.  Therefore, none should deny that which is given through Our entrusted ones, otherwise the higher steps will be inaccessible.  Therefore I will repeat this until the consciousness is imbued with the greatest principle.  Hence, you denying ones, guard this treasure that is given you for ascent!

28. Wondrous is the thought of a Brotherhood on Earth.  Each discipline of the spirit produces striving.  Only the will can give discipline to the spirit, but when thought roams about in obvious egoism, then, verily, there is no channel for a correct and vital action.  Thus, each applied thought will afford growth to the spirit.  Thus, each applied thought of the Tara and the Guru will afford an expansion of consciousness.  Thus, only the Chain of Hierarchy will afford the possibility of ascent.  Complete obedience leads to true creativeness, for when obedience guides the action, power increases, and the pledge strains all forces.

29. He who adheres to the Teaching of Infinity gains freedom of action first of all.  He who fears to adhere to the Brotherhood deprives himself of the Highest.  He who dreads dogma can strengthen himself in the Teaching as in flight to the far-off worlds.  He who dreads such communion can remain at the threshold.  Incessancy of striving affords affirmation of Our Teaching.
	The Arhats, who bestow on humanity the concept of the full Chalice, cannot deprive humanity of freedom.  Not in renunciation or in seclusion does the Brotherhood dwell.  Each spark that kindles the consciousness is recorded; each striving arrow is recorded.  Not abstraction, but fiery striving endures.  Those who know the attainment of cosmic strivings may verily say, "We create with fire".  We strive with fire.  We live in fire.  Not miracles these, but the transmutation of life into the garment of Materia Lucida."
	How does the Brotherhood live?  How does the Brotherhood act?  From Our Abode the threads of Our creativeness are stretched to the hearts, as inspirations to humanity.

30. The thought of obedience to a Teacher is alien to people.  How can a spirit be the loser when the Teacher is the leading Beacon?  How can the disciple lose his fire when the Teacher kindles all fires?  How can the Shield of the Teacher hold back the disciple if he is already inspired by the Teacher?  Thus, in the consciousness of humanity dwells only a faint desire to strive for mutual cooperation.  But humanity must learn to act independently and to embody all the thoughts affirmed by the Teacher.  Thus Cosmic Mind achieves evolution.  Thus humanity must learn to construct by a higher way.  Verily, by emulating the Teacher you assimilate his Image.

31. The realization of goal-fitness is a token of cooperation with Us.  How else can one gain an understanding of the Magnets sent to different countries?  How else can one approach the manifestation of the magnetization of human consciousness, which in silence attracts the eyes of an entire nation to itself?  Thus one can trace how Our commissioned Sisters and Brothers have attracted and revolved around themselves the consciousness of entire nations.  But for this one must vigilantly understand the value of each step.

32. How can we achieve a comprehension of the Magnet if we doubt the Indications of the Lord?  How can we conquer an enemy if we doubt the power granted to us?  How can we expect to build anything strong if we do not accept the irrevocable Indications of Hierarchy?

33. How to approach closer to the Source?  How will a higher understanding be affirmed?  Only by the law of Hierarchy.  The Guiding Hand is the Uplifting Hand.  The Indicating Hand is the Hand revealing the path to the Highest Law.  Verily, thus is created the great step of the law of Hierarchy!

34. Only matured spirits can burden themselves with the knowledge of exact dates.  It is impossible to imagine how many strings have been broken by the presumption of dates.  The efforts of even valiant spirits have often been impeded by the barrier of dates.  It is useful to know the direction, but a limited date impedes the cosmic constructiveness.  How can one speak of Magnets when each date will divide the thread of a progressive movement?  Only vigilance and goal-fitness will lead without wasting energy.

35. How do men understand the law of Hierarchy?  How do they fulfill all the laws of life?  How do they intensify in themselves the best strivings?  Verily, the law of Hierarchy is understood as one's own right; it is forgotten that a Hierarch is a link of a chain and One who fulfills the Will of a Higher One.  Only thus can one respond to the higher assignment.  Only thus can one fulfill the trust and accumulate the fires in the Chalice.

36. Thus the appointment of a Hierarch is the appointment of One who fulfils the Higher Will.  When the spirit assigns to himself the affirmed right, he can achieve only through the fulfillment of the Higher Command.

37. Remember the law of gravitation and counteraction.  Steadfastness issues from gravitation and tension from counteraction.  Gravitation along the line of Hierarchy leads to Me, and counteraction from the enemy to glorification.  Thus, the Teacher and the enemy are cornerstones.
	The trainer of wild animals first excites their rage in order later to demonstrate their taming.  No motion can take place without tension; therefore each progressive Teaching is in need of enemies and of a Teacher.  One must remember the physical law in order to understand the immutability of the spiritual law.  I direct that the significance of the Teacher, and the need of enemies must be understood.  Certainly, only the Teacher will lead the enemy to madness.  The full measure of evil must be manifested in order that one may rise regenerated from out the flames of wrath.  The knots of the path cannot be avoided, but know that no tension will remain without its usefulness.  Perhaps it will serve entire nations!
	If a hermit is able with his thought alone to destroy a stronghold of evil, then the tensity that was permitted by the Higher Forces will be like a battering ram against the hostile forces.

38. Each growth of spirit requires burdening through circumstances.  There exists an ancient legend that out of human sufferings are created precious stones.  Thus it is, and when I say, "Burden Me,"  it does not mean that I bring a sacrifice, I am only multiplying the power of the spirit.  Likewise, people must realize how much closer the latest discoveries bring them to the solution of cosmic problems.  For every call flashes throughout the worlds; and as the ordinary photographic apparatus can make a print of the astral world, so every wave of any current can unite the threads of the far-off worlds.
	It is time to understand the responsibility and the privilege afforded by earthly incarnations.  Yet people often avoid listening to the waves of space and catching the echoes and answers which come from various strata of the Universe.  We are repeating about the privileges of spiritual development, but the matter is so distorted that a well-meaning denizen even fears to mention anything that is linked with the radiant region of spirit.  Try to speak of the light of realization and the bliss of spirit and you will be feared like robbers and murderers.  But even robbers were disciples of Christ and Buddha; hence do not fear human epithets, but harken to the Voice of Eternity, which leads to Bliss and Light.
	Fear not, fear not, fear not!

39. The creativeness of Cosmos is always built through the tension of all energies. For all achievements the quality of energies should be affirmed.  Therefore, the higher the tension, the more powerful is the manifestation of victory. Our creativeness is saturated with the quality of power. Therefore, having gathered all energies, we can rely upon success.  Only the quality of energies gives the needed standard of labor.  Therefore it is so important to have an expanded consciousness and to embrace all that is needed for constructiveness.

40. In fulfilling My Will, thou givest Me the possibility to fulfill thy will.  Where is the boundary line between the wills that strive toward Light?  One should remember that We lead those who have entrusted themselves to Us along the ways of tested Magnets.  One may trust the helmsman who has crossed oceans.  "Cross the bridge and test thyself. But My Star has cognized ages."  Let fear not touch the tested heart!

41. The quality of action is affirmed in striving.  When worlds are transformed into action, the highest energy is affirmed.   Hence, only in life can one manifest all the highest energies.  Not words, but actions are considered as the affirmation of the highest energies.  Only when the potentiality of the spirit is manifested in action is the higher concordance affirmed.  Thus, a striving quest gives the key to Infinity.

42. Therefore Our Plan is so mighty.  Therefore Our Mandate is so powerful, because words enter into life as wondrous affirmations.  Therefore Our Word lives, since the impulse of creativeness is so saturated by the might of Fire.  Only when Our Mandate is adopted in life, can the higher step be affirmed.
	Why, then, is each of your missions so vital?  Because it carries in itself the warrant of Our cooperation.  Thus We affirm Hierarchy upon the law of succession.  Therefore, when the Cosmic Law is realized, the understanding of the Chain of Hierarchy is established.   Thus, the best executor will be the closest to the Hierarch.  The Hierarchy of Service is but the fulfillment of the Higher Will.

43. Through what is the spirit transformed?  Through the creativeness of the impulse.  Through what does the spirit ascend?  By the creativeness of striving.  How, then, shall the spirit not be saturated by fire, if only thus can one adhere to the Cosmic Magnet?  The consciousness of the Higher Spirit is fierily saturated, therefore only the realization of the Higher Will can lead the spirit toward its destination.  Thus each conscious measure lends beauty to action.  Creativeness that adheres to the affirmed fire is magnetized consciously by fulfillment of the Higher Will.

44. Therefore, each thought fulfilled is like a deposit in the fiery creativeness.  Therefore, each fulfilled thought is linked with Our actions.  How carefully should the disciples define the quality of their thoughts!  Was not the worm of selfhood, conceit, or self-love hidden somewhere?  Honesty of avowal is a quality that each spirit must develop within himself.  Only thus can one fulfill the design of the Plan of the Lords.  The manifestation of the Chain of Hierarchy is built by the fulfillment of the Higher Will.

45. The quality of thought is so powerful that the Fire of Space responds to the tension of thought.  The cosmic affirmation can take place only when a corresponding harmony is established. Thus each correspondence brings its consequences.  The warrant of the broadening of consciousness lies in the development of sensitiveness.  Hence, the quality of striving is the truest indicator of the growth of the spirit; and consciousness is manifested as the affirmed power of creativeness.

46. Thus, the quality of thought is intensified by the impulse of search.  The creativeness of spirit is intensified by the power of fire.  Therefore, Our workers must realize the entire power of creative thought and kindle their fires.  Thus, only the quality of thought can broaden the consciousness. Thus let Our workers remember.

47. One yogi won the reputation of being a practical joker, because he would unnoticeably rearrange various objects in homes, and when asked why, he answered, "I am observing whether you have become blind."  Verily there are few who notice changes in their surroundings.  But the first sign of an "eagle-eye" is to notice the minutest changes, since on them depends the vibration of the whole.

48. Certainly the power of Hierarchy is the most vital, and only by this bridge can one build.  Thus, in the foundation of each great beginning is laid the energy imbued by the law of Hierarchy.  Only upon the law of closest coalescence can one build.  Only upon the basis of the affirmation of the principle of Hierarchy can one affirm the highest possibility.  The Creative Will proclaims that a blended consciousness provides the solution of concordance.

49. Attentiveness can be tested by a very simple method.  Place an object in a new place; if it remains unnoticed, enlarge the size of the object and observe what elephant finally attracts the "sharp" eye.  In general, test yourself and others.  Apply tests for fear, for irritation, and for negligence, and in all cases where the litmus paper may blush from shame.  There is no need of complicated invocations, simple attentiveness will permit one to advance many steps.  Thus one should begin to develop the "eagle-eye."

50. United sendings bring much usefulness when one tone can be maintained, as in a musical key.  One may even sound a leading note with a tuning fork.  A magnet, a tuning fork, a ring, and many other common adaptations easily enter into the daily life of young yogis.  The clearing away of accumulations of dust requires a shovel and broom.  One should not avoid common objects-as above, so below!  It is wise to become accustomed to there being no rest or end.  But a single realization of Our Brotherhood and of Hierarchy, already directs the traveler along the shortest path to Infinity.

51. The orbit that attracts conscious strivings will always bring the spirit to Our Gates.  The creativeness of spirit resounds throughout all space, and only acknowledgment of Higher Might imbues the spirit with creative searching.  Thus, each orbit that attracts one to higher creativeness is imbued with all the highest energies.  Only the path of conscious quest affords striving toward Our Orbit.  Thus one may attain the upper steps.

52. Do not accustom the young ones to expect great manifestations according to their human measure.  Such an outworn measure does not correspond to reality, for even in a physical sense people have greatly distorted the concept of immensity.  The mind cannot comprehend that only the result defines the true grandeur.  Each action can be measured only in accordance with its relation to Hierarchy and Infinity.  Thus, these concepts will be like signs leading to reality.  Hence, teach the young ones to think first of Infinity, remembering, moreover, that no one should compare himself to a minute grain of sand as is usually the way of hypocrites.  Our measure is guaranteed by an immense responsibility.  We shall not err in measuring according to responsibility.

53. During the construction of the designated undertakings it should be remembered that construction always progresses onward.  During a construction in the name of the Lord there is only one way that brings us the Creative Source-the way of the mighty Hierarchy, the path of the powerful guidance of the Great Service.  Therefore, adhering to the creative principle impels the spirit to the affirmed law of Hierarchy.  Each construction requires the realization of upward striving.  Hence, only the law of obedience to Hierarchy can give a legitimate tensity.  Only thus can one realize the path leading to the mighty Infinity.

54. The legend about the giant supporting Earth is not a superstition, but a memory of Him who assumed the burden of responsibility for Earth.  Thus, in each action there is one who has taken the responsibility upon his shoulders.   The one in cooperation with others constitutes the balance.  Like a spinning top, the rhythm of motion should be kept; thus mechanics is transformed into art.  The display of simple attentiveness, which We pointed out first in legends and symbols, I now ordain in a simple Command-merely open your eyes, because there are many signs around.

55. The filling of the Chalice determines the quality of action.  Each thought leading to the mighty understanding of Hierarchy uplifts the spirit.  Therefore, as striving grows, the broadening of consciousness leads the spirit to the understanding of the Origins.  Creativeness of the spirit can build a bridge to higher understanding only through the subtlest energies.  Therefore, the accumulation in the Chalice gives the best possibilities and attainments.  Man must strive to fill the Chalice and expand the consciousness.  Thus, the subtlest energies are within reach of only the subtlest receptivity, and limitless striving opens the Gates to Beauty.

56. Certainly, when the spirit is accustomed to respond in Service in conformity with higher predestinations, the link of the spirit with the Higher Will is established.  Hence, one should apply one's striving to perception of the Higher Will.  Only thus can a Hierarch serve Our task.  Verily adoption and fulfillment are the valor of a Hierarch.  Therefore, I affirm that the power of creativeness is in the blending of consciousnesses.  Thus We create the predestined future.  I affirm it!

57. Mean thoughts have been compared to crawling reptiles.  Nothing is more analogous to this scum of the consciousness.  Can one sit calmly in an armchair, knowing that beneath him crawl poisonous snakes and scorpions?  One must free oneself from reptiles, and primarily on the path to Hierarchy.  Condemnation of and blasphemy against the Lord are irreparable.  Thus, each one who condemns the Hierarch must remember that his levity and crime will infect his karma for many ages.  Verily, if there is only one way-through the Lord-to the one Light, then only extreme ignorance will allow destruction of this single path.  One must assert striving to the Highest as the essence of life and assume a reverent attitude toward this salutary striving.  By belittling the Hierarch one may condemn oneself and inflict perilous harm on many near ones.  It is time to remember this!

58. When space is being clouded by the mist of non-understanding, then it is certainly difficult for the creative rays to penetrate.  Each layer is permeated in conformity with the complex of its striving.  Therefore, the earthly layers are so impenetrable.  Hence, all quests of the spirit must proceed in a tense tempo.  The quests of the spirit must attract it to the Magnet of Hierarchy, since each power has its correspondence upon Earth.  Thus the law of Hierarchy must be applied vitally.

59. Some people pour a daily gruel over the Image of the Teacher and imagine themselves to be in the Great Service.  The Teaching and Service presuppose first of all the expansion of consciousness on the basis of adherence to the Teaching and reverence for the Teacher.  In studying Infinity one should first of all realize the limitlessness of love and devotion.  It is not wise to say that love has overflowed and devotion has withered, because the consequence will be the disintegration of one's self.  One should understand the limitlessness of love and devotion as the first steps toward Service and Yoga.  One should set oneself this task, at least as a means of one's own progress.  One should advance only in the direction of the Teacher.  Then, only, does relief come.   But making a daily onion gruel out of the Teacher will not lead to success.  Sacredly, limitlessly, let us sustain our love and reverence for the Teacher, as a healing means of regeneration.

60. The prayer of the heart is the expression of love and devotion.  Let us fill our vessel of experiences, because inevitably we must come to it.  Let us not waste precious time in demeaning and in dissolution.  Each dissolution evokes unbridled elements, in other words, it opposes the manifested Cosmos.  The growth of consciousness is verily Our festival.

61. When thought comprises striving toward the fulfillment of the Higher Will, a direct connection with the Shield of the Higher Will is established.  Can one reach an understanding of Cosmos without striving to penetrate into the Higher Spheres?  Only succession gives foundation to all strivings.  All that exists proceeds by the law of succession.  Hence, each isolation results only in the loss of the predestined.  Thus, thought is generated as the carrier of the law of succession.  Thus the law of the Higher Will creates limitlessly.

62. In all religions the one departing from Earth has been accorded an accompanying Intercessor in the aspect of a saint, angel, or departed relative.  Thus was affirmed the existence of a world beyond the grave and the need of a Guide.  One should become accustomed to this thought of the need of a Guide.  Thus in all religions the Guide and the Teacher were affirmed.  Hence when We speak of the Teacher, We remind of that which is inevitable.   The Teaching can live, or turn into the embrace of death.  But it is easy to enhance life by turning to Light.

63. The assertion of a correct decision is the property of psychic energy.  Then how greatly must men develop this property in themselves!  Without this property one cannot assimilate the Fire of Space.  Without his property one cannot receive the preordained treasure.  Only contact with the Higher can give the direction; therefore it is necessary to strive to an understanding of the Higher Principle.  Only thus shall we approach the law of Hierarchy.

64. Only the reflex of the reflexes of psychic energy can be perceived through physical sensations.  The same may be said of subtle energies and the remote bodies of Cosmos.  But that should not discourage researches, because by the shadow and the source of light one can define the height of an object.  All Western methods of ascertainment can also be applied, for I do not see any difference between the West and the East when we are at the summits of research.  It is necessary by every means to dissolve all the conventional divisions of ignorance.  Let us not be afraid to investigate by all methods-only learn to know!

65. The qualities of actions testify to the decisiveness of striving.  Each action is imbued with its own essence.  The impulse of motion compels one to ascertain the impetus of an achievement. The quality of the action determines the quality of affirmation.  Then how must the spirit strive to the refinement of the essence and quality of action!  The entire pledge of creativeness and the direction of action are contained in the trend of thought.  Therefore the approach to the Chain of Hierarchy directs the spirit toward the truth of creativeness.  Thus one should seek to fulfill the Higher Will.

66. Humanity's alienation from the understanding of fulfillment of the Higher Will has placed humanity in a position that has segregated it.  Therefore Our disciples have to apply their whole strength for fulfillment, in order not to isolate themselves.  Hence it is so important to understand the law of Hierarchy.

67.  You can perform one of the most useful psychic experiments.  If you accept all Our Counsels and it seems to you that something indicated was not fulfilled or was not transmitted in accordance with your expectations, then immediately study the Counsel itself, applying the words in accordance with the customary human understanding; then recall all the circumstances that have taken place and consider all your own thoughts, worries, irritation, and all accompanying hazards and blunders.  It is very significant to observe the events that have influence over the cosmic waves.  One may see that however ponderous is our human burden, it cannot be compared to the minutest thought.  In this way you can observe to what degree the psychic sphere has its own laws, beyond our three dimensions.
	Beginning with such observations, one can arrive at valuable conclusions which, when accumulated, will bring great benefits to humanity.  Because the time has now arrived for especially keen application of the psychic laws.  It is time to gather into the chalice of patience all the designs and to remember that each fluctuation of climate and atmospheric pressures also exerts its deep influence upon the psychic laws.  Let us apply the most precise scale for weighing our thoughts, and let us remember that each oxidization of metals exerts influence upon the character and quality of thoughts.  Smoke, and also the odor of burning refuse or meat, is always harmful.  Let us not forget that dust, like particles of decay, penetrates the pores of the body.  Let us calmly discriminate in all the details of life, not for self-vindication, but for the investigation of our nature and acceptance of the measures of perfection.

68. One more significant experiment  Accustom yourselves to see without looking and to hear without listening.  That is, you must be able to aim your vision into the spiritual realms to a degree that, in spite of open eyes, you will not see that which is before you, and in spite of open ears, you will not hear evident noise.  Through such physical tests one can greatly progress in psychic vision and hearing.  For this, it is useful to hold constantly in imagination before oneself the Image of the Teacher as that which is the most precious to bind you with the Supreme.
	Now, imagine for a moment that you have succeeded, with the help of chemical reactions, in creating a complete microcosm; for this microcosm you are the creator!  Then why is it so difficult for people to imagine an endless chain of Creators from the lowest to the Highest, up to the Inaccessible?
	Therefore, in speaking of the Infinite, we will not imagine it as something void or measureless, but as something integral in its incessant ascent.  And is not the entire Infinite expressed in your consciousness, for where are the measure and boundaries of your consciousness?  Thus, from the smallest to the Greatest, proceed by steps, each link being visible and tangible.  There the indicated experiment will serve you in seeing through the physical, impenetrable forms which stand before you.  From the evident proceed to the reality that will enrich your path.

69. Another useful exercise  Try to write different things with both hands at the same time. Or try to dictate two letters or conduct two conversations at the same time.  Try to drive a motor car and carry on a conversation about complicated problems at the same time.  Try to refrain from quarrels when the changeable mood of your companion invites your irritation.  Try numerous examples of dividing your consciousness.  Try to pour your energy in several directions without losing its value or weakening its flow.
	A one-sided effort is related to Kali Yuga.  But the streams of all energies, like a salutary current, will enrich the discoveries of Satya Yuga.  In past centuries we have had examples of the successful division of consciousness.  But now we should especially affirm the action of all channels of Brahmavidya.
	Pay attention to the flow of thoughts and affirm the right waves of rhythm.  People should not become like animals, who can think only in one direction at a time.  The Sons of Light and Flame should sparkle in full freedom and kindle the fires of space.  Verily the time comes for the kindling of the fires of space, in other words, for their manifestation even in the nearest physical sphere.  It is a difficult time when fires can flash out and, if undisciplined, can burn and annihilate.
	Accept these reminders as the lesson of the day.  Do not consider that in heaven there are different laws and that we are still preserved through ignorance of lower matter.  Indeed not.  You know, and you will begin to apply all counsels.

70. Aerolites are not sufficiently studied, and still less attention is accorded to the cosmic dust upon the eternal snows and glaciers.  However, the Cosmic Ocean designs its rhythm on the summits.  If we begin to think of Infinity, we should pay attention primarily to all that comes from beyond and links us materially with the far-off worlds.  How, then, can one venture upon a distant voyage without paying attention to the guests from afar?  Also, symptoms of life upon the eternal snows should be compared with those upon the plains.  Perhaps the excessive growth of certain glands is caused by the use of water from the snows, which causes a disorder resulting from the action of the particles of cosmic dust.   So many useful observations are diffused around us, one must only stretch out one's hand!
	You have also correctly remarked that the majority of tubercular cases are nothing else but the kindling of the centers of the lungs.  Certainly the fires that have been stored up by karma, but not realized or applied, may become destructive.

71. One may prosecute ignorance, but one should especially chastise superstition and hypocrisy.  Like a leprous film, superstition covers weak brains.  We are not against laboratories and Western methods, but We ask that honesty, efficiency, and the courage of impartiality be added to them.  How can one think of cooperation when birdlike brains impede each experiment? One can produce the most stupendous manifestation if the horns of the devil do not impede in the test tube.  People believe more in devils than in saints!

72. Each striving is saturated with the fire of spirit.  The creativeness of the spirit takes part in the fiery constructiveness of the Cosmos.  How can one be isolated from the entire cosmic creativeness when man is the creative fulfiller of the Cosmic Will!  One should therefore develop in oneself consonance with the Higher Forces, for without striving to consonance there is no creativeness.  Thus, humanity must be affirmed in the understanding of the Higher Forces and adhere to the Higher Will.

73. Certainly, one can attain only through adherence to Hierarchy.  Only the understanding of the great law will open the eyes of humanity.  How, then, not to penetrate into the might of constructiveness?  Therefore, Our disciples must be imbued with an understanding of the affirmation of Hierarchy.  Therefore, one can build only when Our Carriers of Fire carry Our Will and the disciples accept that which is sent.  Each builder knows the law of Hierarchy.

74. Upon investigation, the quality of thought belongs to the category of subtlest energies.  It is impossible to measure the fluctuation of thought, therefore We have established the probation of disciples by the refinement of thought.  Every three years We give the disciple the possibility of expressing himself in regard to the same event.  Only according to these dates can one see the fluctuation of selfhood, cooperation, patience, and devotion.  Similar experiments can be applied to other manifestations of energies; the more so since people have completely forgotten about probations.  One can also test oneself, directing one's attention to old objects and observing the reaction of the influence of remembrance.  Likewise one can test oneself upon flowers, music, upon a book read long ago.  One can scientifically observe the influence of surroundings upon an object long since familiar. How many steps could be counted forward or backward!  Besides, one can ponder why a step crossed for the second time is always much more difficult.

75. Certainly, an experiment upon oneself is always useful because it reminds one of probation.  Probation is the sign of creativeness. One must get accustomed to the thought that men create unceasingly.  With each glance, with each breath, with each motion they change the course of the cosmic waves.  Since there is no vacuum, how, then, are the worlds linked?  The cells of life grow like the leaves of a tree. But we forget that the mold of each of our motions remains. How beautiful it must be in order to be worthy of the Great Builder!

76. Cosmic creativeness is based upon conformity.  Without the law of conformity it is impossible to affirm creativeness and the development of fiery receptivity.  Hence it is so important to apply this essential law to life.  Verily, without the power of conformity and fiery receptivity it is impossible to bring about the predestined.

77. Each step requires new circumstances.  Each new step brings its affirmed power. Therefore in the midst of the difficult time a mighty step in conformity with the difficulties is being laid.  Hence the creative activity of Our co-workers will bring the manifestation of success when thoughts shall be affirmed upon the might of the future.  Thus We build a wondrous step!  Thus We build amidst the dissolution of the countries!  Thus Our Power enters into life!  The manifestation of a new step is so close, but the world decides its fate.

78. Nothing is neglected in the world.  Sometimes we measure by great scales, but often experiments with small units should be performed.  The trend of thought should likewise be observed.  The giants of thought are as instructive as the small leeches.  One may see someone who has overcome a tremendous obstacle stumbling over an insignificant puddle.  Rancor, offense, thought of self destroy the possibilities just as do treason and fear.  One must discriminate the circumstances; where is the new touchstone?  Thus, with sharp-sightedness we reach the realization of joy for each probation.  We shall say, "Lord, send Thy Will-give or take.  Together with Thee, we shall examine my pitfalls.  Together we shall deliberate my decisions of yesterday.  Today I am satisfied, and Thou, better than I, knowest the quantity of nurture needed for the morrow.  I shall not transgress Thy Will, because only from Thy Hand can I receive."  Thus, one must watch oneself in the great and in the small.

79. Already you know how tense is the time; and to those who are seized with fear, say that when the Lord lives within the heart, no hair will fall from one's head, and to each one a palace for body and spirit is allotted.  But preserve your heart in purity, in order that I may enter there and surround you with armor.  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.

80. The attraction of corresponding forces is saturated with striving which unites the forces.  The affirmation of all shiftings is intensified by energies which function according to the law of correspondence.  Therefore each creative force is subject to this law.  Cosmic creativeness depends on these correspondences.  Hence We intensify all forces and affirm the highest correspondence.  Thus the Chain of Hierarchy builds lawfully the steps of correspondence, and each striving is saturated with a subtle response.  Only concordance can affirm a limitless creativeness.

81. It will be asked, How must we direct our prayers to the Highest One if the Image of the Lord is constantly before us?  Say, Precisely through Him address yourself to the Highest One.  Besides, if you have reached the state of keeping a constant Image of the Lord before you, this question cannot disquiet you at all.  When we reach a conscious communion with the subtlest energies, much of that which did not find its place yesterday becomes fully comprehensible today.  Thus we learn to rejoice and to be calm, where yesterday we sorrowed.  It is useful to observe how our consciousness is purified through everyday labor.  Now especially the tempering of these swords is timely, because the air is filled with fire.  Only the Image of the Lord can rotate all centers and serve as a Shield. Let us not be afraid to repeat about swords and shields, because We desire peace and the reign of spirit.  As victors cease to remember their enemies, so We do not count them; and a forest will not suffice to liken them to trees.

82. The Sons of Reason-We proclaim them as Hierarchs upon Earth.  The Daughters of Reason-thus, also.  We proclaim them upon Earth.  Those who strive to the evolution of the spirit must follow in the steps of Hierarchy in order to progress.  Who, then, will nurture the spirit of striving disciples?  Who, then, will affirm the path of ascent?  Only the Daughters and Sons of Reason.  In whom are contained the fires of attainment?  In the Daughters and Sons of Reason.  Thus We proclaim Our Carriers of Fire.  Each realization of Our Will proceeds, revealing the fiery law of Hierarchy.  Only the conscious adoption in life of the law of Hierarchy affirms the right path.  Verily, space resounds with the affirmation of Hierarchy.  Thus the wondrous life is being built.  Thus the predestined enters into life.  The Sons of Reason, the Daughters of Light can make manifest the power of the higher laws only by obedience to the Hierarchy.  Thus Our Hierarchs manifest Our Power of Reason and Heart-thus unto Infinity. 

83. Thus the Higher Reason creates upon Earth through the power of Hierarchy.  Our creativeness requires the affirmation of Hierarchy in its entire scope, in its entire understanding, in its entire beauty.  The understanding of Hierarchy reveals all possibilities.  It is correct to view the law of Hierarchy as the summit of cosmic creativeness.  Light pours from it, thoughts strive to it; thus one should direct the best strivings to the Summit of Hierarchy.  Only when the highest affirmation enters consciously into life, can the highest be given.  The fiery manifestation approaches!

84. How to affirm oneself in the Teaching?  How to approach the higher law of Hierarchy?  Only through refinement of thoughts and expansion of consciousness.  How can one assimilate the Command from Above if there is no affirmation of correspondence?  One should display receptivity to each energy.  One should be able to adopt the vastness of the Teaching.  Only correspondence can permit the saturation of the vessel.  Therefore, the manifestation of breadth is worthy of a broad consciousness.  On the way to Us one may attain only through Hierarchy.

85. All religions have introduced special movements and positions of the body that aid the accumulation of the energy and impel one to the Highest.  When following Us, achievement may be arrived at through the saturation of one's heart, without fatiguing movements.  He who succeeds through this means has an advantage, because the source of the heart is inexhaustible.  The Image of the Lord, impressed upon the heart, will not grow dim and at any hour will be ready to help.  This way of the heart is the most ancient, but it requires a considerable expansion of consciousness.  One should not speak of the heart from the very first conversation, for then one may over-burden it aimlessly.  It is likewise aimless to speak of love if the heart does not yet contain the Image of the Lord.   But the hour strikes when one must indicate the power of the heart.  I advise addressing oneself to the heart, not only because the Image of the Lord is already close but for cosmic reasons.  It is easier to cross an abyss if the link with the Lord is strong.

86. Thus, it is not easy to be without the Lord.  Repeat the Name of the Lord not only with the lips but rotate it in your heart, and He will not leave it-like a stone pressed into a crevice by the mountain waters.  We say Cor Reale when the Lord of the Heart enters into the predestined chamber. One should shield oneself by the Lord.

87. The omnipresent Fire imbues each vital manifestation.  The omnipresent Fire intensifies each action.  The omnipresent Fire impels each striving, each undertaking.  Therefore, how is it possible not to be imbued with the omnipresent Fire?  The cosmic might, which underlies each impulse of man and each creative force, is directed to a conscious constructiveness.  How carefully one should gather these identical energies for the construction of a better future!  Only a conscious approach toward mastery of the power of co-measurement can manifest creativeness worthy of a better step.  Therefore, each one on the way to Us must strive to creativeness, consciously directing his perceptions.

88. How greatly, then, must the disciple realize the power of perception and the comprehension that there exists only one law which governs the entire Cosmos-the Higher Will; along this line the evolution of the spirit is created.  This law unites all related and manifested magnitudes.  Striving toward fulfillment of the Higher Will leads to sensitiveness of perception.  Only this path affords a decision in correspondence with realization and fulfillment of the Higher Will.  Thus, We also offer Our creative striving to the Higher Will, and thus the arcs of consciousness blend in the One Flaming Heart.  Yes, yes, yes!  Thus the great cosmic step is created!

89. When your consciousness prompts you to the necessity of possessing the constant Image of the Lord, retire to a quiet place and direct your sight upon the chosen Image.  But remember, one must decide irrevocably, because in case of treason the constant Image will be a constant reproach.  After gazing intensely upon the Image, close your eyes and transmit it to the third eye.  Exercising thus you will attain a vivid Image, and you will feel a special intensified tremor of the heart.  Soon the Image of the Lord will remain inseparably with you.  You can test yourself before the sun, and you will still see the Lord before you, sometimes without color, but afterward vividly and even in action.  Your prayer will lose the need of words and only the tremor of the heart will suffuse your understanding.  Thus one may reach in life much that is useful, but the consciousness must be in conformity with it.

90. One more useful exercise Become accustomed to not being astonished or surprised at anything.  But this should not be understood as the stifling of the spirit.  On the contrary, in the complete readiness that gives birth to foresight, stand vigilant in the entire tremor of realization.   Many wondrous things are approaching.  One can understand them in accordance with one's own desire and one's own consciousness.  But it is still easier to receive them through the Image of the Teacher.  If you can visualize the Image of the Teacher in your consciousness with the most complete clarity you can transfer your consciousness into His, and thus act, as it were, through His Power.  But for this, one must visualize the Image of the Teacher with utmost precision, even to the minutest detail, so that the Image may not falter, or suffer distortion, or change its outline, as frequently happens.  But if, following the exercise of concentration, one succeeds in invoking a constant Image of the Teacher, through this one may gain the greatest benefit for oneself, for one's nearest ones, and for the work.
	Such is Our warning when waves rise upon the ocean.  I deem that the present time demands such concentration, because there is a vast success in the atmosphere; but success, like a magnet, also attracts unsuspected metallic fragments, and needles and nails may be poisonous.  Understand this correctly.  Do not be diverted from the conception of the Teacher.  Do not be astonished or surprised, because it is good when one can disclose the next step of understanding.

91. If the clarity of the Image of the Teacher brings us into closest cooperation with him, then each clear and vivid conception of an object in our third eye makes it near and attainable. One of the conditions of ancient magic was to teach the vividness of objects evoked by our inner conception.  If the object is called forth with all completeness of line and color, one can apply it for the most immediate reaction; one may, as it were, possess it.  Without limitations of space, one can regulate and bring closer its possibilities; from the most customary objects to the far-off planets one can utilize this force.  There is nothing of the supernatural in this; but the duplicate becomes seemingly the identical, and a vital unifying thread is drawn to it.  One can gradually develop in oneself these abilities, upon habitual objects, noticing thereby that when a clear image is created, a peculiar tremulous vibration occurs, similar to a magnetic reaction.  Thus, in studying the Infinite one can approach it by beginning with the most customary objects.

92. Likewise you will begin to notice that you see your own image as if in front of you.  You must not wonder, because it is the increased development of the divisibility of the spirit.  The projection of one's own image, and the sending of parts of one's spirit, impart to the developed third eye the image that is sent.  One should know that simultaneously someone sees this image and receives help.

93. How important it is to guard the fiery impulse!  Without this impelling force an undertaking cannot be saturated with the best possibilities.  Forces applied to an undertaking are multiplied by the fire of impulse.  Therefore striving is so necessary for increasing the forces given from the Primary Source.  In all constructions harmony and co-measurement should be observed.  Hence, for the saturation of Our undertakings one must co-measure what is given with the measures applied.  The fire and the impulse sustain the life force in each inception.  Without these the inception loses its vitality.  Thus, let us strive to the confirmed fire bestowed by the Lord.  Thus we can attain the fiery saturation.

94. As he embarked upon a ship, a purse of gold was stolen from a traveler.  Everyone became excited, but the loser smiled and repeatedly said, "Who knows?"  A storm occurred, and the ship was wrecked.  And only our traveler was cast ashore.  When the islanders called his salvation a miracle, he smiled again, saying, "It is simply that I paid more than the others for my passage."
	We never know when the good seeds sprout and how long the harvest of poisoned thoughts ripens.  They also require time to ripen, therefore beware of poisonous thoughts; none will disappear without a trace.  But where is that country, when is that hour when the ear of poison will ripen?   Even though small but thorny, there will be no piece of thread which will not tear one's throat.

95. Is it possible not to harvest one's own sowing?  Let the seed be good, or else poison will generate poison.  Much can be avoided, but the treasury of thought will be the strongest.  Thought, as the highest energy, is indissoluble and can be precipitated.  Experiments with plants can prove the power of thought.  Likewise, a scientist, if his thought is tensed, may take from the shelf just the needed book.

96. If we say, "Do not have desire," it does not mean to be insensate.  On the contrary, replace desire with the irresistible command of a pure thought.  In this command you invoke all the powers of Light, and you make their currents act in correlation with your pure striving.
	Be, be, be joyous; not through desire, but through the striving of spirit.  Be joyous; not through ancestral desires, but through the command of the entire consciousness, in order to create that luminous thread which unites all worlds.  Be joyous; not because of the success of works already decayed, but in knowledge of the predestined and of that already inscribed in the scrolls of the future.  Be joyous; not in the desire for repose, but because of the agitation of the elements, since only the agitation of the elements will serve you; for one cannot command the dead to revivify the living.  Thus, understand that joy is a special wisdom, and do not abandon the fires of light above the crumbs of the feast. 
	That which is felt by the earthly senses is not significant; but let us apply the co-service of all the particles of Light.  You await me.  You await the manifestation of help.  But you do not know when help is needed and when the final hour of battle rings out.  Yet, fixing upon Us your entire consciousness, aware that We shall not delay, you are building an indestructible bridge, and you are gathering the treasures of Might.
	Perhaps the help is greatly needed.  Let Us judge, because the time is ripe, and beyond the sea the pillars of Light already arise!

97. The fiery impulse gives life to the entire Cosmos.  Each creative spark gives the impulse of motion to the striving of the spirit.  How, then, not to affirm in each manifestation the fiery impulse that nurtures all tension and imbues each action?  Therefore, one should develop the wondrous impulse of fire that gives life to everything.  Thus the saturated fire can attract all corresponding energies.  In the culture of thought, the fiery impulse should be developed above all.  As the creative impulse assembles concordances, so thought attracts correspondences.  Thus, guard the impulse of fire.

98. How wondrous are the sparks of spirit that manifest fire and striving!  The fiery Service will bring to humanity so many signs of new evolution.  Hence, Agni Yoga has so vitally entered life, and many signs regenerate and threaten our planet.  One should accept all that is sent to humanity.  Therefore the sensitive organism of the Mother of Agni Yoga responds to all Our sendings.  Therefore the health should be guarded.  Verily, fires are raging!  Much is attested, much is propelled, much is ahead!

99. The chief error of men is that they consider themselves to be outside of all that exists.  From this issues a lack of cooperation.  It is impossible to explain to the one who stands outside that he is responsible for what happens inside without him.  The father of egoism has sown doubt and self-deception in order to sever the current with the treasury of Light.  Nobody wants to consider that Light is the effect of thought, but the multitudes that inhabit the interplanetary spaces will willingly acknowledge the power of mental cooperation.  They realize cooperation and understand responsibility.  One can enroot oneself in a universal thought and thus acquire wings in heaven and on Earth-the foundation.  Many valuable reminders about the link with far-off worlds are spread everywhere.

100. The spark of the spirit kindles the heart, hence Our Teaching is in need of spreading through the fire of the heart.  How can one kindle the torches of spirit without the fire of the heart?  Only fire uplifts creativeness and imbues each action.  The energy that impels to the vital impulse must possess vital fire.  Hence, in this law are contained creative powers.  The tension of each energy calls to life the surrounding energies.  Thus all materializations take place, gathering around them all energies.  Therefore, the kernel of the spirit is a mighty accumulator.

101.  How majestic is the law of Hierarchy!  How constructive are all laws of Hierarchy!  Verily, the ladder reaches Heaven.   Thus, each one striving to Hierarchy can fulfill the Higher Will through a task given from Above.  Thus, We build through Hierarchy; hence each Indication should be fulfilled as given by the Hierarch.  Only thus can one fulfill the Higher Will.   Therefore one should truly guard the wish of the Hierarch.  As pearls of the spirit one should guard the entire affirmed Source.

102.  The self-sacrificing heart of an Agni Yogi contains the pain of the world, but it is a rare manifestation.  As is said in a most ancient psalm, "I shall encompass within my heart the sorrow of the world.  I shall incandesce the heart as the womb of Earth.  I shall saturate it with lightnings.  The new heart is the shield of the world.  I shall inscribe upon it the sign of the Earth-Mother.  The Cross of the Mother will be the sign of My fire."  Thus knew the ancients.
	And again a loyal heart is in the Service of the world.  Therefore I say-health must be guarded.  A vessel filled to the brim must be carried with caution.
	One may rejoice at the kindling of the fire of the heart.  Let us not forget how unexpectedly new fires are kindled.

103.  Controversies are the carpet of the father of lies.  The one who treads on it cannot see a man without maligning.  The controversies in science usually stand upon the same carpet.  It is amazing to what an extent people fill themselves with interpretations in which they do not believe.  The contemporary churches are the best example of why the highest manifestation does not alter life.  Therefore, let us protect the all-embracing heart.

104.  For the evolution of the spirit the fusion of consciousness and heart is needed.  When the forces are disunited, the spirit cannot act.  Therefore striving for fusion of the subtle energies is so needed.  In the entire cosmic constructiveness forces are in correlation, and by dissociation one can only suspend the preordained development.  Therefore, the blended consciousness is being affirmed.  Each force is in need of manifestation of a strained action, the more saturated, the more powerful.  Hence, the fusion of the levers of heart and consciousness should be intensified.

105.  The word that issues from the heart saturates space.  Hence, thoughts that flow in an impetuous torrent form a sphere which becomes a defense against the poisonous gasses of the planet.   Thoughts become a defensive net for humanity.  Only these luminous emanations give the strength to withstand the darkness.  Hence it is so important to stratify space with words of the heart, they contain light.  Thus humanity is uplifted upon the wings of thought.  Thus evolution is being built.

106.  What is the treasure of the heart?  Not only benevolence, not only compassion, not only devotion to the Hierarchy but consonance with the Cosmic Consciousness when the heart, besides its own rhythm, even partakes in the cosmic rhythm.  Such a heart can be trusted; it possesses straight-knowledge, it feels and knows, and as a manifested link with the Higher World it expresses the indisputable.  The manifestation of the treasure of the heart is also very important for the formation of the subtle body.  Try to imagine how important is the experiment with the subtle body.  The densifying of the subtle body can give that of which the Teaching of Shambhala so sacredly speaks. One may have an unconquerable host, one may have irreplaceable co-workers, true, only temporary ones, but beyond the conditions of corporeal life.

107.  The cosmic currents pass through the heart of an Agni Yogi.  "The saturated heart senses all perturbations," thus the Ancient Wisdom speaks of the heart filled with Ether.  That through which the Cosmic Space breathes, the sensitive heart breathes through also.  That with which the Cosmic Heart breathes, the heart of an Agni Yogi breathes with also.  Each vibration resounds upon the subtle strings of a sensitive heart, therefore one has to guard so greatly this cosmic treasure.  The currents fill the heart and expand the sphere of its action; thus the cosmic correspondence is established.

108.  Certainly, when wailing is borne through space, the saturated heart feels many reverberations.  So great is the spatial battle and so tense are the waves of light!  The Great Epoch approaches.  How, then, not to overcome evil?  Hence, the dark ones are so much on guard!  When the great laws of Be-ness enter into life, how, then, shall the dark ones not be frightened?  Thus I affirm Our Might!
	Verily, it was rightly said about the significance of the fundamental principle of Our Work.  Beauty has been proclaimed, therefore let us safeguard its foundation.  Pearls must be guarded!

109.  Why are the manifestations usually unexpected?  There are two conditions-firstly, expectation always creates counteraction; even  a conscious expectation can provide an energy superfluous for the manifestation.  Secondly, in the case of an announcement, the black lodge may incidentally be informed.  The presence of even one outsider can serve as an intermediary.  The entire world is divided into black and white ones.  Some serve consciously, others according to their nature, and the third present a jelly-like mass unfit for anything.  The black lodge is strong, because for the combat with Light a powerful potentiality is needed.  It is unwise to underestimate the forces of the adversaries, especially when their beloved Kali Yuga comes to its end.  Certainly it is a decisive battle and one should take care that temptation and seduction do not touch the weak ones.  The location of the main seat of the lodge of the dark ones was indicated long ago.

110.  In former days black masses have been celebrated and statues to Baphomet have been erected.  Now the dark ones have become more dangerous, because in trying to imitate Us they have eliminated many rituals and turned to the power of thought.  The struggle against Us is difficult for them, but if the disciple's trend of thought is severed they can do harm.  When I indicated to unite closely around the Lord, I advised the very urgent.  Altogether, one should take My Indications as most urgent advice.  It is time to understand that I give the Teaching not as a soporific, but for the saturation of the entire life.

111.  When all the cosmic forces are strained, there can be no retreat without destruction.   When the Forces of Light are grouped around the Light and the black ones around darkness, there is no retreat.  Therefore, if the workers wish to conquer, they must gather as a mighty force around the focus.  Yes, yes, yes!  If an ordinary physical form is kept together merely by the cohesion of its particles, how much more powerful is the force emanating from the Hierarch!  Hence, those who wish to conquer must adhere closely to the protecting Shield, to Hierarchy-only thus can one conquer.  Only thus, during this threatening time of reorganization, can one live through the manifestation of turmoil.  Thus, let us remember!

112.  After having chosen the Lord and the Guru no retreat is possible.  The path lies only onward, and sooner or later with ease or difficulties you will come to the Teacher.  When the black ones surround you and close their circle, there will remain, only the path upward to the Lord.  Then you will feel that the Lord is somewhere not far-off and that the silver thread is above you.  You have but to stretch out your hand!  We can meet without the help of the black ones, but more often only he who is pressed from all sides reaches out to the silver thread, and only in distress does he learn the language of the heart.  One should feel the Lord and the Guru in the heart.

113.  They say, "We love and revere."  But they remember it only like last winter's snow.  Sleep is their lord!  But the hour strikes, and the Lord will become their life and nurture.  As lightning pierces the darkness, so bright will be the Image of the Lord.  As a treasure they will guard each word from Above, for there will be no other way out for them.  And few will be those who, having perceived Light, will be polluted by darkness.  There is much of darkness around, and the path to the Lord is one.  Remember about the Lord!
 
114.  When the cosmic tension is so great, one should gather all strength for the defense of Light, because each uncertainty in Light gives access to darkness.  Therefore, each foundation should be protected.   When the forces are collected around Light, how can one not adhere to the Leading One?  Only in this lies strength and victory.  When the Cosmic Magnet is being shifted, certainly the course of Light must be followed, because only upon this crest of the wave can one swim over the manifested torrent.  Thus the thought of Light will be like the Image of the Lord.

115.  If people would only remember that they are always walking upon the edge of the precipice!  For so it is.  At any moment they may be carried off by a successful or unsuccessful change of coarse.  Therefore, is it not possible to have in mind this link with the cosmic course, in order to look into the precipice without a tremor while hourly remembering its existence?

116.  Certainly the sensitive organism of an Agni Yogi contacts the cosmic current.  Each wave is reflected upon the centers, and the receptivity of a sensitive Agni Yogi affirms the cosmic waves.  That is why all cosmic and earthly waves contact the fiery centers in this way.  Hence, the health must be so protected.  Certainly it is difficult, but the cosmic consciousness is so wondrous.
	Who will decide better and who knows better?  Only the Hierarch.  Therefore one has to guard every pearl.  Thus, let them guard the treasures.  Verily, I affirm that only thus can one conquer.

117.  Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, storms, fogs, shoaling, changes of climate, sicknesses, poverty, wars, revolts, heresy, treason-what other signs does humanity expect of the threatening time?  Prophets are not needed, the most insignificant scribe may testify that never as yet have so many dreadful forerunners of Earth's disintegration been gathered.  But deaf is the ear and obscured the vision.  There has never been such an hour of disintegration as this planetary year!  It is as if a path were being laid for the waves of fire, and the obsolete monsters of other days creep away unwillingly to realize the price of that which takes place.  Verily, the world is sustained by Magnets as imperceptible as the air and the flame of space, and just as indispensable as light.  The Magnets sent by Us for Our manifestation are like the anchors of a ship tossed in the storm.

118.  Thus one can see the end of Kali Yuga.  It depends upon humanity where will be the beginning of Satya Yuga.  We know that Satya Yuga is preordained, but its location and conditions may differ.  My warriors, I can assemble you according to usefulness and devotion.
	Man has fallen into a dark pit and closed the outlet with a black cover.

119.  Thought controls the vital impulse. How, then, can one display so little of striving toward purification and development of thought?   Consciousness attracts all vital expressions, and the creator of thought saturates space.   Therefore it is so imperative to strive to broad thoughts and to the understanding of the foundations of Life.  Each life is built upon its own orbit, and each life has a foundation upon which all actions must correspond to the Highest.   Hence each thought must be directed to true achievement and must guard the highest striving.  The quality of striving depends upon the impulse.  Therefore one should develop all thoughts leading to the refinement of consciousness.    Thus one can build a higher step.

120.  Hence, when the highest striving toward the Lord is offered, the manifested orbit and focus should be guarded.  Therefore, all Our Abutments should be protected, because clouds are all around.  Victory is predestined, but all foundations should be protected, and the highest striving can bring all possibilities.  The time is severe but wondrous.  It is a time of consummation and construction.  It is a time of highest tension and of earthly battle.  It is a time which inscribes a great page and which is building a great future.  Therefore the enemies rage, for the Highest Law enters into life.

121.  Our Shield is one, therefore We value full realization.  Partial glimpses are often extinguished.  Hence one should be able to discern complete devotion.  Only thus can one attain and broaden the consciousness.  One should proceed by the higher path. 

122.  Chiefly, do not become dwarfs.  For a dwarf even the threshold of a door is more difficult to overcome than a mountain.  The thoughts of a dwarf will lead to shallow-mindedness and afterward to disintegration.  It was correctly remarked that one should observe the influence of the basic aura.  Those who have accepted it can cooperate, but its denial will be an actual sign of unfitness.  One does not have to be persuaded about foundations; if they are not within the heart, nothing can explain them.  Therefore, do not observe the motions of life as dwarfs.  Likewise, the Teacher should not be adopted by the brain of subterranean dwarfs.

123.  In Kurdistan there is a ruin called "the castle of errors."  It is said that the castle was build by error, its location was chosen by error, the owner married by error, conducted wars by error, had councilors by error, gambled by error, fell ill by error, and perished by error.  Only a certain amount of errors can be tolerated!

124.  When  various currents are gathering, measures should certainly be taken against them.  Various currents are governed by counteractive measures.  All hostile currents require bridling.  Thus each arrow aimed at the Shield will be turned against the enemy.  Thus the boomerang acts, and the currents of Our reactions will be powerful.  Thus one must act, protecting all foundations and all the highest indications of the Hierarch.  Verily, only thus can one attain.

125.  Observe how people read the Teaching.  Observe which passages they avoid and try not to notice.  People especially often close their eyes to everything referring to betrayal and psychic murder.  They do not even wish to consider that they can harm at a distance by their thoughts.  Thus people avoid that in which they are most often guilty.  One does not have to be a giant of thought in order to  harm.  Even a mediocre thought poisoned by the crystal of imperil will be very effective.  To conceive treason means to accomplish an evident half of the whole, because an already poisoned shell will be receptive to the slightest impetus.  Verily, poisoning by thoughts is even more harmful than narcotics.  Likewise, one can remind about infection through thought-transmission.  One may be weakened to such an extent that each infection can easily approach.  Thought is like a key with which to open.

126.  How can one avoid harm from the thoughts sent?  Follow the one and same advice-intensify the striving toward the Lord. Along this direction one can acquire immunity.  Therefore, I advise realizing Hierarchy from the highest spiritual striving to even the smallest bodily requirements; the silver thread is needed everywhere.  Obstinacy and the black lodge will seek in every way to divert the thoughts from Hierarchy.  Although subservience is highly developed among them, they keep it for themselves, knowing the immutability of this law.

127.  The Spatial Fire dissolves all accumulations.  But what a dam people build, and how they encumber space with non-understanding and a consciousness which so little comprehends the cosmic constructiveness!  How can one create without acknowledging a Higher Leader?  How canone build without sensing the thread that binds one with the Hierarch?  How can one expect sendings when the spirit does not unfold to meet the Light?  Only through adherence to Hierarchy and by fulfillment of the manifested Will can one be truly successful and attain everything that is affirmed.  Yes, yes, yes!

128.  Therefore each striving leading to the unification of the disciple with the Teacher leads to cognizance of the higher laws.  The disciple in rejecting the Teacher acknowledges his own ignorance, because he arrests his development.  Each force attracting the spirit upward is a force of development.  How shall we broaden our consciousness and uplift the spirit if we do not accept the Hand of a Hierarch?  Conceit very harmfully retards progress!  Hence it is urgent to point out to all those who speak against extreme devotion to the Teacher that only by the force of devotion can refinement of consciousness be achieved.  The culture of the spirit and thought are to be followed, thus manifesting an unconquerable devotion to Hierarchy.  Only thus is the spirit uplifted; only thus can one be affirmed in the evolution of the spirit.  Hence, the beauty of Service is contained in the blending of consciousnesses.  When the arcs of consciousnesses are blended, Light reigns, and the highest ordainment is affirmed.  Only thus is the highest Law attained.  Thus We create!

129.  Let us write  down questions for a disciple "Dost thou not serve darkness?  Art thou not a servitor of doubt?  Art thou not a traitor?  Art thou not a liar?  Art thou not ribald?  Art thou not a sluggard?  Art thou not irritable?  Hast thou a tendency to inconstancy?  Art thou not negligent?  Dost thou understand devotion?  Art thou ready to labor?  Wilt thou not be afraid of Light?"  Thus ask disciples when preparing them for probation.

130.  During construction one should develop all strivings toward synonymous understanding.  Each task carries equivalent strength.  One should strive toward finding this key.  One cannot demand that a great manifestation be gauged by small measures.  A small thought cannot be embellished.  Small thoughts cannot make a hero.  Only a subtle identity affords correspondence.  Therefore the highest to the highest.  The higher, the more affirming; only thus can one grow and introduce the predestined into life.  The Highest Plan requires application of the highest measures.

131.  Therefore, when We proclaim Hierarchy We are aware of the spatial battle which summons to the realization of the highest law.  Creativeness requires the affirmation of the consciously accepted principle of Hierarchy.  Thus We build, thus We summon to the subtle understanding of Hierarchy.  Verily, the revealed Law enters life!  Thus is affirmed the highest step.

132.  I call attention to the saturation of the heart and the prayer of the heart for two reasons firstly, it leads to a blending with the Higher World; secondly, it does not require a special time and can be performed during any labor.  One may easily become used to a special sensation within the heart without fearing any ill effect.  The heart will not be overtired by the Lord, on the contrary, only surrounding thoughts can ill-affect the heart.  Thus, someday men shall finally realize the significance of thoughts, at least for the sake of their own hearts.  Let them ponder upon the poison of sendings!  It is time to pay attention to the amount of sicknesses generated by thoughts.  During each sickness it is not bad to make a suggestion against negative thoughts.  Magnetic passes over the affected organ can also be made.  Nothing special is needed beyond a prayer of the heart, which creates a magnetic link with the Highest.  During the laying on of hands one should not think of sickness, but should try to unite oneself with the Highest.

133.  What benefit can be derived from small experiments and observations!  Without wasting time, the disciple can pay attention to a multitude of small manifestations.  Every day amidst your usual occupations pay attention to the various sensations of your organism.  Each one in his own way reflects the cosmic manifestations, but one should fearlessly notice each sensation.   Similarly one can even observe the life of the usual household objects under the influence of a definite hand.  Repeat this to those who forget the impact of personality and contact.

134.  The Cosmic Magnet attracts all energies that are shifted to a new center.  Thus all outworn energies are shifted, yielding their place to the new ones.  Therefore, at the change of forces all divided forces are lost in the cosmic process.  Only Light and darkness are in opposition and are intensified in the cosmic conflict.  Hence, striving should be saturated precisely with the fire of attraction, and one should seek Light against the black lodge with the entire impulse.  It is necessary to shield oneself with devotion to, and realization of, Hierarchy and to dare against the darkness with all the levers of spirit and heart.

135.  Thus each attempt of the dark ones will be a new possibility for Us and a boomerang for the adversaries.   Only thus will the path be cleared, and each step of the enemy will turn into a trap for him.   Thus We conquer.  The time is great, the time is tense!

136.  Only by the tension of all strength will you conquer.  This must be remembered and applied.  We have decided on complete success, it depends upon you to accept it.  The entire garden of doubts, suspicions, fears, offenses, condemnations must be cast aside.  If you desire to accept victory, every treason must be avoided, because the consequences of doubts and lack of respect for Hierarchy will disrupt all threads.  When the ship is holding by only one anchor during the tempest, it is stupid to begin to change the chain.  Guard the foundation, and ascend only through its growth.  I shall be tireless in repeating about Hierarchy until you realize it.  It is not enough to nod your head, it is time to think and to apply.  I have reasons for repeating this.


137.  The purple star is the sign of the highest tension, for tension and the continuous transmission of energy is the manifestation of co-creation.
	Let no one take lightly My warning; when victory is weighed and defined, there can be no excuses or haphazardness.  Remember, there is one Anchor, there is one Light!  And when the greatest battle takes place, it is unforgivable to disturb the formation.  I shall be very severe, because the time is at hand, and already some successes have been postponed.  The burden is caused only by you.  Guard the foundation!  Many fires are introduced into action.  Remember, the purple star indicates the highest tension.

138.  Let us become accustomed to that which can be a true preparation for significant actions.  Already, decisive dates approach each day.  Wings are growing for the ascent that was already foretold in small coincidences as well as in decisive events.  Again, the words of the Command shall be pronounced.  It means that the fruits are again ripe.  Again the dreams, the visions, and the hopes shall be gathered into a knot which will mark the next immutable step.  Out of coincidences, imperceptibly minute, again are woven the tangible facts, and that which seemed unrealizable or postponed is again molded into a bonfire of events.  Recall much that was told and apply it for the present day.
	"I do not fear, for the enemies are serving, and our adversaries are bringing precious values into the treasury of the spirit."  Thus, think benevolently, and aspire to the new step, to the new attainment.

139.  The thread binding the Teacher with his disciple is the most powerful current and provides an evident defense.  How, then, can one manifest one's striving without the Teacher?  Those faint-hearted ones who say they will go alone do not know the significance of the protecting net.  Hence, the non-acceptance of the Chain of Hierarchy gives a result equivalent to destroying the principle of construction.  Thus, only with a powerful Hierarchy can one be affirmed in construction.

140.  The sparks of causality fly in space, and each spark brings its effect.  Thus, the non-acceptance of a Teacher leaves the disciple without guidance, and each action of such wandering spirits has no constructive importance.  Thus, each spiritual striving must lead to the search for a Guide.  Causality produces its wonderful sprouts when the disciple understands the significance of Hierarchy.

141.  Certainly you do not doubt that I shall reiterate about Hierarchy.  We shall insist, until We establish a firm understanding of this panacea.  But each time We shall stress a new feature, for We do not repeat.
	Someone may say, "I address myself with all my strength to the Lord, but it does not reach the Lord."  Ask, "Was it sincere?"  This quality of invocation is as necessary as Light.  Each one may cast his eye into his heart and inspect the small corners of a decrepit world.  Without sincerity there will be no current.  Therefore strain all your forces and elect pure striving of the heart.

142.  You often hear about the battle waged by the powers of darkness.  Now you are in its very midst.  Truly the Hierarchs themselves participate in the combat.  The more glorious will be the victory.  But hold My Hand as an anchor.  I would not speak of the terrible danger without reason.  Therefore, let us not lose the moment to unite, and, rejecting the past, let us strive into the future and hold fast in battle.  It should be remembered that great is the honor of confronting the giants of evil.  I know your tension, but accept it as a sacred ascent.  Drive away all that is evil and dark.  Invoke Me often whenever the manifestations of Light are threatened.  Remember Hierarchy!

143.  When the intensified Magnet convokes all forces, each energy should be discriminated.  Therefore, one should know which forces are admissible for construction and which can bring harm.  Discrimination can be attained only though adherence to the Highest consciousness, because only the scope of pure striving can reveal the affirmed Covenant of Service.  Hence, one should learn to acknowledge all the higher laws, constructing life upon them.

144.  Certainly, the cosmic manifestations reverberate against the feelings of a tensed Agni Yogi.  Obviously the course of human deeds evokes subterranean storms and supermundane fires.  Similarity is evidenced everywhere, and all that occurs has a like connection.   Therefore, one should disclose a sacred feeling toward Hierarchy and the manifested heart.  Hence, one should clearly comprehend the anchor of salvation and adhere to it with intense strength.

145.  Unfortunately, the present time fully corresponds to the last period of Atlantis.  The very same psuedoprophets and a pseudosavior; the same wars, the same treasons and spiritual barbarism.  We take pride in the crumbs of civilization; the Atlanteans likewise knew how to fly across the planet in order to speedily cheat each other.  The temples likewise became defiled, and science became a subject of speculation and dissension.  The same occurred in construction, as if they did not dare to build solidly!  Likewise, they rebelled against Hierarchy and were stifled with their own egoism.  Likewise, they disturbed the equilibrium of the subterranean forces, and by mutual efforts a cataclysm was created.

146.  When the link with the Lord is strong, mountains can be moved.  Striving to Hierarchy creates that culture about which so much is spoken.  Dead are those who presume that by means of earthly Maya they can create strongholds.  It is as unwise as children dreaming to build a fortress out of mud!  Only the world of spirit is truly strong, for it is indestructible and invincible.  It may be pointed out that the first sign of culture is the absence of personal discords.

147.  When the fate of the planet is being determined, the forces are distributed along the poles of Light and darkness; therefore, each spirit must guard itself from faint-heartedness.  To side with Light means to walk with Us under the Banner of Hierarchy; to side with darkness means to walk under the yoke of the black banner.  Thus, in time of battle one should fierily realize Our Might and build a lawful affirmation of life.  Only thus can the challenge of the dark ones be accepted; for when the spirit is immune to faint-heartedness and treason, victory is manifested.  Thus, let us be affirmed upon Hierarchy.

148.  Certainly, when the battle proceeds, the creativeness of the forces is strained, and each loyal action adds a strong link to the chain of defense. Each heart manifesting devotion to Hierarchy serves as a smiting flame against the enemy.  Therefore, only a pure striving to Hierarchy assures a right decision.  Thus We conquer.  True, when the battle is tense, there are many desiring to harm.  Yet the plan is invulnerable, and only the evidence of complete striving to Hierarchy gives victory.

149.  It was never said to rely upon the Lord.  On the contrary, it was repeated, "Be imbued with the Lord!"  There is a great difference between timid and inactive reliance and imbuing the entire being with the consciousness of the Lord.  As an invincible sword, the consciousness identified with the Lord smites all obstacles!  Doubt cannot find shelter where a flaming consciousness is kindled.  There will be no fatigue where the inexhaustible Source of Forces is admitted.  Fear cannot penetrate into the temple of invulnerable armor.  Thus, I advise acceptance of My Shields, not through recourse to a saving protection, but by conquering through the blending of consciousness.

150.  Attention should be paid to the kindling of the centers of the knees.  Even spots upon the skin reveal the very same stigmata as does genuflection, which means that the prayer within the heart may be evidencing the same signs.  Thus one may gather significant signs, for instance; the rhythm of cosmic energies in the heart or a strong swelling of the abdomen near these centers is attested as are those of the larynx, the back of the neck, and the crown of the head.  
	I vouch for success if you are imbued with the Lord!

151.  During a conflict of forces one should always observe the maximum of centralization.  Therefore the power of the focus is so greatly needed, and each one in his turn must consider his position as bound with the center.  Thus, the central power will emit all rays, and shadows will have to disappear.  The radiation of the focus upon the spiritual plane is most invincible!  Therefore immunity of the spirit can be attained through striving to the Spiritual Focus.  Hierarchy is so wondrous in that it represents this mighty Focus.  Therefore, one should strive limitlessly to the law of Hierarchy.

152.  Thus the might of the Spiritual focus is manifested by Us.  Thus immutable are the laws of Hierarchy, and those who adhere to that affirmed might will find the right path.  Hence it is so important to approach Us in the sole striving to fulfill the predestined.  Thus victory is affirmed by Us.  Therefore, one should gather all the best strivings to adhere to the Spiritual Focus.
	The Focus radiates through the blending of consciousnesses.  Our Focus is powerful through the blending of hearts.  Our Focus is invincible, so I affirm!  Thus, let the Spiritual Focus radiate in the heart of each co-worker.  The creativeness of the spirit is inseverably linked with the corresponding striving.  Hence, concordance is a lawful manifestation.

153.  Dangerous is Maya when humanity thinks that it can create entirely identical objects.  They forget that even the difference in the time of creation already effects a substantial difference.  Thus, a standard can satisfy only an inferior consciousness.  The mention of conventionalities of understanding corresponds to the understanding of Maya, but the foundations cannot be within the limits of Maya.  Therefore, let us turn to the immutable, in other words, to the spirit's blending with Hierarchy.  Having searched all corners of the planet we shall find the sole path upward.  Thousands of hymns may be composed to this ascent, yet at its foundation will be the same identical striving of the spirit to the same spheres where its granulation takes place.  One may study the idioms of all peoples, but nowhere will a word dare to express the immutable and unutterable Foundation of Be-ness and the path to the Father of all Existence.  However, the heart in the hour of tension knows the Unutterable and feels the higher path.

154.  In the dark the watchful voice of the watcher directs one to the Tower where the Lord holds his vigil. He who watches cannot carry out his service if he does not feel the Lord.  And the world cataclysm is only the result of transgression against Hierarchy.  Transgression against Hierarchy means the shattering of all causality, all lawful effects.

155.  The consciousness not blended with the Lord cannot strive to the law of accumulation in the Chalice.  Only the power of the Cosmic Magnet can bring the spirit close to the Teacher.  Verily, the one who adheres to the Higher Consciousness receives the power of thought.  Only when a spirit accepts all transmissions from Above can he broaden his consciousness, otherwise the power concealed within the Chalice cannot be awakened.  Thus, the thread of the bond is the ladder of spirit upon which the power of the spirit ascends.  Creativeness is affirmed by way of this wondrous thread.  Thus, the ascent of the spirit proceeds through its bond with the Lord.

156.  This bond unites Us and creates the best results.  Thus, the most wondrous thread is the silver one uniting the heart of the Hierarch with his disciple.  The light of the spirit is nurtured by this might.  Therefore, when We speak of a united aura, We have in mind the actuality of the bond!  Thus, the Counsels should be guarded as the Source of Light.  Thus one can attract the best opportunities.  Hence the sacred union of the Hierarch with the disciple is evidenced when the disciple's consciousness is striving toward the consciousness of the Hierarch.  Thus a wondrous step is built by a blended heart!

157.  You understand what each apostate inflicts upon the Teacher.  If a special ray is assigned to each disciple, the severing of this thread must have a reaction.  It is not without reason that the Teacher insistently questions the knocking ones, "Art thou not a traitor?"  The severing of the thread between the Teacher and the disciple can be achieved only by a slow process, but impetuous betrayal is usually very painful to the Teacher and to the traitor.  Verily, the traitor's reason becomes obscured, and through the wound caused by the broken thread obsession occurs most easily.  One should consider this process of betrayal as a physical danger, not to speak of the spiritual consequence.  One should ponder how cautiously one must select disciples in order not to contribute to cosmic harm.  Hence, each Teaching gives strong examples of betrayal.  For betrayal there is no need to be precisely a Devadatta or a Judas.  Even without these prototypes space is filled with fractured rays.

158.  Without the bond with the Teacher one may give access to a dark dweller even by one pinprick of denial.  Levity does not dwell far from betrayal. Thus one may imagine the consequences of the disciple's severing himself from the Teacher.  It is time to pay attention to insane asylums and to verify the causes and conditions of such illnesses, especially now when this scourge is more dangerous than the plague.
	Learn how to guard the thread with the Teacher and to fill the heart with the Lord.  It must not be forgotten what is essential for an unswerving ascent.  Neither works, nor circumstances, nor character, nor diverse reasons may erect barriers between the disciple and the Teacher.  The manifestation of the Teacher signifies the initiation of the shortest path.  To reject the Lord is to betray oneself.

159.  One can see the unity of all manifestations when the spirit can reflect the best strivings.  Space requires observations, and each manifestation is in need of conscious assimilation.  Only when the foundations of creativeness are firm can one build for evolution.
	Akbar used to say, "A cross-eyed person does not see the center."  Thus, each vital action requires stability.  Before looking at two parallel lines, one should know which to choose.  Hence stability is so indispensable, and only the closest approach to Hierarchy provides the correct path and the higher solution.

160.  Thus, each disciple must approach Hierarchy and must affirm himself with the entire spirit on the closest approach.  Striving to the Lord will give a full understanding of Hierarchy and will reveal  to the spirit the silver thread.  The center is occupied by Hierarchy.  From the center emanate all rays.  To the center converge all rays.  Therefore, the stability of the spirit can attract positive manifestations.  Thus, the power of blending lies in the heart.  Verily, in the heart!  Thus We create.  Thus the higher step is affirmed.

161.  Not only the direct link with the Lord but even an unconscious striving toward Hierarchy gives a glimpse of the communion with cosmic forces.  Where colored sparks appear, the door is open to the chain of Benefaction.  True, people seldom pay attention to obvious signs, however in merging into the life of the spirit one can not only understand the significance of these fires but may even perceive their interrelations.  One may notice entire battles between the black and the blue sparks, and be convinced that the blue ones will always conquer the progeny of darkness.

162.  The science closest to spirit is higher mathematics, if correctly understood.  Thus abstraction becomes reality.  The mist of knowledge can be illumined through Infinity.  Certainly we must strive to all that can lead our consciousness beyond the boundaries of our planet.  Only thus can the true values be understood.  He who can understand synthesis will understand Hierarchy.  One may reiterate much about Hierarchy, and We shall emulate the woodpecker until the knots of the bark are broken through.  I repeat, if you do not understand Hierarchy in spirit, understand it at least for the benefit of your health.  Manifest reverence.

163.  Conformity between an action and the factor that called forth the action is powerfully evidenced in the entire Cosmos.  All subterranean fires are called to the surface of the planet by the actions of humanity, which serve as a link between the worlds.  Thus, the stifling gases call forth corresponding forces.  Each human thought creates its own correspondences, hence it is impermissible to create without the action of the centers and attraction to the law of Hierarchy.

164.  In cosmic creativeness everything is built upon succession, since the roots of each structure are held by the law of Hierarchy  Each task and plan is built in goal-fitness, and they are affirmed by the great plan of evolution.  Thus, all Our affirmations bring beneficent manifestations.  Only attraction to the Chain of Hierarchy can reveal the path to Infinity.  Thus, the power of blending verily rules the world.

165.  The physician who has an opportunity to study the sacred pains and does not do it is guilty.  In studying those pains and comparing them with the actions that cause them, he could prepare the steps for the coming evolution.  In reality, during the spiritual development of the world, sacred pains should not exist, but the surrounding imperfections create these pains.  Thus, in comparing the conditions and causes, one can foresee the direction of evolution.  Certainly, much can be improved in the human consciousness if we know that even earthquakes are called forth by the spirit of humanity.  One can gradually gather many manifestations of which man is the creator.  Thus, the sacred pains are the indicators of the next race in the clutches of the underdeveloped; hence, I say, Guard your health.  I say, Do not burden others by unnecessary sallies and irritation.  The echo of errors resounds not only around you, but is carried along the entire Chain of Hierarchy.  However, each caution is beneficial not only to you but it also strengthens space unto far-off spheres.

166.  Verily, humanity is a link between the worlds.  One should be used to that thought and try to apply it in life.  It is strange that physicians do not avail themselves of the opportunity of becoming carriers of health, applying the knowledge of nerve centers, because precisely these centers are the spiritual antennae and magnets.  Even a physical magnet is placed in a special vicinity in order that it may not lose its strength,.  Do not the nerve centers deserve similar attention?  And must not people especially protect the representatives of the next race?  The bridge between the shores is especially protected.  One may demand of man, "Friend, do not evoke earthquakes."

167.  The center that lights all beginnings of Our Works is based upon the law of Hierarchy.  The impetuosity of creativeness is founded upon the center of Hierarchy.  How obviously humanity deviates from the higher path and higher striving!  He who is afraid of the manifestation of the Teacher will remain an ignoramus.  He who rejects the Leading Hand will forever remain in error.  He who is afraid to lose his individuality does not possess it.  Thus one should ponder upon the great laws of Hierarchy.

168.  There exists a misconception that the dark ones, being the antithesis of Light, are therefore unavoidable-this is erroneous.  Darkness, the antithesis of Light, is nothing but unmanifested Chaos.  The dark ones denigrate the manifestation of the combat of the creative Light against Chaos.  It would be a sufficient task for humanity to make Chaos manifest and in that great battle to cooperate with the Great Spirits.  But the dark ones have reduced the mastery of unbridled elements to the egoism of rebels and have begun to call forth Chaos instead of transmuting it into a working force.  This crime is great, and the desire to extinguish Light cannot be considered an antithesis.  The creative vanquishing of Chaos, or the "Dragon," is a constant achievement.  But the battle with the dark ones is only a convulsion, impeding motion.  The darkness of Chaos may be considered as a means for mental creativeness.  However, the combat with the hierarchy of the dark ones is only a lost date, so needed for construction.  Moreover, the dark ones constantly arouse mighty elements, not knowing, of course, how to master them.

169.  It should be remembered that it is not the dark ones as such that are dangerous, but the forces evoked by them.  Verily, one should compare great Light with great Darkness, but it is unfitting to consider as great those who build upon egoism.  Thus, it is necessary to co-measure even in great manifestations.  Certainly, let us not forget the harm sown by the dark ones who are like a brood of serpents!  Even during battle with reptiles Hierarchy is needed, because everything disordered must be annihilated.  Hence, let us remember where is great Darkness, and where the fierce enemy who seeks the annihilation of Light, having forgotten that without Light he cannot exist.

170.  Construction requires intensified tension.  Without this impulse it is impossible to build the steps of evolution.  Each orbit is saturated with conscious striving, and each step requires its own affirming strength.  Therefore, when creativeness assembles forces, identical energies are drawn to the focus.  Therefore, the more conscious the attitude toward the focus, the greater will be the action of correspondence and the more powerful the attraction, Cause and effect are predetermined, and the creative impulse is saturated by the fire of conscious striving.  Thus the entire Cosmos is built.

171.  Hence, when understanding is not founded upon Hierarchy, the manifestations of the focus cannot be so vitally displayed, and each one who isolates himself cannot find his way to Us.  Thus, there are so many roaming shadows who cannot turn the affirmed key.  Thus so many strivings are lost in space.  Therefore, upon the blending of the arcs of consciousnesses, We build the future.  Thus, Our fiery law ordains the blending of consciousnesses.  Thus, one should be affirmed in the realization of the focus.  The spirit can approach the realization of this fiery law.  The manifestation of Hierarchy is the basis of constructiveness.

172.  One more misconception often, because of ignorance or self-justification, people think that their thought is insignificant and can reach nowhere, whereas the potentiality of thought is great, and for thought there exists neither space nor time.  But those who think chaotically are, like those who wave their hands in the dark, unaware of the object they hit.  Moreover, thought accumulates in space.  One can conceive of a mighty choir of harmonious thoughts, but one can also imagine a flock of chattering black jackdaws.  Such congregations also fill space and disturb the higher worlds.  Dear thinkers, jackdaws, you are also responsible for the quality of your thoughts.  Thus, even you create your future.

173.  Therefore there is no way by which one can escape responsibility.  Even the smallest thought enters into the megaphone of space and attracts to itself the same kind of locust, causing the smoky atmosphere of the planet.  Thought can purify by destroying the microbes of disintegration, but it can likewise attract unbridled elements.  Not without reason do the dark ones use especially underdeveloped people for certain machinations.  You often utter the word cult-ur; it means the cult of Light.  I remind you of how great is the common responsibility before Light if each thought can either obscure or purify space.  Thus let us remember.

174.  Certainly the path of Service can bring one to higher knowledge.  Only ignorance could bring the planet to its present condition.  Humanity has lost the understanding of the beauty of aspiration, and construction has been established upon the stupidity of isolationism.  For this reason, unity of Service has been revealed as salvation for humanity.  The entire power of constructiveness is based on Hierarchy.  Thus the mighty thread unites the entire Cosmos.  Verily, only in full realization of Great Service can the beauty of Spirit and the Might of Hierarchy be understood.  Space summons to the fulfillment of the great Law.  Yes, yes, yes!  Thus the steps of true evolution are built!

175.  Therefore, only a full understanding of Great Service can give disciples the aspiration to the Hierarchy.  When the creativeness of the spirit can encompass Great Service, then all paths to Us are open.  Therefore, striving to fulfill the Indications can be affirmed as an impulse leading to the highest Gates.  Thus, let all the pearls of the Guru and the Tara be guarded.  Thus one can fulfill all given possibilities.  The time is pregnant and tense!  Therefore, let the disciples strive to keep step with the rhythm of events; and consciousness should be strained in unison with all that occurs.  Only thus does one conquer.

176.  Verily, if you realize yourself as being constantly in the solemn presence of the Lord, you are already on the shortest path to Us.  People loathe especially the routine of daily life; for them it is the symbol of weariness and descent, whereas for us the daily routine is perfectment and ascent; it opens the gates to Infinity.  One can learn to love this daily routine, because it tempers the spirit and gives one courage to contemplate the endless chain of the ages of labor.  For some, these ages are a menace, but a refined consciousness will accept them as the source of endless creativeness.  Beautiful cults become dulled on account of daily routine, but how wondrous is the realization that daily devotion and a flaming love are offered to Hierarchy.  If I shall say, "I love Thee, O Lord, and I am devoted to Thee, O Lord, and I reverence Thee, Teacher," by what a mighty choir will this song of praise be transformed on the far-off worlds!  Thus, in each act of devotion one can open new locks; and how wondrous it is to feel the inexhaustibility of great concepts.  The Ordainment can be concise "Be aflame in heart and create in love!"

177.  Learn not to count days and not to notice years, because there is no difference when you are in the great expanse of Service.  One should learn to feel oneself beyond trivial usualness and to adhere in spirit to the manifested world of Beauty.  Let us proceed together to where there are no boundaries or end, where one can transform each beneficent gleam into the radiation of a rainbow of blessings to the worlds.
	Through devotion one can reach all gates.  Let us not forget this even for a moment.  Precisely, let us be filled with the smile of devotion, and let us bless the daily routine.  Each breath of Ours contains a wondrous substance for the worlds in formation.  Ponder upon the treasures which are given to us and which belong to the One who brought us a tear and a drop of sweat for our liberation.  Let us also daily thank the Highest One.

178.  How necessary it is for everyone not to disunite his heart and mind on the path to Us.  Creativeness is affirmed by pure impulses, and it is most necessary to unite all the fiery centers.  Thus, it must be realized that the matter of thought must serve as a link with higher substances, because only the subtlest thought can penetrate to them, and the refinement of consciousness can impel that force which controls mighty levers.  Thus, only a united consciousness can fulfill the Higher Will.  Thus the Chain of Hierarchy is affirmed.  Thus a united consciousness rules the world.  The Higher Will is transmitted to the closest spirit.  Hence, the Will of the Hierarch must thus be fully executed.  Therefore one must actively accept all that is given by a united consciousness

179.  The one who relies is dead, but the one who follows is alive.  We did not promise to transport dead bodies, We vouched to lead courageous followers.  One must ponder very attentively in order to discern the boundary between courageous following and faint-hearted reliance.  Also, Our Indications must be understood without delay, for the sun shines differently in the morning hour and at noon.  We should be accepted as daily nurture.  And devotion will receive its answer if all forces are applied.  Such must be the onward movement of those who follow the Lord.  Our help, as you know, comes at the last hour, but the door should not be closed to Our messenger.  Perhaps our influence acts beyond the seas, nevertheless the striving toward Us must not be severed.

180.  Disunion from the Guide stops the evolution of the spirit, because the disruption of the chain leads to isolation and impedes the creativeness of the spirit.  Verily, only union with the Source of Light moves the spirit onward.  Thus, striving to the Highest Hierarchy gives all possibilities and saturates the spirit with the power of Service.  The orbits of Light are built by correspondence and by the power of fulfillment of the Higher Will.  Thus is the path to Infinity built.

181.  Hence it is important to realize the significance of fulfillment of the Higher Will.  Therefore, the power of blending is so greatly affirmed, for only in the blending of consciousnesses is creativeness contained.  The disintegration of humanity is so vast because there is no balance.  And the events on the planet indicate disunity with the Highest Consciousness.  Thus, it can be confirmed that disciples must strive to the realization of Hierarchy.  One can attain only through fulfillment of the Higher Will.

182.  Gratitude is one of the main qualities of justice.  Without justice one cannot reach the path of Great Service.  Therefore, in pointing out the necessity for the realization of gratitude, We only assist the Great Service.  How beautiful is gratitude!  It so easily kindles the fire of the heart, and, as if in the presence of the Image of the Lord, it fills the spirit with nobility.  The ingrate is, first of all ignoble.  We term nobility the benevolent accumulations from former lives, while upon Earth nobility is considered only according to one's birth.  One should especially develop gratitude, because gratitude is the sister of loyalty.  It is necessary to realize how difficult it is sometimes for the Teacher to combine the best possibilities.  One must know how to assist by the fire of one's own heart.

183.  The blended consciousness affords striving to the highest solution.  Why, then, should such disunion take place when the entire Cosmos is affirmed upon the principle of blending?  How can one be dissociated from the chain that holds the entire Cosmos?  Lives must be built upon the principle of a tense cosmic chain.  Only thus can Hierarchy establish the principle of fiery Service.  Hence, on the way to Us one can attain only through Hierarchy.

184.  Truly, divisibility of spirit is attained when the centers create flamingly.  Thus the harmony of creativeness is imbued with this flame of the spirit.  Each creative impulse kindles spiritual torches when it imbues space with its fire.  Therefore the torches of the spirit can kindle auras.  Thus the flaming centers kindle spiritual quests at a distance.  Verily, great is creativeness.  Yes, yes, yes!

185.  The words that comprise the concept of Good are in great favor with Us.  But one of them is utterly opposite to Our customs-that is comfort.  Verily, investigate the history of humanity, and you will be convinced that nothing great was ever created in comfort.  For a long time I have spoken repeatedly about the blessed obstacles, but there are few who love the struggle for achievement.  However, it is inevitable to become used to the struggle, because otherwise it is impossible to temper the blade of the spirit.  For earthly progress, as well as for the far-off worlds, obstacles and the ability to conquer them are needed.  To be at rest does not befit a Hierarch.

186.  Thus, We advise giving musk for strengthening activity, but We are definitely against narcotics which calm and deaden the intellect.  How, then, will the quality of thoughts, so needed for the future life be developed if we dull it with poison?  But medical science is lavish in producing living corpses.

187.  It is correct to understand the eternal struggle, and to prepare one's consciousness as if to face an explosion, for only this will correspond to reality.  My Hand will not tire in leading the combatants, but My Eye cannot tolerate the sight of lethargy in the intoxication of comfort.  Having Infinity before one, yet not losing an hour and valuing the use of each minute -is Yogism.  When the spirit naturally adheres to the Higher World and kindles a row of torches of the heart, one can call it a righteous path.

188.  Spatial Fire is attracted to the earthly crust, and many subterranean manifestations fill the records of the planet.   Certainly all events are tightly linked with humanity as well as with ensuing actions.  Thus the manifestations evoked by the spirit of humanity create the Karma of the planet.  How many of those perturbations are evoked by the spirit of humanity and the quality of thought!  Therefore the coordination of the trend of thought with the created affirmations stratifies space which is saturated with the manifestations of Spatial Fire.  Thus the life of the planet is forged, and the striving of humanity must be directed to the purification of space.

189.  Thus, thought can be commanded to direct itself to a benevolent intention.  Humanity dreams of a better future, still it does not know how to pierce the depths of darkness, because the basis manifested by the Cosmic Fire is not observed in life.  The laws of gravitation have lost their significance, hence only the law of purification can provide that which the planet has lost.  Verily, only purification can provide the essentials for efflorescence.  The key is within the spirit, and only this key can vouchsafe achievement.  Hence, on the way to Us, the entire beauty of spirit must be understood.

190.  It is necessary to understand it literally when I say that a considerable number of sicknesses should be treated with psychic energy.  Infection of the nerve substance will always be the primary cause of various diseases.  In the infection of the nerve substance the Higher World unites with the lower; through a gap in the nerve substance any intruder can penetrate, beginning with obsession and ending with cancer.  Yet the nerve substance can be protected only by psychic energy.  This training of psychic energy will be the true prophylaxis of humanity.  At least a pure thought can be applied, thereby protecting the entrances to the nerve spheres.  Even such a simple measure will be useful.  Also, psychic energy will be the best purification during the period of a hidden disease.  But terrible is the decomposition of the