364. I summon thee.
I proclaim thee Mine own.
And on thy girdle are clinking the keys to the doors of trust.
But how many have approached these doors!
And even tried to turn the key,
But did not know the moment to open.
And what is missed cannot be regained.
When you approach the lock, signal not to the old passerby.
Do not call again to those who have shown their ignorance.
On every crossroad new ones await you,
And every stone of the building brings you My Sign.
And when you enter and commence the tower,
Measure its foundation and encircle the rock under it;
For from this tower shall you behold the distances, ye builders!
I address thee briefly,
For thou must learn and remember.
Remember, remember, remember,
what I have told thee.
I said it.
365. The Secret is revealed in safety.
Do not destroy people by confiding too much unto them.
Often the burden of the load presents only a view of the back.
366. Approaching the mountain, one beholds a chaos
of stones and jagged peaks.
Beyond are the rocky chasms.
Then begin the mountain plains, watered by snow.
But behind the snowy summits thou wilt behold
great glimmering distances.
Thou art passing through a corridor of life,
And art raising dust with thy steps.
How great is the burden, how many the renunciations,
how vast the fear!
Where was left the Treasure of the World?
But if thou dost carry with thee only a precious stone
or rarest pearl wilt thou forget them?
Nay, thou wilt guard them carefully.
Thou wilt search thy pockets and fasten the clasps,
because thou dost carry a treasure of earth.
What care!
Thou wilt ask, "How, amidst the stress of life,
can one remember the Treasure of the World?"
I shall smile and say that it is simple
Gather at the seashore a pebble smoothed by the waves.
and carry it with thee, remembering the Treasure
of the World.
And when they press around thee
and cover thy garments with dust,
Then take in thy hand the chosen stone,
And do not forget the Treasure of the World
which I commanded thee to safeguard.
Remember, remember, remember.
I said it.
367. Shepherds have received the revelations.
Emperors have searched for it.
Scribes have displayed obstinacy about it.
Leaders have been fearful of it.
The Voice of God overshadows all when there is spiritual readiness.
368. The pulse reveals the synthesis of vibrations.
Each organism, up to and including the Universe,
has its own pulse.
A sensitive apparatus is brought into action
by even the pulse of a man.
The pulse of atoms creates an energy combination
which can be expressed easily in a formula.
It is still forbidden to recall it
because it will lead only to destruction.
I speak about dust because it penetrates deeply
and serves as a glove for the hand of the enemy.
Thus do people leave behind them warm, grey gloves
for the dark visitor.
369. The clamor of earth is shocking to the growth
of the spirit.
Yet through fortitude do you proceed to the Gates;
Yet through understanding do you enter
the Gates of Service.
And chiefly, remember the Lotus of Trust
both day and night.
370. Read, and consider how many times even Christ
withdrew into solitude.
Even His Spirit had need of prana.
Observe the manifestations of each day are full
of deep meaning.
371. Hearken!
For I wish you to approach Me joyous and radiant in the day of the Great Darkness.
It is true
I have confided much to you,
I have given you dates and warnings,
I have granted you the possibility of victory,
And I have revealed to you
the Secrets of Our Decisions.
You can conquer and attain enlightenment,
But give to Me your offering.
It you are afraid,
Give Me the fear.
It you are in doubt,
Give Me the doubt.
It you are in anger,
Give Me the anger.
And if you give Me a handful of trivial objects,
I will also accept these dusty playthings and recast them in My Tower.
True, if you wish again to make use of your gift in your life,
Do not forget the true worth of him who takes back
what he has once given away.
Thus, I have accepted the tear and the doubt and the anger this is for Me.
And for you is the path to the Light.
For I wish you to approach Me joyous and radiant
in the day of the Great Darkness before the Sunrise.
372. I know thee who scratches at the door.
Thou hopest upon the shoulders of a guest to enter
My House.
I know thee.
Thou hast become subtle and resourceful,
Even more resourceful than many of Mine.
Thou hast fastened thy clasps and prepared thy garments.
Thou hast even studied all My expressions.
I hear thee pronounce even Joy.
But here I shall stop thee.
Thou dost not dare pronounce the joy of love.
Thy joy is the joy of hatred.
But behind hatred is hovering the loathsome shadow of doubt.
And doubt is not worthy of a shield.
I will receive thy arrows in My Shield.
But if thou wilt persist,
I will send thee with a smile but one.
373. Truth is wrung from the lamentations of the body.
Though the horseman spur his steed,
Yet will wings carry him more speedily.
374. Why has the earth been laid waste?
Why has the temple been overthrown?
The father's anger will pass.
The morning bird is ready to sing out the dates.
The prophecy of days is being fulfilled.
Arid filled to the brim are the chalices of the Archangels.
Hallowed be the Name of the Lord!
People will rise up by the spirit.
The essence of the miracle is simple:
Love is the miracle. Beauty is the miracle.
375. When clouds overcast the sky
and lightning flashes,
Is it not better to remain within the walls of the house?
Though rain penetrate the shutter,
Still there will be no danger.
If you will know there is experience of action,
there is experience of silence.
When I say act, exhaust all the resources of action.
When I say silence, seek all the means of silence.
And if the experience of action is lengthy,
the experience of silence is briefer.
And therefore act through silence.
But if you desire to display the force of action,
Gather the children those of the future.
And in action with children you will not be ensnared
in the prepared traps.
Short is the time and you know the dates.
I said it.
376. The best remedy, the best weapon,
is your realization of Our Care.
Being affirmed in union with Us, you will proceed invincibly.
Displaying the example of achievement,
you will grow to the stature of giants.
Some are terrified at the destruction, some rejoice at it.
But for you each fallen wall is only the pathway to Light.
377. I will show My Shield to him who is on the way.
I will show it to him who smites each manifestation of selfishness.
I will show it to him who keeps an appointed dale.
I will show it to him who senses the path of Service.
I will show it to him who covers his tent with My Name.
I will show it to him who bears his shield aloft.
I have revealed to you My Will do not transgress it.
I will lead you; turn not away nor rend the web of achievement.
378. One may gaze only into the future.
And so it is necessary to turn only to the children.
Only in them is the lawful beginning of the work.
Revealing the new path, only in children will you find the power of confidence.
379. Amid stings does the heart of the dawn pass.
Reflect, reason, and spread the nets.
Hearken to the audible Command.
A miracle cannot be undone,
Nor can the summoned ones be expelled from their home.
And thou who knowest the course of the Luminaries, give way!
For I know thee, sower of confusion of thought.
I say to thee away with thy arrogance!
380. It is often better to defer a decision until the morning.
The morning is permeated with prana.
After sundown it is harmful to remain tense.
Evening is a time to tender one's gift.
Morning is the hour of cognition.
381. Who hath said that one must renounce madly?
Madness doth so remain.
One thinks already have I renounced.
Another thinks I gave up and have approached nearer.
A third thinks I gave up and already merit much.
But all their gifts are in the stormy depths.
We cannot renounce the possessions of another.
We cannot give away what we received for safe-keeping.
If one entrust unto a friend to safeguard one's property,
And returning, one ask it again, what shall the friend feel?
Only joy that he could return what he has guarded.
Therefore, rejoice and pray:
O Lord, Thou gavest me Thy Benevolence to safeguard.
Thou hast taught me how to guard It.
And now teach me how to return
that which I have guarded at Thy Call, O Lord.
Rejoice I am guarding.
382. Like elephants crossing the forest, crushing the
bushes and sweeping aside the trees,
So walk in the Great Service.
Therefore, know how to fight.
Many are called to the Knowledge,
But to few are opened the secrets of Our Decisions.
Therefore, know how to fight.
Thou shalt see how My Shield is defamed.
Thou shalt know how My Treasures are counterfeited.
Then shalt thou raise thy sword.
Therefore, know how to fight.
Chiefly, beware of treason and lightmindedness
Out of levity is born treason.
383. The appearance of doubt destroys one's armament.
Each shaky stone unsteadies the tower.
384. My Hand is above only the steadfast ones.
Weakness and lightmindedness foster treachery.
Treason is judged not by its causes but by its effects.
Each one is tree, but judgment runs according to deeds.
Initiation is not to be sought through savagery,
One must assure good fortune through labor.
The hour draws near when the Commandment is to be fulfilled.
The hour is decided; in it will be manifested to the
world the shield of the Law.
The night hour of confirmation and the day of
reasoning will bring joy.
Sent is the hour of understanding of the Scroll.
Sent is the hour of Testimony.
Manifested is the wing of the Archangel.
On it is the inscription of Peace.
The Heavenly Forces bear witness with Us.
It has been decreed to acquaint the nations with the New Word Love.
385. It is time to ponder about the New World.
My Precepts disclose the doorway of action.
Madly do people rush about, not knowing the future.
Doomed crowds are hastening to destruction.
Their course is bearing them to the abyss.
Observe the strivings of the madmen.
Revealed is an abyss of new transgressions.
Obvious manifestations fail to alarm
the brains of the half-witted.
To the fool the time is an empty one,
But grave it is for those who discern the Light.
386. I urge you to develop the will it aids the flight of arrows.
The will is the bow-string of the consciousness.
I see clouds over Europe
The Abyss has shown its depths.
387. One must needs understand the time.
One cannot show a humdrum face
when the very mountains are atremble.
388. Examine even the resounding stones under your feet.
For on them may be found traces of My Coming.
Waiting ones, waiting ones,
Even you may not recognize the hour of My Coming.
As the waiting is not easy,
I will give signs, and help.
I shall not come in the night.
And in the hours when the rays of the sun
do not reach the Earth,
Let thy spirit calmly rise to the Abode of the Creator.
I shall tell thee how to wait in the hours of day.
Not with hymns nor with exultation await Me,
But by strengthening thy labor in My Name.
Not in sleep nor during the repast,
But during labor shall I acquit My beloved ones.
In the morning, repeating the seven words, say:
Help us lest we pass Thy Labor.
And repeating My Name,
and asserting thyself in My Labor,
Thou wilt attain My Day.
Cherish and read My Words.
In these sorrowful days you will be vindicated by labor.
And through action will you be exalted.
And by My Name will you attain.
I said it.
389. Not the factory, but the workshop of the spirit
will renovate the world.
Like wallpaper pasted on by people,
that which has closed up the pores of life
will be washed away by a torrent
of stern Benevolence.
390. And so in labor shall you meet Me:
But where are the proofs of labor?
Speed, decisiveness and self-sacrifice.
But with speed and decisiveness one may also approach the abyss.
Therefore, add also wisdom.
Ask yourself in the morning, beginning your day,
What you can add to the entrusted work
that My Name should permeate all your deeds
And should enter not as obstacle but as affirmation;
Not averting, nor complicating,
but as a part of your decisive thoughts.
So, labor wisely and, accepting the Shield of My Name,
You will conquer all that obstructs the ascent.
This is the advice for immediate application to the work.
And so, precisely and simply I say:
Read and understand more closely My Teaching,
without losing the given dates.
My Hand be with you.
391. Remember how necessary it is to keep the Covenant;
Especially at a time of world-wide commotion.
Count the days until you will pass safely
through the conflagration.
I offer you My Hand and I will conduct you scatheless.
But be sensible and reject not the Hand.
After My Indications you yourself will apprehend the dimension of the fire.
It is shameful not to perceive the boundary of the New World.
It is shameful to trail at the end of a gallows rope.
Let the new sun shine in the window!
392. The tail of disobedience drags a long way behind.
393. Manifesting neither love of motherland nor deeds of valor,
They march, driven by fury-Pure morals are swept by fire.
The hand can hold only a gun.
But what of the Divine Image?
Befitting to It is the New Beauty.
394. He who is safe and sound remembers
with gratitude what has happened!
The strong one looks into the future with sword upraised.
The wise one perceives the coining task.
The beautiful in spirit thrill at the harmony of the World.
Seek the explanation of the rises and plunges of
the spirit in the shuddering of the planets.
The world is one in the consonance of spirit.
The wondrous gift of receptivity is natural
to all rational beings.
But knowing these currents
We do not call them oppressive
We seek new work beyond their range.
The moon by night, the sun by day.
Even the stupid dispose of life according to these luminaries.
Boundless is the World, countless the colors of the Light.
Immersed in Its harmony, the spirit sings the song of all hearts.
Therefore, rejoice if you can sense it.
Devoid of effectiveness is the slumbering spirit.
395. Respect the principle of Hierarchy.
In Brotherhoods great and small, all actions
are given through the Elders.
There may be teachings and inspirations,
but actions originate from One Source.
Await not gifts but gather treasures.
I can give thee all the pearls of the world,
But what wilt thou do with this treasure?
Thou wilt find the most iron-bound, the most musty,
the most tomb-like vault, and the gift will die.
But it will be different if under My Hand thou wilt
thyself string from human souls a necklace of pearls,
And wilt thyself match their size and value.
Look for the new ones they are appointed and directed.
But do not neglect their knocks.
396. One should treasure every hour of My Work.
One must grope and find the doorway to Light.
397. One should show reverence for the Guiding Hand by one's actions.
You can increase your strength by realizing the Shield.
Arriving at the crossroads, take only the new path.
My judgment is ready, but muster all resourcefulness
and avoid wasting energy.
The river must be nurtured by rivulets,
not littered with trash.
Clouds have become thickened;
One must not condense them still further.
You may understand truth is simple.
Learn to hearken to the Teacher.
398. Chiefly, act not through anger
but through indignation of the spirit.
The fire of anger leaves only holes in the web of the Universe.
But if you act in indignation of spirit,
Defending the Name of the Lord and the power of your Teacher,
Then even blows shall be forgiven.
Therefore, choose in all things between the fire of
anger and the purifying flame of the spirit's indignation.
399. Wisdom grows not by centuries but by hours.
When countries merge in an instant,
When prison walls are crumbled, remain steadfast.
400. If you could remember the ecstasy of the spirit freed from evil,
You would rejoice, not mourn!
The spirit burdened with wickedness cannot rise.
But liberated righteousness flies away
into the radiance of the Light.
401. Only those bearing a stone in the heart
can violate the joy of the spirit.
The wings of happiness are granted only
to those uplifted in thought.
Needless are crowds and hordes
One can attain by the lone flight of the spirit.
The manifestation of unity vanquishes hordes.