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Sowing of Spiritual Seeds

A traveler is in need of indications. Success is a very sensitive flower. The seeds can be planted only at a designated time. One must leave the house in time. But when the Teacher ordains the sowing, not a moment should be lost. Only children can think that if today has passed, tomorrow will be better. But a courageous mind understands that success that is missed will not be repeated. Even the sun does not shine uniformly. Refinement of understanding should be developed. The complexity of the time will increase. He who did not discriminate yesterday will not be resourceful tomorrow. The Teacher foresees an undeferrable, immediate sowing.
-Master Morya through Helena Roerich, Hierarchy

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Avoiding Criticism

Criticism leads to barriers and loss of time. Learn to distinguish the spirit of criticism from the ability to analyse and make practical application of the analysis. Learn to analyse life, circumstances and people from the angle of the work, and not from the angle of your personality point of view; analyse also from the angle of the Ashram, and not from the angle of the executive or the schoolmaster upon the physical plane.
-Holy Master D.K. through Alice Bailey,Discipleship in the New Age-Volume 2

Can one be on the path without a Teacher?

The poor teachers have still another card to play. They say that man has a teacher within him and he can be a disciple of His Higher Self, or his Inner Teacher. This card is very dangerous, and often people lose when this card is played.
Those who have experience know that not only do some people not have an Inner Teacher, but they also do not have a soul to claim existence. All that they are, are urges and drives, conflicting emotions, and imported thoughts.
The Inner Teacher of a person cannot contact a nonexisting human being. A living Teacher is needed to put the person in contact with the Inner Teacher, and the Inner Teacher will put him in contact with his true Self.
False teachers have another secret card. They say that when a person finds his Self and knows his Self, then he has no need for a Teacher. Here they also err because they think in term of finites.
There is no true achievement that does not have a vision beyonf one's horizon. The path of achievements is an infinite path. The greatest one is a small disciple of the one who is beyond him by a few light years. Thus those who find their true Self see for the first time a Cosmic path leading to the feet of their greater Teacher
-Torkom Saraydarian, Challenges of Discipleship

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The Danger in Flattery

My Teacher used to tell us to be careful when we praise someone or flatter someone. We may build an image in him for which he is not ready.
Sometimes we do not understand the difference between encouragement and praise.
In encouragement we stimulate the potentials that are in a person. In praising we build an image, the potentials of which are probably not active yet.
There is also the other side of this story. A person, because of his glamors and vanities, tries to build an image for which he is not ready. The Teacher or the leader or the father or mother tries to warn him that he should not build an image that he cannot justify or bear.
This is also a very difficult job because you are hated when you build an image that surpasses the person’s reality and when you prevent the person who tries to build an image for which he is not ready.
How much tactfulness is necessary so as not to awaken hatred or complicate the progress of people with all your good intentions!
-Torkom Saraydarian, The Mystery of Self Image

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Signs of Knowing if you are Under the Influence of Dark Forces

How do you feel if you are under the influence of dark forces?
First of all, you feel as if someone else is operating your "car". You notice that your mind is being operated by some mysterious force outside yourself. This force thinks for you;it leads your mind towards certain directions. You feel that these are not your thoughts and not your directions. You feel as if your emotions are being automatic. You lose control of them and notice that certain emotions control you and your life.
You notice that you sometimes talk without wanting to talk, or keep silent when you intended to say something. You notice at other times how you said certain things which you never have normally said. You see yourself making certain unconscious body movements and gestures which you did not intend to make. You even notice that your hands and feet are under the control of a mysterious force.
Other signs are that you do, see or think in contradictory ways, and you sometimes change your position from one camp to another. This eventually leads to insanity, a state in which ou lose your bearings and your identity. You lose control control over your urges,drives,glamors,illusions and vanity and turn into a broken branch in the rapids of the river of life.You fall into depression or rise to the summits of hilarity, You become pessimistic, suicidal, and hopeless or engage yourself in crime.
-Torkom Saraydarian, Battling Dark Forces:A Guide to Self Defence

Daring over Inaction-What Agni Says

It is astonishing to see how people spoil their own lives without reason or sense by depriving themselves of possibilities that are theirs by right. It is astonishing to see how readily people diminish boundaries expanded over lifetimes. We say that it is better to act in error than to commit the error of inaction. Daring in action contains in itself its own justification; it applies pressure that multiplies the energy. Is it possible to ignite the flaming spirit through inaction? By pointing out the necessity for joining with Us in action, We draw you into the spiral of this special pressure. Truly, in this spiral one can only ascend; it must be protected as a dynamo of the most precious energy.
-Master Morya through Helena Roerich, Agni Yoga

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MANTRAM OF UNIFICATION

The Sons of Men are one and
I am one with them.
I seek to love, not hate;
I seek to serve and not exact
due service;
I seek to heal, not hurt.

Let pain bring due reward of
light and love.
Let the soul control the outer form,
And life, and all events,
And bring to light the love
That underlies the happenings of the
time.

Let vision come and insight.
Let the future stand revealed.
Let inner union demonstrate,
And outer cleavages be gone.
Let love prevail.
Let all men love.

-Holy Master D.K. through Alice .A. Bailey, Discipleship in the New Age-Volume 2

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Healing quality of positive emotions

Any thought of joy has healing power. Even amidst sorrows one can find signs of love and compassion. Let these signposts help the weary traveler. Scientists must learn how much the rhythm of joy opens the gates to an influx of psychic energy. Science should demonstrate how the power of joy heals. … One must strive ardently toward the renewal of life. Everyone can think of heroism, of joy, and of exalted love. Everyone can gain the power of the healing remedy and spread these emanations in every direction.

The Thinker said, “Sorrow is transitory, joy is everlasting. Love the Light and Love the Beautiful."

-Master Morya through Helena Roerich, Supermundane Volume 4

Blessings and Reduction and Karmic Repercussion

There are times when one unintentionally sends negative energy to others out of anger. A person may go into an emotional outburst but realizes later on that he has made a mistake; he then apologizes. To psychically compensate, he sends blessings to the unintended victim. In such a situation, the karmic repercussion is minimal.
-Grand Master Choa Kok Sui, Psychic Self Defense for Home and Office