the avalanche of
signs which I am sending for the first time
and in haste.
And if in the battle you receive wounds,
heal them carefully and be not disheartened,
you warriors of Light!
420. Already you begin to fly about the world
in thought.
Already you begin to vanquish the oceans' span.
Already you know the joy of creating.
Already you sing the ecstasy of making life beautiful.
Already much has been accomplished.
My friends! Why not resolve to pass your entire lives
as heroes?
And if I say, 'You may rest awhile,'
This means that I know, for I guard you.
I said it.
421. Do we trouble the long-awaited visitor
with personal wishes?
No, we hasten to open the gates so that the desired one
may come in.
Let those who do not know fill space
with cries and supplications for help.
Those who have reached understanding
will assist events.
Often the hand is outstretched,
But the blind try to reject it.
Therefore, to suppress the conception of children
is worse than murder.
It is not right to pile up an accumulation
of personal desires.
Before the coming of the guest
it is better to ventilate the house, and in quiet,
repeating a prayer, to direct one's eyes to beauty.
Not necessary are countless fantasies and plans;
The spirit proceeds freely.
Earth's burden must be lifted.
Layers of effluvia enwrap every cradle.
Blessed is the mother who draws open the curtain
to let in the light, and who offers the first blossom.
In quiet, in beauty, and with a smile,
Await those new ones seeking entry into the world.
422. Help in spirit is the most powerful.
423. Cognitions, and solutions to questions of Being,
grow, like blossoming plants.
Before each new understanding,
the heart especially aches;
When the heart is pure, the pain
signals the coming of new knowledge.
Fatigue flies away, and the spirit's findings
rise from the seed like ears of grain.
Beyond the astral there are worlds in which
communication with the many levels of
evolution is easier.
The legend about ascension into heaven has a scientific
basis.
424. At present you encounter four types of people:
The first is fighting under Our Shield;
The second fights without Our protection,
but already is completing the payment of its
karmic debts;
The third wanders and gropes, blinded by the dark veil of
its fate;
The fourth comprises the enemies of Light.
The first ones will understand your call.
The second will quiver with expectancy.
The third will indifferently turn their heads away.
And the fourth will answer you, arrow for arrow.
Thus, do not impose the Teaching.
Each word falls on appropriate ground.
The destined word will be received.
Likewise, do not reject nor deny.
Each opinion is already a manifest action.
What is the sense of denying a fire
that is already ablaze?
Yet cover the fire and its force will disappear.
Likewise, nothing is gained by contradicting
opinions;
But cover the negative judgment with Our Teaching,
And the entire city of the enemy will be covered
by the vault of Our Brotherhood, for this dome
accommodates all.
I give you shelter, I give you strength.
I give you a path of beauty.
I have spoken.
425. The testing of people is unending.
Tests must be repeated until a design
is fixed in the brain.
It is easier but futile to write on the forehead
with the hand.
Truth is better than illusion.
Lofty is the Truth of the Coming World.
426. In order that My new disciples be able
to assimilate My Teaching, what has been given
before must be sternly repeated.
Each stone cast at you raises your tower.
427. Only time strengthens knowledge.
428. In the sacred evening of the Greatest Holy Day,
In the Name of the Universal Symbol, I say to you: