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103. How can one protect people if they themselves do not wish to hold on to the
thread of salvation? To keep on going in the right direction is in itself a victory. Our help
is ready to pour forth, but it must stream to someone and into something. Who, then, is
able to aid Us with straight, simple striving? The heart will help seekers find this channel
and discover the true path.
104. People do not want to observe the manifestations of the Subtle World, which are
scattered everywhere. Similarly, they cannot conceive of ethics as being a practical
pharmacopoeia for attracting the spatial energies by the simplest method. Do not tire of
repeating about the vital need to realize that by making use of the heart one can attract the
loftiest possibilities. People forget to apply the simplest method of disinfecting life. A lot
is said about the significance of fire, but it is completely forgotten that the living fire is
the best purifier. People received access to electricity, but the essence of the energy had
to be left out, and they wound up with a dead light. A bonfire, some firewood, an oil
lamp, or candles purify space and clear it of many contagious diseases. You can see that
people with knowledge not only use electricity but also have a real fire, which quite
easily attracts the spatial flame. Ask a doctor what role a lighted candle plays in
disinfection. He will probably think your question is silly because it has never crossed his
mind that fire might be a living thing. But why have there always been oil lamps in
temples, if not for the purpose of purification? What is the origin of the ancient custom of
surrounding a sick person with fire? Thus, fire can be a doctor and guardian. The living
fire in a furnace or oven often prevents workers from getting ill. Indeed, the bonfire as a
symbol of purification expresses a medical concept.
105. Even such simple matters as living fire must be spoken of in the book Heart.
Some of the best people are satisfied with electric lighting, forgetting how many illnesses
have been brought on by energies that once were deliberately bottled up. The same thing
goes for rays. Why do people fail to notice that X-rays affect the heart? Nor do they care
to note the influence of metals on the heart. A great many experiments are necessary in
learning to control the surrounding conditions even to a slight degree. Though people
wish to be freed from illnesses, they are in a hurry to increase them. We should not be
regarded as musty old opponents of inventions; quite the contrary, We are summoning
people to new discoveries.
It is essential to take into consideration the special conditions of the present time.
Understand the shifting of the peoples and the formation of new fiery manifestations,
which may have a profound impact. Whoever is able to maintain a mood of solemnity is
acting correctly. Harmony and cheerfulness are needed—take very good care of the heart.
106. Usually one of the main things that puzzle people is their inability to see the
Subtle World with the physical eye. Naturally, it is because the eye is not yet able to
master the transmutation of ether. Imagine taking a photo right up against the window of
a room; you could never succeed in getting a clear image, whether of the objects inside or
of the distant contours outside. Similarly, on going from a dark place into sunlight, we
sometimes are blinded and struck by the force of the blue light. By intensifying these
manifestations of light to an infinite degree, we obtain the light of the Subtle World,
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