Circle of Good Will - The World Teacher Trust

Welcome NoteHearty fraternal greetings and good wishes to thebrothers and the sisters, who are gathered here thisevening. It’s a happy reunion.There is a representation of brothers and sisters fromAsia, Europe, Central America and South America.There are members from India, Denmark, Germany,Belgium, Spain, Puerto Rico, Argentina – and last butnot least – Switzerland and England. It is a good union.Crossing the frontiers (external) would also causecertain stimulations to cross the frontiers (internal),because in the subconscious layers certain good energiesare unconsciously gathered. It helps to break thecircumscriptions that we unconsciously build aroundourselves. Living the daily routine life, we unconsciouslybuild certain circumscriptions around us. So, when wemove away from our familiar conditions frequently,it would cause de-crystallization. Otherwise we gettotally crystallized, individualized and concretized andbecome prisoners of our own thoughts and developour own strong viewpoints about things. This iscontrary to what we call ‘open mind’. That is why itis said: “From time to time change is needed.” Changeis refreshing, change is charming. It is a good uniontherefore, that we meet in such congregations comingfrom so many corners of the globe, to be together andto experience something superior to the ordinary andnormal thoughts of mental plane. Movement intosubtler aspects of nature is also refreshing.Man is fulfilled, when he has horizontal movementand also vertical movement. Only horizontal movementmakes him get conditioned by material life. Thehorizontal movement should always be supportedby the vertical movement. For a man, the verticalmovement is from emotions to mental, mental toclean mental and clean mental to supra mental, whichis called the buddhic plane and then to the atmic plane,which is our original abode. Vertical movement andhorizontal movement should happen in alternation,otherwise man is stuck. That is why from time to timewe gather to make an analysis of horizontal movementsthat we have in objectivity and also analyse to whatextent we are able to move vertically and to what extentwe are able to climb up the peak. At the peak of ourpersonality is the soul. So, to what extent are we able totouch that which we originally are?It is the urge of the soul that gives the impulse fromwithin, and as a consequence we gather like this fromtime to time regardless money, regardless frontiersand regardless certain inconveniences. Everyone iscomfortable at his own house, but why do we travel,accept certain inconveniences, expend certain moneyand energy? It is the impulse of the soul that brings10 11