Marchaevo

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Marchaevo

The village of Marchaevo is 24 km from Sofia. A small group of the Master's followers lived there. A few days after the disastrous bombing of the capital city, the Master arrived in the village, accompanied by a few disciples, and stayed in Temelko's house. "The home was alive. Everyone was busy preparing a room for the Master. In the evening, an oil lamp lit a large living room, full of brothers and sisters, sitting at a long table having dinner, their gaze fixed on the Master. They all felt as if after a shipwreck they had reached a shore." As usual, the Master was explaining: "It is not the bombs in the outer world that are the most dangerous, but the bombs inside you. They inflict dangerous damage. You need to find the safe place in life, and that safe place is the Love of God. Now you will understand the power of prayer and faith." Peter Dunov spent nine months in Marchaevo. Their meaning was indicated by some symbolic events. The winter days passed without much commotion. Visitors often came from the capital as well as from the country. Everyone who could be of help or service was eager to do his share. The small group's life was part of an invisible activity that had a special influence on the events in the outside world. The Master was the driving force, and the disciples were the implementers.

Temelko's home in Marchaevo, now a museum of the Master.

Inside the museum.

When the Spring came, a source was discovered in Temelko's yard. The water was piped under the Master's directions. A source is a multitude of pure little drops in one, and their attack overpowers even the hardest rock when they try to come out under the rays of the sun. This is the victory of the Spirit over matter." "The Master was continuing the mission of the Word, 'building invisibly a new world. Vlado and Temelko were the lost eager workers. The Master himself oversaw the activities. They had a symbolic meaning; awakening energies were built into the fountain. The Master named it "The Fountain of Good".

On the 22nd of March, the first electric lamp was lit in Marchaevo. This was an important event for its inhabitants. Vith his usual symbolic thinking, the Master remarked:

"Today we will rename Marchaevo; from now on it will be called Svetlyaevo. The light has arrived. This is the victory of light over darkness!"

However, light must be in human deeds, too. On the 22nd of March, the Master delivered a morning lecture in which he told his disciples: "This world needs people who bear God everywhere they go. It has been said: "But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God". Without love, without a knowledge and without freedom, the deeds cannot be made manifest."

Life was not easy for the small group in Marchaevo. The Master could feel the tension. He disapproved of the disciples' claims. He taught them not to resent the hardships. "You are now in Marchaevo and you often complain that you lack comfort and that you don't have enough space. There is a large hill in front of me; it shuts out the sun but I am not worried. It is telling me: Don't stay inside, get out. The east wind is cold, get out into the sun".

Peter Dunov, August 1944.

During the spring and the summer, the disciples often made excursions to the nearby Vitosha. They walked, talked and observed nature. The Master was always with them. They occasionally met other hikers who, like them, longed for some fresh air. "People pass down the road all the time; some are young, others are old. Occasionally, there is someone who shouts: Why do you sit there? Come preach to us. We've turned drunkards. Come speak to us. I answer, There is a lot of work to do in the world. We are here to take some rest, on vacation. Soon the vacation will be over and another school year will start. We will go back to our school to learn. We need to be armed with new energy and motivation." The Spirit's mission was to work, never stay idle. Regardless of the hardships, the only direction could be forward, towards the new.

On the 6th of August, in the afternoon, the Master went into the room with his violin in his hand. He was dressed in a light-coloured suit. He started playing inspiredly the songs that had been keeping the morale of the Brotherhood for years. All disciples sang enthusiastically with him. A special atmosphere of harmony was created. In the end, the Master played a new melody, his latest song. The words echoed the way each of them felt at that moment: "I bear my sorrow in life with joy..." That was the lesson of the day, the formula for the disciples' future life. At the end of August, the group made an excursion to a place in the mountain called Ostrets. The last mountain camp was held there from the 25th to the 28th of August. Despite the hard times, disciples came from the country as well. Every day the Master delivered a lecture, usually in the morning. In the first one, he spoke in more detail about Love. He offered definitions, rules, and advice.

"Today I present to you the issue of Love in a material form so that you may understand it better. All difficulties that may arise in your lives in the future will be resolved through the law of love. Love is the only thing that resolves all difficulties." The weather was fairly cold, so the next day they stayed at the Ostrets Hut. The lectures there were short. Then the group spent a couple of days by the Edelvais Hut. Only on the fourth day, the weather started to improve. "What does this clear day show? It shows that people's situation has started to improve. The noetic world has designed a new project that will soon bring something good. New light is illuminating people's minds." "There is a concert today. The world is coming right. We are in harmony with heaven. The only thing we can do is show love to our Lord, love to our neighbour, love to all brothers and sisters, and love to our mothers and fathers."

The concert was coming to an end. It had been going on for 80 years, and the music flowed from Peter Dunov's life. It was recorded in space. Today its music sounds in every awakened human mind.

The Master's desk in his room in Temelko's home.