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VII. GOD There is One who manifests Himself as Love, as Wisdom, and as Truth. There is One! And all of Living Nature speaks of this One, of this Great One. They call Him God, Lord, Father. It is He who fills everything, all of creation, all worlds, all solar systems, and nevertheless, He is still unrevealed. He cannot reveal Himself completely, even in all eternity. It does not contain all the forms by which He might reveal Himself. Of Himself, the Absolute, the Unattainable, has no form. He is "nothing" but this "nothing" contains everything within itself. He limits Himself without becoming limited. He diminishes Himself without being diminished. He creates and is never exhausted. He reveals Himself in everything but He Himself is not in that which is revealed. He sustains everything - from within and from without - but He Himself participates in nothing. We compare Him with Light, Reason - the Logos. But He Himself is neither Light nor Reason. Light and Reason - these are His manifestations. God is not present in the world in a material way. Indeed, when an artist paints a picture, is he in the picture? When a sculptor carves a statue, is he in the statue? The Great Unknown reveals Himself as Light without shadows, as Life without interruption, as Love without change, as Knowledge without errors, Freedom without limitations. And when we say that God is Love, we understand that Love is one manifestation of God. Therefore, wherever there is Love, wherever there is goodness, which is the fruit of love, there God is revealed. When we speak of God as Love, we have in mind that Being from whom all life in the universe proceeds and who unites all living souls in one whole without being changed Himself. There is only one Being in the world who is absolutely good in the true and full meaning of the word and that is God. He is always kind. In His benevolence, God has absolutely no desire to do evil to anyone. If He passes by even the smallest insect, He smiles at it and gives it all the best conditions for life and development. God judges no one. He restrains no one, He limits no one. God is most beautiful in that He remembers only the good we have done. The evil He does not remember. God gives perfect freedom to all beings. Never has He told any being in the universe, no matter how small: "Do this!" or "Serve Me!" He points out the way, but leaves each being free to make his own choice - to do as he thinks best. Indeed, what does it profit God if we reverence Him and serve Him? Can we give Him knowledge? - No, He knows everything. Can we give Him power? - No, He is all powerful. Everything might pass away, everything might fall apart. He remains unshaken. The only way in which we can appeal to God is through our helplessness, our misery. When He looks upon us, so small, so miserable, so ignorant, in His greatness there is born a desire to reach out to us and tell us: "Rise up now!" God's desire is to set us free, to purify us, to enlighten our minds, to ennoble our hearts, to bring into our souls that light by which we come to know that He is Love. In the heart of God there is something great. It is He who elevates whole nations as well as separate individuals. All good things come from Him - knowledge, wisdom, truth, freedom. He has elevated all great men. They represent the inspiration of the divine spirit. It is God who wishes to introduce Love, Wisdom, and Truth into the world through these men. In God's Love, Wisdom and Truth the totality of life throughout eternity is included, as well as the blessing of all souls. Whenever Love, Wisdom and Truth are manifested, the divine Spirit is present among men, and life then is manifested in its real essence. Man must know that there is only one God and one Love, one Wisdom and one Knowledge, one Truth and one Freedom, one Righteousness and one absolute criterion, one Virtue and one source of good for all. Except for this criterion there is no other measure of the great reality, and the truly real is only that which belongs to the One, the living God. However, many people ask: "Does God exist, and if He exists - where is He?" The entire universe represents the "city of God" where God abides. His consciousness, His mind, is so great that it embraces even the smallest beings and governs their lives. All angels and all great beings who lived millions of years before us on earth, understand what God is. They stand with holy awe before that great Being from whose heart flows the Love that advances and supports the whole cosmos. And if you ask them where God is and what He is, they will reply in your own language: "No being is nearer to you than God. No being has a more awakened mind, a more responsive heart, a mightier will. For Him, nothing is impossible. No being is nobler, holier, purer, wiser, mightier, more powerful than God. He is everywhere. He is in heaven - in all the suns, and on earth, behind everything: behind air and water, behind stones and plants, behind animals and man. There is nothing in the world which God does not sustain." Everything within us and outside us, everything that surrounds us is the background behind which God is hidden as a great artist. He is hidden well because He wants to leave us free. And because God is so well hidden, men unceasingly search for Him on the surface, and wish to reach Him by external means, to prove His existence. But God is not a reality that can be proven. The attempt to prove the existence of God is equivalent to affirming that there is no God. Every proof of the existence of God is a mechanical process. When a man requires evidence for the existence of God, that shows that he has cut off in his consciousness his connection with Him. When that connection is restored, life begins to flow unceasingly from God to man, and back from man to God. Then in the mind, in the heart and in the will of man there is a continuous stream of divine consciousness. Then all those empty and ridiculous questions, whether there is a God, or there is no God, whether God loves us or has forgotten us, are ended. Our love for God, from which proceeds the living connection between Him and man, is a mystical inner experience which manifests itself in various forms and degrees. The magic power of this experience is hidden in that moment when man directs his mind, his heart, his soul and spirit towards the eternal Beginning, without any hesitation and without any doubt. When this moment arrives, man can accomplish anything. Only then can he understand the meaning of life, because only God can reveal that meaning to him. Then man will understand that he was born to love God, to imprint his life with that love, and not to be a servant to human conceptions. Man's soul whispers this softly to him. Because - you must not forget - the only beloved of the human soul is God. Therefore, I call only him a "man" who has come to love God. The moment in which he is self-determining and loves God, designates him a man. Such a man draws the attention of all good men and they say: "Something divine happened today." The greatest moment of a man's life is when he comes to love God. That means that he is blossoming and the fragrant aroma will be carried far and wide. It means also that he overflows continuously like a fountain that knows how to give. In this state all reasonable desires of the man can be fulfilled. Then man becomes truly free. He attains that freedom which Truth brings. And by Truth we mean the link which God established between Himself and us. There is no other freedom. People of today who have lost almost entirely their link with God, imagine that they can do anything they wish to do: they think that they even have the right to criticize God. Indeed, no other being has endured greater profanation than God. But He, so to speak, has not even knitted His brows. He looks quiet and peaceful in the radiance of His never changing benevolence. Only he who lives in that unchangeable, real world where God lives, who serves God and understands His will and His laws, only he is free and only has "free will." Remember this: The one being who loves us is God. He is one and the same, when we rejoice and when we grieve. In sorrow and in joy, it is God who speaks to us. Remember also: in order to ask what God is, you must have studied not one but many eternities. And only after you have acquired all the knowledge of heaven and earth, will you have the right to ask that question. And do you know what answer you will receive? Clearly and simply: "God is Love, which you must experience within yourself." But before that, while you grope for evidence of the great reality, remember these simple truths: If you ask yourself where God is, know this: wherever there is life, wherever there is thought, wherever there is feeling, there God is. If you doubt God, you doubt yourself. Because there are no changes or betrayals in God, the reverse cannot be true. There are no exceptions in the Love of God. Therefore, wherever you go, you may doubt everything, but God - never! Know that He is everywhere, and when you call on Him, He will help you. When you hear people say that they do not believe in God, observe them attentively and you will find that they consider themselves gods. Do not serve such gods! Remember also: where there is meaning, God is there. Where there is no meaning, God is absent. And where God is absent, there is "hell." You might ask: When is man good? At the moment when God manifests Himself in man, he is good. When God is not manifest, man is evil. When God enters into man, man becomes joyous and ready to perform any service. When man refuses to serve God, God forsakes him. Do not ask yourself whether God loves you - He has not stopped loving you from the first day to the last - but ask instead whether you love God. Test your love with the only sure standard: which is stronger within you - your own desires or your love for God? If your love for God is the stronger, you are on the right path. But if your love for God is weaker than your desires, then suffering and misfortune will not cease. If man has God's love within himself, whatever may happen will turn out for good. If he lacks that love, then his path is long and difficult, and his desires unattainable. The path toward God is in perfection. The perfect man has only one thought - his advancement toward God! Without perfection God remains incomprehensible for us. By aspiring to perfection, man will come to know God as Love. Then he will feel the pulse of all living beings on earth. There is no greater bliss for a man than this - to feel this pulse. Then man will understand the great meaning of these supreme words uttered by Christ: "I live in God and God lives in me." "I live in God" - this implies that God is "without." "God lives in me" - implies that God is "within" and I, the man, am "without." Therefore, when God is within you, do not restrict Him. Give Him absolute freedom within you, so that He may also give you absolute freedom within Himself. "The Devil" is a being which has restricted God within himself, and therefore, God has limited him from outside. Give absolute freedom to God within you. And then a boundless world will be opened up for you.

VI. RIGHTEOUSNESS "Then shall the Righteous shine forth in the Kingdom of their Father." Neither on earth nor in heaven, but in "the Kingdom of their Father." This kingdom is not the kingdom of nature. The kingdom of nature is a kindergarten for the education of little children. And these righteous men are not the ordinary righteous of the earth, nor is the Righteousness of which I am speaking the ordinary righteousness. I speak of that Righteousness in which there is light. "Then shall the Righteous shine forth in the Kingdom of their Father." If you radiate the light of that kingdom, you are righteous; if you do not, there is no righteousness within you. Among the ordinary righteous on earth, who have no light, everyone might pass for a righteous man. "The Righteous will shine forth in the Kingdom of their Father." Many might say: "What does it matter to us that the righteous people will shine forth in some kingdom or other?" But this is of great importance. There can be no advancement and no development in the world without light. Billions and billions of years ago these beings - the Righteous - entered the Kingdom of their Father and acquired this light. Because of this light the world sees now. The light we live in now, is the light of the Righteous. It is the radiance of their righteousness. Who are the Righteous who shine forth? They are bright angels, servants of God. And if they stopped shining, stopped living in righteousness, we, here on earth, would be lost. If you ask me why Righteousness is necessary, I will answer: "So that future generations might live in your light." The light which comes from Righteousness is the essence of the light that gives life, that carries life within itself. Love is revealed only to those who are righteous and who "shine forth in the Kingdom of their Father," that intelligent divine world where the Righteous comprehend the deep meaning of all things. Righteousness is a quality of the human soul. Each soul is born in order to be righteous. And in the beginning it was righteous. Acquire this quality, this heritage which is given to you - to be righteous. Every soul must be righteous. Why? In order that the great light might emanate from it. And within the light that emanates from Righteousness, Love will reveal itself. Righteousness is the foundation on which Love reveals itself and illumines the human soul. All souls can be righteous and shine forth. Souls that do not wish to shine forth, are souls that fight against God. Do not fight against God! Enter into the light of Righteousness and realize that you do not live as you ought to live. Do not fight against the great Father of Love, who unites the whole universe and all beings in His harmony. Sanctify His name because it is He who has sacrificed Himself innumerable times for all beings. Once you hear His voice, the desire to sacrifice yourself for Him will arise within you. You will be ready to give everything without the slightest regret. You will say to yourself: "What I have given is very little; would that I could live for millions of years so that I might continue to give." The absolute Divine Love requires absolute Righteousness. Where there is no Righteousness, there is no Love. The physical aspect of Love is Righteousness. In order that Love might manifest itself in the physical world, Righteousness must truly be there. If there is no Righteousness, the sweetest words are empty. People are in need of the absolute Divine Righteousness - that Righteousness which will be applied equally to all without exception, which will take into consideration the good, not only of man, but of all living beings, from the smallest to the greatest. The great Righteousness requires that the law be equal for all - for the ox and the man, for the learned and the ignorant, for the common citizen and the king. When this sacred law is revealed to us, we all must feel deep reverence. Whether the common citizen or the king makes a mistake, it is nevertheless a mistake before the law of Righteousness. It is Righteousness that creates true relationship among human souls. If it is achieved, then proper respect will be manifested, that respect which men should have for one another. Then we shall not look with disdain at anyone, but shall all hold one another sacred. Therefore, in order to attain perfection, you must establish Divine Righteousness as the first step in your life, through which Love towards all beings - man, animals, plants - is manifested. When you acquire this, wherever you look you will see only good. Seeing good everywhere, you will feel a holy awe within your soul. Righteousness is something inward. Being just means learning how to cope with each of your thoughts, with each of your feelings, with each of your actions. Being just is knowing how to act as a thinking being, as a reasoning, truly cultured man. If you desire to have good relationships with all beings, be just toward them. Righteousness is a great inner process of distributing all Divine blessings among all parts of the organism - be it the organism of the individual, of the community, or of all humanity. Righteousness is the circulation that carries blood throughout the body so that each cell may take all that it needs to perform its service. Thus, because of Righteousness, because of this great process of circulation, the smallest cell, the smallest being of the world receives its nourishment. Righteousness might be likened to water. Righteousness is for human life as water is for the hard ground, because it is Righteousness that softens hard bodies. People who are embittered are hardened because they lack righteousness. And those who have become softened possess righteousness. Render to each man his rights and he will be softened. Water does the same to the plants. We must render to each man his rights because as water is necessary for the growth of the plants, so Righteousness is required for the growth of our minds and hearts. Without Righteousness there can be no growth. If you wish to develop correctly, you must be righteous. And when you must act righteously, do so even if the world has to be turned upside down. The faint-hearted cannot be just. The man of Righteousness must be absolutely fearless. There must be Righteousness in a country in order that there be peace. If there is injustice, disorder will follow. Open the pages of history, examine the present and you will see that injustice has always been the cause of disorder. Everywhere the law is one and the same - where there is injustice, there follows disorder. Righteousness defines the relationships among men. It distributes God's blessings - the blood of life - to the organism of humanity. Righteousness must so prevail that there will remain not a single poor man in the world, sighing: "Isn't there a God in this world?" Therefore, a truly righteous man on earth, when he prays, should ask God to show him a suffering soul whom he might help. Divine Righteousness does not acknowledge any honor or fame, any riches or learning gained for personal advantage. As long as man seeks the things of the outer world, he will live in the transitory world and everyone can steal his blessings from him. When his riches are contained within his heart, then he has already found his beloved, the Divine Righteousness that makes man steadfast and invulnerable. From the fullness of their hearts, from the abundance of their blessings, truly righteous men share. They are indeed rich. They have come to earth to do some special work and to acquire experience. They have come from another realm, and the whole earth is at their disposal. They may live here as long as they wish. When they complete their mission, they will return to their own realm. The righteous are rich. They are Sons of God. And every man who is a Son of God has at his disposal the resources of the whole solar system. They are the heralds of Divine Righteousness, which is coming now into the world to warm human hearts. And in the future, in the new culture, in the culture of the Illuminated, the human hearts within which Righteousness abides will bring light and warmth to the world. From the realm of divine Righteousness Christ sends His Word - Christ who is Love, manifested in Righteousness that shines forth in those who love Him.

V. WISDOM God is Love, Wisdom, and Truth - three great worlds which require all eternity to be explored. There are three things by which we may know God. They are: Divine Love, which brings the fullness of life. Divine Wisdom, which brings to the world the fullness of light and harmony. Divine Truth, which brings perfect freedom. And when we speak of the Holy Trinity, we understand: The First Person is Love, manifested in life. The Second Person is Wisdom, revealed in the Light of knowledge. The Third Person is Truth, manifested in Freedom. Therefore, there are three points of contact between the human spirit and the Divine Spirit: the first is Love, the second is Wisdom, the third is Truth. From the moment of first contact with God, man feels an effusion of Love; he is transformed into a fountain of life, flowing unceasingly. And because this fountain has to find a course for its movement, the second contact with God takes place, and this is wisdom, which marks the course of the movement. Accordingly, the first aspiration of the human spirit is toward life. The second aspiration of the human spirit is toward knowledge. The third aspiration of the human spirit is toward freedom. When the spirit acquires knowledge, the result is light. When we speak of Divine Wisdom we understand that this means the complete light of boundless space which will never be extinguished. Light is the garment of Wisdom. And the physical light which we use is a result of the surplus energy which the Cosmic Man generates during his mental activity. The Cosmic Man has acquired so much knowledge that he has an overabundance of light. Wisdom is the world of eternal divine forms, which are woven out of Love. Love is the substance itself and Wisdom represents the forms of harmony expressing themselves in music and poetry. Wisdom is the world in which are hidden, from the beginning of time, all things that God has created, all things that the higher beings have created, and all things that men have created on earth. Because of this, the world of wisdom is open to us also. True, essential knowledge flows forth from that world. And when that knowledge passes through the three worlds - the divine, the spiritual, and the physical - and bears fruit therein - then it becomes real to us. When Wisdom dawns in the human soul, everything in man's mind assumes its proper place. All ideas become clear, definite, and harmoniously ordered. Then the mind of man opens up and he sees that this great divine world is beautiful, that harmony and order reign therein, and that when Wisdom prevails, the order is not violated. He sees that an immense field of work is revealed to his spirit. Then he begins to build. Indeed, only Divine Wisdom can satisfy the human spirit. But the path of Wisdom is the most difficult. It is a path for Masters. Only the perfect man, only the Master can manifest wisdom. Whether a man enters into the kingdom of God depends on his knowledge and wisdom and not on his love. It is not by grace that man enters the kingdom of God. Whether a man enters into the kingdom of God, and is given an honorable place therein, depends on his wisdom. Wisdom is the greatest good in heaven. It is the greatest and most imperishable treasure available to the human spirit. If a man is wise, he possesses the greatest divine blessing. When man is wise he is prudent and strong, and his light shines unceasingly. A man without wisdom is not yet a real man. And when we speak of Man we mean a being of Wisdom. Man is called the son of Wisdom. It is written in the Scripture: "I rejoiced in His Promised Land and my delight was with the Sons of men." These are the intelligent Sons of man in whom Wisdom rejoices. Through Wisdom, God created the universe. He created it for the Sons of Wisdom. God abides in them and they understand His Wisdom and glorify Him. For the glory of God is revealed only through the law of Wisdom. Therefore, only the wise can truly glorify. The wise man has tested and verified all that he knows. The wise man has an irrepressible aspiration toward Love. He desires to love even the smallest being he sees and to assist it. This is because the wise man appreciates equally the great and small things. The wise man needs no law. The fool must live by the law and under the law. If the wise man lives under the law, he is unhappy. If the fool does not live under the law, he is unhappy. The wise man lives according to that living law which God inscribed in his soul. He is beyond the conditions of temporary life. You who long for Light, hear the words of Wisdom: If you wish to acquire divine Wisdom and the secrets of living Nature, I say unto you, there is no other way than through suffering. If you judge others, if you grumble, if you complain, you are far away from wisdom. When you stop judging, you are near to Wisdom. If you philosophize, you are far away from wisdom, from your Master. When you cease philosophizing, you are near to wisdom, you are at the feet of your Master. When life loses its meaning, search for that which brings light. Learn from him who brings light. Remember: Virtue dwells only in that which never becomes dark. Associate with that which never loses its light. Aspire towards the light and do not forget: Knowledge never comes from only one place, and Light never enters through a single window. Innumerable are the ways of Knowledge and innumerable are the windows of Light. Implant Wisdom in your mind, and light will come, and knowledge will give you its help. Only the bright path of Wisdom leads toward Truth.

IV. LOVE Love is the world in which the Divine Spirit lives. The greatest world known to sages of all times, the world of which Christ speaks, is the world of Love. And when we say that God is Love, we understand that Love is the essence from which all things proceed. All worlds, through all eternity, have come forth and shall come forth from the source of Love. Everything in the world lives in Love and by Love. Everything that we see - stellar systems, suns, planets - all are manifestations of Love. The entire cosmos in its completeness, the whole physical world is Love, manifested and materialized. This is the great "body of God". Outside of Love, we do not know God. Love is connected with all living beings. There is not a living being - there is no living matter - that is not influenced in one way or another by Love, that is not closely connected with it. God, who is Love, is not only outside us, in the universe, but within us also. He is the living bond between all that is "without" and "within". Love enfolds all within itself. Love in itself is infinite, and everything outside it is finite. Therefore, we say: Only Love is eternal. From it flows all life. Love brings the fullness of life. Good, which is a fruit of Love, is contained within it. Wisdom is also contained within Love, because it represents the forms through which God's Love is manifested. Truth is included within Love, too. It is the purest image of Love. Righteousness is also included within Love. Therefore, the absolute Divine Love implies absolute Righteousness. Where there is no righteousness, there is no love. The physical aspect of Love is Righteousness. In order that Love be manifested on earth, there must necessarily be Righteousness. Love is long suffering and charitable, but absolute Love requires absolute Righteousness. Only he who is enlightened with Righteousness is capable of receiving divine Love. Christ is Love, manifested in Righteousness, which shines forth within those who love Him. Love is only for the great, strong souls. Enormous energy is hidden within the man in whom Love dwells. Remember: Love is not for the sick. Love is only for healthy people. The sick and the dead do not love. Only the living, who are filled with the Divine Spirit - they are the ones whose hearts pulsate with Love. Do not be deluded: the sick, the spiritually dead, are not illuminated by Love. And when you hear someone say: "I am a man of cold reason, I cannot love, I have no time to spend on such trifles," know that that man is foolish. The wisest, the greatest thing in the world is Love. The wisest Being, of whom it is said that He is Love, loves. He Who has created the worlds, Who has made everything, Who has filled everything with life, Who has made all sacrifices - He loves, and this pygmy with his "cold reason" has no time to love! Christ descended to earth to proclaim Love, and the persons of "cold reason" cannot love! Journey through the heavens, the whole universe, tour through all worlds, and all will tell you that God is Love. And if you ask an angel: "Does God love us?", he will answer you: "Better ask me to give up all my consciousness, everything that I have acquired throughout all ages, than oblige me to answer your question - whether God loves you!" Indeed, God cannot be untrue to Himself. If we accept that God could be untrue to Himself, we admit that there exists some exterior force that could limit Him. And that is unthinkable. Love is unchanging. It always illuminates us. Remember the words of the Scripture: "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believe in Him should not perish, but have eternal life." This means: that because God loved the world, He sacrificed His most beautiful, most elevated, His "only begotten Son," in order to uplift those souls who believe in Love. And truly, one can believe in but one thing: in Love. Any other belief is false. Love stands above nationality. Love stands above any religion. Love itself creates the religions. There are no religions in the divine world. There exists only Love. The atmosphere of the divine world is Love. Therein everything breathes Love. Religions appear because Love cannot manifest itself on earth. If you wish to do the will of God, by all means, replace religion with Love. Then everyone who loves you will be priests and ministers in your temple. The greatest thing in the world is to come to know God as Love. The beauty of our life is in our connection with God, who is Love. Love contains within itself all conditions, all possibilities, all methods by which the human soul might develop to its fullness. Only love can awaken within the soul its hidden potentialities.Science and art cannot be the stimuli for the awakening of the human soul. This is temporary knowledge. The only true work in the world is the science of Love. It is the great object of learning for the soul. When man becomes conscious of love as a great and mighty power, his soul and spirit awaken, and he enters into actual connection with the physical, the spiritual, and divine worlds. Only through love can man understand the relationship that exists between these worlds, as well as the meaning of life. Do not forget one thing: in the life of a man there are only ten good opportunities to come in contact with love. Every ten years there is a possibility for that mighty power to start working. The remaining part of man's life is assigned to learning. If man succeeds in grasping one of those possibilities - one of the rays of the great sun illuminating the entire cosmos - then everything that is lofty and noble in his soul will begin to bloom, bear fruit and ripen. The fruits of the soul ripen only under the rays of that sun. When the first ray of Love shines out for you, you will experience within your soul such indescribable bliss, such light, such a mighty impulse in your mind, and such a striving of your will, that all obstacles of the world will begin to melt before you. A few moments of existence within the divine Love are infinitely more precious than a thousand years of ordinary human life spent in great pleasures and enjoyments. In loving, we seek God. We have to love God in order to receive and experience Him. In receiving Him, we experience His wisdom. It is written in the Scripture: "Thou shall Love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and thy neighbor as thyself." This is the only law that manifests itself in three worlds. Loving God, you are in the divine world. Loving yourself, your soul, you are in the spiritual world. Loving your neighbor, you are in the physical world. If man adheres to this law, there will be no power in the world that can resist him, no thought that will not be subject to him and that will not help him to attain his ideal. However, remember a great truth: only God loves because God is Love. There is no man who can love of himself. Man can be only a channel of Love, but he cannot love of himself. To want someone to love you, means that you want God to love you. God, desiring to manifest His Love towards you on earth, has to select a person as an instrument and manifest Himself to you through this person. It is enough even if only one person on earth loves you. Love, in its divine sense, is an intelligent manifestation of two exalted souls at the same level of mind, of heart and of aspirations - two souls equally noble and spiritually uplifted. Only two such souls can understand each other. Love between two such souls is like music. Because only two true virtuosos can play together. Often you ask: "Who loves us?" In the presence of the person who loves you in the divine way, whatever grief you might have, whatever disappointment you might have gone through, they all disappear at once. You will feel relieved and enlightened. Love is recognized by the following feeling: when a person loves someone, he sympathizes with him, he treats him as he treats himself. If this feeling is not manifested, indeed, there is no Love. The feeling of forgiveness comes out of love. Only love forgives. True Love is stronger than death. He who loves never dies. Love brings immortality. People die because of lack of love. If a mother has strong and unfailing love towards her children, death cannot take them away from her. Nothing can separate two beings whom love has united - death nor any power on earth. Love forms the most enduring ties in life. And when two souls are linked in such an enduring union by the power of love, they form one soul, twice as mighty and bright, with two consciousnesses. These two souls, when they meet another two souls united in this same way, come in contact with them and form a still mightier soul. The four souls then unite with another four and form a still mightier collective soul. So this divine process of love continues, that alone is able to form enduring, inseparable unions between souls. In this way, all souls unite in the divine Love into a whole so mighty, so enduring that no power in the world can sever its inseparable ties. Each soul of that whole lives within the other souls and they live in it. Thus unity in plurality and plurality in unity is realized. The salvation of man depends entirely on Love. And when Love manifests itself in man, even though he has fallen, he can at once rise above the circumstances. The happiness of man too depends on love. In happiness man feels a broadening and a completeness, due to the Love that has come to him. Then man hears the voices of all living beings and feels the pulse of the universal life. Love is the collective manifestation of all intelligent beings who have ended their evolution and have become one with God. The love of one of these beings is the collective love of all. And if the love of one being is not the collective manifestation of all intelligent beings, it is not love at all. Therefore, the supreme, ideal love is manifested in love towards all people without their suspecting its source. To love men even when they hate you and wish you evil, to serve them continually, without their knowing it - that is ideal love, that is serving God. This is one of the fundamental traits of divine Love - it comes to us regardless of whether we are sinners or not. Magic strength is hidden in Love. It is the key which opens everything that is closed. Love has its own sacred name - the lost magic word that the cabalistic searched for throughout all ages. The sacred name of Love - that is the magic key to immortal life. With it all negative energies are transformed into positive ones. A man can do anything with it. That is why it is said that everything is possible through Love. The only power that can magically reconstruct the entire being of man is Love. It has to penetrate everywhere within him, penetrate to the smallest recesses of his soul in order to transform him. Love must fill the human spirit. It must manifest itself fully, perfectly, boundlessly within the human soul. It must abide also in the heart of man as its essence and content. It must act in his mind as a cherished power. There are four manifestations of Love in man. Love is aspiration within the heart. Love is feeling within the soul. Love is power in the mind. Love is principle in the spirit. And that is the whole cycle of development, from beginning to end. Love as aspiration moves toward the center of the earth. These are the roots of Love. Love as emotion moves toward the sun - these are the branches. Love as power is manifested only in geniuses and in saints. It is manifested in all who sacrifice themselves for a divine cause. Self-sacrifice is a manifestation of love as power. Only a man who has intellect can attain the realization of love as power. Love as principle is just entering the world. It embraces everything. When Love manifests as power, there exist attraction, repulsion and contradictions. When Love manifests as principle, all contradictions cease. Man must pass through all phases of love. He has to pass through love as aspiration - through its roots; through love as emotion - through its branches; through love as power - through its blossoms, and then enter into love as principle to taste the divine fruit of Love. The world will not be transformed until Love permeates it. Love is a great fire that brings life. There is not a more terrible power than Love for those who are in disharmony with it. The torments of hell will be theirs. The fire of Love, like a great wave, is coming now into the world. It will melt everything that cannot endure the high intensity of Love. When Love is not understood correctly, its sweet juice, by the action of a certain astral fermentation, is turned into a peculiar type of wine. People get intoxicated by this wine when the impulse of love appears within them and they commit thousands of sins and crimes. But you, who think, recognize this wine of human love, which is formed subsequently from the sweet juices of Love. Go fearlessly down to the roots of Love. Expand yourself among its branches. Bloom as a flower of Love. Become the fruit of Love. And when you enter into the world where Love's fruits ripen, you will sing the song of him who has completed the great circle of Love - from roots to fruit. Listen to that song: "God is Love, eternal, boundless, full of life - life of the gentle Divine Spirit, the Spirit of sanctity, the Spirit of charity, the Spirit of complete peace and joy for every soul." And you will hear the response of the loving souls: "We shall walk on that path of Light, within which reigns Divine Love."

III. TRUTH About God we have two conceptions. When we first emerge from God, we conceive of Him as that which limits itself within itself. After we begin our development, proceeding from the terminable, the limited, and advancing towards that which has no beginning and no end, then we conceive of God as boundless and without a beginning. Truth, which issues forth from the limitless, has made things limited. Truth has revealed the limitless. God, being Truth, draws us to Himself, and Christ guides us along the right path of our inner advancement towards God. Therefore, Truth is the direction leading to the boundless and infinite, which is linked to the limited. It is written: "The Head, or Sum, of Thy Word is Truth." We know that every movement proceeds from the head and returns to it. The head indicates the direction. And when we say that someone uses his head, we understand that he has a direction and an aim in life toward which he aspires. Only he who has Truth knows the direction of his life. In the universe, everything is in motion. The earth moves around the sun. The sun moves around another sun - movement within movement. The common direction of all those movements is given by Truth. Not only an the heavenly bodies in motion. All of the desires, feelings, and thoughts of man form millions of worlds and systems which move toward the great goal - Truth. Man must know in every respect the course of his motion. He must not stop this motion under any circumstance. Truth does not allow the slightest indecision, not even for an instant. Everything therein is strictly defined. Every hesitation is fateful, because even the smallest movement of each person is so linked to other movements, that the slightest deviation could bring catastrophe upon him - an intersection of the routes in the universe might occur. All beings who do not live according to Truth desire to move in disorder. For this reason, Nature has restricted them. Truth implies movement in a definite direction - the direction in which everything in the universe moves - from the finite to the infinite. "Truth shall set you free." The aspiration and longing of the human soul is to be free. This is a mighty impulse, not in the ordinary man, but in him whose consciousness has been awakened. Freedom is a mighty impulse in the man in whom the Divine awakens. Truth implies the higher in man. "Behold, Thou desirest truth in the inward parts of man." The whole life of man rests upon Truth, which brings freedom. Freedom, in the absolute sense of the word, implies the spirit of man - that which is the most sublime in him - not the mind! Through Truth we can emerge out of the limitations of temporary life and of death, and can enter into eternal freedom. Some say that Truth is abstract. No, Truth is the reality that is at the foundation of our life. Truth is a world of indescribable beauty, which has its own colors, tones, and music. It is a world which exists now and will exist forever. In this world, everything is strictly mathematically defined. There is nothing unforeseen, nothing accidental. Truth is independent of individual conceptions. Whether you think in one way or another about it, whether you approach or retreat from it, you will not modify its relations. Love constantly aspires to Truth. Truth is the object of Love. Without Truth as an object, Love cannot manifest itself. Beauty is another expression of Truth. What is beauty in respect to man, that is Truth in respect to the Divine World. Truth is its light. Because it belongs to the world of immortality, Truth is inaccessible to sinners. Speaking to sinners about Truth is like a mathematician speaking to ignorant people about higher mathematics. Love tolerates people's faults and weaknesses. Truth, however, is strict and implacable. Truth does not tolerate ignorance, weakness, or impurity. Here lies its perfect beauty. Therefore, he who is weak may go to Love. He who is ignorant may go to Wisdom. He who is wronged may go to Justice, and he who wishes to be perfect may go to Truth. Do you think that Truth is among the rich? It is not. Do you think that it is among the poor? It is not. Do you think that it is among the learned, the philosophers, the believers or the occultists? It is not. Truth is nowhere to be found, because this world is a world of suffering and death, a world of unceasing changes. To such a world Truth cannot come. Truth cannot descend to it. Truth converses with the sun. Wisdom converses with the planets. And Love is so indulgent that it speaks to the lowest, most insignificant beings. Since it converses with the sun, Truth's aim is remote and exalted. Therefore, mortals cannot speak of Truth. They may state a fact as true, but about Truth itself they cannot speak. Open your soul to Truth and you will attain the freedom you seek. Come to love Truth! And if you are so poor that you have not even a cent in your pocket, know that there is something that is above any poverty. It is Truth. There is something that is above all riches. It is Truth. There is something that is above all authority. It is Truth. Truth will open for you a great vista, and you will begin to see. When Truth comes to you, it will enlighten your mind, it will bring peace to your heart, and give strength and health to your body. Only he in whom Truth lives can be a hero. Only he can sacrifice himself, and by sacrificing himself he will enter and live in people's souls. Therefore I say: First of all and above all, love Truth!

II. THE SOUL The separation of the human soul from God is one of the most sublime moments in Creation. This separation is known in the world of the angels as the dawning of the human soul. The soul emerges from its initial source like a Divine ray, and enters into the boundless universe to do the work which is in store for it. The soul is eternal. It is eternal just as God is eternal. But, while God is absolutely unchangeable, the soul is constantly changing, and thus it develops and acquires new qualities. Human souls live and move in God. They exist within Him in eternity, although they outwardly manifest themselves at different moments. They exist all together, al though they do not emerge from God simultaneously; they live one and the same life, although they are different: They differ because each soul represents a certain state of the Divine consciousness. Souls - these are different states in which the Divine consciousness manifests itself in time and in space. This is why we say: There is only one great Divine Soul, and all other souls are its manifestations. Everything in the world may disappear, but the souls - never. They cannot disappear because the Divine Soul, the Divine consciousness cannot disappear. The people of today have no knowledge of the soul. They are not conscious of themselves as souls, but rather as personalities. The personality is the physical man, and not the real self - the soul. People know the personalities of others, but not their souls, which are their true neighbors. As long as people do not accept the idea that they are living, intelligent souls, as long as they continue to be conscious of themselves only as personalities, as minds and hearts, as men and women, they will accomplish nothing. All these forms of consciousness have already been experienced. However, if people acknowledge in their consciousness that they are living, intelligent souls, then they will introduce something new into their lives, and will give themselves a new direction. At the present level of man's development, there is no higher state than the state of the soul. It contains within itself all the conditions, all the possibilities of the Divine Love. Only within the soul can God manifest Himself in His fullness, and Love can be fully expressed only through the soul. If you express your love only through your heart, it will be only half-expressed. If you express your love only through your mind, it will again be only half-expressed. All the weaknesses in the world arise from things done by halves. Up to now, the human soul has been developing into a bud. In our epoch, this bud is beginning to open. This opening of the bud-soul is one of the greatest moments of the cosmos. It is called the blossoming of the human soul. All the higher beings of the Divine world await with anticipation the blossoming of the human soul. They know that all the manifestations of God are inscribed therein, that in it is written all that has been before them, all that is now, and all that will be in the future. They know that the human soul is a sacred book in which God, in a special manner unknown to them, has written the development of all of Creation. Because of this, they await the blossoming of the human soul with divine anticipation. The blossom into which this soul will bloom, will shine forth with all its beauty, and God will infuse it with His light and His love. There is a beauty in the human soul which no other being in life possesses. It is incomparable beauty. Even God rejoices when He looks at the form of the human soul. All the angels, all the servants of God will come when the human soul blossoms. From time immemorial they have awaited its blossoming in order to taste its nectar. And when they come, they will bring the new culture which I name "the culture of Love." When Christ descended to earth, He came precisely to help the human souls, because each soul that comes down to earth has a specific task which it alone must fulfill. There are intelligent souls in the world who wish to advance and live consciously. The great Masters come to earth for these souls, and they are helped by all loving and luminous souls working in the world. Only souls that are loving and luminous are capable of helping other souls. They have finished their tests on earth. Divine consciousness has been awakened within them. Because of this, they do not desire to leave the earth. They say, "We shall live now on earth under any conditions. We shall live as God wills that we live. Now we understand the right way to live." Nothing is impossible for the human soul which strives to elevate itself. It is strong because of its ties with other souls which are its kindred. The greater the number of souls with which the human soul is connected, the stronger and more invulnerable it is. The success of the soul depends upon the number of souls with which it is connected. The consciousness of those luminous souls who participate in the life of a soul on earth is constantly concentrated on Love and thus, they help the soul selflessly. Therefore, the art of earthly life is this: while man is on earth, within this small physical form, he should come in contact with the souls of others. This is the key to success. Even if only one soul loves you, it is in a position to help you in the difficulties of life. But when many souls direct their love toward a person he can become anything - a poet, a painter, a musician, a man of science. Love is a great power. The path of each soul is strictly defined, and no one has the power to divert it. It is impossible for one soul to divert another from its path, because God watches vigilantly over all souls, and directs their movements in the boundless universe. In itself, each soul is a small universe which moves in its own path in the great universe. But the soul has the ability to diminish - to become infinitely small - and to expand - to become boundless as the universe. Emerging successively from God, souls find the same relationship existing among themselves that exists among musical tones. In their relations with one another, souls form harmonious groups. They form individual systems, moving in spirals in infinite space. In their involutionary movement, they descend in groups, but they stop at different areas of density, because not all of the souls are able to overcome the resistance equally. Only a small number of souls manage to descend to the densest matter. Thus, souls are connected in the form of a chain which extends through different planes. In their evolution, souls ascend according to the same law. Different souls ascend to planes of various rarity. To come to love the soul of men - this is the true morality. He who wishes to work with human souls must have a great mind. He must understand the profound processes that take place within the soul. The human soul has great depth! Depth and boundlessness! The human soul lives beyond our world, in a world of many more dimensions. Only a small projection of the soul reaches down to earth. It appears only from time to time as a guest to the mind and the heart. When the soul visits man, he becomes great, inspired, and noble. He again becomes an ordinary man when the soul withdraws. The soul is the spring from which all great thoughts and aspirations flow. And the soul itself is watered by another spring - the human spirit. And the human spirit is watered by a still greater spring - the Divine Spirit. The Divine Spirit is watered by the greatest of all springs - the absolute, the unknown Spirit of Creation, who is beyond our comprehension. Therefore, remember: You are soul, not body! You are a soul conceived at one time by the Divine Spirit, conceived in Love. At the present moment, your soul is already a bud, waiting to blossom into a flower. Concentrate your consciousness on it, because this is one of the greatest moments of your life! Then you will open yourself out to the great sun that shines over the whole world of God.

I. LIFE The source of life is Love. Love brings the fullness of life. Life becomes real when man comes to know Love. If man does not understand Love, he cannot understand life. If he does not understand life, he cannot understand time, in which life flows as a continuous process. And if he does not understand time, he will lose the musical rhythm of life and fall into a series of inharmonious conditions, which will cause him much unhappiness. The greatest thing besides Love is life. Life is the fruit of Love. However, Love and life are not one and the same. In life there are two processes in constant action: one is the process of construction, and the other is the process of destruction. In Love, these two processes do not exist. Love is something pure and unified. In life, however, there is differentiation. Life without love has no meaning. Such a life is a chain of suffering, of successive fallings and resigns. Life cannot manifest itself without Love. There is no life without Love. The first path of life is Love. In order to show that you are alive, you must love. The meaning of life is in loving and being loved. Life is the effort of the Spirit to manifest itself in the outer world, towards the periphery. When the Spirit manifests itself at the periphery and begins its work, we say that life is manifested in its elementary state, as temporary life. Temporary life is only a shadow of life, or the smallest projection of the totality of Life. Eternal Life contains infinite possibilities. It has within itself all the conditions necessary for wise growth. We understand the totality of Life to be the Great Universal Soul, which manifests itself throughout all of living nature. Our souls are parts or limbs of this Great Soul. In order that the great principle of Life be manifested, it must take on some form corresponding to its aspiration and movement. Aspiration is the inner intelligent urge and movement is its physical expression. However, Life does not manifest itself in only one form, but in an endless multitude of forms. When several forms unite and create a larger form, we say that this life is wisely organized. Then all the forms aspire to give manifestation to this higher form. Life never ends; it continues eternally. Its outer forms are subject to destruction, but Life continues forever. Nothing can annihilate it: Life is mightier than death. Life is free, intangible, continuous. It never ceases. It constantly flows in and out. And if Life does not enter in and flow out, man cannot unite with his surroundings. The Life that is within us is perfect. Pleasures, passions, incorrect thoughts and emotions limit the natural manifestation of Life. Life can only be good. There is no bad life. When it is said that Life must be improved, that is an incorrect idea. In its essence, Life is neither good nor evil. There may be admixtures in life, but it becomes neither better nor worse. Life flows from God and returns to Him. Therefore, in its essence, Life is absolutely pure. The changes that enter into Life cause the evil results. Then we speak of worldly life, of spiritual life, of temporary and eternal life. But Life in itself is neither worldly nor spiritual. When the animal nature predominates in man, then life becomes worldly. And when the wise nature predominates in him, life becomes spiritual, for the life in man is distinguished from the life in other beings by its intelligence. The word Life, in fact, means intelligence. Where there is no intelligence, there is no Life. Where there is intelligence, even in its weakest manifestation, there is also life. Intelligent Life is immortal life, life without suffering and torture. This Life, in fact, is the lot of man's soul. This Life has no confusion, but constant activity. Life in itself is a unity. Physical life, spiritual life, and divine life are three great manifestations of the Undivided Life. These three kinds of life differ in their natures, in their objectives, and in their aims. Physical life is constantly changing and modifying. It is the life of the surface of the water, of the waves of the sea. Spiritual life is being modified, but it does not change. It is the life of the depths of the sea. Divine life neither modifies nor changes. All these manifestations of life are closely connected with one another. They are parts of one whole, of the complete Unlimited Life. In order for a man to understand Life and thus to be useful to himself and to others, he must begin with physical life and gradually pass to spiritual and divine Life. He who does not love physical life can have no relation to light, because the energy of light is stored up in the physical world - in plants and in fruits. The health of physical life begins with the correct use of light stored up in plants and fruits. In short, it begins with correct eating. Food is the introduction to physical life, as music is the introduction to spiritual life, and as prayer is the introduction to divine life. Life is a treasure which must be carefully guarded. Guard it with Wisdom, and allow the true knowledge which proceeds from it to be its protection. Allow it to flow freely from its sublime source - Love. Enlighten it with Truth, which is the realm of absolute intelligence. Enlighten it with Truth, which gives freedom to life in all directions. Because Life has its dawn, its sunrise, and its noon. The dawn of Life is Love. The sunrise of Life is Wisdom. The noon of Life is Truth. Bring your life to its dawn! Bloom! Rise, stand on your feet, and feel that you are related to all beings on earth and in heaven. Bring your life to its sunrise! Blossom and bear fruit! Bring your life to its noon! Ripen! And when you rise to the noon of your life, you will understand its great meaning and taste the goodness of its fruit.

FOREWORD We present the discourse of the Master to all brothers whose souls are touched by Love, whose minds are illumined by knowledge, and whose spirits rejoice in complete freedom. Because the Master says: Only he whose soul is touched by Love lives. Only he whose mind is illumined by knowledge brings Light. And only he whose spirit rejoices in complete freedom may be called a real man and a brother of humanity. Beinsa Douno

Contents Foreword I. Life II. The Soul III. Truth IV. Love V. Wisdom VI. Righteousness VII. God VIII. Man IX. Spirit X. The Good XI. Freedom XII. The Light XIII. The Essence of the Divine Teaching XIV. Living Nature XV. The Great Universal Brotherhood XVI. The Four Fundamentals XVII. The Master XVIII. The Pupil XIX. The Sacred Fire XX. The Body of Love XXI. Christ Epilogue

http://en-petardanov.com/index.php?/files/file/22-%7B?%7D/ BEINSA DOUNO THE MASTER SPEAKS THE WORDS OF THE GREAT UNIVERSAL BROTHERHOOD The book is compiled by Georgi Radev (1900 - 1940). It includes subject extracts from the Word of The Master Beinsa Douno and represents the basic principlesof His Teaching. Its first edition was in 1939. The book is translated from Bulgarian by Ernestina Staleva in 1970. Copyright © 1997 Publishing House "Byalo Bratstvo"

The sixth exercise Formula: “I will walk on the road of Truth” VI. During d) pronounce mentally the formula: “God, come with Thy Spirit and cleanse me!”; During f) pronounce mentally the formula: “God, come with Thy Spirit and bless me”; and during g) “Let this way God’s Word be spread upon the face of the whole earth” a) Arms backward and upward in semicircle until upright position; b ) Right foot forward; c) Kneeling on the left knee and bringing down the arms forward in horizontal position; d) Bringing arms backward and placing palms sideward of the chest and breathing simultaneously; e) Bringing arms out forward horizontally and exhaling through the mouth (as a stream); d) and e) are performed 6 times f) Opening arms sideward horizontally; g) Placing hands with palms inward in front of the mouth with touching fingers and breathing; h) Turning palms outward, opening the arms sideward and exhaling lightly, quietly; g) and h) are performed 6 times i) Erecting the body; j) Bringing the right foot next to the left foot, k) Bringing the arms down. Comment: In performing each point of this exercise count to six. Breathing: a) - breathing, b ) - holding the air, c) - exhaling, d) - breathing, when the palms are “sideward of the chest” for a moment holding the air, e) - exhaling etc. Explanation: The teacher has not given an explanation of this exercise. Meaning: In the text of B. Boev the two formulas are given, which are pronounced mentally during the performance of this exercise and the following text for breathing: “When standing a deep breathing is performed”. Comment: Each of the movements of this exercise is performed counting 6 units – look at “Note” after the description of the movements. When the arms are upward, palms point forward - image.2. When bringing the arms down, palms point downward, the arms stop at the height of the chest and kneeling simultaneously - image.4. The follow are 6 movements of the arms toward the chest - image 5 and image 6, after a moment of holding the arms and the air, returning the arms forward horizontally - image.7, and in the utmost position the palms point more down as shown in image.4. Here 6 units are counted in each breathing and exhaling - the exhaling is accompanied with blowing the air which is not noisy, neither fast, but in the bounds of counting 6 units. While opening the arms horizontally sideward, 6 units are also counted and there is holding of the air - image.8. During the following movement, when the three fingers are placed in front of the mouth (not touching the mouth), the elbows stay at the height of the shoulder strip - image.9. When turning the palms outward with blowing - the arms open out sideward at the height of the shoulder strip and the palms point backward - image 10. The follow is a quick turning of the palms forward and so on – these two movements are also performed 6 times its 6 units. The exercise finishes with performing consequently the following movements: erecting the body - deep breathing, bringing the right foot next to the left foot, holding the air and bringing the arms down - exhaling.

The fifth exercise Formula: “I will delight in God’s goods” V. a) Moving the arms sideward, bending and placing the fingers over the shoulders; b ) Right foot forward without touching with the ground; c) Moving the same foot to the left; d) Moving the same foot to the right; e) Moving to the left; f) Moving to the right; g) Moving to the left; h) Right foot forward touching the ground; i) Kneeling on the left knee; j) Straitening the body. k) Left foot forward without touching the ground; l) Moving the same foot to the right, left, consequently three times; m) Left foot forward touching the ground; n) Kneeling on the left knee; o) Straitening the body. b ), c), d), e), h), i), k), l), m) n) are repeated. p) Right foot backward without touching with the ground; c), d), e), f), g) are repeated q) Right foot backward touching the ground; r) Kneeling on the right knee; s) Straitening the body. t) Left foot backward without touching the ground; d), e), f), g), d) are repeated u) Left foot backward touching the ground; i), j) are repeated p), c), d), e), f), g), c), q) s) are repeated v) Right foot next to the left foot. w) Placing the arms sideward (along the shoulders) x) Bringing the arms down. Breathing: “In the fifth of the six of them, old gymnastic exercises, when moving the foot in a semicircle, this is holding the air and when kneeling, you will exhale.” In a) – breathing, in b ), c), d), e), f), g), h) – holding the air, j) – exhaling and so on. Finally: Bringing the right foot to the left foot – holding the air, stretching the arms out sideward and when bring them down – exhaling. Explanation: For the fifth and the six exercises I will not give any explanations. They will stay closed, as the angle told John after his vision: “Copy this thing”. All these exercises have besides physical, spiritual influence as well. Meaning: “When the left foot remains still, while the right moves, then the heart balances and we awake the heart through the mind. And when the right foot remains still, while moving the left foot, then the heart works over the mind, the mind balances and awakening of the mind takes place. The shoulders represent the angelical world. We place the hands on them to awake the angelical nature within us. Simultaneously through this exercise we make connection with the angelic beings.” Comment: Through the whole exercise the hand touch with the fingers the shoulders such that the elbows are at the height leveled with the shoulder – image 1. The foot with which we perform semicircles in front/behind the other foot and sideward does not touch the ground – images 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 (here the example is with the right foot forward).

The fourth exercise Formula: “I shall serve God with all my soul” IV. a) Both arms are moved out parallel to the right (at the height of the shoulders); b ) Right foot forward; c) Haymaking to the left, kneeling on the left knee, straitening the body while the arms are taking parallel position to the left (at the height of the shoulders); d) Left foot forward; e) Haymaking to the right, kneeling on the right knee, erecting the body, the arms in the position of a); b ) and c) are repeated; f) Right foot backward; e) is repeated; g) Left foot backward; c), g) and e) are repeated; h) Right foot next to the left foot; i) Arms are moved out horizontally forward; j) Arms are opened out horizontally along the shoulders; k) Bringing the arms down. Breathing: While moving the arms out to the right, a) - breathing, b ) - holding the air, c) – exhaling, when the arms are moving from the utterly right position forward to the body and kneeling, and breathing when erecting the body and moving the arms until they reach utterly left position. Explanation: The fourth exercise represents the road the soul walks upon. Sometimes when you feel that your road is curved, do this exercise and you will feel better, you will come in the initial position. The law is that the more acting is intensified, the more contra acting is intensified. If you walk to the left and to the right, but always upward, this shows that you walk on ascending, your soul develops. But if you walk to the right and to the left and go downward, this shows that you walk on descending, gradually falling. As far as you walk upward, you will know that the road that is destined to you is one, that’s why you are not to be stubbed out the conditions of life. And all contradictions you face in life you are to go through. Know that they are not an obstacle in life, but the conditions for your development. Meaning: During the fourth exercise when the arms go to the left (the left side refers to the feeling of love), the worries, the concerns of the heart are thrown out. When the arms go to the right, the worries and the concerns of the mind are cast out. Comment: The arms are moved out straight to the right – image 1. During the movement of the arms from one side to the other there is kneeling and straitening of the body – images 3 and 4 (an example of the movement of the arms from right to left is given). In this utterly right or left position of the arms we hold the air for a moment and step with the other foot forward/backward - image 5.(an example of the step with the left foot forward is given).

The third exercise Formula: “Let God’s Truth arise within me.” III. a) Right arm backward and upward in semicircle with palm forward till upright position; b ) Right foot forward; c) Kneeling on the left knee and placing the right hand over the right knee; d) Erecting the body; e) Left arm backward and upward in semicircle with palm forward till vertical position; f) Left foot forward; g) Kneeling on the right knee and placing the left hand over the left knee; h) Erecting the body; a), b ), c) and d) are repeated; Left arm backward and upward in semicircle (see e)); Right foot backward; g) and h) are repeated; a) is repeated; Left foot backward; c) and d) are repeated; e) is repeated; Right foot backward; g) and h) are repeated; Right foot next to the left foot; Breathing: While raising one arm with a semicircle movement backward, upward, till upright position - breathing, while the arm is upright upward with palm forward making a step with the foot forward or backward - holding the air, while kneeling – exhalation. At the end while the body is erecting - breathing, while retreating the right foot next to the left one - holding the air and finishing the exercise without movement of the body – then we have exhaling of the air. Explanation: The third exercise represents the separate energies, methods, approaches through which the nature acts. Meaning: With this exercise you put your spiritual forces (fingers) upon one foundation - goodness. You put upon goodness as a foundation of your life. Comment: When one of the hands is over the knee while the other is freely downward, the freely one is with stretched fingers and does not touch the ground – image 4 (this movement if given in side view.

The second exercise Formula: “Let my soul be filled with God’s Love.” II . a) Raising the arms to the sides upward above the head with touching fingers; b ) Right foot forward; c) Bending the body with the arms forward and kneeling till touching the toes; d) Erecting the body and moving the arms along the body till above the head; Left foot forward - “c” and “d” are repeated; Right foot forward - “c” and “d” are repeated; Right foot backward - “c” and “d” are repeated; Left foot backward - “c” and “d” are repeated; Right foot backward - “c” and “d” are repeated; Right foot next to the left foot; Bringing the arms down along the body. Breathing: While raising the arms - breathing, when the foot steps forward or backward, while the hands are up, with touching fingers or with palms pointing forward - holding the air, while kneeling - exhalation. Explanation: The second exercise represents the manifestation of the being in the mutual relations that exist between the elements. It expresses all the chemical reactions, which are being performed in the physical and spiritual worlds. Meaning: This exercise is connected with Love. You accord with Love and accept it. There is one logical connection between the first and the second exercise. Earlier you connect with God and then accept Love. You connect with the nature and accept energies from it. Comment: This exercise is performed by bending the body forward, as scooping – image 4. After bending the body is erected and the arms are raised upward, while passing close along the body, with palms toward the body – image 6. During this bending of the body forward while in kneeling position we touch with the fingers the ground next to the feet – image 5. And this exercise finishes with raising the arms above the head, without touching the fingers in an acute angle, because it is performed only during the first raising the arms above the head - as it is in the first exercise, and then the right foot is brought next to the left one, while performing the movements with the corresponding breathing, holding the air and exhaling. In the end: the arms are brought down along the body - again there is affusioning.

The first exercise Formula: “God, let thy blessing come upon me!” I. a) Raising the arms to the sides upward above the head with touching fingers; b ) Right foot forward; c) Kneeling and bringing down the hands along the body and touching the toes; d) Erecting the body and moving the arms forward in semicircle till above the head; Left foot forward - “c” and “d” are repeated; Right foot forward - “c” and “d” are repeated; Right foot backward - “c” and “d” are repeated; Left foot backward - “c” and “d” are repeated; Right foot backward - “c” and “d” are repeated; Right foot next to the left foot; Bringing the arms down along the body. Breathing: While raising the arms to the sides of the body or in front - breathing. When the hands are high up, with touching fingers (“a”) or parallel, one to another palms (“d”) simultaneously stepping forward or backward there is holding of the air, while kneeling - exhalation. Explanation: The first exercise includes two principles within: unity and plurality. Lowering down the arms represents the manifestation of the plurality. Joining the arms represents the manifestation of the unity, which all people explore. The two hands express the currents in the nature, i.e. the two opposite poles of the being. Therefore this exercise expresses the manifestation of the unity in the plurality, it serves to develop the strength. Thus the person surrounds. Meaning: The first of the six exercises carries calmness, balance. You enter in the connection with the reasonable, the Divine and accept the blessing. You descend to the earth in order to work, ascent in order to accept new forces. Comment: The first raising of the arms is sideward – image 1, when the arms reach the upright position the fingers touch in an acute angle - image 2. The following raising of the arms are forward - in front of the body - image.6, when they reach upright position the palms are one against the other - image 7. When kneeling and bringing the arms down, the fingers touch with their tips the ground next to the feet - image 5. The exercise finishes after raising the arms up above the head, with palms parallel one to another (breathing). Then gather the left foot next to the right foot (holding the air) and finally - the arms are brought down along the body, while affusioning. (exhaling).

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