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The Teachings...
Multicolored
sparks join us with the spatial consciousness. But the Fire of
Cosmos cannot be manifested in full measure, for then the human
essence would be reduced to ashes—except in the case of
one's consecration to Fire, passing in one's own essence all the
steps of approach to the element.
Likewise
in studying the foundations of life, one can give varicolored
signs of the foundations, but the complete Teaching must not be,
and cannot be, expounded; for the entirety of life cannot be contained
in pages, and the Teaching has no intention of creating wound-up
mechanical figures. Verily, no Teacher left a complete code of
the Teaching. Such a completeness would contradict Infinity and
would presuppose the complete limitation of the followers.
We can
indicate the direction; We can call to fly; We can affirm labor;
We can indicate the light; but the ways and means should not cause
slavery. The expanded consciousness will point out where karma
should remain untouched. The inviolability of karma is the care
of everyone who transmits the foundations of the Teaching. To
burden with an excessive load is unforgivable. To overlook possibilities
is unworthy.
The
Teacher directs the flow of consciousness. The pupil may not notice
the touches of the Teacher. Thus everyone should enter the domain
of the Teaching as into life, without deviating. But for this
purpose one has to read the Teaching often, in different states
of spirit. It will be a mistake to devote to the Teaching only
the period of rest or of upliftment. The all-pervading Fire is
the best symbol of the Teaching.
Agni Yoga, 1929 para. 468
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