| Astrology, 117:In Aquarius, the sign of world service, the lesson is finally learned which produces the worldAstrology, 223:the self-centered individual in Leo learns the lesson of the Cross and becomes decentralized, groupAstrology, 374:to engineer a climax wherein the correct world lesson may be learnt; whereby the world may beAtom, 54:and to gather out of our conclusions some lesson to apply to the daily life. The first thingAutobiography, 1:This was the first and most difficult lesson I had to learn and it took me a long time. It takesAutobiography, 31:things. She gave me my start in the first great lesson of occultism; to distinguish between theAutobiography, 64:of things with me but it was my first important lesson in [65] learning that things are ephemeral.Autobiography, 74:did not intentionally plan it. I learnt a great lesson at that time. I proved to myself, with muchAutobiography, 82:in my public lectures. The next phase of the lesson was presented to me in India. I had gone toAutobiography, 85:go. And we did." It was a drastic and violent lesson and one which at the time I did notAutobiography, 86:blame in my own mind. I had still to learn the lesson that the only true failure is being beatenAutobiography, 136:and, when necessary, discipline them. It was a lesson to me and a horrible example of what not toAutobiography, 153:disciplines are a phase of training and when the lesson is learnt they are no longer needed. TheAutobiography, 155:Society. It was, however, a wholesome lesson for me and I profited thereby. Learning to hold one'sAutobiography, 257:about them but pays the price and learns his lesson. He achieves success but he does not go to theBethlehem, 9:clearer vision and a wiser use of the indicated lesson. This great Myth belongs to us - for let usBethlehem, 16:a new rhythm upon the man. Through learning the lesson of dispassion he becomes immune to theBethlehem, 18:This was His divine mission, and this is the lesson of the Gospel narrative. Christ therefore notBethlehem, 18:One - Introductory Remarks on Initiation But the lesson and message which Christ brought toBethlehem, 23:the Great Renunciation, in the Orient, with its lesson of sacrifice and its call to the death ofBethlehem, 23:to the death of the lower nature. This was the lesson which St. Paul knew and the goal towardsBethlehem, 28:come and go, each bringing its needed lesson and its high point of attainment, men as a groupBethlehem, 55:two thousand years after the event, is the lesson of Christ's life taking formative effect in theBethlehem, 55:imaginations of men; only today is the unique lesson which He came to teach producing the neededBethlehem, 77:and of service. This is ever the first lesson which every disciple must learn. Until he has learntBethlehem, 78:circumstances and that environment in which this lesson of obedience to the highest which is in usBethlehem, 78:with no self-pity in the home circle, no other lesson or opportunity will be given. Many veryBethlehem, 79:the second initiation draws near, what is the lesson we have learnt? How can we sum up theBethlehem, 83:(the Galilee experience) carries us from one lesson to another, we approach nearer and nearer toBethlehem, 103:task. Life takes on true significance. This is a lesson which all of us, uninitiate and aspiring,Bethlehem, 108:in order to teach us, as human beings, a needed lesson; let us therefore study the story from theBethlehem, 155:are portrayed for us in such a way that the lesson (and the possibility) cannot be evaded. TheBethlehem, 194:that once and for all mankind might learn the lesson that by the sacrifice of the human nature theBethlehem, 199:eternal Self which is in every man; this is the lesson of the Crucifixion and the Resurrection: theBethlehem, 223:as He hears it. This aspect of the Cross and its lesson has been summed up in the following words,Bethlehem, 226:unrecognized and unapproached. The outstanding lesson with which we are confronted is the fact thatBethlehem, 252:we are a part that we have learnt life's final lesson and need "no more return." I is the death ofBethlehem, 284:Branford, p. 355. Christ emphasizes the same lesson, and always His disciples have sought, in theirDestiny, 72:the world; France comes before the world. The lesson France has to learn today is that theDiscipleship1, 56:emotionally, he may be learning the difficult lesson of detachment and may consequently be full ofDiscipleship1, 77:life of a disciple. It may serve to carry its lesson and its warning. Several lives ago, my MasterDiscipleship1, 104:Working without attachment to results is a hard lesson for all disciples to learn but one wellDiscipleship1, 123:following comments may prove of value. The main lesson of your life has been the cultivation of theDiscipleship1, 135:of yours, brother of mine. You need to learn the lesson that it is relatively of no importance whatDiscipleship1, 141:a handful of your fellowmen. This is not an easy lesson to learn, my brother, but all disciplesDiscipleship1, 141:some day to learn it and it is an appropriate lesson for you at this time. The call has gone outDiscipleship1, 150:will only be possible if you learn the difficult lesson (peculiarly difficult to you) of leaving,Discipleship1, 169:you are learning and it is not an easy lesson at any time for first ray souls to master andDiscipleship1, 196:surrounding. This is predominantly your life lesson and, my brother, you are just beginning toDiscipleship1, 207:beauty in your life, you will master the last lesson which this particular incarnation has beenDiscipleship1, 208:January. I might almost call this the second lesson upon the right use of time which is soDiscipleship1, 209:use of time is for you the major significant lesson. When understood and relegated to its rightfulDiscipleship1, 216:impersonal - if you so choose. But for you the lesson of all disciples must be learned which is toDiscipleship1, 216:goal. It is in order to aid you in learning this lesson that you have been placed in my group ofDiscipleship1, 219:You are learning to leave others free - a hard lesson for a first ray personality, animated asDiscipleship1, 224:But delay might eventuate until the needed lesson has been mastered. One of the glamors whichDiscipleship1, 225:in Gethsemane his sensitivity to that lesson and also his mastering of it. NOTE: This brother isDiscipleship1, 270:months, remembering that they embody your needed lesson and your [271] ultimate achievement; andDiscipleship1, 279:are singularly free. For you there must be the lesson of the equal divinity of form and of formDiscipleship1, 292:sannyasins, and you are one of the three. The lesson of your interlude of deepened quiet trainingDiscipleship1, 301:and from them they are learning the needed lesson. The subjective potency of what you have to giveDiscipleship1, 310:you an urgent one, but you are learning fast the lesson that freedom is a state of mind and not aDiscipleship1, 311:February 1937 MY BROTHER: You are learning the lesson of detachment with rapidity, and [312] youDiscipleship1, 321:you and you continue to cause things to be. The lesson of Being is not your lesson at present; itDiscipleship1, 321:things to be. The lesson of Being is not your lesson at present; it must be the lesson of selflessDiscipleship1, 321:is not your lesson at present; it must be the lesson of selfless acting upon the physical plane. GoDiscipleship1, 328:have needed to learn patience. But that is not a lesson that you need, brother of mine. Your weakDiscipleship1, 341:is not the case. It has been a long and hard lesson for you to attain a better sense of proportion,Discipleship1, 366:my group of disciples, learns not with ease the lesson of self-discipline, and the glamor of theDiscipleship1, 367:can be a chain, holding her down. This is the lesson she must learn. Her service in my group comesDiscipleship1, 375:am only your teacher and your friend. Your life lesson is detachment, and - in order to practiceDiscipleship1, 382:stern without hurting. That is pre-eminently a lesson which you need to learn. Your need is also toDiscipleship1, 383:not to love with detachment. That is your main lesson, my brother, and you have only grasped itsDiscipleship1, 386:for you but subsidiary effects. Your intended lesson is Detachment and, as you free yourself fromDiscipleship1, 404:off their shoulders. It becomes, therefore, a lesson in group activity and hence most valuable.Discipleship1, 405:through the medium of the material [405] lesson, and thus enable them to enter upon their next lifeDiscipleship1, 414:sense of spiritual values. If you can learn this lesson, you will then occupy yourself with theDiscipleship1, 433:the acquiring of which has been your major lesson this life. Be of good cheer, brother of mine. YouDiscipleship1, 433:circumstances which has constituted your major lesson in this particular incarnation. You areDiscipleship1, 476:love, you will learn this significant occult lesson that those people whom you despise and thoseDiscipleship1, 517:You are beginning to learn it. What makes your lesson doubly hard is the lack of a major activityDiscipleship1, 552:have been required. Detachment has been the lesson which you are learning [553] and indicates toDiscipleship1, 560:selflessly and with sacrifice that is your lesson, as it is hers also. It is not for me to tell youDiscipleship1, 560:but not in the individual. This is the first lesson [561] which I seek to teach you. WorkDiscipleship1, 562:followed by silence. What is, therefore, the lesson I seek today to give to you and which I prefaceDiscipleship1, 562:its own bitterness." This constitutes your major lesson on the Path at this time, my brother - theDiscipleship1, 562:on the Path at this time, my brother - the lesson of utter self-forgetfulness. Forget the past andDiscipleship1, 563:related to service. Therein lies your particular lesson. You have equipment; you have adequateDiscipleship1, 569:deep waters during the past year, and the lesson of decentralization is hard to learn -Discipleship1, 570:nothing for the separated self. This is your lesson in the coming year - the lesson of a life givenDiscipleship1, 570:This is your lesson in the coming year - the lesson of a life given to service, to distribution, toDiscipleship1, 578:it not. Can I, at this point, convey to you a lesson which all accepted disciples have to learn?Discipleship1, 621:high idealism - their isolation. But when the lesson of isolation is learnt and detachment is theDiscipleship1, 626:Disciples on both those rays have an extreme lesson to learn in this connection; they have toDiscipleship1, 652:as you are now, leaving to another life the lesson which you need and which you can learn now. YouDiscipleship1, 658:will cause you to lose the significance of the lesson I am seeking to give you. Is this not so?Discipleship1, 664:disciples in this particular life cycle, the lesson has been to learn to move forward in spite ofDiscipleship1, 726:the power of thought; this is perhaps the major lesson which the senior disciple has to teach theDiscipleship1, 740:he must look for like aid. This is a hard first lesson. The neophyte is always more consciouslyDiscipleship2, XIII:you and your need from the point of the next lesson you need to learn and the next step that you |
