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Discipleship in the New Age I - Talks to Disciples - Part VIII |
I have revealed to you, my disciples, my true name. The
necessity for eradicating all reason for the speculative questioning of some of you as to
my identity and of spurring others of you on to renewed and consecrated effort are two of
my reasons for relinquishing my anonymity. Another reason is that I would have you
recognize the fact that you are accepted disciples with all that that status necessarily
implies of responsibility and opportunity. Still another deciding factor with me is to
test out your ability to keep silent until it is no longer necessary to do so.
Silence is one of the prime prerequisites for initiation and something which every
disciple must perforce learn. There is, therefore, the necessity for the test. Many
of [79] you are already interiorly convinced of my identity. You have not voiced your
belief in this connection except to A.A.B. who has not responded with any corroborating
evidence or comments. If you cannot be trusted to keep silence and to preserve a detached
and independent attitude, then you are not ready for that which I have to give and the
sooner we discover this the better. If you are unable to retain a silent tongue - even
among yourselves - then you are unfit to be trusted and that I should dislike to
believe. If, when you have discovered who I am, you question the wisdom of my decision to
reveal myself to you and hold that I should have withheld my identity, then that too will
be revealing and will guide me in all my future approaches to you. If knowledge of who I
am leads you into the dangerous path of the devotee, it will be good for you to discover
that tendency within yourself; if you henceforth over-emphasize the importance of my words
and if you fall into the dangerous habit of accepting authority, your weakness will stand
revealed to me, to yourself, and to your group brothers. We shall all profit thereby. You
will have discovered an innate weakness which discovery of my identity will have drawn
forth; if you are burdened by the knowledge, then you must learn to carry burdens or else
you will be of no use as a world server. The fact that I am a Master alters me not. I am
still your Tibetan Teacher and the same Instructor who has taught you for many years. I
remain the same individual and am in no wise different. Any reaction upon your part will
be a personality reaction and, therefore, to be recognized, dealt with and finally
subdued. Let us go forward together, my brothers and chelas, along the path of service; let us together enter into the Light and tread the way to world peace and not to personal illumination - illumination is inevitable but incidental. As regards all of you - with what have I to deal? An untested group, a static group, a critical group and a group subject to pronounced glamors - such is the material with which I must carry forward my work. What can I do in such a situation, my brothers? I can trust your devotion to humanity, your willingness to learn and your determination to proceed along the path of service at any cost. This I will most certainly do. [80] I would like to deal, first of all, with the objectives that I have in mind for all of you: 1. The main present objective. 2. The future objective of these ashramic groups. |
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