The World Is Our School For Spiritual

When Spiritual Seeking Becomes Too Complicated, Its Exercies Too Elaborated, Its Doctrines Too Esoteric, It Becomes Also Too Artificial And The Resulting Achievements Too Fabricated. It Is The Beginners And Intermediates Who Carry This Heavy And Unnecessary Burden, Who Involve Themselves To The Point Of Becoming Neurotics.

Whoever Accepts The Higher Mission Of Art And Comes Nearer And Nearer To It Through His Creative Activity, Will Then Go On From Art To The Spirit Deep Within His Own Self... The Philosophic Search For Enlightenment And The Artist's Search For Perfection Of Work Can Meet And Unite. Art Can Be A Path To Spiritual Enlightenment But Not To Complete And Lasting Enlightenment. It Can Be Born Out Of, And Can Give Birth Itself To, Only Glimpses. For Art Is A Search For Beauty, Which By Itself Is Not Enough. Beauty Must Be Supported By Virtue And Both Require Wisdom To Guide Them.

The Ego Will Always Be Able To Find Ways To Keep The Aspirant Busy In Self-improvement, Thus Binding Him Or Her To The Fact That The Self Is Still There Behind All The Improvements. For Why Should The Ego Kill Itself?

Deep Down Within The Heart There Is A Stillness Which Is Healing, A Trust In The Universal Laws Which Is Unwavering, And A Strength Which Is Rock-like. But Because It Is So Deep We Need Both Patience And Perseverance When Digging For It.

Every Test Successfully Met Is Rewarded By Some Growth In Intuitive Knowledge, Strengthening Of Character, Or Initiation Into A Higher Consciousness.