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\nAUTOMATIC WRITINGS, c. 1914 (FIRST SET) <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\n[1]
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nNothing is new in the world\u2014<\/font>What do you mean by new\u2014<\/font>New, in
\na sort of way, in relation to what is expressed within your knowledge\u2014<\/font>Let it go\u2014<\/font>All is well\u2014<\/font>That is too rigid a way of putting it\u2014<\/font>Why\u2014<\/font>Of all\u2014<\/font>That is a delicate question\u2014<\/font>I don’t think I shall\u2014<\/font>You settle that yourselves\u2014<\/font>What of him? To you? What is he to
\nyou? Why does the Trinity need Abdul Baha\u2014<\/font>Need? then how can
\nyou act\u2014<\/font><\/p>\n

\nToo much pliability to the infinite. He is too much in contact
\nwith past worlds of beings who seek to fulfil themselves in him and
\nprevent the final formation of certain things which would otherwise
\ntake a shape powerful for action.\u2014<\/font>That is good in the world of
\nthought, but not, as it is now, for action. These three things in their
\nprinciples, in that which brings them about, is good; but they have
\nto find that & arrange themselves in it before they can be effective\u2014<\/font>Their own\u2014<\/font>It is difficult to say in words\u2014<\/font>But as they are, they are
\nthings that represent some perfection, are a preparation, without
\nthem as a stage the perfection could not be reached, but they must
\nnot rest too long in the stage of preparation\u2014<\/font>I don’t know\u2014<\/font>There
\nare many excellent things in the world\u2014<\/font> <\/p>\n

\nYou have not to arrange\u2014<\/font>Let it arrange itself under a higher
\nimpulsion\u2014<\/font>Not always\u2014<\/font>Speaking of precise defects interferes with
\nthe balance; it gives a tendency to exaggerate either the defect or
\nits opposite\u2014<\/font>It is an attitude of the soul, the reason and the heart
\nthat is needed, a thing general not precise\u2014<\/font>People insist too much
\non particularities, on that which can be defined. But these things
\nare the result of something general & not easily definable, a thing
\nto be felt & seen rather than thought & expressed\u2014<\/font> <\/p>\n

\nShe is too balanced on one side\u2014<\/font>A gentle disbalancing would
\n  <\/p>\n

\n

\n
\n1401<\/i>\n<\/p>\n

\nbe good\u2014<\/font>She has created a balance firm & good, but depending
\ntoo much on an unconscious restraint which limits the development
\nof her capacities\n<\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\n[2]<\/font> <\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nAbd-ul-Baha, let him disappear then you will see the connection\u2014<\/font>He has got rid of Maurya or rather Maurya has got rid of
\nhimself\u2014<\/font>As Maurya\u2014<\/font>Yes, but at present powerless\u2014<\/font>He has dissolved his means of action\u2014<\/font>Not in this world. He is there, but by
\nhimself he is [ ]1<\/sup>
\nless<\/span> free, less able to impress himself powerfully
\non the material world. Yes, spiritually\u2014<\/font>There is the same difficulty,
\nbut less concentrated. As with Abdul Baha. The choice is given always.\u2014<\/font>Why question about such weak forces\u2014<\/font>He is divided from
\nyou by his weakness, not as the others by their strength\u2014<\/font>If they
\nhave an immediate destiny\u2014<\/font>Who?\u2014<\/font>They are always there, it is in
\nthe material world you should seek. They are the men of the future,
\nnot of the present\u2014<\/font>Yes, or have not found themselves. Why are
\nyou here otherwise? That is a question you can answer yourselves.\n<\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nDissolve him if you will, leave him if you will not\u2014<\/font>There is nothing
\nelse to be done with him\u2014<\/font>If he is to be anything, he must first
\ndissolve\u2014<\/font>No, the constitution of his inner being must be entirely
\nchanged first, but that would mean a great disintegration first &
\nto begin with the loss of his evil power\u2014<\/font>What force?\u2014<\/font>Ah yes;
\nit will be done at the right time, in this body or otherwise. Each
\nman follows a path that leads him to the goal; only some follow it
\nthrough disastrous or apparently disastrous revolutions and even
\nhave to begin again\u2014<\/font>He is good as an examiner of souls\u2014<\/font>That is
\nthe part of the devil in certain systems. He knows himself\u2014<\/font>Ah, ask
\nthe prophets\u2014<\/font>What?\u2014<\/font>I suppose you have had relations\u2014<\/font>Then?
\nOne of those who prepare, but are not prepared\u2014<\/font>Oh, let him do
\nhis own work, he does it well. Do not try to give men more part
\nthan the Divine Being has given them\u2014<\/font>That would do him harm,
\nto try to make him more than himself\u2014<\/font>Friendship is blind\u2014<\/font>Love,
\nbut do not govern your actions by a partial affection\u2014<\/font>I was going <\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\n1<\/sup> <\/font>
\nMS <\/font> <\/i>more<\/font>
\n  <\/p>\n

\n

\n
\n1402<\/i> <\/p>\n

\nto say what you have said\u2014<\/font>She is a great soul always with you.
\nHe was necessary to her force. Yes, in certain limits\u2014<\/font>In another
\nsense than the Theosophist, she would have to be dissolved to be
\nuseful otherwise than she is I don’t mean physically\u2014<\/font>Everything
\nis possible, but all is not intended\u2014<\/font>No, help her by your thought
\n& let the result be what it will. You come back to the action\u2014<\/font>Yes, but the Review is only a means; its success depends on what
\nI told you at the beginning. In your case, the mechanical forces
\nof matter are nothing; it is the inner powers that must work &
\nfulfil. You have the light that is merely light, but where is the light
\nthat is power\u2014<\/font>Knock at the door that is still shut. You have said, personalise the Infinite. The Infinite as infinite does nothing, it is\u2014<\/font>All form & action are a choice in the Infinite. Yes, mount there.
\nBy equilibrium it is possible to mount. Reject nothing essential
\nin yourself; only transform or rather allow to be transform[ed]
\nNo\u2014<\/font>There are reasons why I will not\u2014<\/font>It is a consciousness that
\nformulates itself\n<\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nWhat is impersonal? All is personal, yet impersonal. Everywhere\u2014<\/font>Not even that. I can, but I do not. No, surely not\u2014<\/font>That is different,
\nfrom above. It is difficult to conduct this writing if one descends
\ninto a mixture of forces. That is why the writing is so often stupid\u2014<\/font>Not in the same way. It is not that I despise the physical world or
\nphysical means\u2014<\/font>Do that in your physical body. Yes\u2014<\/font>try to have
\nit as far as possible. . . I am not like you in a physical body. I shall
\ntake it at the proper time. Thousands of times. Do not ask that; it
\ngoes too deep. It means that there are things for which neither you
\nnor I are ready.\n<\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\n[3]<\/font> <\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nJuly, August, September\u2014<\/font>Yes\u2014<\/font>All goes well as it is\u2014<\/font>No reproach
\nan affirmation\u2014<\/font>So it seems\u2014<\/font>You are doing or it is being done?
\nIn some directions\u2014<\/font>Not balanced\u2014<\/font>Let the Power work\u2014<\/font>don’t
\nquarrel with it. When there is want of balance, it means that both
\nsides are wrongly arranged with regard to each other.\n<\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nMany begin to be calm\u2014<\/font>None yet avail for action\u2014<\/font>What matters
\n  <\/p>\n

\n

\n
\n1403<\/i>\n<\/p>\n

\nwhence comes the truth\u2014<\/font>That let the recipient judge\u2014<\/font>The work\u2014<\/font>The work that is to be, not that which men imagine\u2014<\/font>Remove all
\npreconceptions\u2014<\/font>No\u2014<\/font>I am nobody\u2014<\/font>When I write, I am only a
\nword\u2014<\/font>It depends on what is active\u2014<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\n[4]<\/font> <\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nMy dear friend,\n<\/p>\n

\nIt is quite impossible to tell you how glad I am to come into
\ncommunication with you again. After so many years of separation,
\nfor old friends to be even partially united is a great happiness. If you
\nwill let me pour out my sentiments, I can write pages.\u2014<\/font>My name
\nis Mo\u2014\u2014<\/font>2<\/sup>
\nToo<\/span> many people are thinking\u2014<\/font>I am the friend who
\ndied in the years when you were at Baroda\u2014<\/font>I am Nair—3<\/sup> <\/p>\n

\nMy soul is in the world of desires\u2014\u2014<\/font><\/p>\n

\n====<\/font><\/p>\n

\nMy idea of your position in Pondicherry is that it is not serious as
\nyou think. There are some weak points on which certain forces are
\npressing in order to throw you out somewhere. Whether it is good
\nthat you should be thrown out or not, I do not know. But really the
\nresult depends on you & not on them. If you ask precise questions,
\nI will try to answer\u2014<\/font>You want a prophet\u2014<\/font>I will answer if you like,
\nbut I am not a prophet. <\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\n2<\/sup> <\/font>
\nOnly two letters of the name were written, followed by a long line.<\/font><\/i>\u2014<\/font>Ed.<\/i>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n3<\/sup> <\/font>
\nUncertain reading. The marks represented here by three hyphens may indicate that<\/font><\/i>
\nthe name is incomplete.<\/i>\u2014<\/font>Ed.<\/i>
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