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\nAugust 2,<\/font><\/i><\/b>
\n1914 <\/b>
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\nWHAT are these powerful gods whose hour of
\nmanifestation upon earth has come, if not the modes, various and perfectly
\naccomplished, of Thy infinite action, O Thou Master of all things, who art
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\nBeing and Non-Being and That which is beyond them,
\nMarvellous Unknowable, our Sovereign Lord. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nWhat are all these brilliant and multiple
\nintellectual activities, these innumerable rays of the sun illumining,
\nconceiving and fashioning all forms, if not one of the modes of being of Thy
\ninfinite Will, one of the means of Thy manifestation, O Thou who art Master of
\nour destiny. Sole Unthinkable Reality, Sovereign Lord of all that is and all
\nthat still is not. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nAnd what are all these mental powers, and vital
\nenergies, and material elements, if not Thyself in Thy most external form. Thy
\nultimate modes of expression and realisation, O Thou whom we adore religiously
\nand who escapest us on all sides even while penetrating, animating and directing
\nus. Thou whom we cannot know, nor define, nor name. Thou whom we cannot seize,
\nnor embrace, nor think, and who are yet realised in the least of our actions. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nAnd all this enormous universe is <\/b> but an
\natom of Thy Eternal Will. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nIn the immensity of Thy effective Presence, all
\nunfolds. <\/font><\/p>\n

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\nAugust<\/i> 3, 1914<\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n

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\nTHIS morning the whole being is a mute adoration \u2014
\nand the immensity of Thy love fills its soul. The preparation and the work, the
\nwork and the preparation alternate and interpenetrate to such an <\/font><\/p>\n

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\nextent that sometimes it is difficult to
\ndistinguish between them, and their combination constitutes Thy divine life upon
\nearth. What we have to be, what we have to do: the perfectioning of Thy
\ninstrument and its utilisation go together; sometimes it is Thy will that it
\nshould enrich itself and grow, that it should -open all its doors upon infinite
\nhorizons, unite itself with the God it can manifest, develop its power of
\nconscious relations with the various worlds, and sometimes that, losing, so to
\nsay, the consciousness of itself, it should be only Thy force in action. And in
\nthe two together is found the supreme law of communion with Thy will. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nThis morning the whole being is a mute adoration
\nand the immensity of Thy love fills its soul. <\/font><\/p>\n

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\nAugust<\/font><\/i>
\n4, 1914<\/font><\/a>
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\nLORD, eternal Master! Men, pushed by the conflict
\nof forces, are making a sublime sacrifice, they are offering their lives in a
\nsanguinary holocaust. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nLord, eternal Master, grant that it may not be in
\nvain, that the inexhaustible torrents of Thy divine force may spread over the
\nearth, penetrating into the troubled atmosphere, the struggling energies, all
\nthe violent chaos of the battling elements, and that the <\/font><\/p>\n

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\npure Light of Thy Knowledge and the inexhaustible
\nlove of Thy Benediction may fill the hearts of men, penetrate into their souls,
\nillumine their consciousness and make to pour forth out of this obscurity, this
\nsombre, terrible and powerful darkness, the splendour of Thy majestic Presence! <\/font><\/p>\n

\nMy being is before Thee in an integral holocaust so
\nthat it may make their unconscious holocaust effective. Accept this offering,
\nreply to our call: Cornel<\/i> <\/font><\/p>\n

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\nAugust<\/i> 5, 1914<\/a> <\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

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\nETERNAL Master, Thou art in all things
\n<\/b>as <\/b>a vivifying breath, as a sweet peace, as a sun of luminous love,
\npiercing all cloud and obscurity. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nGrant that we may be Thy vivifying breath. Thy
\nsweet peace. Thy luminous love upon the earth amongst our ignorant and sorrowful
\nhuman brothers. O divine Master, accept the offering of my integral holocaust,
\nso that Thy work may be done and the time may not pass in vain. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nIn a serene ecstasy I give myself to Thee that Thou
\nmayst become again the Master of Thine own, the possessor of Thyself in each of
\nthe innumerable atoms and in the synthetic unity of the consciousness. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nO divine Master, accept the offering of this
\nintegral holocaust so that the time may not have come in vain. <\/font><\/p>\n

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\nThe whole being is transformed into the ardent
\nflame of a sacrifice of pure love. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nBecome again the king of Thy kingdom, deliver the
\nearth from the heavy weight which crushes it, the weight of her inert, ignorant
\nand obscure ill-will. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nO my sweet Master, my being bums with the ardent
\nflame of the sacrifice of love, accept my offering, so that the obstacle may be
\nsurmounted. <\/font><\/p>\n

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\nAugust<\/font><\/i><\/b>
\n6, 1914<\/font><\/a> <\/font>
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\nWHAT then are the defects and imperfections
\npreventing the offering from being complete enough for Thee to welcome it or to
\nfind the holocaust worthy of Thy acceptance?…There are still limitations in
\nthis being, wilt Thou not break them? <\/font><\/p>\n

\nO Lord, we know that it is a grave hour for the
\nearth; those who can be Thy intermediaries with her to make arise out of the
\nconflict a greater harmony, and out of the obscure ugliness a diviner beauty,
\nmust be ready to do it. O Lord, eternal Master, We implore Thee, respond to our endeavours, enlighten them, show us the way, give us the strength to break the
\ninner resistances, to surmount all obstacles. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nO my sweet Master, I prostrate myself at Thy feet
\nand all my being cries to Thee in an ardent supplication…Deliver me from my
\npersonal impotence. <\/font><\/p>\n

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\nAugust<\/i> 8, 1914<\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n

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\nMY pen is silent… This material world is so
\nabsorbing! Why let it hold so much place in our consciousness? Is it an impotence on our part, or is
\nit Thy Will? <\/font><\/p>\n

\nO my sweet Master, I would live only in Thee, but
\nThou hast said that I must live for Thee, and while
\nI thus live for Thee, my consciousness turns towards
\nthe external domains and it seems to me as if I were
\ngoing away far from Thee. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nI know that this is not at all exact; but there <\/b> is still
\na resistance in the being which does not want to give
\nway, a door which remains closed, a door of luminous .
\nintelligence which no effort has yet been able to open,
\nand this terribly impoverishes Thy manifestation. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nWhen wilt Thou decide that the hour has come for
\nall this to disappear? <\/font><\/p>\n

\nMonstrous forces have swept down upon the earth
\nlike a hurricane, they are dark and violent, powerful
\nand blind. Give us the force, O Lord, to illumine
\nthem. Thy splendour must burst forth in them everywhere and transfigure their action: after their devastating passage they must leave behind them a divine seed. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nO my divine Master, do not reject my offering-
\nMake me worthy of being integrally Thine in the <\/font><\/p>\n

\nplenitude of the giving and of the manifestation.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\nAugust<\/font><\/i><\/b>
\n9, 1914<\/font><\/a> <\/font>
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\nLORD, we are before Thee that Thy will may be done. Remove from our thought all obstacles
\nall doubts, all weaknesses and limitations, all that veils our knowledge and obscures our understanding.
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\nI am athirst for Thy consciousness, I am athirst for
\nan integral union with Thee, not in inaction and in a flight away from physical activity, but in a complete,
\nin absolute, a perfect accomplishment of Thy will. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nThe splendour of Thy supreme light must surge out from all this darkness that has swooped down upon
\nhe earth. <\/font><\/p>\n

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\nAugust<\/font><\/i><\/b>
\n11, 1914<\/font><\/a> <\/font>
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\nO MY sweet Master, enter in among all these thoughts in confusion, all these anguished
\nhearts; light in them the fire of Thy divine Presence.
\nThe shadow cast by the earth has fallen back on her
\nand she has been utterly shaken by it; but her shadow
\nhid Thy changeless sun and now that it has collapsed
\n¦upon this poor world making it tremble to its foundations and transforming it into a formidable chaos,
\nwilt Thou not move once more upon the chaos with
\nthe will that there should be Light? <\/font><\/p>\n

\nO Thou wonderful Unknown, Thou who hast not yet
\nmanifested Thyself, Thou who awaitest the auspicious <\/font><\/p>\n

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\nhour and who hast sent us on earth to prepare Thy
\nways, all the elements of this being cry to Thee, "May <\/font><\/p>\n

\nThy will be done", and give themselves to Thee in a supreme and unconquerable elan. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nEnfold this sorrowful earth with Thy puissant arms
\nof mercy, impregnate her with the beneficent outflowing of Thy infinite love. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nI am Thy puissant arms of mercy. I am the vast
\nbosom of Thy limitless love… The arms have enfolded the sorrowful earth and
\ntenderly press it to the generous heart: and slowly a kiss of supreme benediction <\/font><\/p>\n

\nsettles on this atom in conflict: the kiss of the Mother
\nthat consoles and heals. <\/font><\/p>\n

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\nAugust<\/i> 13, 1914<\/a> <\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

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\nTHE being stands before Thee, its arms lifted, its palms open in an ardent aspiration.
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\nO Sweet Master, it is a Love more wonderful and
\nformidable than any that has manifested up till this
\nday, of which the earth has need; it is for this Love <\/i>that she implores… Who will be able or worthy to be
\nits intermediary with her? Who? It matters little; <\/font><\/p>\n

\nbut it must be done. O Lord, answer my call, accept
\nthis being as an offering, however modest its worth
\nand whatever its limitations: Come. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nMore, always more; let the regenerating floods roll
\nover the earth in beneficent waves. Transform and <\/font><\/p>\n

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\nillumine. Accomplish this supreme miracle, so long
\nlooked for, of breaking these ignorant egoisms; awaken
\nThy sublime flame in each heart. Let us not become
\ninert in a tranquil serenity. We must not take any rest
\ntill Thy new and sovereign Love is manifested.
\nListen to our prayer; answer our call: Come! <\/font><\/p>\n

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\nAugust<\/font><\/i><\/b> 16, 1914<\/font><\/a> <\/font>
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\nFOR three days I waited with an ardent prayer, hoping to see new things… and all the obstacles
\nsurged up to veil, retard and deform Thy manifestation.
\nAnd now we seem to be no nearer our goal than
\nbefore. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nO my sweet Master, why hast Thou asked me to
\nleave my blessed place in Thy heart and return to
\nthe earth to attempt a realisation which everything
\nseems to prove impossible ?…What dost Thou
\nexpect from me that Thou hast torn me away from
\n,,my divine and marvellous contemplation and plunged
\nme again into this dark world in conflict? <\/font><\/p>\n

\nWhen Thy force descends towards the earth
\nto manifest itself, each of the great Asuric beings
\nwho have resolved to be Thy servitors, but preserved
\nthe dominant and exclusive characteristic of their
\nnature, wishes to draw it to himself alone so that
\nhe may distribute it to others afterwards; he always
\nthinks that he should be the only or in any case, the <\/font><\/p>\n

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\nsupreme intermediary, and that the relation of all
\nthe<\/i> others with Thy Power cannot and should
\nnot be made except through his mediation. This
\nmelancholy meanness is more or less conscious, but it
\nis always there, indefinitely retarding things. If, even
\nfor the greatest, it is impossible in the integral manifestation to escape from these lamentable limitations,
\nwhy, O Lord, dost Thou impose on me the calvary
\nof this narrowness? <\/font><\/p>\n

\nIf it is Thy will that it should be so. Thou must
\nrend the last veil and Thy splendour in all its purity
\n:must come to transfigure the world! <\/font><\/p>\n

\nAccomplish this miracle <\/b> or let me retire
\n<\/b>in <\/b>Thee. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\n
\nAugust<\/i> 17, 1914<\/a> <\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

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\nA LL errors, all prejudices, all misunderstandings must disappear in this whirlwind of destruction which is sweeping away the past…The light
\nmust become perfectly pure, free from all limitation, so that Thou canst manifest fully in it. Lord, Thou
\nhast the power and Thou wilt realise this supreme
\nmiracle. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nInto this consciousness. Thou hast put the certitude
\nof victory. <\/font><\/p>\n

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\nAugust<\/font><\/i><\/b> 18,1914<\/font><\/a> <\/font>
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\nLET me turn towards Thee in a profound and silent contemplation; let me put this integral
\nbeing and its multiple activities at Thy feet as an
\noffering; let me stop all the play of these forces, unify
\nall these consciousnesses, so that one alone may
\npersist, that which is capable of hearing Thy
\ncommand and understanding it; let me plunge again
\ninto Thee as into a sovereignly beneficent sea, the
\nsea which purifies from all ignorance. It seems
\nto me that I have descended very low into an
\nunfathomable abyss of doubt and darkness, that I am
\nexiled from Thy eternal splendours; but I know
\nthat in this descent lies the possibility of a higher
\nascension which will enable me to embrace a vaster
\nhorizon and touch from a little closer range Thy
\ninfinite heavens. Thy light is there, stable and directing,
\nshining without intermission in the depths of the
\nabyss even as in the luminous splendours; and a
\nserene confidence, a calm indifference, a tranquil
\ncertitude dwell in my consciousness in a way that
\nis permanent…I am like a boat which has for a
\nlong time tasted the pleasures of the port and now
\nunfurls its sails inspite of the dark clouds charged
\nwith storm and hiding the sun, to launch out into the great unknown, towards unknown shores and
\nnew countries. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nI am Thine, O Lord, without restrictions and
\nPreferences; may Thy will be done in all its rigorous <\/font><\/p>\n

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\nplentitude, all my being adheres to it which a
\njoyful acceptance and a calm serenity.<\/font><\/p>\n

\nI have no longer idea on the future: it is Thou who
\nwilt gave birth to a new  and more adequate conception of Thy law. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nIn a most perfect surrender and a most entire
\nconfidence I wait: Thy voice showing me Thy way. <\/font><\/p>\n

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\nAugust 20,<\/i> 1914<\/a> <\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

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\nTO see the goal, from a new angle which can usefully enlighten the others, we must constantly
\nrenew the experience of the inner discovery and rise to the extreme limit of. our consciousness, without ever postulating in advance what will be the term of our journey. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nBut instinctively the mind remembers the impression it has received from one or more of the preceding
\ncontacts of its consciousness with the ultimate centre
\nand it says to itself: "It is this which is found at the
\nend of the path," without taking into account the
\nfact that the "This" of which he is thinking is only
\none of the innumerable ways of translating or even
\ntravestying that goal, and that intellectual conception
\nshould follow experience and not precede it. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nTo resume the way in a complete innocence as
\nif we had never yet travelled upon it, that is the
\ntrue purity and perfect sincerity, which permits of<\/font><\/p>\n

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\nan uninterrupted progress, a growth and a perfectioning
\nwhich is integral.
\nIn spite of myself, in the silence of all thought, <\/font><\/p>\n

\nthat is to say of all conscious formula, something
\nin my being, deeper than words, turns towards Thee,
\nO<\/i> ineffable Lord, in an ardent aspiration, making
\nThee an <\/i>offering of all these activities, all these
\nelements, all these modes of being and imploring for it all the supreme illumination. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nO Thou whom I cannot think but whom I know
\nwith certitude! <\/font><\/p>\n

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\nAugust<\/i> 21, 1914<\/a> <\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

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\nO LORD, Lord, the whole earth is convulsed; she groans and suffers, she is in anguish… It must
\nnot be that all this suffering has fallen upon her in vain; grant that all this blood which has been poured out
\nmay produce a more rapid germination of all the seeds
\nof beauty, light and love which have to flower and
\ncover the earth with their rich harvest. From the depth
\nof this abyss of darkness, the integral terrestrial being
\ncries to Thee that Thou mayst give it air and light,
\nit stifles, wilt Thou not come to its aid?
\nO Lord, what must we do to triumph?
\nListen to us, for we must conquer at any cost.
\nBreak down all resistance: appear! <\/font><\/p>\n

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\nAugust 24,<\/i> 1914<\/a> <\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

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\nLORD, it is with a deeply moved gratitude that I approach Thee. Thou hast given me the
\n.first words of the knowledge so much longed for, and with this knowledge has come effectivity, real power
\nan every domain of realisation. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nIt is only a beginning, it is not an accomplishment; but the path opens visible and straight, I have only to
\nfollow it; the veil has been rent in response to the
\nmodest but all-powerful effort of the days of obscurity.
\nGrant that the route may be lit up in the same way for
\nall, and that after we have seen clear in ourselves,
\nthere may not be any new difficulties for the knowledge
\nto become conscious in others. In spite of au, the
\nhuman being, however great he may be, is limited and
\nmust be so at least for a long time, by the very fact of
\nhis humanity; and even if he is in relation with the immensity, it is through
\nthe angle of his own personality that this immensity manifests itself to his external
\nconsciousness. It is very difficult for him not to have
\nthe perspective in some sort obliterated partially
\nby his own point of view. But these last obstacles
\nmust be surmounted, definitely overthrown, so that
\nthey may not again rise. The way must be completely
\nfree, the knowledge that has been glimpsed firmly
\nestablished. Thy grace is with us. Lord, and it
\nnever leaves us even when the appearances are
\ndark; there is sometimes need of night to prepare
\na greater dawn. But perhaps this time Thou hast <\/font><\/p>\n

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\nput us in front of a Dawn that does not cease! <\/font><\/p>\n

\nReceive the offerings of our ardent gratitude and
\nof our total surrender. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nI knew that this book would end with the closing <\/b> of
\n<\/b>a phase of the spiritual existence. That indeed is what
\nis actually happening. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nThe light has come, the way has opened, with a
\ngrateful salutation to the laborious past, we shall push
\nforward on the new way widely opened by Thee
\nbefore us. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nOn the entrance of this new field of a vaster and
\nmore conscious realisation, we bow before Thee,
\nLord, in a total surrender and adoration. We give
\nourselves to Thee without reserve. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nOnce again it is Thou who livest in us and Thou
\nalone. Thou hast become again the king of Thy
\nkingdom, but a kingdom larger and more complete,
\na kingdom more worthy of Thy government. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nAugust<\/i> 25, 1914<\/a> <\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

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\nLORD, may Thy will be done, may Thy work be accomplished. Fortify our devotion, increase
\nOur surrender and enlighten us on the path. We
\nestablish Thee as the supreme Master within us so
\nthat Thou mayst become the supreme Master of the whole earth. <\/font><\/p>\n

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\nOur words are still ignorant: illumine them.
\nOur aspiration is still imperfect: purify it.
\nOur action is still powerless: make it effective. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nO Lord, this earth groans and suffers; chaos has
\nmade this world its abode. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nThe Darkness is so great that Thou alone canst dispel it. Come, manifest Thyself, that Thy work
\nmay be accomplished. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\n
\nAugust 26,<\/i> 1914<\/a> <\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nO MY sweet Master, Lord of Bliss, all these worlds of bliss interpenetrating and completing one
\nanother are an immensity difficult to see in its ensemble.
\nGive us the knowledge of these laws and the power
\nof awakening the earth to the understanding and
\nperception of this goal pursued so blindly. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nIn all things Thou art the unalloyed happiness, the
\nblissful felicity…but this felicity is perfect only when. it is integral from the most external manifestation
\nO
\nthe most unfathomable depths. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nO Lord, Thou hast placed me on the threshold of
\nwonder, confirm me in this knowledge. Establish me
\nin that centre of consciousness from which the actions
\nwill be nothing but an unmixed expression of Thy law.<\/font><\/p>\n

\nIn a powerful and mute adoration I wait. <\/font><\/p>\n

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\nAugust<\/i> 27, 1914<\/a> <\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTO be the divine love, love powerful, infinite, unfathomable, in every activity, in all the worlds
\nof being\u2014it is for this I cry to Thee, O Lord. Let
\nme be consumed with this love divine, love powerful,
\ninfinite, unfathomable, in every activity, in all the
\nworlds of being! Transmute me into that burning
\nbrazier so that all the atmosphere of earth may be
\npurified with its flame. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nO, to be Thy Love infinitely. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

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\nAugust<\/font><\/i><\/b> 28, 1914<\/font><\/a> <\/font>
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\nLORD, eternal Master, my thought lies mute and powerless before Thee, but my heart
\ncalls Thee, awaken all my being that it may wholly
\nbe for Thee the necessary instrument, the perfect
\nservitor. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nO to be Thou, infinitely, in everything, everywhere
\nand always, absolute silence and absolute movement. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nTo be only the one containing all, contained in
\nall…free from all limit and all blindness. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nBringer of Supreme Triumph, triumph over
\n<\/b>all <\/b>obstacles. <\/font><\/p>\n

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\n
\nAugust<\/i> 29, 1914<\/a> <\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nOF what use would be man if he was not made to throw a bridge between That which eternally is, but is not manifested, and that which is
\nmanifested, between all the transcendences, all the
\nsplendours of the divine life and all the obscure
\nand sorrowful ignorance of the material world? Man
\nis the intermediary between That which has to be
\nand that which is, he is a bridge thrown over the
\nabyss, he is the great X as the cross, the quaternary
\nlink. His true abode, the effective seat of his
\nconsciousness, should be in the intermediate world at
\nthe Joining point of the four arms of the cross, where
\nall the infinity of the Unknowable comes to take precise form for being projected into the multitudinous manifestation.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nThis centre is the seat of supreme love and perfect
\nconsciousness, of pure and total knowledge. Establish there, O Lord, those who can, who must and
\nwho will to serve Thee truly, so that Thy work may
\nbe done, the bridge may be definitively established
\nand Thy forces may spread untiringly in the world. <\/font><\/p>\n

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\nAugust<\/i> 31, 1914<\/a> <\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

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\nIN this formidable disorder and terrible destruction
\ncan be seen a great working, a necessary toil<\/font><\/p>\n

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\npreparing the earth for a new sowing which will
\nrise in marvellous spikes of grain and give to the
\nworld the shining harvest of a new race…The vision
\nis clear and precise, the plan of Thy divine law so
\nplainly traced that peace has come back and installed
\nitself as a sovereign in the hearts of the workers.
\nThere are no more doubts and hesitations, no longer
\nany anguish or impatience. There is only the grand
\nstraight line of the work eternally accomplishing
\nitself in spite of all, against all, despite all contrary
\nappearances and illusory detours. These physical
\npersonalities, moments unseizable in the infinite
\nBecoming, know that they will have made humanity
\ntake one further step, infallibly and without care
\nfor the inevitable results, whatever be the apparent
\nmomentary consequences: they unite themselves with
\nThee, O Master eternal, they unite themselves with
\nThee, O Mother universal, and in this double identity
\nwith That which is beyond and That which is all
\nthe manifestation, they taste the infinite joy of the
\nperfect Certitude. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPeace, peace in all the world <\/font><\/p>\n

\nWar is an appearance, <\/font><\/p>\n

\nTurmoil is an illusion, <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPeace is there, immutable peace. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nMother, sweet Mother who I am. Thou art at
\nonce the destroyer and the builder. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nThe whole universe lives in Thy breast with all
\nits life innumerable and Thou livest in Thy immensity
\nn the least of its atoms. <\/font><\/p>\n

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\nAnd the aspiration of Thy infinitude turns towards
\nThat which is not manifested to cry to it for a
\nmanifestation ever more complete and more perfect. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nAll Is, in one time, in a triple and clairvoyant
\ntotal Consciousness, the Individual, the Universal,
\nthe Infinite. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 184<\/font><\/p>\n

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