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Therefore it is useful that a man, having realized the invulnerability of his spiritual essence,
should liberate himself from all fears, for all threats are insignificant. Even the encounter with
powerful dark entities is not dangerous if the firm link with the Hierarchy is safeguarded. Other
negative qualities can also be neutralized by being conscious that it is unworthy to recur to them,
since one must experience their rebounding blow.
223.  Know how to catch the smallest devil by the tail and he will reveal the hiding place of his
superior this ancient Chinese proverb points out the significance of the smallest details in
revealing the most important. Verily, caution about details will be the best key to great
achievement. People erroneously believe that details are insignificant on the path of ascent. Even
the most beautiful heroic deeds rested upon details which were foreseen in advance. How
attentively does hew ho follows the Teacher notice all stones! Nothing external will be
overlooked by him. Only a poor disciple will say,  Teacher, in my exultation I smashed my
nose. Such lack of co-measurement will indicate how far from vigilant was the disciple. The
Chinese proverb also has a different meaning  The greatest criminal is detected best by the
smallest detail of his actions.
224. When We pay attention to details, it means precisely that these can ameliorate a situation.
The quality of work depends upon foreseen correlations. The broad lines alone recall to us the
work of the giants, whose evolution had to be arrested long ago because of their crudeness. But
the spirit does not recognize either giants or dwarfs. It knows only striving for perfection, in
which all the chimes of Cosmos ring out. Thus, we shall recall the conditions of perfectment. If
we began with the Asuras, let us conclude with the Devas.
225. Thus, in the Battle one should keep firmly near Us. One must learn to love the place close to
Us, as if nothing else existed.
226. Tumult fills the spheres. Help each one to maintain the balance. The dark ones use all means
in order that their front may pierce our lines. We shall not tire of drawing your attention to the
extent to which vigilance is needed in small details. Absorb the manner in which one must listen
and scrutinize. One can be aware not only of the cunning of the dark ones but also of all the bells
and other cosmic signs. They indicate the tension of the atmosphere and Our closeness, and
remind one of Hierarchy. One must not be confused if the bells and strings reverberate softly;
there are many reasons for this. Also, they might be heard by those who as yet should not hear
these battle cries. Therefore, now especially I call your attention to details. It is very useful to
study these minute breaths of nature. Besides being relevant to the Great Battle, these
observations are needed for the next advance.
227. At a period when the atmosphere is unprecedently polluted, one must speak about the
breathing; the dense depression has reached even the mountains. Never as yet was there such
density in the lower strata. This condition could be investigated, and people could ponder upon
the peculiarities of our times. Thus we could realize even with elementary means how unusual the
time is.
228. It is no honor to be tempted by the dark ones. It is no honor to lack resourcefulness in
speaking against the dark machinations. Let us not imagine that the machinations of the attacking
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ones will lessen. It is not correct to assume that some day there will come undisturbed rest. Each
shock is but a touchstone. Thus, each oppression must be regarded as the tension before the leap.
Who could exhaust the depth of spirit if it exists? Who, then, can measure the saturation of the
heart, and with what measures? Verily, the heart is responsible for itself. Verily, only the
language of the heart can impart the essence of existence. Therefore we shall not be afraid of the
intensifying oppression. Doubt can weaken each tension; therefore doubt is repudiated, and its
begetter is called the father of falsehood.
The details of present occurrences correspond to the great significance of what is
predestined. One can rejoice at these details, for they remind one of some glorious pages.
229. Who, then, and what can replace the unity of the hearts which, like a flaming bonfire, bears
the calls to the far-off worlds? Who, then, can be afraid if but once he has touched Infinity?
230. Should one not fill one's consciousness with an influx of energy since even the smallest
accumulation by the spirit is significant for the future? Decidedly, everything positive determines
our future treasury. Besides, for the sake of Hierarchy, it is unfit to become a pauper in spirit. And
each conquest and discovery can be brought to humanity. Certainly, love for gain is incongruous
with both Hierarchy and a flaming heart. The saturation of the heart may be of three kinds either
personal and self-loving, namely, deadly; self-sacrificing for something close and defined, in
other words, a heroic life-achievement; or a universal saturation of the heart with all humanity.
This saturation is both easy and difficult, easy because it liberates from Earth, difficult because it
has to affirm a feeling beyond races and peoples. Yet the universal saturation of the heart
demands experimental research and practice. It is like suggesting that the contents of an entire
house be put into a small box; but an experienced spirit will not hesitate to choose the most
precious.
Whoever, then, hesitates to bring the precious acquisitions by the path of Hierarchy, is
completely without understanding of values. Thus, one must become accustomed to lose nothing
and to be prepared to bestow one's accumulations unto Infinity.
231. Likewise, the roots of a tree may sometimes be more secure than the foundations of a house.
When the floor begins to shake, would it not be safer to catch at the branch of a tree? The time is
so difficult that one may find the branch of a tree more secure than the stones of a floor. Even a
small window may serve better than a door. Amidst the shakings of the earth, the flexible and
living branch will not break; hence, study the nature of things. It is unwise not to utilize that
which grows beside the window. Only a madman needlessly uproots that which he himself cannot
plant. Similarly, only the creatures of falsehood try to encircle the path so as to force the traveler
to deviate. But upon the branches of life one can leave the signs of the true path. Thus, let us
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