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receptive posture and wait quietly. Do not expect anything in
particular. If you have done everything properly and if you have
reached maturity, you will receive the innermost thoughts and
feelings of your "enemy" like lightning. All his or her secrets
will be like an open book and you will be able to recognize
them thoroughly. For the time being, you will have knowledge
of a part of that person's soul, and through repetition you will
come into the knowledge of other parts of the content of his
soul.
This may occur for one person in the form of a wordless
recognition; all of a sudden you just "know it." Another person
may experience it in the form of a sentence which he or she
hears, or in the form of a picture which he or she sees internally
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and which is mainly to be understood symbolically. This sym-
bolism corresponds exactly with the symbolism of dreams.
The decision as to whether the goal of the exercises has
been reached lies with an infallible inner feeling. You will be
able to see through any human being or object with which you
are "one." The entire exercise is divided into the following
main parts:
(l)The passive phase of the major concentration.
(2)The active phase, consisting of:
(a) The preparation of the mental image of the person
chosen.
(b) The awakening of the feeling and the active send-
ing out of sympathy.
(c) Deliberate vacancy and passivity.
This meditation can also be practiced out of sequence, if
the circumstances are such that it becomes desirable. This will
be especially advantageous before important meetings and ne-
gotiations with acquaintances or strangers. These exercises are
always to be performed fairly late in the evening just before you
go to bed or just before you fall asleep.
Your daily schedule should therefore be as follows:
Your early morning exercises:
Record your dreams.
A series of complete breathing exercises.
The training of the master look.
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Your exercises during the course of the day:
The cosmic eye exercise.
The cosmic food exercise.
Your evening exercises:
Meditation on the Cosmic Father or the Cosmic Mother or
the Empathy Exercise.
Daily criticism and making plans for the next day.
FIFTH LETTER
RISE UP AND BECOME LIGHT
A Warning Which Should
Be Taken Seriously
Only one who enjoys total health of the physical body and soul
should enter into the exercises of the fifth level. Exceptionally
weak human beings, namely those who suffer from consuming
or mental ailments, especially from obsession and the like,
should refrain from the exercises that follow, since they could
cause serious harm.
Should a person who is afflicted with the above ailments
decide to continue, and begin with the exercises that follow, the
author of these letters declines any moral responsibilities.
Should any practicing student have any doubts in regards to his
abilities, he is welcome to contact the author to receive special
instruction.8
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The author died in 1957. - ED.
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All those who, on the basis of this warning, are not in a
position to continue our course of instruction have it within
their power to lead a rich and fruitful life. All they have to do is
remain on the path they have entered and, as far as time and
energy allow, immerse themselves for a few years in the study
of astrology or chirology and they will be richly rewarded.
Learning either of these subjects by themselves can take an
entire lifetime.
However, my other companions who have reached this
point and who are in full possession of healthy energies, come
now and take my hand and allow yourself to be helped to climb
to the fifth level. Above all: Learn Silence!
Learn Silence
The world in which we live echoes with infinite idle talk. The
more the words that are spoken, the fewer the deeds that are
performed. In a sense, words become a substitute for deeds;
what is even worse, the word nips the deed in the bud. How-
ever, all things which shall become tangible reality in the
physical world must have time in the spiritual world before they
mature, precisely as a child must mature in the mother's womb
before it sees the light of day; otherwise it will perish on ac-
count of its own internal imperfection.
The best method to insure failure, when it comes to a
thought or plan, is to speak about it prematurely. Not only are
you giving away living energy, which would, if retained, main-
tain the tendency to perfect itself and to serve the thinking hu-
man being, but you also awaken, on the basis of one's own psy-
chological law, immediate upcoming counter forces which op-
pose the immature neophyte in the spiritual kingdom and seek
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to destroy him. A finished, completed fact is a might with
which everyone must deal in one manner or another. It enters
the world as a knight in armor and fights for its position.
Whereas an immature fact is a helpless infant which is easily
overpowered.
The discipline of silence is one of the most important
weapons in the struggle for happiness and success, one which
you cannot do without in the struggle for the ineffable bliss of
self-perfection. Much has been said and written about the art of
speaking, but very little about the art of silence. And yet it is an
ability that has to be practiced regularly. The person that speaks
seems to be at an advantage when viewed superficially. The
reason for this is that a speaking person awakens the impression
of activity and is more active in actuality than the silent lis-
tener. Be assured that this superiority is only overt until it is
confronted by a disciplined person, in other words, a taciturn
person who does not indiscriminately surrender to his partner,
but instead is very particular when selecting the people or
words by which he wishes to be influenced. From this moment
on it should be a rule for you that you should ask yourself these
questions regarding every human being with whom you come
into contact: "Can he or she influence me positively or nega-
tively?9 Does he promote or obstruct my progress on the path
which I have entered upon?" Conduct yourself accordingly!
Active And Passive Silence
Passive silence is allowed if it is conducive to your advance-
ment; you can subject yourself to the influence of conversation
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A person or words or both. - ED.
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without mental reservations. You can listen with feelings of
sympathy and consent. However, should these feelings influ-
ence you unfavorably and obstruct your development, or should
you have any reason to believe that they might, then immedi-
ately initiate active silence with your full consciousness; that is,
practice silence with inner reservation. As long as you are sub-
jected or exposed to such people or thoughts, be firm and hold
on to the idea: "You cannot harm me, you cannot influence me,
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