The Teacher gives, but never imposes; He advises, but does not punish; He blesses, but asks for no gratitude.
Whoever turns back to offer thanks loses the Way. So, if you see a teacher who demands gratitude, who turns you from your path and disturbs your inner rhythm — be cautious. The Teacher has no need of your thanks. But if your sense of gratitude becomes a spark of awe in your awakened self, then you are growing — and He will know you have thanked Him. Your perfection is His gratitude.
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Evolution has extinguished thousands of fires of religious pride in the human being. Evolution is the fundamental law that no Teacher has ever renounced, and no Teaching — regardless of its official status — has ever ignored. No disciple has ever progressed, nor can develop, if deprived of evolution. In fact, discipleship itself is a recognition of its law — for it moves upward from the first grade onward. This is the clearest proof that it has been acknowledged. And whoever refuses to embrace the law of evolution does not understand Universality — to which every being is bound.
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This is what the Wave of Wisdom will bring — Knowledge which, as Universality, reveals hierarchy. In this sense, we must say that only the strong can uproot the weeds from their soul without fear that the seeds of a good harvest might also be torn out. That is why Christ told His disciples: Wait until they ripen, and then… But the strong uproot. And when a School, when a Teaching, enters the Path and reaches the soul of humanity, the weeds of the past — whether in the realm of virtues, in metaphysical thinking, or in applied social constructs — must be pulled out. This is what all Teachers do. And that is why Jesus said: I did not come to bring you peace, but a sword. And He truly brought a sword — a sword that wounded millions of souls; a sword that shattered thousands of chains; a sword of a new religion — the religion of Love.
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And now, the Wave of Wisdom will set you free from the scale of Virtues, in which many become entangled. Losing the Path, they become entangled in virtues. And yet, without virtues, there is no moral formation. In “History of Religions” I examined religion both as a spiritual necessity and as a moral gradation… This is not a rejection of the moral-virtuous framework. But one must know what must be transcended. What framework did Christ transcend? That of Righteousness — without denying it. So when I speak of liberation from the scale of Virtues, apply a new measure for virtue. There are no enemies! “Love them,” He said. And I say to you:
There is no evil, there is unevolved good!
Polarity must not define your existence. Evolution will teach you, and you will come to order the virtues — for Wisdom, as Light, traces the image of Service.
From “Teacher, Teaching, Disciple”, Nur Magazine, Issue 1/1993 (only in Bulgarian)
