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blunt blade, does not cleave space. Whereas, the ringing of unexpected concordance breaks the
densest surface.
Tales about sorcerers sending deadly diseases are not fictions, but there is no sorcery in
them merely exercise of the will. The weakest hypnotist can compel one to experience the effect
of drowning. He can even order one to die on a definite date. Such cases have been recorded.
Now, imagine the will brought up in favorable conditions and you will readily agree that
the deadly eye" of the East has a basis.
One can have no doubt in the potency of the will, but it is another matter to determine its
power in life. How to find and discern the conditions under which a desire can pierce the being
identified by our will? It is particularly necessary to watch the sparks of our consciousness. Even
when a body is almost invisible the lightning of thought nevertheless flashes, and on the point of
this lightning is life and death.
There was a certain ruler who said to some criminals You cannot live more than a day,
and at night they were found lifeless. The responsibility for such sendings is great. And each hour
we send arrows in all directions.
Be careful in expressing wishes.
169. During treatment of illnesses through a command of the will, remember that one must not try
to overcome infectious diseases by suggestion. A common error is the lack of knowledge of how to
discern the circle of possible effect. Furthermore, the treatment of infectious diseases by suggestion
may work irreparable harm. It is better not to touch a dog guarding the gateway; if one begins to
whip it, its rage will increase tenfold. Likewise with microbes, they can be vanquished by rays or
by the counteraction of the forces of the organism, but the whip of the will forces many centers to
droop, and the fire will engulf new domains. Rays undercut the roots of the infection, but the will
leads it to new activity.
Indeed, it is difficult to diagnose a disease in its embryonic state; only examination of the
secretions and a picture of the radiations will give determinative results. If the secretions can
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sometimes lead into error about the true cause, then the hieroglyphics of radiation will reveal the
basis of the disease. Each peculiarity of the action of the organism gives a color and sign on the
graph. Observations can be carried on in every hospital.
170. We have spoken about conditions and about distinctions. Naturally, the question arises what
is usual and what unusual? We regard everything as being usual. In the conception of a man of
small consciousness a great deal is unusual. The usual and the unusual are divided only according
to the degree of consciousness. It is truer to say absorbed and unabsorbed, realized and
unrealized. With Us the unusual is understood differently. Each type of consciousness has its usual
grouping of the centers, just as you distinguish types of thinking as mathematical or philosophical.
From the circles of consciousness often stands out a grouping of centers not native to any of them.
These branchings of consciousness are truly unusual indeed, they give their possessor many
possibilities but little earthly happiness. And rarely can the possessor himself point out the
symptoms of these branchings of the consciousness. The unusual feature is drowned in the routine
of the consciousness. Even an experienced psychologist will find with difficulty these unexpected
blossoms.
While diseases are clearly reflected upon the radiation, the unusual branchings of the
consciousness are formulated with difficulty. True, radiations give the complete picture of a man,
but everything psychically unrealized gives a wavering outline, difficult to fix. Here is the domain
of the unusual for a certain group of consciousness, and such blossoms among stones are
particularly precious.
Reflect upon psychosis, reflect upon criminality, reflect upon unbalancedness!
171. To some it may seem that much of what has been said here is widely known. It is necessary to
affirm concepts of different order; only thus occurs assimilation in the consciousness. One may
picture two conversationalists of approximately the same development who yet do not understand
each other. Perhaps between their consciousnesses only a few small links are missing, yet this
small difference forces the cog-wheels of thinking to turn differently, with the result that altogether
different levers are set in motion. But talking a matter over in the fullest will not harm anyone.
After all, We are pronouncing no revelation, nor are We preaching. We simply are arriving at the
conditions under which the consciousness can assimilate united labor. In this way, into the field of
vision enter various details already pondered upon by someone but which for strengthening the
chain must be affirmed in their state as of this moment!
Indeed, it is necessary to cleanse the chain of thinking. One should summon all solicitude
for the successful progress of cooperation. True, in the communal consciousness there is no
offense, but by untimely formulations of thought it is possible to inflame one's companion so as to
bring harm to the work; therefore, We watch over the gradual growth of consciousness. It is not
Our task simply to inflate the dimensions of consciousness. Only organic development and
diversity of intake determines the actual capacity of the treasury.
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