| 21.) From Agni Yoga (1929, 4th Ed.), 508.: a.) “Intellect is not wisdom. Straight-knowledge is wisdom. Intellect is reason. b.) “Wisdom decides, for long ago this decision already ripened. Intellect is the threshold of wisdom, and when sharpened it merges into the sphere of synthesis. Reason and a mind adapted to one specialty are the corners of the future house. ***c.) “A man with a specialized mind can pave for himself a brilliant future, but he will incarnate until his mind loses its narrow specialization. d.) “When intellect loses its specialty, it is already wise. |
| b.) “How may one approach the above- mentioned Absolute? It cannot be done through technical means or earthly science, nor by descriptive art. c.) “It is possible only through the expansion of consciousness, when the earthly being is engulfed by the emanations from the distant spheres. d.) “Thus, those who are approaching Us, or rather the boundaries of the orbit of Earth, lose their specialty. Only in the realization of all-comprehensiveness may one endure the brilliance of the luminaries. But in order to contain this scintillation, one must set alight one's inner fires.” |