| *3.) It is most difficult to broaden the consciousness of the average intellectual person, who is full of conceit and negation. *a.) As the average intellectual tries to prove his education and knowledge, by repudiating [deny, reject] with a ‘superior air’, all things which his mind does not comprehend. *b.) Due to this attitude, his whole personality is a failure. c.) “Therefore, I think that the statement: ‘In Russia there was always less lauding [praise] of personality than in the West’, is not altogether correct.”* [ Notes: regardless of race, culture & religion; almost all ignorant personalities having the same self-centered characters. ] |
| Obstacles in broadening mankind’s consciousness 1.) It is inadvisable to bewilder a small consciousness by mentioning the concept of synthesis. Nothing but perplexity and detachment will result. 2.) The process of broadening the consciousness is a very slow, and most dangerous one, a.) Violation of the balance can result in: (i) insanity, (ii) enfeebling of the will, (iii) obsession. b.) “The growing tree needs fencing about; the nervous and difficult horse needs blinders.” |
| * Agni Yoga: Letters of Helena Roerich I |