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TltE PRINCIPLE oF CONFLICT
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There are 5o ma.ny pople !1. the sorld v}-o bgcome dlscou'ra6e-d vhen

confli'ct starts wlthln thelr fam1I1ec, churcheo, groups, or 1!

the nation as a wholc. Ttrey immediateJ.y conclude ttrat everfathing
is in danger and tha.t the best thing fo.r them to do is:
A. To vit}.draw
B. Toattack
C. 1'o pass over to clre stronger sid,er or
D. To merge into inertia.
.Tf r"re analyze lho issuer ,v -can.'s.ee that conflict starts r+hcn:
1' A nelt enerrD., idea or thought crashes ritr, the old, .,t"oroj"
orrL1,
vhj.ch resists and wants to perpetuato itself .
2' People feel dissatisfied r'-ith the present gituation in economic,
social, religious and scientific fierds.
This dissatisfaction occurs
vhen a manr oF a Broupr overPasses ttre f.evef. vhich the tinre and
corlditlon present.
3' An advanced man enters into our ranks and disturbs ttre calm
vaters of peace in vhich ve are floating innoccntlyr or. sinfrrlly.
fn somc oJ.rl books, great dlsciplds and sawiours vero cal.le<l nBltsrtrl.g
cr troublcmal<ers, ancl this is tnie J.n eveqr age.
But this conflict docs not take place alrrays in a fernriJ.l. .,r in i.r
6rouP of people. It tares place also wittrin ourserves, co:rr.rict
otarts in a man as a result of spirltual thirst, or bdtter fo sn]as a result of a call or an inf&uence from his spiritual side. T5en
thc man is dividcd between the inner and outer vorlds, bet-r.-een
material and spiritual paths, and the conflict starts r"'ithin himself
until one side of his nature is rrlctorLousr-)o, gives up. I{e musE ,
not
forgQt that tho dart; forces have thclr obscsscd aents ovcr.-]-r".lrore,
<and lhat tlreir duty is to isolatc or dishono.r the liqtrt-bclrers
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throu6;h confusion, doubts and lies. I Thoy oro a.ctJ.rrc. ospocinlrl- rrtr.:n
a purer light starts to build fts?uttaJ'n
of serye'. They attack
evcn tho embrlros beforo thoy are born, if those agents se that the
coming babyr oF babies are destined, to be leadsrs of light.
Ife must
dlscriminate also between confltrct and attack, and the motlves bchind
them. Ile have a confl.ict'1f a hlgher force is trying to create bettcr
;onditions anrl situationsr destroyln6 thc crystalllz.ad hlndrances.
Yo lt:tvc an attack if Llmi tln6;r mrterlali zLngi, isol:rtirrg, s6:lflslr arrcl
elnrk forr:n.q nrrr trlrinc to ctastroy tho sorrrco or Ltro
ng"nl of the
lt-ghf , Tli-rouqA orAqnf ze(
dorr{p nrr, t propaflnffc{a-i .rrr.r or.lrcr- ri:rrri
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advanced person ever rived wlthout hav1n6 attacks made

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by the darJg forces.
Ttrese forces {qmetiu.ts a.re orgaliz.o'..rao
avakened becauso of tho exlst.rc"
of a. teader of t;"r;-;;
; giwon
This hi6h lewel presence stinulates ai:tomatically
placc'
the evil
around him, and ttre battle starts.
Bqt thc rrise man uscs ever- o,rrorr
throrrn at him. t'Blessed be the obstacles; they
teach us unity and
rAll the vinds sen/e the miller
resistanc.I
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to produce a better
No
nev
idea,
'flour'r'
invention, or readership gomes to the vorrd
of man without creatin6 stron6'opposition,
suffering a'd Labor.
Hundreds of lightrbearers,
6reniuses, died, upon the crosses_ of hatredr.
jealousy and nisunderstandinsIlundreds were burned, excommunicated.,
crucifiod"
"BllE tha ftrture centuries proved that the1, verc uhe mo_st
polrerful human lcnefactors of the human race.
1.he obstacles and
attacks, instcad of veakening them, became the main
fucl for tlrcir
upvard victollro
'lfe must not for6get that the conf lict maJ, occur
on
any one of the three levels of human life.
rt may occur on the men*a.r
plane' wherc icjeas fiSht against each other,
ti].l 6radually t1.e besr
solution emerges through long and dedicated
research worli and
meditation, if al1 sides are sincers ancl free
from mechanical
influenccs'
rt may happen on the emotionai levef where
enotions anc
ieclings war against each other, until thc cool
liht or- tlr,- ints t i eci
intcrt'crcs
and the golden path is revealed.
or it may occur on rht,
phy'''ieal f cvgl in tho form of rovorutions,
riots or rrars. rn eacrr
ca6e tvo mujn ancr1.;ics ilrc f16;htlng against eactr
otlrer.. ono
represcnts ttre old attitude;
the other ttre nerJ attitucle.
Or one
represents ttro energics of freedom; thc ottror
represents the forces
of darkness'
rf onc looks at tristory, arrrays the forces of
light
aro tictorious.
And new curtures ana ne'' civirizations
do start.
These are the result of new energies comin6 from tlre
deptrrs of tlre
human soul.
Confl j.ct does Llra foJ.lowing things:
A. old forrnsr sttitucres, idcas, the old rrays of thirrJrirr6;
ancr actir:;
become clear nncl comc to the surface. paople start to uso
thelr urincls.
B' It scparatos clarlcness from l1ght, and ewcnttrally cJ.jminates
darkness, if thore ara enoul3h persona]'l.tios
-qtandinf: by thc, J.jGht.
c ' New idcas r nev va]'s of thinking and acting
e'erce, ancr as a
-sult of tlta'rc, ovorltually civil.lzation
changcs.ancl lruman l-ife
adJusts itsolf
to the progress of the t1mo.
D. f t avakens the goocl in manv hearts and or;anjret jols, ancl
)evolo73
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. churc}., and humarri.ty totlard lr':lgher dlrnonsJ.ong'
E. It also produces d,etachment antd renunclat-lonr tb'-as_e tlo ha.we
grouP, church
l-n the progrst of..an lndlvldualr
great signiflcance
The vay of progress is a contlnuous Process of cletachment
or nation.
vith ttre higher,
and rcnr-rnciation from the lover, and identification
bccomes
lasts too long, then it in itself
But if this identification
an ewiJ. and an obstacle on the vay of progress.
p. Tt lgads to Jilrcration and to deepor ways of se:nriec, Xow, is it
pos.elble to progrcss vithout confJ.lct ? Human ltistory sltorrs us tlrrt
But it is possible to raise it onto the..mencal..
it is impossiblc.
p1ane, ancl graduall;r adjust J.ife to the nev fiChs received throu5h
the conflict.
Suppose a. man uscs too much alcohol and one da]' throttgh the
advice of fricnclsr or from bitter expericnce, h" realizes that he
starts betveen the habit and the
Norr the conflict
should not drirrk.
goes orr the man
nev dccision or wish. As long as ttris conflict
gradually starts to see things cJ.earJ.y. This inner illumination
strcngthens tha forces of freedom in his soul' ancl onc tl;r1' tho mnn
Ttre samo is trtte for a {:roup
is enrancipatcd from his bad habit.
or churclr. 1'hc group or church is runnlng ve:3 smootltll'; cvervtltirtg
An atteck
but one day trouble starts.
is propcrly taken carc of
is dirccted toward ttre ]-eader, one of ttre membcrsr or a E:ivetr cte:Then thc 6roup or churctr is agitated; the conflict is ol:
cision.
thc uay. Graclually the sidos form themselvcs and make their attituclcs
vcty c1ear. Both sides prepare their attacl<, ttren tall:r SossiPr
Aho 6rouP or ct:ttrch
hatred, jealouslr -- al1 are activc.
politics,
Eventual].yl the people start to 6oe thot::is unclcr a severc test.
eelves as ttrcl' Ifo The lntontions and thc tactics beeomo clcn'r'
nabove" to sco tho
Ancl lrhcn tt-e fiSlrt cools dor.rr, pcople lool<
or ctrurch rras formed', and then
upon. vhich their
principles
Totp
look rrbc.l0wn to ree vhether ttroy vere able to act as their principles
tirre
had been tcaclrinfi them througbout the years. Thus for the first
Now tha cltance opens for nerr
sftovs its trr.te picture.
thc conflict
prolrcss,
1f the peoplo involved but face the lssues aJ.ld malie the
neccssarlr adjustmont.s. The same 1s trtre of natlons and all hunranitl"
Conf] 1c t t'o:lclrtl'les tlro flre'
Prot:resn is t5a rr:srrl t of confllct.
tho oppor&\rrrl
fhrotrl;lr rrhictr tr.rtrsnnrtn Llon occul's. Cotrt'lict ot'f crs tr3
to avaken ancl tal<e thc slda of tho
to surpass our llmitatLongr
pro6rcssiwo forcos of 116ht. Tlro v(ry of protTress is llko cJ.J.mbLnC a
uruurrt:rirr. 'flrorr: is rrruclt Te513lancct buC caclr stco iukes a trlan lriflrcr

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But at the 6eme tfJa':tfr6 pf:.gr^!^i'.
experlenc.
'.lidcr
facos greater reslstance from hls body, from hts emotlonsr: a:rd,'ven.
hls ttroughts. But tre continuos, aacb.6tP16 a problem.. No rDan ca11
eo forrrard wihhout solving his problems. Thc problems sometimes
they are the same
change ttreir shapes and forms, but essentialll'
s1156lved problrTrso Once a problem is solved it disappears and a
greater one appears. This tioe it does not seem so 6reat for your' because eaclt linre !'ou solve a problamr You increrso your encrg]'ancl
visdomr so thc proportion rernains ttre same. To the degree tl:at our
pll6r-lnr 6o", to-ward thc pcal<, do'es his hpri?.or1'. gradually enlarlTet
Ho brearlle's
and does he dcvelop a scnse of proportion and rclatiwitr"'
in a prlrcr and fincr air, and ttre noisc of the Lot.'er'l-cve1 6radtraJ. 11dies for him. Each step hifher he is cf-oser to the source of li:ht.
llis ho;jzon is his hcartrs compassion; it gets cieeper ancl decper,
'Ihe air
untiJ. it encomPasses thc rrhol.c universe.
vider and wider
vhich hc breathes on higher and hi6her l.evels is thc plane of consciousncss into vhich tre snters and th:''ou6;h vhich lte Pnsses into
Hc has now an antenna
deeper and d.eeper states of consciousness.
whjch can picl< up the rare llaves of hi6her leveJ.s of cotlsciottstlc'-ss.
Rut aetrralJ-y such a man docs not'hawo to cllmb the peali of a motrntain.
The mcuntain is in lri.s sotrl. IIo can start to cJ.ir:rb tor;lrd the lti.rlt.'sr
To medilase
poal< of bcing only throrr.qh tris mj.nd and his irrner 1i5ht.
As tre Pcnetra:es
mcans to breathc in thn rrog'ld of thou6hts ancl idels.
h. trrin.as fitrcr encr;1ics
deepcr into thc vorld of lris higherrbeln6,
dovn to the outer r+orJd, dorrn to his mechanism, atrd gradual11- he
changcs his vehiclcs of expresslon, his environrncnt and the vorld.
Day by dnyr yoar by year, he climbs
This is the meaning of scrvico.
lto clttrn6os tlro sttbstn'nco
ttre clountain vithin him, ancl ProPortlonally
A trriltl brcutltt:s
of his vehiCln, and thc state Of hls environrrcttL'
through his nose al.t Jun6s. Tlut hc also breathcs cmotionally and
mentally. lto vtro livcs on a h16h lovol of tho arts ancl knorrledge
cannot live ln a poisoned emotional and ntental atruosghere. He nrttsE
have purer air to breathe and this Purer alr for his lnrrer, spiritual
culture and nisdom' A11 ttrese
lungs can be forrnd on tho lcvols'of
is the
In its tz-uo 1i6ht, conflict
things happen through conilict.
procass-oftransnrrrtatLgnof.foEce.slntoenerrlcs.1.ojLI}Lo-jiI\eI.
jcrro'rnnco in wlrich so
It is t:lro t)rocoss of prrshing nw.ty tho val]s of
A truo l1chtfrom south to north.
l1ve. rt is a ctrange of polarlty
ntrcl hQ. o1'c'n crqn'tos con&gr1fO" -":.r ntnn wlro {Lg-l:tp- tlrrough confllct,
Otte of tlre nrnsLer-mincl's
lrot thore''
t'lict:::rrrrl
terr.sion it'ttreY:rro

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. .sa/s very beautifullfs
'f t ls .necessary to become a6 accuctomed to'battle'as tot ao{1y'
1abor. One may understanrd a battf'e not only as a tebt,
1n the
excelling of onets strengthr but a1so as a source for ttre
accumulation of ertc'ff)fo ttierarchy does not mean thc
' steadfastness of serenity, but steadfastness in the midst of
battle.

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