Your enquiring mind, my brother, is a real group asset, but when couched in terms of bewilderment, or critical intellectual questioning, it can let in destructive force. Use the knowledge which you have to emphasize the facts of which you are sure. Take your stand upon the basic certainties, and remember, that in the synthesis of the apparently contradictory complexities, there will come eventually enlightenment. Therefore, my brother, can I do anything else except tell you to wait with patience? In occult training, the old adage remains profoundly true that "a little knowledge is a dangerous thing." The Path leading to omniscience is one of pitfalls and of difficulties. Has it ever struck you what complexities the Great Ones face as they deal with a constantly changing humanity? Principles remain eternally the same. But techniques and methods of presentation alter with each cycle, because the receiving equipment of man steadily alters and improves. This improvement does not necessarily mean an easier type of pupil; it often means the reverse. The Teacher has not only to impart the old truth in a new way, but has often to offset the established habits of thought and the impatience of a too eager mind.

Ponder on the themes below suggested.

• 1st month - The use of the hands in healing.
• 2nd month - The cultivation of patience in diagnosis.
• 3rd month - The factor of time in healing.
• 4th month - The "occult abstraction" of the personality in healing.
• 5th month - The recognition of karma in healing.
• 6th month - The interplay of love in healing. [348]