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... If humanity is to travel upward and fulfil its higher destiny, it can do so only by enlarging its area of interest and extending its field of consciousness. It must, in short, seek to realize the Overself on the one hand, to feel its oneness on the other…
12.17.7.3,… The universal crisis is a sign that we have reached a point in the process of the ego’s development where the more violent and hence more extreme aspects of its inevitable struggles with other egos must be curbed in its own interest or self-destruction will ensue…
12.17.7.3,The emphasis upon mystical insight, the respect for spiritual illumination, the desire to be a personal witness for the presence of God--these are present-day signs of religious deepening.
12.17.7.10It was enough for an ancient prophet to state the truth. Today he must do more than that: he must state the reasons why it is true.
12.17.7.11The need for precise knowledge to replace vague faith is as important today in religion as in any other sphere.
12.17.7.13The message for this age must satisfy its primary needs, hence must contain three elements. First, the doctrine that there is a divine soul in man. Second the gospel that it is possible through prayer and meditation and study to commune with this soul. Third, the fact of the Law of Recompense and hence the necessity of good thoughts and righteous deeds.
12.17.7.14More than anything, men need today to find some kind of contact with the Higher Power which is behind them, and behind the universe.
12.17.7.16What is the religious ideology which is to reign over the coming age? It must be: first, rational in form; second, effective in inspiring faith; third, powerful in uplifting character and influencing conduct; fourth, quick in meeting the requirements of modern times; and fifth, attentive to social needs.
12.17.7.54… There is a vital and urgent need in human minds today of relating personal experience to the universal experience in which it has been born. Put into religious terms, it is a need of finding God.
12.17.7.60,… A nation without some genuine spiritual inspiration is a society without a spine. It will collapse when the big test comes.
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