find a smile.
But mastery is confirmed by realization
of victory over self.
Conquering self, the victor will rise.
Therefore, sound the trumpet of victory far and wide;
For God is with Us.
438. A miracle rests better on an empty stomach.
Love of the world fits better in a clear brain.
Disdain excessive eating, just as you do quarrels.
439. By a single word have evil empires been created.
Will the Lord's Creation delay
When all the Heavenly Forces have risen?
By decree of the Highest,
Rays penetrate the sphere of the sun.
Waves of the ocean of planets
obscure the currents of the luminaries.
Ominous and beautiful is the time!
440. A new banner requires new people.
441. He who arrives ignorant will be seated
at the table and will be filled with
knowledge.
All is saturated with signs and approaches.
If you wish to commission a passer-by to
carry a message to a neighbor's house,
You say to him, 'Friend, give our friends this message.'
And often afterward you do not even recognize this
messenger.
So, in life too, look at what has been brought to you
without being troubled by the appearance of the
bearer,
Especially when everything around is filled with signs.
Truly, fortunate are you who know the Indications
about what is coming, and the ordained dates.
Therefore, wait and rejoice.
442. To be a fugitive for a long time is not pleasant.
Dearly do we pay for our self-love.
443. Why consider Us as a volcano of passions,
When the freesia is Our favorite flower?
Leave to the enemy the crimson ardor;
More close to Us are the diamonds of the peaks.
Already you see his stratagems.
Ah, how he toils! How can he be convinced
that his building is no more than a prison?
And prisoners are constantly dreaming of escape.
What joy is there in dragging prisoners after oneself?
However, in this argument he is of a different opinion.
The obvious Alberichs have accepted his teaching.
444. Sacrifice is necessary; and the flame of the
offering purifies, like ozone.
Even savages burn their sacrifice, as a crude symbol
of the act of offering.
445. In the Name of Eternal Motion,
In the Name of the One Force,
I repeat!
Just as the roots of the trees gain strength
in the earth,
So does your knowledge gain strength in time.
Therefore, know the dates,
So as not to seize before the appointed time.
That which is seized prematurely and that grasped
belatedly are alike in their results and meaning.
446. Verily, I say: Even crumbs are useful
in the Great Service;
One can collect a bowlful of the common work
from yesterday's loaves—
The gift of My Spiritual Instruction.
Your sole defense is in My Name;
Other defenses are of no avail.
It is better to understand this in time.
I have summoned you to the construction, and I stretch
out My Hand to you, beloved shield-bearers.
I have revealed the pathway.
Let the Guiding and Safeguarding Hand be always
remembered.
447. Go forward courageously.
448. Wisely We will turn everything for the good.
449. I will gather the daughters.
Let them help lay out the garden of beauty.
Let them fill the garden to overflowing with new
blossoms.
I perceive that one can expect a rapid sprouting of
life in the New World.
450. The New World is manifested in the miracle
of a renewal of life.
My Hand is amidst each day's events.
Happiness it is to view the miracles
standing guard like shields.
Sternly do I confirm My Words.
451. He finds the sooner who knows how to conceal.
One can quiet a wave only by a timely pouring out of oil.
452. When a maiden strives evenings and nights
to bring good to the world—
When she dreams about the ineffably beautiful
and lofty—is this remote from life?
If these dreams are beautiful,