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institutions. The latter represent an approach that is imprisoned in the zone overrun by

the "A" influences. In esoterism, more than elsewhere, and this is understandable, man

is worth what he is worth. He is engaged to fulfil certain needs, and is recompensed

according to his endeavours.

If he can be useful, already, in his ordinary state, he is made to go through a sort of
esoteric apprenticeship. He will then progress according to his "talents", or, in other

words, his innate intuitive bent, or yet, according to the conscious efforts he makes.

Devotion and constancy are the leading qualities taken into account. Jesus said: "No
man, having put his hand into the plough, and looking back, is fit for the Kingdom of

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God" .
Judas Iscariot's kiss should be ever present in the seeker's spirit. He was the

intellectual amongst the Twelve and the components of this mentality are to be found in

different degrees in any unfulfilled Personality. A man must be absolutely sure if he
wishes to play an active part in esoteric work — even more so today than 2000 years

ago. One should be able to count on him whatever happens. Otherwise, in certain

circumstances, he runs the risk of following in Juda’s footsteps.
And one must not have any illusions on this subject: to betray Jesus, is to betray His

life's work whose object is the salvation of man. So, in betraying Christ's work, one

betrays oneself, above all. This is what inevitably happens to seekers, who, after

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Luke, IX, 62.