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were not bad and that the seed could fall on good ground and bring forth much fruit .
Today, the lack of Faith and Hope can bring about the third fall: for Hope should reach
its fullness and fulfil its promise at the time when the Cycle of the Son comes to an end.

Therefore, those who prepare the roads that lead to the Era of the Holy Ghost, should

be filled with Faith and Hope. And while experiencing this plenitude, each forerunner

should envelop it, within himself, with a Knowledge that will enable him to enter into
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the Kingdom of Heaven, while being begotten through the Gospel .
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One may hope that the development of Knowledge, if it takes place, will exercise an

influence that will outstrip the limited esoteric circles and will mark the important

decisions of men, decisions oriented in the direction of cosmic interests. In order to
emphasize the meaning of this expression, let us say that esoteric work tends to

facilitate the task of humanity from these two essential aspects: in the first place, the

Fulfilment in the Cycle of the Holy Ghost by the accession to the deuterocosmic form of

Love; in the second place, the conscious participation of humanity, first limited to its

elite, then covering its totality, in the development of the Ray of Creation.
Divine action favours the attainment of these aims: works in depth on certain points

from where it spreads to cover the whole of humanity. It works through Revelation

which gives man the possibility of penetrating deeper and deeper within him-

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John, XIII, 24; Matthew, XIII, 8; Mark, IV, 8.
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I Corinthians, IV, 15.