Esoteric Lesson

A second word that is mantric and can help us when used correctly is: It affects me. We know that all hierarchies work in us and through us, that without them we would be nothing, and therefore it is good to become more and more aware that we are entirely their work. And this is contained in the mantric words: It works me. We should think and speak these words with a feeling of holy devotion and reverent awe. In the Bhagavad Gita, this holy book, we have a vivid description in the conversation between Krishna and Arjuna that we should fulfill our prescribed duties and yet keep alive in our souls the feeling for the working of the deity within us. In no other holy book, not even a Christian one, is this pointed out in the same way as in this Song of Songs. Krishna says there: “You should be a warrior or a priest or a merchant, and so on, depending on which caste you belong to, and perform your work conscientiously, for your destiny has placed you in your occupation. But you should stand above your work with your ego and feel connected to the divine.” —