38. The Ideals of Humanity and the Ideals of the Initiates
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But let us ascend to the ideals of the initiated! Through the innermost education of the human being, he has purified his passions, desires and wishes, just as the thinking person has also purified his thoughts. Christ therefore says: Sanctify your thoughts! If a number of people could be together who have purified their passions, desires and wishes in this way, they would be in harmony with each other, as are the thoughts of these people. When a person has undergone this purification, they find themselves in something similar that encompasses everyone, they are in harmony. That which develops in this way is the Budhi, which lies in all people in a germinal form.
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