38. The Ideals of Humanity and the Ideals of the Initiates
GA 68b/1906-01-16/p031
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For when they have developed the Budhi, they can receive that which is their deepest self, their note, their word; then man can let his living ideals flow into humanity. A thought becomes powerful when it is inspired by desires. If it is imbued with divine power, then it can be placed in the germ of human development, then it can carry development through the centuries.
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