71.)  Agni Yoga, New Era Community (1926), 63:

a.)  “The main understanding will be of the
fact that labor can be relaxation.

b.)  “Many amusements will have to be
abolished. Chiefly, it must be understood
that the products of science and art are
for education, not diversion.

c.)  “Many amusements will have to be
destroyed as hotbeds of vulgarity.

d.)  “The forefront of culture must sweep away
the dens of fools passing time over a mug of
beer. Likewise, the use of profanity must find a
far more severe penalty. Likewise,
manifestations of narrow specialization
must be disapproved.”


72.)  Agni Yoga, New Era Community (1926), 69:

a.)  “… I advise him who wishes to reach
Our Community to add to his knowledge.

b.)  “After the general school education,
the people of the West usually forsake
knowledge, or else they draw out from
knowledge a tenuous thread of
specialization instead of weaving the
whole network of the catch. …”
73.)  Agni Yoga, New Era Community (1926), 116:

a.)  “Shield children from everything false;
guard them against worthless music;
protect them from obscenity; protect them
from false competitions; protect them
from affirmation of selfhood.

b.)  “The more so, since it is necessary to
inculcate a love for incessant learning. The
muscles must not gain the upper hand
over mind and heart. What sort of heart
takes a liking to blows of the fist?”


74.)  Agni Yoga, Brotherhood (1937), 292:

a.)  “Treatment by means of music is already
being applied, but the effects are not always
perceptible. The reason is that it is not
customary to develop perception of music.
From childhood one should be
accustomed to assimilating the beauty
of sound. Musical faculties are in need of
education.

b.)  “It is true that in each man has been
implanted an inclination for sound but
without cultivation it remains asleep.
Man ought to hear beautiful music and
song. Sometimes a single harmony will
awaken forever a sense of the beautiful.