| 4.) Few of the workers can discern the quality of their own work, but if the worker were to strive to [Spiritual] Hierarchy, he would immediately advance to a higher step. *5.) The ability to establish the sacred Hierarchy in one's heart is also an inner concentration, but such action comes through toil. *6.) By not wasting time upon oneself [self-Forgetting the false personality], It is possible in the midst of labor – to become linked to Spiritual Hierarchy. |
| Strong Link to Lord, affirm to achieve Higher World 1.) Ignorant ones may suppose that uninterrupted communion with Hierarchy can distract one, from striving for the work itself, *2.) On the contrary – constant communion with Hierarchy lends a higher quality to one’s labor. a.) Only the Eternal Source deepens the significance of perfectionment [or self-perfection]. b.) This flaming measure of labor must be established. *3.) The very approach to the Fiery World demands the ‘realization of earthly labor’—as the most proximate [nearest] step. |