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Happiness is a difficult lesson to learn; it is for mankind a totally new experience and Christ will have to teach men how to handle happiness correctly, to overcome the ancient habits of misery, and thus to know the meaning of true joy. (Chapter 5)

— Alice Bailey The Reappearance of the Christ (1947)

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I have already given you more than you can understand, but not more than you can begin slowly to study and eventually to comprehend...

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Arrest each unloving thought; stamp out each critical action, and teach yourself to love all beings - not in theory but in deed and in truth.

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The more a man grasps and knows, the greater is the horizon which opens up before him.

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There is no finality in the presentation of truth; it develops and grows to meet man's growing demand for light.

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