There is little that I have to say to you at this time, brother of old. I seek not to change your work or meditation. You [460] have followed the one I assigned for only six months and I seek to have you work at it for a full year. One change only would I make and that is in connection with the third point and the use of the Lord's Prayer. Instead of pondering on the words of that prayer, I give you here some sentences which I would ask you to make especially your own, for they are peculiarly yours. There are three such sentences and you might regard them as constituting a magical phrase for each of your three bodies. You should all remember that ancient phrases (such as these I oftentimes give) are really untranslatable; I but put them into English words which will make their meaning clear. I make no attempt to preserve more than the sense.

• Phrase I. For the mind.

"Like a golden butterfly which flies in tile face of the sun, I find myself poised upon the lotus petal of the earth. I hover; I stay a little moment and then I fly - into the golden pathway that leads unto the sun."

• Phrase II. For the emotional nature.

"There is no darkness and no fog. There is no night or day. There are no storms nor peace, no rest nor strife; only the steadfast will of God which works toward good."

• Phrase III. For the physical body.

"Down from the mountain top I come, bringing the light of Life, the life of Light. Into the chalice of the form I pour that light which life confers, this life which light sustains. I see this golden light transform the darkness into day. I see the blue of life divine pour through the form, healing and soothing. Thus is the task performed. Thus is a man of earth transformed into a Son of God."

Otherwise keep your meditation unchanged. One of the purposes of these meditation seed thoughts is the physical transformation [461] of the lower man, but your success will be dependent upon the changes wrought in the two inner, subtler bodies through the medium of the first two phrases. . .

To most of your co-disciples and to you I feel the need of saying simply: Be joyful, for joy lets in the light, and where there is joy there is little room for glamor and misunderstanding.