Tanais Gallery
Svetoslav Roerich. Love Thy Neighbours As Thyself (By Thy God).
1967. Oil on canvas. 112 x 214.
Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
What I will say now is very important. The canon, “By thy God,” is the higher, and this canon is the basis of the New World. Formerly one said: “And my spirit rejoiceth in God, my savior.” Now you will say: “And my spirit rejoiceth in God, thy savior.”
Solemnly do I say that therein is salvation: “Long live thy God!” So you will say to everyone; and exchanging Gods, you will walk to the One.
There where one might otherwise sink, one can tread softly, if without negation. There where one could suffocate one can pass, by pronouncing “Thy God.” There where matter is revered one can pass only by elevating the earthly matter into the Cosmos. Essentially, one should not have any attachment to Earth.
Why is there a legend about the descent of Christ into hell? The Teacher addressed the lower strata of the astral world, saying: “Why, by cherishing earthly thoughts, bind oneself eternally to Earth?” And many revolted in spirit and rose higher.
Thus, find the God of each one and exalt Him. One can understand it in mind, but it is more important that it be accepted in the smile of the spirit. When the most difficult becomes easy, like the flight of birds, then the stones themselves unite into a Dome, and Christ the Mason will appear to each one.
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