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Tournaments

 

          January, February, March and April are for us the months of tournaments. Small and big, all participate with the same ardour, but,

I must say, not in the spirit of the ordinary competitors. For we always strive, not to win, but to play the best we can and open

thus the way to a new progress.

          We are not aiming at success – our aim is perfection.

We are not seeking fame or reputation; we want to prepare ourselves for a Divine manifestation.

That is why we can boldly say: It is better to be than to seem. We need not appear to be good if our sincerity is perfect.

          And by perfect sincerity we mean that all our thoughts, feelings, sensations and actions should express nothing but the central Truth of our being.

 

Bulletin, April 1950  

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