July 5, 1969

There's some news of P.L. He is a bit discouraged. You know that

 he had been excluded from the Pope's retinue just as the Pope

 was to make a speech in Geneva on "Christian unity" with the

Protestants. So P.L. writes, "I started writing to you several

 times, but could not manage to end my letters. After the huge

 effort made to infuse the sentiments of openness that Mother had

 inspired me with, just as the Pope accepted to refrain from pro

claiming himself as the 'Sole' possessor of the Truth and to put

 himself at the same level as the other creeds, Reaction had the

 upper hand and everything has remained as before ....

That's it.

" ... At the last minute, the paragraphs in the speech were changed."

That's it. And that's why they didn't let him go.

It's the same thing going on here, I see it clearly: there was that movement of the Consciousness which wanted to bring about a general progress-and all those who want to pull backward pull as hard as they can.

And they don't even realize what they are doing.

It's so small, so small.

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