New Era Community by Helena Ivanovna Roerich 1926 (1978).pdf

NEW ERA

COMMUNITY

1926

Agni Yoga Society, Inc.

This book or any portion thereof

may not be reproduced in English

or in translation to any other language

without written permission from the publisher

Second Printing 1978

Printed in the United States of America

Wayfarer, friend, let us travel together. Night is near, wild beasts are about, and our campfire may

go out. But if we agree to share the night watch, we can conserve our forces.

Tomorrow our path will be long and we may become exhausted. Let us walk together. We

shall have joy and festivity. I shall sing for you the song your mother, wife and sister sang. You

will relate for me your father's story about a hero and his achievements. Let our path be one.

Be careful not to step upon a scorpion, and warn me about any vipers. Remember, we

must arrive at a certain mountain village.

Traveler, be my friend.

We are dissipating superstition, ignorance and fear. We are forging courage, will and knowledge.

Every striving toward enlightenment is welcome. Every prejudice, caused by ignorance, is

exposed.

Thou who dost toil, are not alive in thy consciousness the roots of cooperation and

community?

If this flame has already illumined thy brain, adopt the signs of the Teaching of Our

mountains.

Thou who dost labor, do not become wearied puzzling over certain expressions. Every line

is the highest measure of simplicity.

Greeting to workers and seekers!

COMMUNITY

1. Family, clan, country, union of nations—each unit strives toward peace, toward betterment of

life. Each unit of cooperation and communal life needs perfecting. No one can fix the limits of

evolution. By this line of reasoning a worker becomes a creator. Let us not be frightened by the

problems of creativeness. Let us find for science unencumbered paths. Thus, thought about

perfectionment will be a sign of joy.

2. Depression is the enemy of each improvement. There can be no constructive building in doubt.

There will be no learning under fear. Observation is a step toward justice. Selfhood is betrayal of

self-renunciation. Without achievement there is no path.

3. Monasteries are often called communities. The communal life has long been a sign of

cooperation and of mutual respect. So too each workshop can be a cell of a community in which

everybody contributes his skill. Altruism is a requisite if one is to devote one's talent to the

common work.

4. Unity is pointed out in all beliefs as the sole bulwark of success. Better attainments can be

affirmed if the unity of coworkers is assured. One may cite a great number of examples when

mutual trust among the coworkers helped in lofty solutions. Let people, from home and hearth up

to the spacial preordinations, remember about the value of cooperation. The seed of labor withers

without the moisture of reciprocity. Let us not look backward too much. We hastening fellow-

travelers shall become weary if we jostle each other. We shall realize a beautiful meaning if we can

introduce the great concept—friend. Community may consist only of friends.

5. The path of life is one of mutual help. Participants in the great task cannot be humanity-haters.

This term denoting a shameful hatred is a long one. But perhaps people will the better remember it

and be ashamed.

6. Also let us not forget that realization is simplified through clear consciousness. But let us not

lose the shortest Path. Time is precious. We should not deprive anyone because of our

sluggishness. Laziness and ignorance sleep in the same cradle.

7. Malice admits leprosy and pestilence. Malice can transform a peaceful fireside into a swarm of

snakes. Qualities of malice are not befitting the community. The common task is General Welfare.

8. Cooperation must be based upon sound rules. This teaches orderliness; that is, it helps the

acquirement of a rhythm. Thus even in daily work are expressed the great laws of the Universe. It

is especially needed to become accustomed from childhood to continuous labor. Let the better

evolution be built upon labor as the measure of value.

9. And another absolute condition must be fulfilled. Labor must be voluntary. Cooperation must be

voluntary. Community must be voluntary. Labor must not be enslaved by force. The condition of

voluntary agreement must be laid into the foundation of advancement. No one may bring

dissolution into the new house. Workers, builders, creators, can be likened to high-soaring eagles.

Only in a broad flight does the dust and rubbish of decay fall away.

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