200. All worlds are on trial, and the Tablets of the Creator so testify. The Sun of Suns shines to the everlasting song of great labor. 201. You must oppose the destroyers of mankind. Attack draws near, you must discover the right path amid battle. 202. It is better to know men than to be deceived by their masks. Manifold are the dark ones. It is a thorny way leading to each truth. 204. Think of oncoming need and linger not at the present. My help is great and is given without delay. 205. It is painful to learn the true faces of friends, but knowledge precedes all else. 207. Cosmos is reflected in the pupil of every eye. God dwells in every heart. Woe to those who expel God. Better never to know than to betray. Not to small things will you be witnesses. The cloud upon God's Mountain will be dispersed. The lightning of the Word will illumine the abysses. New, new, new ones, beautiful, sensitive, exalted, will be assembled. The Teacher entrusts Urusvati and hers to manifest Himself. Gather people under My roof. M's mountain is erected, upheld and encircled by the plough of labor. 208. Degrade not yourselves with trivial judgments, and with a smile accost danger. Is there aught of terror neath M's shield? 210. I feel the dust blinds your sight and the battle deafens you; knowledge comes to vanquish earthly frailties. The passing events will be a book of life. I reveal to you all steps, the path leads straightforward. Tree branches are gnarled, but the whole tree is mighty for the traveler. Its canopy foliage shields the wayfarer. Pure thoughts twine like branches, each different but their growth strengthens the tree. 212. When My Forces must be spared, obey; comprehend. 215. Deeply laid is the foundation. Let cowardice depart, let reason build its own nest. By demolishing these nests with lightning, by smiting cowardice with a whirlwind, We forge the way. Go and work. 216-7. Unfathomable is the Creator's calm amid manifold turmoil. After a first calm comes a second. Amidst battle one has respite. 218. Verily I say, leave the old ones; act with new. 220-1. My Hand initiates the worthy. We know the oceantides, and no drop shall overflow the banks. 222. The enemy will shall not endure before divine will. 223. Our shields rust not, the way to Us grows not lusterless. Measure events by 40 tests. 224. Better stern knowledge than the play of sentiment. One must know before one dares. One dares before one acts. My shield covers the devotee in the trial. 225. Seek diamond potential, hearken to the calling waves. Look beyond, afar; understand, My warriors. 227. I spin new threads, I look for contact points. 229. Yea, yea, yea, each word of unity is as the seed of some fair flower. Where are the gardeners who judge seed quality? We teach them to gather the fertile, to pluck out the blighting. The ground where the divine manifests We adorn with flora. The flowers of unity require protection, yea, yea, yea. Life shall be regenerated. So be it! 231. From the beginning We were winning. 232. Virtue's path is not psalming but labor and service. Spiritual travail is the one swiftest ladder. A decade of suffering is crowded into a day in the lives of the chosen. Better a full cup of misery than a mild sad life. 234. Our gestures do not erase karma; the settlement of old accounts is inevitable. Fate's hand leads toward the good. 235. Where dreams are conceived and sacrifice extolled, where Invisible Light graces labor, My blessings. In the leaf-whisper, wave-plash, breeze-murmur I AM with you. Amid the cruel, dark, treason, strife and sorrow, My shield is over you. 236. Converge with light, bear light, glance not back. 238. There is no jesting upon the approach to Light. It is easy to miss one's footing in the mountains. It were better not to reject the Guardian Hand than to wait anxiously for the rescue lantern. You must understand, remember and know. 239. The common highway leads not to the holy mountain. I regard an act of treason as most heinous. 240. Joy manifests creative potential, illuming a world in darkness. Our Teaching enables all to participate thru endeavor. 241. The present hour is not stream but vortex. By destruction He creates. Can witnesses, in realizing Mighty Design, count themselves afflicted? The deaf, blind and highly-seated are merely passing--the Creator comes! 242. Flying carpets are spread, you may soar by intrepid spirit. Even bears know why they must swim united; how many are the useful examples scattered about! 243. Four Guardians, protect the chalice of the Archangel! With new wine is filled the Arc manifested unto you. To the mouth of cycles I gave command to bring you My Way. Under a veil I concealed your faces. I recalled to you joyous ascent. I unsheathed the memory of the forgotten scroll. I enhanced your perception, opening to you the books. Approach and receive. A prayer: "Thou who gave voice and shield, send the master upon my paths--my heart opes." 244-5. Each epoch has its own aspirations. The idiosyncracies of man's spirit alienated necessitate results unnecessary to Us but convincing to mankind, which prefers the lanes of a garden to nature. 246. Aum and I AM are two pillars of one Portal. 247. At night We teach, in day men ascribe it to themselves. At night the abyss is perceptible to the eye, the whirlwind ear-close. Behold, Our Word bestows the great knowledge. Calamity approaches; endure. It is commanded to choose the way, high or low. I send a shield, do not reject happiness. 248. Be warmed by the fire of consciousness unfolding its potential; twilight endures not. Yea, yea, yea. The ear clearly discerns the stamping thud of raging battle. Be imbued with strength! 249. When needless words are uttered, the currents are mixed. The Higher Ones send Us bliss, We transmit it to you, not for rejection's sake. 250. Know how to hasten. Be aflame.