When the air raids over the city of Sofia started,
the Master went every day with a group
of disciples to the Mountain Vitosha. He was
pensive. He hardly spoke and would spend the entire day there. Whatever
the weather might have been, he climbed the mountain with steady, rhythmic
steps. In deep silence, he accomplished a work of great importance. Forty-two
times did the Master walk to the mountain. When infused with the Spirit,
movements on the material plane can have wondrous power.
Then when destruction struck the city and the people
were overwhelmed by fear, panic and terror, the Master said, "The conditions
for people to maintain their communion with God no longer exist in this
place. Let us depart."
He said this with sadness and distress, as if he wanted
to say, "There is no longer air and sunshine here. Lets us leave."
After that he retreated with a group of disciples
to a nearby village called Murchaevo to
the home of a disciple named Temelko. The Master created a small world
in which the sky above was clear, the sun was shining and one could breath
freely. The stormy waves crashed upon its firm shores and were powerless
to interfere with the radiant peace which reigned there.
In those days of fear and hardship, many people
found refuge, support, consolation and encouragement there. They renewed
their strength to endure the tribulations. All of this is passed on in
the talks presented in the Wellspring of Good.
THE GREAT INTELLIGENT CAUSE
When the paths were shoveled, the disciples returned to the house for lunch. In spite of the snow, there were again a lot of guests. After lunch, we sung some songs and then we went outside. The air was cold, clean and revitalizing.
The Master took a deep breath of the refreshing air, looked around and then gazed towards the blue sky. He rested his gaze on the careworn faces of the people, and said:
"Everything comes from God. People ask, 'Where is God?' God is in the air. Through the air that enters you, God gives you Life. God the Great Intelligent Cause - is in the water, is in the light, is in the bread. You abide in God. With the light, He loves and caresses you. God reveals Himself through the sun, through the fruits - but we do not comprehend Him. When we are weak, God is within that weakness. Sometimes we think that we are very independent, when - in reality - we have entered into God and it is His Strength that we are feeling. Whenever we think that we are strong, God puts us at the opposite pole: weakness. Yet when we become humble, He uplifts us. What kind of Mind is this that provides for every sun in the entire universe?
"There exists a silent caressing breeze which we
call 'The Breath of God'. As for me, the day is meaningful only in so far
as I can see God who is hidden within Nature."