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The Message Papers
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Our Efforts in Constructing
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An Earthly Temple
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The Message Papers
Our Efforts in Constructing
An Earthly Temple
But then one begins to think, "Why is it that there is so much talk about a temple to be made on the earth?" The answer is that everything that is to be built on a spiritual plane is finished when it is also built on the physical plane. But then one asks, "If that is the only reason, why must we have a temple; will any little thing not do? Why must we dream of big things and great things?" But any of my sincere mureeds who have deep devotion to the Cause and in whose hearts the dignity of the Message has been wakened -- can they ever imagine such a thing, that there could be something too good for the Message of love, harmony, and beauty.
When we stand in the physical world there is dignity to be considered. I am content with anything simple. Give me a hut of straw to speak in; I shall be glad to do so, I shall be quite content. But will your sense of dignity be content to imagine the Message of love, harmony, and beauty given in a garage? It is not at all desired by us that it must be made like a palace of Pharaoh, nor is it necessary. But at the same time we must not spare to contribute, to add to it beauty in whatever form we may be able to give it. For it will remain on the plane of the earth a little souvenir: a souvenir of your devotion for the Cause, a souvenir of that struggle and fight through which you have to go and are going in this pioneer work, that people will see your devotion after centuries, how you worked for it even on the physical plane, proving your devotion by having constructed that building on the spiritual plane also.
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