There are those who are open—entirely open as a flower to the sun, ready to absorb. It is particularly the receptivity of people which I see, the state in which they are: those who come with an aspiration, those who come with a curiosity, those who come, as though with a kind of obligation, and then there are those who thirst for light—there are not many of them. Today I saw one who was charming! Oh, wonderful! Well, I am constantly struggling against people who have come here so that they may be comfortable and “free to do whatever they like”, so... I tell them, “The world is big enough, you can go out”—there is no soul, no aspiration, nothing. They are all, all old and I am the only one to be young! It is that, yes, this flame, this will, what they call “push”. But there are not many who bring it. Mostly it is comfort that they need—and free to do some nonsense which they would not do in the world! But to hasten the coming—one could hasten it if one were a conqueror!

3 March 1971

I believe I see, when I look at people... most exactly, it is their condition, the state in which they are. Especially, there are some who seem as though closed, who, as far as I am concerned, do not see, who are altogether in their outward consciousness; and then there are those who are open—there are... some children, a remarkable thing, who were as though entirely open (a flower to the sun), ready to absorb. It is particularly the receptivity of people which I see, the state in which they are: those who come with an aspiration, those who come with a curiosity, those who come... as though with a kind of obligation, and then there are those who thirst for light—there are not many of them, but there are quite a few children. Today I saw one who was charming! ... Oh, wonderful!

And I see only that. Not what they think, what they say (all that appears to me superficial, uninteresting); it is the state of receptivity in which they happen to be. It is that particularly which I see.

I believe really that it is among the children that will be found those who can begin the new race. Men are... crusted over.

Well, I am constantly struggling against people who have come here so that they may be comfortable and “free to do whatever they like”, so... I tell them, “The world is big enough, you can go out”—there is no soul, no aspiration, nothing.

My feeling? They are all, all old and I am the only one to be young! It is that, yes, this flame, this will, what they call “push”. To be satisfied with petty personal satisfactions ... which take you nowhere, busy with what they are going to eat, oh!...

But the flame, the flame of aspiration, there are not many who bring it.

Provided they are what they call “comfortable”, it is all they need—and free to do some nonsense which they would not do in the world!... On the other side, one feels that to hasten the coming—one could hasten it if one were... if one were a conqueror!