LIFE AND TEACHING OF THE MASTERS OF THE FAR EAST :
VOLUME IV

CHAPTER I

GREAT WHITE BROTHERHOOD
AND WORLD PEACE

1. Before going further in the study of certain
underlying laws and facts regarding the teachings of
e Masters, it is well to consider the scope their vision
covers. One must enlarge his mind and outlook upon
life to that in which the Masters work in order to
lly understand the full purport of their teachings.
At this time we will deal chiefly with the field to
be taken into consideration and the general trends of
mankind in order that we may fully adapt ourselves
to the work that is before us. It is necessary to know
the nature and scope of a field of work before
selecting the tools and laying down a plan for tending the
field. We must know to what the field is adapted,
what crops are to be raised, and to what end the
cultivation is to be directed. There must be a purpose
back of all work, and it is far beyond the reaches of
what we commonly call our own individual nature
Each man's nature in one way and another is vitally
associated with the life and well-being of every other
individual in the world, and what affects one must
in some degree affect the rest of humanity

2. I rather feel that this discussion of peace should
be very, general because everyone is interested. The
fact is that the world is becoming peace-minded, and
that people are saying that we have had enough of
r. People are beginning to understand that war is
not a natural condition, and to understand that all
those who assume the role of providence by setting
themselves up as the embodiment of perfect Justice -
the creators of Happiness-are only deceivers. Peace...