Tension
The path of tension is the path of striving, that is to say, the path of life. (BR, 44)
Tension give evidence of the degree of will which underlies striving. (INF I, 168)
Vigilance of consciousness does not mean that one should try to do without sleep. The tension mentioned in the Teaching is not a physical overstraining but a vigilance and mobility of consciousness. This in turn influences our vitality, as the awakened, broadened consciousness makes a person twice as strong. (LHR I, p 231)
He who has directed his vision towards Infinity understands that the higher it is, the more tense. Thus, prepare people for an inevitable intensification. This does not mean that the Teaching propels one to tension, but that this pressure is the law of Existence. (H, 314)
When I speak of tension it must not be interpreted as fanaticism. On the contrary, the tension that links one with Hierarchy may be precisely a spiritual departure from customary conditions. Though formerly people fell into bodily fanaticism this does not mean that in a more spiritually advanced time the same primitive methods need be used. If formerly it was necessary to threaten people with the torments of hell in order to curtail their partaking of bloody food, nowadays the vegetable diet enters life quite naturally. So, also, when it is realized that the heart is the focus of the spirit, then the physical manifestation of fanatics will be replaced by the revelation of the life of the heart. Thus, gradually, even in the most difficult epoch, the spiritualization of life is entered upon. There are many grave examples before you of entire nations losing their image. But when the Fiery World is realized, the highest earthly state appears small and transitory. (FW I, 656)
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