Leaves of Morya's Garden - Book 2 - Illumination (1925) - 3.5.5: 3.5.5. It is possible to issue decrees, to make promises, and to intimidate; but only understanding impels. What could replace the understanding of applicability? Leaves of Morya's Garden - Book 2 - Illumination (1925) - 3.5.5: We appreciate a thought which has engendered a decision. The decision is valued according to its applicability. Applicability is judged by spirit-knowledge, and then an action results at which one may rejoice. Whoever rejoices has faith also. Even faith must be well-grounded, and thus can the Teaching live. New Era Community (1926) - 120: We can evaluate the work of the inventor on a world scale through realization of the direction of world evolution. It will be difficult to understand the applicability of the laws of dynamics so long as the fundamentals of matter have not been assimilated.
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