My private sanctuary in the Cathedral of the Soul is today brilliantly illumined by the Sun's rays which fall upon the altar and the furniture distorting the details of the splendid stained glass window. 'On Earth' it is actually a little past noon, and although I prefer the night for my Cosmic contacts, the urgent need to continue the preparation of my work has led me here and will lead me here in the next days at different times of the day. The Master was already 'there' when I arrived, which shows that my visualization was correctly and effectively realized, and that my desire to proceed with the work in hand was understood by the Masters of knowledge. Once in the Cathedral of the Soul, it is never necessary to repeat the question. It is necessary only to remain in a state of receptivity and absolute passivity so that the inner consciousness may be impregnated by the awaited reply. I am now in the silence and the Master speaks:

"Yes, nothing is more true than to consider the body as a sanctum for the soul personality which inhabits it. This sanctum is alive as long as its 'host' is present in it and breathes life into it. The guardian of the sanctum is the mind. Theoretically, its mission consists of keeping the 'premises' in good shape, to acknowledge visitors, which are ideas, and to admit only the good, to watch that everything may be in good order within and without, and in a general way to conform to the instructions laid down in the beginning for the function of the mind. In practice, unfortunately, this guardian often becomes proud of its charge and comes to believe itself to be the master, with all the errors which are involved in such a wrong conception of its mission, and with the bad reactions (for itself and for the sanctum for which it has the responsibility) which result from this wrong attitude. It even happens that it becomes so preoccupied with not appearing less than it claims to be, and so concerned with its prestige that it forgets the true host of the sanctum, and no longer directs toward it the thoughts which have come to visit the real ‘proprietor of the premises’. More and more severe warnings are naturally given by this proprietor as much as by the visitors. These warnings take the form of anxiety, torment, remorse, and especially restlessness and dissatisfaction, generally compensated for by some religious belief giving a passing appeasement. That will last until the repeated negative experiences have weakened the mind’s false self-confidence, and it progressively surrenders and restores to the soul personality its true place and all its influence, this salutary capitulation coinciding with entrance on the Path, with the beginning of the mystic and traditionalquest. ‘It is evident that the way in which the sanctum (that is, the body) is considered depends on the breadthof the mind. With one which is still entirely submissive, with conceptions more or less atheistic, or simply superstitious, the body is the first preoccupation, with what that involves of excesses of all kinds, and many fears, especially of death. The bodily sanctum is thus purely and simply an idolatrous object. "Opposite to this we find a mental conception which is also a serious form of illusion, although this may be the point of departure on a more genuine approach. The mind in this particular case is interpreting badly its mission as guardian. It no longer believes it is the guardian of the sanctum (which is the body), which it more or less abandons; it supposes itself to be the guardian of the soul personality.Starting from the false premises which reading or wrong education have suggested to it, the mind thinks that the body is a hindrance to be suppressed, a prisonfrom which it is necessary to escape, a restraint to be pushed aside with all its strength. From that there results asceticism in its many aspects, with its physical excesses and its spiritual faults.