Transformation of the individual
"There has to be the transformation of the individual because changing the social order alone does not guarantee a real improvement"[1]
"It is this transformation that will make the difference because the people who experience this will have an impact upon the world that will be very different from the impact they had created before. And they will have a much greater and more profound impact. They will demonstrate through their service, their presence and their state of mind a very different kind of experience of life. They will add strength where there is weakness. They will add inspiration where there is none."[1]
"You cannot transform yourself. That would only be a change in your ideas or concepts or circumstances. If you can improve your circumstances through great effort and application, nothing has really changed on the inside. You are still guided by your fear. You are still filled with judgments and associations. You are still a slave to your social conditioning.
That is why the transformation must happen on the inside, or the world will grow darker, more difficult, more overwhelming. People will not be prepared, and their final reactions to it will be chaotic and rarely productive and constructive.
We are giving you the key, the clue, the missing component."[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The New Way Forward for Humanity: What Will Change the World
See also
Further study
- Steps to Knowledge, Step 205: I will not judge the world today.