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Carl Rossi
“Beautiful patterns of snow that
delight you now will thaw in few hours… My buildings
of stone will fall after centuries… While harmony
and beauty will never cease to be!
“But there is also That which is
superior to the beauty of the Creation: it is the
Eternal Consciousness of the Creator! Seek His Love
and Mergence with Him — and then — from within
Him — you will be able to create the Divine
beauty!…”
“Tell us please about Your path to
the Divine Perfection! How and when did it happen?”
… Rossi shows seashore, white
porticos of temples, columns of white marble, many
stairs leading to buildings standing on the top of a
hill… Rich verdure of south. Soft, azure waves of
the warm sea lap against the shore at the feet of
young man in Greek clothing… Inner quietness,
contemplative calm, harmony…
“What is this, Carl? Greece?”
“No… This is Italy, My dear Italy!…
“… Once I was a student of great
Pythagoras. It was in Croton in southern Italy.
“I went through many stages of
spiritual initiations…
“The education there consisted of
many steps.
“The higher moral norms,
vegetarianism, mastering inner quietness —
these were the initial steps that had to become the
basis for further learning of a very broad spectrum
of knowledge. The students studied many sciences and
arts, the laws of numbers and the laws of harmony.
The students could become then philosophers,
politicians, musicians, architects… The School set
the higher purposes of moral transformation of the
society, the creation of laws of high moral
standards and introducing them in the world outlook
of all people…
“But only the most deserving ones
were initiated into the higher knowledge — the
knowledge about soul and the Spirit, including
direct cognition of the Origin of the Universe — the
Creator.
“In this incarnation I was very
close to achieving Self-Realization. I needed a bit
more time, but people of hatred destroyed the
buildings of the School. Pythagoras and most of His
students, including Me, died…
“… In the last incarnation I was a
son of a famous Italian ballerina. My mother moved
to Saint Petersburg to live and work there.
“I spend the years of My youth in
Italy learning arts.
“Again the sea waves were lapping at
My feet. It seemed that the sun rising over the sea
is about to awaken memories about similar sunrises
which I watched every day when I was a Pythagoras
student… But this did not happen…
“Russia became My second native
land. I loved the expanse of the Baltic sea, the
power of the Neva river, this city…
“I became an architect and created a
new appearance of Saint Petersburg. I created
ensembles which united in harmony the buildings and
the space around… When creating, I first visualized
in the consciousness the design with all its
details; after that, I just had to reproduce it in
pictures and then — in stone!
“When I worked, the state of joy
would overfill Me. I loved every architectural child
of Mine!… The ideas of a new application of the
antique laws of harmony endlessly emerged from Me:
as if My past was coming out in a powerful stream…
“I called it ‘a passion for
antiquity’, but, in reality, what was happening is
connection with the Atmic potential of the soul…
“In that
incarnation no one could explain it to Me. I did not
realize with the mind the nature of My abilities.
Yet, the bliss of creativity filled all My life! I
could work tirelessly, finding inspiration, beauty,
and harmony, which lived in Me!…
“… When I built palaces, I dreamed
about enlightened rulers…
“When I designed buildings for
statesmen, I believed that inside the harmony
created by Me they would create wise laws…
“I created park ensembles and
believed that the unity of buildings with the
majesty of nature would create places where
people could be filled with love for this beauty…
“When I had money, I spend them
helping those who needed help, and I never thought
about Myself…
“The moral norms of the Pythagoreans
remained a part of Me…
“But I was not prepared for the
cruel laws of the material world…
“… Dismissed I became almost
penniless… My creations — a symphony of stone —
stood in the city on the Neva river… Ungrateful
rulers lived in them… and continued to create
injustice…
“… And I — forgotten by everyone —
would to go to the sea and ask from the bottom of my
heart, without even knowing whom I am addressing:
‘Why did I live here?
‘Who does need everything I did?
‘Why am I alone now?
‘What did I do wrong?
‘Why no one shows even a little of
gratitude for everything that I gifted to
others during all My life?’
“And once I received the following
answer:
‘Look: this is the sea, this is the
sun over it, this is the earth which you walk…
“How often did you thank Me — their
Creator — for their harmony and beauty, for their
existence?
‘You ask what for did you live on
the Earth?
‘You lived to ask Me about this and
to receive the answer, for instance.
‘And, of course, you lived not only
for this…’
“… I believed in the existence of
God. I used to go to temples and pray… I believed
but not in such God — living and real! — Who
suddenly began to talk to Me as a Friend and
Teacher…
“Now I could feel Him! Youthful
easiness, joy, love, and gratitude overfilled Me!…
“… In these last years of My life
God helped Me to remember…
“My hands — the hands of
consciousness — were huge! I used to hold in
these hands all landscapes and expanse, when I was
creating My architectural projects…
“And now it was easy to Me to learn
to caress with these hands of soul — the sea,
the earth, and all the living.
“I began to feel Myself vast — like
a pyramid consisting of the subtlest Light.
I stood over the Earth and in the depth
there was Light…
“Then God showed Me that I can go
below the pyramid and submerge in the Light
which has no bounds at all… And then I can become
this Great Light…
“When I had mastered this, He
allowed Me to enter Him and become One with
Him.
“… Unfortunately, My body was too
old, and I could not achieve more…
“I thank you for your desire to tell
about Me to people living on the Earth… Let those
yearning — come to Me, in Me… I will teach them how
to cognize Me, how to enter the Creator…”
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“The School of Pythagoras… — you
have to create such schools throughout the Earth!
“If you remember it, once I talked
about spiritual art. This subject is important in
the work of serving people, in the work of educating
new generations. Ecology and art are two directions
which one should use in work with masses.
“Ecology — freedom and harmony of
nature, plus anahata — expanding, overfilling the
spiritual heart with subtlety and beauty!
“Also —art, which can give these
states to people, which can emphasize the beauty and
harmony, and show them to the soul. This work may
include park and landscape views, creation of
harmonious environment in towns and cultural
centers. You can recall the ashram of Lao and what
Huang told about handmade beauty…
“Let people delight at the views
that unite fountains, reflections in glassy waters,
buildings, flowers, trees, stones, and even the rays
of the rising or setting sun! This was known in
China, and in ancient Greece, and in the epoch of
classicism…
“This can be developed and cherished
in the people of art; one can teach this to
children… One has to develop in people the ability
to see the true beauty! This can be done little by
little, starting from small things — from handmade
beauty that people learn to admire. This can be also
supported at the scale of the government!”
“How to realize this? Should I
engage again in the park design?”
“No, this is the task of the
students of your students and their followers. Yet,
it is you who have to lay the foundation of these
ideas in human minds and to kindle the flame of
inspiration in their hearts! Listen, watch — I will
help you! After all, you, too, are Master of Arts!
So, become the true Master!”
“You are kidding!…”
“No, I am serious!”
“You should simply give these ideas
to professionals. Ideas are a wonderful thing: they
begin to live and become realized by people who had
never read your books! Good ideas can spread as
intensively as the flu virus: they are ‘in the wind’
and eventually they find like-minded
consciousnesses! So, let the dark epidemics be
replaced with the waves of Light and Purity!”
“Carl! Please tell about
Pythagoras.”
“I knew Him a little when I was
incarnated in Italy. Perceiving Him as a
Consciousness — this cannot be expressed in words…
He is God!
“… I can tell only that little which
was at the earthly level of communication; try to
feel the rest without words. Now, listen…
“I dreamed a lot about entering His
School and I prepared Myself. In temples, the
priests worshipped and taught to worship gods that
people’s fantasy endowed with power and with not
best of the human qualities. It was an echo of
ancient tales about the spiritually degraded
descendants of the Atlanteans: the people who
possessed the power of consciousness and… human
passions. With the same passions people’s ignorance
painted the memory about the Others…
“The philosophy of the aristocrats
was almost atheistic; it combined reasoning and
‘exquisite sayings’ with emptiness of souls and
justification of vices. Most of the nobility adopted
the outlook of consumerism and self-gratification,
which they called ‘freedom’ — in contrast to the
life of slaves, who worked hard to provide
everything for this ‘freedom’ of life.…
“… The School of Pythagoras… — even
these words seemed to fill Me with Purity and the
Light of the Truth! I wanted to enter the School
most of all!
“I saw Pythagoras for the first time
on entrance examination. That time I was so agitated
that could not remember His face. Usually He did not
come to examination of aspirants, so it was surprise
for everyone when He came, made a gesture not to
interrupt the conversation, and set aside to look at
the process of testing.
“I had the feeling that in the
presence of God the soul shed all protective
envelopes and stands naked in front of Him. I could
not display exquisite rhetoric or gestures, though I
prepared for a long time… Everything non-sincere in
Me was destroyed by the mere fact of His presence.
Probably, My answers to the questions asked by
School’s students were also not best.
‘What will you do if you are not
accepted to the School?’ He asked Me suddenly in a
soft voice.’
“… I thought that I failed and
hardly could answer:
‘I will prepare Myself and come to
try next time…’
“… To My astonishment next day a
young man in white clothing, reciting the names of
accepted people, said My name too…
“Later I learned, as a miracle, that
Pythagoras Himself proposed to accept Me to the
School.
“Later, I saw Pythagoras only from a
distance. Sometimes, I saw Him walking slowly on the
trails in the garden for meditations; but we all
tried not to disturb Him in vain. Sometimes, I saw
Him on general discussions when we, immersed into
the Light of His Consciousness, listened to
His lessons.
“The presence of Pythagoras by
itself illuminated life of the School with unearthly
Light. Everyone gained awareness of
connectedness with the Whole, participation
in realization of the Creator’s intent on the Earth.
All student felt themselves participants of the
Great Work — though little ones, but contributing to
the common cause anyway, like small leaves on the
Giant Tree of Life: work and development of everyone
had now meaning and value for the life of the
Whole. It was not only within the walls of the
School; it was the essence of the Pythagorean
brotherhood. All its members kept this state of
connectedness, the state of acting on behalf of
the Whole. This made all spiritual children of
Pythagoras viable and steadfast. The Students
retained this spirit ages later. Ask Nekrasov, He
can confirm it.”
“Carl! Please tell us what You see
as the most important in the art of educating
souls.”
“The most important quality of a
soul is love! It was developed, in particular,
through friendship, devotion, trust between the
students of the School.
“The best way of developing the
ability of the consciousness to think correctly is
creativity. It could be logics, mathematics, music,
sculpture, and architecture. The most important
point was to ‘switch on’ the creative aspiration of
the soul and to direct the flow of gifting,
giving away. In this way, souls became naturally
united with Atmans in the process of their growth.”
“How do You help people at present?”
“Do you remember how you stood in
delight on the Palace square, when you, a school
girl and later a student of university, came there?
How you were overfilled sometimes with delight at
the expanse and beauty of your city on the Neva
river? It was Me teaching you to love! This is also
one of the aspects of influencing the souls of
people who learn to love the handmade beauty…
“Now, too, I try not to convey to
creative people new ideas of the development of the
city.”
Carl shows new channels and ponds,
which continue the traditions of the waters symphony
of Petersburg. Channels and brooks, pits created
during building construction are not hidden under
asphalt but are transformed and create a unique
appearance of every new district. Large parks have
their own unique features in each district. In some
parks — pines and granite surround glassy waters, in
others — birch grooves and meadows of flowers appear
in the frame of the bubbling springs… The parks are
inhabited not only by ducks, swans, squirrels, but
many forest birds, and even hares, roe deer
willingly approach walking people…”
“Do you think that people will
decide to spend money on something that does not
yield a profit? Formerly, palaces and parks were
built at the order of czars…”
“If one builds as I suggest, then
you will need less hospitals and police. Beauty
and harmony will raise healthy souls… Of course,
this is not enough, but… this is also My small
contribution. Unfortunately I can gift My great
meditation Pyramid only to few people in
centuries…”
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