Supermundane III, 643. Urusvati knows the necessity for a sealed memory. Many ask why it is necessary for the memory to be sealed. But they cannot imagine the horrors they would endure if humanity could continually remember past lives. A cacophonous choir would emerge, and with such a choir no progress would be possible. It is a wise law that sifts out all that is unfit for perfectment.
Inexperienced people imagine that having a knowledge of their past lives would permit them to better succeed on their path, but in reality only few would know how to properly make use of such memories. Actually, these memories are not lost, but are stored as living accumulations in the Chalice, and sometimes the Voice of the Silence reminds one of the need to draw forth and make use of an old experience. The law of concealed memory is a blessing.
Could anyone now, in this technical age, immerse himself into the mentality of times long past? This would only encumber the path. One can study the culture of antiquity, one can understand the ways in which old problems were resolved, but one cannot climb back into the skin of one's forefathers! And such an attempt would be altogether unnecessary. This is an age of astonishing discoveries, and man must adapt himself not to conditions of the past, but to the future, so as to apply his psychic energy sensibly.
The Thinker predicted, "There will come a time when people will be able to fly, and will strive toward the far-off worlds."
-Agni Yoga
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