Become The Flame

K's theme this year (1927) at Eerde (Castle Eerde in Holland) was Liberation whereas the year before it had been the Kingdom of Happiness. Lady Emily made some notes of what he said:

"You must become liberated not because of me but in spite of me...all this life and especially during the last few months I have struggled to be free - free of my friends, my books, my associations. You must struggle for the same freedom. There must be constant turmoil within. Hold a mirror constantly before you and, if there is anything you see there which is unworthy of the ideal you have created for yourself, change it...You must not make me an authority. If I become a necessity to you what will you do when I go away?...Some of you think I can give you a drink that will set you free, that I can give you a formula that will liberate you - that is not so. I can be the door but you must pass through the door and find the liberation that is beyond it...Truth comes like a burglar - when you least expect it. I wish I could invent a new language but as I cannot I would like to destroy your old phraseology and conceptions. No one can give you liberation, you have to find it within, but because I have found it I would show you the way...He who has attained liberation has become the Teacher - like myself. It lies in the power of each one to enter into the flame, to become the flame ...Because I am here, if you will hold me in your heart I will give you strength to attain...Liberation is not for the few, the chosen, the select."