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tensity which would not be there except for this constant threat.
Then one understands, one begins to feel quite concretely that all
these things are only ways of intensifying the manifestation, of
making it progress, of making it more perfect. And if the means
are crude, it is because the manifestation itself is very crude. And
as it becomes more perfect and fit to manifest that which is eter-
nally progressive, the very crude means will give way to subtler
ones and the world will progress without any need for such brutal
oppositions. This is simply because the world is still in its infancy
and human consciousness is still entirely in its infancy.
This is a very concrete experience.
It follows that when the earth no longer needs to die in or-
der to progress, there will be no more death. When the earth no
longer needs to suffer in order to progress, there will be no more
suffering. And when the earth no longer needs to hate in order to
love, there will be no more hatred.
This is the quickest and most effective means to bring cre-
ation out of its inertia and lead it towards its fulfilment.
... Perhaps it will go quickly.... But the question comes to this
— an aspiration that is sufficient, intense and effective enough,
to attract That which can transform complication into Simplicity,
cruelty into Love, and so on.
CWM 10: 166-68 The Mother

Q: Should one respect the body of a dead person? If so, how?

One should respect everything, living and dead, and
know that everything lives in the Divine Consciousness.
The respect should be felt in the heart and the inner at-
titude.
CWM 15: 121 The Mother

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