Fruit tree

As for human beings, its ideal is to bear fruit

July 13th 2025

One of the greatest sources of sorrow to men and women is to pass away without leaving any offspring. In the past, a family that did not have children was really looked down on by others. Just read the Old Testament! The greatest joy for a father and mother, even as they are dying, is the thought that they are leaving behind noble and intelligent children. They are proud, and when they are on the other side, they think, ‘We have left descendants!’
Similarly, the greatest sorrow for a tree is to bear no fruit. Any tree that is not a fruit tree is on a lower level of evolution. If you want to please a tree, say to it, ‘My dear tree, I hope with all my heart that one day you may become a fruit tree.’ When it hears this, the tree will quiver with joy, because its ideal in life is to become a fruit tree.
And this is all the more true for a spiritual Master. The greatest joy for a Master is to have good and intelligent disciples with whom he will be able to go before the heads of the Great White Brotherhood on high and say, ‘These are my sons and daughters!’*
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