As If

“Act in the future ‘as if’ there are for you no more glamours, and see, my brother, what will eventuate. Endeavour always to live within the Ashram, which is insulated from glamour, and act "as if" the consciousness of the Ashram was intrinsically your consciousness. Go forth to the service which you are rendering ‘as if’ you remained immovable in the Ashram; live always ‘as if’ the eyes of the entire Ashram were upon you. For the remainder of your life let the esoteric philosophical concept ‘as if’ actuate all you do. It is this constant awareness which the two words ‘as if’ embody that will produce in you a fresh use of the creative imagination.” Discipleship in the New Age, Vol. II, p. 554