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<blockquote>When one truly knows the life and work of Jesus, one’s admiration for the Master knows no bounds. But this admiration must be great enough to inspire the soul to the imitation of Christ. To walk in the illumined footsteps of the Master, to relive his life by working his works, by entering into and participating in his passion and by drinking the whole cup of communion with the Lord—the cup of joys and the cup of sorrows—this is the way of the advancing path of the disciple who first admires and adores his Master and then, as the initiate, emulates his actions and his consciousness.<ref>Saint Germain, “Verity,” ''''Keepers of the Flame Lesson 19, pp. 34, 36–37.</ref></blockquote>
<blockquote>When one truly knows the life and work of Jesus, one’s admiration for the Master knows no bounds. But this admiration must be great enough to inspire the soul to the imitation of Christ. To walk in the illumined footsteps of the Master, to relive his life by working his works, by entering into and participating in his passion and by drinking the whole cup of communion with the Lord—the cup of joys and the cup of sorrows—this is the way of the advancing path of the disciple who first admires and adores his Master and then, as the initiate, emulates his actions and his consciousness.<ref>Saint Germain, “Verity,” ''Keepers of the Flame Lesson 19'', pp. 34, 36–37.</ref></blockquote>


== The ascended masters on ''The Imitation of Christ'' ==
== The ascended masters on ''The Imitation of Christ'' ==