Imperil
The poison resulting from irritability is called ‘imperil’, which commands danger. This poison, a quite substantial one, is precipitated against the walls of the nerve channels and thus spreads through the entire organism.
If modern science would try impartially to examine the nerve channels, giving heed to the astral currents, it would encounter a strange decomposition of the astral substance during its passage through the nerve channels—this is the reaction to ‘imperil.’ Only rest can help the nervous system to overcome the dangerous enemy which can call forth the most diverse irritations and painful contractions of the organism.
He who is afflicted with ‘imperil’ must repeat, “How beautiful is everything!” And he will be right; because the flow of evolution is rational, in other words, beautiful. The more subtle the nervous system, the more painful is the precipitation of ‘imperil’. This same poison, by the addition of one ingredient, may contribute to the dissolution of matter. (AY, 15)
Study of the physical traces of ‘imperil’ may compel the understanding of the precipitations of psychic energy. One can observe the traces of ‘imperil’ in any nerve channel. But it can be remarked that around the granulations of this poison is gathered some sort of substance which absorbs this virulent viper. The precipitates of psychic energy will be discovered, because each energy has its physical crystal. (AY, 220)
The precipitate of ‘imperil’ has been shown to you. Precisely that poison gives so much anxiety to people. Do not forget that the grossest ignorance is not equal to a drop of ‘imperil’. For ‘imperil’ is not a personal product; evaporating, it permeates space, for the purity of which we are all responsible. (AY, 221)
You are right in observing that precisely a lack of inner well-being is especially ruinous. One may win all lawsuits, one may meet new friends, but inner dissolution can drive away the very best friend. When pepper dust is in the air, all begin to sneeze. Thus can imperil be spread. You have seen more than once how new circumstances have appeared, but they have to be met. Thus, it is necessary once and for all to understand about the infection of imperil! It is inadmissible to refer light-mindedly to decomposition! This process is transmitted like leprosy. There can be either an increase of strength or disintegration, there can be no third condition. One should not advise strengthening by force. It is impossible to save anyone from leprosy by coercion. It is impossible to keep anyone from imperil by violence. Friend-liness is not violence. Growth of the heart comes not from a whip, and a beautiful garden can be grown only by beautiful actions. Offense to Hierarchy is irreparable. (FW I, 161)
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