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I like to see you grow. Of course, we like to see the result of our work, but that is not the most important. I am not counting how many new disciples there are in your Center, but I’m counting what you’re doing, what nice ideas you have, and how independent you are. But in the good way, not independent like stubbornness. That’s different. They are independent but very disciplined, and that’s the best thing. And they try to do it themselves, and then whatever they need, we supply. And that’s the best thing. […]

When we went for a lecture, of course we financed everything. But after we left, they thought the disciple numbers would grow up very much, so they rented a house. So, what they did was they paid the rent themselves and stayed in one room, and the rest of the house was for the disciples to meditate. […] Paris is newborn, and they already started to finance their own magazines, and they bought a fax machine, and they did a lot of things, to try to promote the Teaching. So, this is very good. They have initiative ideas and that’s important. Not because of the money, or how much they work, or how many people they can draw inside. It is the initiative ideas that are important. That means you’re growing, you are independent, and that’s what I like. […]