On holidays, everyone came fresh, changed into new clothes, free, inspired. During these festive days, there was again a talk and a lecture, and all the musicians with their instruments played on the meadow of the Paneurhythmia. Those who, for one reason or another, could not come on the other days – the weekdays – also came then. To hear and see the Teacher, to see friends. Tables were set for lunch and dinner, and the country people were given breakfast. In those days, no one stayed uninvited in a house to rest, sleep, or have breakfast. On these festive days, the Teacher spoke particularly inspired about God, about prana – life energy, about renewal, about goodness, about humility, about the healing power of the light of thought, about water, about getting up early, about excursions.
On holidays, the salon was usually full of visitors. Those who failed to get inside stood outside, in the yard.
And on St. Peter’s Day, the Teacher’s birthday, we usually went to Musala. If we were in Sofia, there would still be a talk, Paneurhythmia, a general talk, a solemn concert.
This day was extraordinary in splendor and good mood.
These were our holidays: Spring Equinox, St. Peter’s Day, Assembly Days, Autumn Equinox and New Year.
The most important: New Year’s talk on the evening before the New Year and in the morning – on January 1, when the Teacher outlined what the year would be like, referring to Kabbalah and Numerology. Above all, he talked about the last number and the sum of the numbers obtained when they were added.
In general, whether we celebrated the holidays on Rila or on Izgreva, they were real spiritual celebrations with several talks a day. The word in those days poured out without measure, richly and generously.”
Through the memories of Vucha Behar – “That’s how it was”,
archive of “White Brotherhood” Publishing House
