An
extract from the Tibetan teacher, written in 1934 briefly explains the intent
of these teachings: “The books that I have written are sent out with no claim for their
acceptance. They may, or may not, be correct, true and useful. It is for you to
ascertain their truth by right practice and by the exercise of the intuition.
Neither I nor A.A.B. is the least interested in having them acclaimed as
inspired writing, or in having anyone speak of them (with bated breath) as
being the work of one of the masters. If they present truth in such a way that
it follows sequentially upon that already offered in the world teachings, if
the information given raises the aspiration and the will‑to‑serve from the
plane of the emotions to that of the mind (the plane whereon the Masters can be
found) then they will have served their purpose. If the teaching conveyed calls
forth a response from the illumined mind of the worker in the world, and brings
a flashing forth of the intuition, then let that teaching be accepted. But not
otherwise. If the statements meet with eventual corroboration, or are deemed
true under the test of the Law of Correspondences, then that is well and good.
But should this not be so, let not the student accept what is said.”