#Helena Roerich

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She who holds the world by Nicholas Roerich, 1933 (according to the artist, representation of his wife Helena)

Letters of Helena Roerich I: 1929-1935

Letters of Helena Roerich II: 1935-1939

Agni Yoga Society

“Every epoch has its Call, and the calling foundation of the New Era will be the power of thought. That is why we call you to understand the great significance of creative thought, and the first step in this direction will be the opening of consciousness, freedom from all prejudices and from all tendentiousness and forced concepts. Let us glance at the entire immensity of the night sky. In our thoughts let us fly over the innumerable worlds and the hidden depths of infinite space. Thought in its substance is infinite, and only our consciousness attempts to limit it. Therefore, without delay, let us start the next step—broadening of consciousness. The most ancient wisdom of India says: "Thought is the primary source of world creation." The Great Buddha pointed out the meaning of thought which builds our essence. He taught his pupils to broaden their consciousness. Lao Tze, Confucius, Christ—all Teachers of spirit and great thinkers taught the same thing.

The Great Plato said: "Thoughts rule the world." And modern scientists, as for instance Professor Compton, have expressed the probability of an active, rational force in every phenomenon of nature, and of the influence of thought upon matter. He concludes with the following remarkable words: "Possibly the thoughts of men are the most important factors in the world." With such broad understanding let us become acquainted with the history of the development of thought. Putting aside all prejudices of place, time and nationality, we, like the bees, shall collect the precious honey of human creative thought! After placing into the foundation the powerful achievements of those great creators who molded our consciousness, let us begin the third step—the development of our own thought, our own creativeness; and from the new combinations we shall hew sparks of the fire of thought, this crown of the Universe.“

~ Helena Roerich, Letters of Helena Roerich

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My Friends! Happiness lies in serving the salvation of Humanity. Put aside all prejudices and, summoning your spiritual forces, aid mankind. Direct the unsightly towards the path of beauty. As the tree renews its leaves, so shall humanity flourish on the path of righteousness.

— Helena Roerich

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Explore the International Roerich Memorial Trust, Manali | A Cultural Heritage in Naggar

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Nicholas Roerich asks Lama about the Kalachakra and the Kuthumpas

Nicholas Roerich asks a Lama: “. . . Lama, have you met Azaras (i.e., Sk. ācāryas) and Kuthumpas? (…)” “(…) Many of our people during their lives have encountered the Azaras and Kuthumpas and the snow people who serve them. Only recently have the Azaras ceased to be seen in cities. They are all gathered in the mountains. Very tall, with long hair and beards, they appear outwardly like Hindus…

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Poder Mental

Ahora que reflexiono sobre esta imagen, me prometo que profundizaré en cada aparente contradicción que se presente ante la consciencia como síntomas de la característica naturaleza paradójica d la realidad, más que por hallar la verdad del fenómeno en sí, por hallar la verdad del procedimiento que debe surtir mi cerebro para alcanzar la versión de máximo poder.

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Helena Roerich - Urusvati

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ISBN: 978-960-04-1747-0 Συγγραφέας: Helena Roerich Εκδότης: Κέδρος Σελίδες: 174 Ημερομηνία Έκδοσης: 2000-12-01 Διαστάσεις: 21x14 Εξώφυλλο: Μαλακό εξώφυλλο

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ISBN: 978-960-04-1747-0 Συγγραφέας: Helena Roerich Εκδότης: Κέδρος Σελίδες: 174 Ημερομηνία Έκδοσης: 2000-12-01 Διαστάσεις: 21x14 Εξώφυλλο: Μαλακό εξώφυλλο

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(Великие художники. Том 29) Башкова Н. - Николай Константинович Рерих-Директ-Медиа (2010).pdf (Великие художники. Том 88) Росов Владимир - Святослав Николаевич Рерих-Директ-Медиа (2011).pdf (Листы дневника (т. 1)) Рерих Н.К. - Нерушимое.pdf (Листы дневника (т. 2)) Рерих Н.К. - О вечном.doc (Листы дневника (т. 2)) Рерих Н.К. - О вечном.pdf (Листы дневника (т. 3)) Рерих Н.К. - Обитель света.pdf (Эксклюзив_ Русская классика) Рерих Николай Константинович - Шамбала-АСТ (2021).pdf George N. Roerich - The Blue Annals. Part 1-Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal (1949).pdf George N. Roerich, Tse-Trung Lopsang Phuntshok - Textbook of Colloquial Tibatan (Dialect of Central Tibetan). ????????????????????? (1952) - libgen.li.pdf George Roerich - Tibetan Paintings, 1925.pdf Helena Roerich - Foundations of Buddhism-Agni Yoga Society, Inc., New York (2016).epub Helena Roerich - Foundations of Buddhism-Agni Yoga Society, Inc., New York (2016).pdf Helena Roerich - Los Fundamentos del Budismo-Sociedad Agni Yoga Hispana, Inc. (2016).epub Helena Roerich - Los Fundamentos del Budismo-Sociedad Agni Yoga Hispana, Inc. (2016).pdf J.N.Roerich (Ю.Н.Рерих) - Animal style (Звериный стиль) - 1930.pdf Roerich, George - Tibetan paintings (1925).pdf Аверьянова Т.В. (сост.) - Николай Рерих о Культуре.zip Аникеева М.М. - Елена Рерих. Новоявленная. Кладезь мудрости.pdf Балтрушайтис Ю.К. и др. - Рерих - 1916.djvu Блаватская Е.П., Рерих Е.И., Синнетт А., Чаттерджи М., Халловэй Л., - ��айные учения Будды.pdf Болдырев О.Г. - Николай Рерих. Запечатлевший тайну.rtf В. А. Росов - Николай Рерих Вестник Звенигорода. В двух книгах. Книга вторая. Новая страна-Ариаварта-Пресс (2004).pdf В.Е. Ларичев, Е.П. Маточкин - Рерих и Сибирь-Новосибирское книжное издательство (1993).pdf В.П.Князева (сост.) - Николай Рерих. Летопись жизни и творчества-Сотис (1994).pdf Владимир Росов - Николай Рерих Вестник Звенигорода. В двух книгах. Книга первая. Великий план-Алетейя (2002).pdf Е. И. Рерих_ [Сборник]_ [Авт. предисл. Л. В. Шапошникова, с. 3-20] - У порога нового мира-Мастер-банк (1996).pdf Е.И.Рерих - Избранное-РОССАЗИЯ (2012).pdf

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Leaves of Morya's Garden by Master Morya and Helena Roerich

Leaves of Morya's Garden Leaves of Morya's Garden by Master Morya and Helena Roerich. I was pointed in the direction of the Roerich's and Agni Yoga and especially the double volume Leaves of Morya´s Garden the other day. What caught my initial interest was the similarities between the approach of Gurdjieff's Fourth Way and Helena Roerich simultaneous developed Agni Yoga - also known as 'Living Ethic'. I found some signs that they might have met in some early groups in Petersburg, but that is another and longer  story. Here are the Leaves of Morya's Garden, a deep, visionary poem for the spiritual  mountaineers:

Leaves of Moryas Garden I

Leaves of Moryas Garden II  

About Leaves of Morya's Garden

"Leaves of Morya's Garden" is a book that forms part of the Agni Yoga series, which is a collection of philosophical texts. The Agni Yoga series was given through Helena Roerich from 1920 onwards and is associated with the teachings of the Masters of the Ancient Wisdom, or the Ascended Masters, a group of beings said to guide the spiritual evolution of the planet. "Leaves of Morya's Garden" is the first book in this series and was published in two parts, "The Call" (1924) and "Illumination" (1925). The texts are presented as a mixture of poetic and aphoristic statements, philosophical musings, and spiritual guidance. They emphasize the importance of inner development, the cultivation of higher consciousness, and the practice of living ethically and spiritually in the everyday world. The teachings in "Leaves of Morya's Garden" cover a wide range of topics, including the nature of the soul, the path to spiritual enlightenment, the significance of love and beauty, the importance of will and self-discipline, and the role of service in spiritual evolution. The work is intended to inspire individuals to strive towards higher levels of spiritual realization and to contribute to the betterment of humanity through acts of compassion, understanding, and wisdom. The book is named after Master Morya, who is said to be one of the Masters of the Ancient Wisdom. He is often depicted as providing guidance and instruction to seekers on the spiritual path, encouraging them to develop their inner potential and to work for the good of all beings. Random information you probably won´t find anywhere else: Agni is a Sanskrit word and the name for the Hindu deity 'The King of Fire'. Appropriately Agni is also the name of India's first long-range missile capable of carrying nuclear warheads. Read the full article

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From Agni Yoga by Helena Roerich:

"The equilibrium of the elements is a foundation of Life, and the violation of this law leads to destruction. And now the Great Teachers will affirm the rights of woman. Therefore, the coming epoch will be not only an epoch of great cooperation, it will also be the Epoch of Woman.

Woman will have to be armed with courage, and, first of all, she will have to restrain her heart from unwise giving, for there must be the Golden Balance in everything.

Woman must affirm herself, and that is why the Sword of Spirit is given precisely into the hands of woman. In the East this epoch is noted as the Epoch of Maitreya, the Epoch of Great Compassion, and the Epoch of the Mother of the World."

..... "The lofty mission of women has to be made manifest by woman. And it is woman who should dwell in the Temple of the Mother of the World.

The manifestation of the Mother of the World will create unity among women. Right now the task is to create a spiritually sovereign position for woman.

Direct communion with the Highest Forces needs to be passed on to women in order to give them a push forward psychologically. Of course, the necessary respect will arise through the new religion.

I feel how tense the current is, how saturated the atmosphere, but soon the pressure of the stars will shift. Even the approach of the friendly planet has brought difficulties, because its new rays are piercing new strata of the atmosphere. Naturally, they are better than the rays of the moon, but this new pressure has yet to be distributed properly." (Leaves of Morya's Garden, Helena Roerich.)

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Selections from the Agni Yoga Series

Presented before the Agni Yoga Society, February 23, 2016

1. The Thinker understood ages ago that Beauty is also Goodness. Supermundane II, 288.

2. Western woman is awake and realizes her powers. Her cultural contributions are already evident. However, the majority of Western women--as do all beginners--start with imitation; whereas, it is in original self-expression that real beauty and harmony are found. Would we like to see man losing the beauty of manhood? The same is true about a man who has a sense of beauty. He certainly does not wish to see a woman imitating his habits and competing with his vices. Imitation always starts with the easiest. But we hope that this first step will soon be outlived and that woman will deepen her knowledge of Mother-Nature and will find true, original ways of self-expression. Letters of Helena Roerich I, 1 March 1929.

3. It is most essential to learn to discriminate between these entirely opposite conceptions: selfishness and individuality. Selfishness is the most terrible scourge of humanity, the source of destruction, and, first of all, self-destruction. Selfishness is a dead separatism. The old truth about the unity of Cosmos and its humanity being an integral whole is very poorly realized, but it should finally reach the consciousness of the people. What would happen if someone tried to separate or isolate one organ of the body from the whole organism? Individuality is a life-holding receptacle. Individuality is beauty, the crown of man, the synthesis of all his accumulations. But how can he accumulate if he separates himself from all other life-holders? Individuality is as honey, gathered by the man-bee from the best flowers, of different meadows. But what kind of honey can a person gather who locks himself in the darkness of selfishness? Letters of Helena Roerich I, 27 January 1933.

4. Art, in all its manifestations and in all its conventional forms, remains basically spiritual. It awakens our longing for beauty, for the Highest; and here is its chief and great significance. As you correctly write, “The true problem of art is to move man toward the comprehension of beauty.” Verily, the true striving toward the beautiful will lead us to the understanding of the higher beauty of the laws which rule the Universe and are expressed in the Perfect Mind and the Perfect Heart. Letters of Helena Roerich I, 19 June 1933.

5. It is most gratifying to me that you have emphasized so strongly the universality of N. K.'s personality, and that you regard his creative work as harmonious with the rhythm of cosmic constructiveness. How right, how excellent is this estimation: “From the Beauty of the world he gathers the sacred dew of the spirit into his heart, until finally it is brimming like the Chalice of the Grail.” Verily, N. K. is a carrier of the chalice of heroic deeds in the name of Truth and Beauty. Likewise, you have subtly pointed out his ability “to mark and greet in each one the positive creative aspirations, to affirm in him every spark of Light, and to preserve and fan it into still brighter flame.” Letters of Helena Roerich I, 11 June 1935.

6. Woman, the bearer of sacred knowledge, can become a calling power, kindling with fiery words the souls that are ready. It is necessary to give to every woman according to her consciousness and without impeding her natural and individual growth. It is necessary, with careful touches, to broaden the mind on the foundation of the Teaching of Life. Let every soul develop in a natural way, bringing out the best she can according to the level of her consciousness. Beauty is in variety, but all should have one general foundation--the foundation of striving toward the General Good. The broadest cooperation is inscribed on the Banner of the Mother of the World. Therefore, let us display the utmost tolerance. Letters of Helena Roerich I, 7 October 1930.

7. I would like so much to teach you to treasure every Indication, every hint of the Teacher and Guru, as they are so precious! Find within yourself the fiery impulse of striving toward the great task, carrying the light of culture. Imagine that you live in a house of glass and must be careful in all your words and actions. Imbue all your work with the beauty of Service. Remain joyous in battle because of your knowledge of the victory that is predestined provided you are full of self-sacrificing tension. Letters of Helena Roerich I, 17 December 1930.

8. There is so much beauty in devotion and gratitude toward the Guru! In the Teaching it is said that the flame of devotion and gratitude is above all other fiery offerings. But alas, these two qualities are particularly rare among the inhabitants of this planet. But precisely possession of these qualities helps greatly toward the creation of the giants of spirit and will. The spirit gifted with brilliant talents but not possessing these two qualities will never be allowed to approach beyond a certain limit. Letters of Helena Roerich I, 7 January 1931.

9. Sincerity and simplicity are two powerful magnets. The great art of human relationship is based on them. Very few realize the importance of this art, which is the foundation of all constructiveness and evolution! This forgotten art, which requires so much sensitiveness, alertness, and synthesis of the spirit, must be introduced into life without delay. It is the most essential accomplishment; and how can we build the New World of beauty and powerful cooperation without it? Letters of Helena Roerich I, 24 April 1931.

10. There is a great beauty in the spiritual union of the dual Element, but things on the physical plane are far from being spiritual. A change of forms may be in conformity with the broadening of the consciousness. Beautiful vessels should be used only in beautiful surroundings. But in everything there must be the command of Spirit. Therefore, the ugly hermaphrodite, or people with two spines or with similarly fantastic peculiarities imagined by some ignorant and ugly-thinking writers, have no place in the future evolution. Evolution proceeds by way of beauty, and the future races will be improved and refined according to their spiritual progress. Toward the end of the sixth and the beginning of the seventh race, there will occur the materialization of the astral bodies. This improvement of forms and the growth of spirituality could be hastened by correct union or marriage. The Great Brotherhood is ready to help humanity apply this sacred knowledge. Letters of Helena Roerich I, 5 May 1934.

11. But, as the great Origen said, “Our mind alone is unable to comprehend God Himself, but can intuit Him as the Father of all beings from the beauty of his creations and the splendor of Nature.” Letters of Helena Roerich I, 12 September 1934.

12. Treatment by means of music is already being applied, but the effects are not always perceptible. The reason is that it is not customary to develop perception of music. From childhood one should be accustomed to assimilating the beauty of sound. Musical faculties are in need of education. It is true that in each man has been implanted an inclination for sound but without cultivation it remains asleep. Man ought to hear beautiful music and song. Sometimes a single harmony will awaken forever a sense of the beautiful. Yet great is ignorance when the best panaceas are forgotten in the family. Especially, when the world is quaking from hatred, it is indispensable to make haste in opening the ears of the young generation. Without realization of the significance of music it is also impossible to understand the sounding of nature; and, of course, it is impossible to think about the music of the spheres--only noise will be accessible to the spirit of the ignorant. The song of waterfall or river or ocean will be only a roar; the wind will not bring melody and will not resound in the trees as a solemn hymn. The best harmonies vanish for the unopened ear. Can people accomplish their ascent without song? Can Brotherhood stand without song? Brotherhood, 292.

13. “It is difficult even to imagine how the infection of lower psychism has gripped people. And how distorted have become all the great concepts and the great Images of the Lords! Some people imagine the Teachers in garments adorned with precious stones, or even as guardians of chests filled with gold and diamonds! How astonished such people would be if they could but grasp the true picture! Nothing is further removed from the lives of the Great Teachers than the concept of well-being and luxury. Their lives are full of beauty, but then, beauty and luxury are two opposites.” Letters of Helena Roerich I, 8 November 1934.

14. It is necessary to prepare one's consciousness toward the solution of many problems. It will be difficult for the consciousness that stagnates and has not outlived the old prejudices. A new church in the full glory of the understanding of the beauty of the Great Sacrifice of Jesus must replace the old one. It will have to call a great oecumenical council to reexamine, with a new, unprejudiced consciousness, all the rulings of the former councils, and to study the works of the earliest Christian philosophers and those Fathers of the Church closest to the times of Jesus. Then the whole beauty of the sacrifice of Jesus, the broad sweep of his Teaching, will be understood in its true spirit and not just in the dead letter of the often-distorted Scriptures. And only then will a new religion be established. Letters of Helena Roerich I, 12 December 1934.

15. Courageously accept vigilance, and strong faith in the Leading Hand will carry you over any and all abysses. Courage, courage, and again courage--is today's dictum. The feathers of fear pull us down, whereas the wings of courage carry us over the abyss. Thus, let us be inspired by the beauty of courage and by the power of faith in the luminous future. I send joy to you, but this is a special joy, it is the joy of difficulties. When we shall learn not to be frightened by difficulties, we shall come close to the bearing of achievement. Letters of Helena Roerich II, 22 July 1935.

16. Do not be unhappy because of the necessity for spending so much time earning your living. We must all earn our bread. Indeed, all should be accomplished without retiring from life and by earthly hands and feet. Therein lies great beauty. Is labor performed in comfort and prosperity of great value? And do we ever hear much about such labor? No, all the giants of thought created amidst most trying circumstances. The work performed in ease and affluence cannot bring about the necessary tension of all the centers. Letters of Helena Roerich II, 24 September 1935.

17. Great beauty is contained in the acceptance of full responsibility. The vouching of the heart will be that feeling of pathos which will uplift the primary energy. It will often be asked, How to increase this power? By the vouching of the heart. Conscious responsibility will be the beautiful impeller of energy. Thus does the Brotherhood teach. Brotherhood, 579.

18. I am sending my best wishes to you. Strengthen your thoughts along the path of austere practical achievement, of beauty of service for the General Good, of joy of cooperation with the Forces of Light, and the light and beauty will enter your life. Without the bond with the Higher World there is no progress, neither is there true joy. Letters of Helena Roerich I, 16 January 1935.

FYI ~ STUDY Papers

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'By chance, I found out that in a secret laboratory in the 1920s Gleb Bokii—the chief Bolshevik cryptographer, master of codes, ciphers, electronic surveillance—and his friend Alexander Barchenko, an occult writer from St. Petersburg, explored Kabala, Sufi wisdom, Kalachakra, shamanism, and other esoteric traditions, simultaneously preparing an expedition to Tibet to search for the legendary Shambhala. A natural question arose: what could the Bolshevik commissar have to do with all this? The story of the life and death of the Bolshevik secret police officer Bokii and his friend intrigued me.

Meanwhile, I learned that during the same years, on the other side of the ocean in New York City, the Russian émigré painter Nicholas Roerich and his wife, Helena, were planning a venture into Inner Asia, hoping to use the Shambhala prophecy to build a spiritual kingdom in Asia that would provide humankind with a blueprint of an ideal social commonwealth. To promote his spiritual scheme, he toyed with an idea to blend Tibetan Buddhism and Communism. Then I stumbled upon the German-Armenian historian Emanuel Sarkisyanz's Russland and der Messianismus des Orients, which mentioned that the same Shambhala legend was used by Bolshevik fellow travelers in Red Mongolia to anchor Communism among nomads in the early 1920s.'

i finally started reading the Red Shambhala book and the opening paragraphs alone are wild. Nicolas Roerich did WHAT

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“It is a most heinous treason to know the Teaching and not apply it.”

—Agni Yoga

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Helena Ivanovna Roerich (12 February 1879 – 5 October 1955) was a Russian theosophist, writer, and public figure. In the early 20th century, she created, in cooperation with the Teachers of the East, a philosophic teaching of Living Ethics ("Agni Yoga"). She was an organizer and participant of cultural activity in the U.S., conducted under the guidance of her husband, Nicholas Roerich. Along with her husband, she took part in expeditions of hard-to-reach and little-investigated regions of Central Asia. She was an Honorary President-Founder of the Institute of Himalayan Studies "Urusvati" in India and co-author of the idea of the International Treaty for Protection of Artistic and Scientific Institutions and Historical Monuments (Roerich Pact). She translated two volumes of the Secret Doctrine of H. P. Blavatsky, and also selected Mahatma's Letters (Cup of the East), from English to Russian.

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Yo soy el que soy (parte II)

Se lo dije a Hermes Trimegisto, a Moisés, a un par de pibes en Lemuria primero y la Atlántida después. Yo soy el que soy. Algo parecido hice en una fiesta con mi amigo Nico(lás Roerich) y unas pibas en Shangrilá que me preguntaron “¿y vos quién sos?”. Hice la misma con el Preste Juan, una noche de borrachera. También hablamos mucho del tema con mi amigo Cagliostro, antes de que le cortaran la lengua, claro (el siglo XVIII fue duro para los inmortales que conocíamos el futuro). Yo soy el que soy. No se cuantas veces tengo que repetirlo, la verdad agota. El único que me entendió rápido fue Kaspar Hauser, y Helena de apellido Blavatsky en una ronda de vodka, pero lo nuestro duró poco porque intentó adoctrinarme secretamente y con eso me alejó para siempre. Con quien podía hablar de cualquier cosa era con Lobsang Rampa, hasta que discutimos sobre un libro que me dijo había escrito una gata siamesa y no hablamos nunca más. Desde entonces siempre duermo con un par de tijeras al lado de la cama,  afiladas por mi demonio de la guarda, en caso de que me venga a visitar determinada gente cuando sueño, personas presumiendo de viaje astral; ¡zack! de un tajo amago a cortarles su brillante cordón de plata, huyen aterradxs. Creo en todo o en nada según el día, me da igual la constancia. En lo que nunca creo es en las personas que vienen a explicarme cómo, cuándo y dónde tengo que creer. La base de mi fe es que soy el que soy, y no puedo permitir que alguien que no me conoce en lo más mínimo o en absoluto, que no sea mi amigo o mi enemigo, venga acá a intentar convencerme de lo contrario.

(imagen del comic “Happy!” guionado por Grant Morrison e ilustrado por Darick Robertson; aunque por única vez me gustó más la serie que hizo Netflix)

—¿Alguna vez se ha preguntado cómo suena Dios cuando ríe, Donald? MacDonald frunció los labios y contempló el horizonte, donde estaban formándose unos oscuros nubarrones más allá de la ladera de la montaña. —Como el trueno, supongo —dijo—. ¿No le parece? Jamie negó con la cabeza. —No. Creo que en realidad es un sonido muy pequeñito, casi inaudible. ( Viento y Ceniza - Diana Gabaldon, 2005)

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