For my reply I suggested he read Crises in Modern Thought . He did so. After graduating, he became a member of Ananda. Many of the concepts in this book had an important influence on Ananda's growth. The emphasis, for example, on the fact that there are different levels in people's ability to understand reality contrasted with the unanimity most institutions expect of their members.
People also are more important than any rule formulated for their governance.
Ananda gives people latitude for development according to their own, inner light. My emphasis on the evolution of consciousness through form, rather than on the multiplicity of forms themselves, had a major influence on everything we do. For the spirit behind what is done is always Ananda's first consideration. Research took up much of 1964 for me. This, too, was one that SRF had not explored, and would therefore give them no competition.