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Why is it that so many members of the clergy depict God as a ruthless judge who punishes humans for the slightest transgression they make? In reality, God does not administer punishment, but the universe he created is based on laws, and these laws ...
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Human beings' true strength does not lie in their ability to harden themselves to avoid suffering while enduring hardships. Their true strength is the ability to accept suffering with clarity and selflessness, and above all with the peace and unity ...
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Try taking two pieces of wood and rubbing them together. Very quickly this friction generates heat, and if you continue you will soon see small flames appear – this is light. Movement, heat and light are three steps that have their equivalent in our ...
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Humans are rarely aware of their mental habits. When one person starts a job, they might be immediately stressed and tense; another person's first reaction when faced with any new situation might be to oppose it or to be critical; another person ...
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...t is often humans themselves who are to blame: through their actions, but also through their thoughts, feelings, and disorderly behaviour, they constantly upset the forces of nature that eventually intervene to restore order. Why can't they und...
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Sages and spiritual Masters are not all-powerful, and they know this, which is why they deal only with those they feel are able and, above all, willing to progress. It is pointless getting indignant and saying that a spiritual Master should have ...
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Very few things are truly necessary in life. We have to wear clothing to protect our bodies, but however much we may like ribbons and lace, they cannot be considered essential. We need the shelter of a house that has walls, a roof and windows; ...
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Observe yourself when you love someone: the mere presence of this feeling inside you makes you think and behave in a certain way, and not just towards the person you love. Because of this feeling, your relationships with everyone around you and even ...
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You sometimes close yourself off and lose your love and enthusiasm because you have been disappointed or upset. Well, this is not very clever, for it does nothing to change the events that are upsetting you, and with this attitude, you deprive ...
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Medicinal herbs need water to release all their healing properties. You boil, soak or steep the herbs in water, which you then drink. You do not eat the plants themselves; it is enough to drink the water in which they have been soaked, for the water ...
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True adepts of initiatic science do not rely on anything external; they know that God has deposited within them every possibility, every form of wealth, and every substance from every laboratory. And that is where they must look for them. Of course, ...
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Our inner life is subject to the same alternations as nature – day and night, ebb and flow: our consciousness lights up and then it darkens, it fills up and then it empties. And since this is so, we must try to become aware of the time when each of ...
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...ament. The temperament you are born with stems from your past lives: in the past, by way of your thoughts, feelings and actions, you linked yourself with certain forces that now determine your subconscious, that is to say, your temperament. And...
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The power of woman is immense, for she possesses a special magnetism that emanates from her in the form of tiny, subtle particles. Woman's power is not so much on the physical plane as on the plane of etheric emanations. It is because of this ...
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Life, what is life? What tells us that creatures are alive? The fact that they are able to interact with the world around them from which they draw the elements essential for their survival. Usually they do so unconsciously – very few people go out ...
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In general, we do not think about how vital it is to cultivate contentment. Human beings live in a perpetual state of criticism, dissatisfaction and revolt, without knowing that this dissatisfaction is actually the manifestation of a lack of love. ...
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History has known so many revolutions! How many times have human beings experienced changes! And yet the situation has not really improved significantly. Why? Because in spite of these changes, human beings have not freed themselves from the vicious ...
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The four elements have been defined in relation to the four states of matter: solid, liquid, gaseous and igneous. The Ancients called everything that is solid, earth; everything liquid, water; everything gaseous, air; and everything igneous – that ...
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Only the Absolute, God Himself, can fulfil you, and it is only if you persevere in your quest for God that you can obtain all that you desire – and more besides. The great thing is to understand the nature of what you are doing and never to be ...
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Someone says, ‘Ah, if only I had a crust of bread I'd be happy. I would ask for nothing more!' So you give them some bread, but then they say, ‘How marvellous it would be if I had a drop of wine; life would be complete!' So you give them a bottle of ...
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In our Teaching, there is a reason for everything, however small and apparently insignificant. Take the example of the short pauses between each song or the silence we observe at meals. You do not yet sufficiently appreciate all these occasions that ...
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...te is represented by our actions; the liquid state by our feelings; the gaseous state by our thoughts; and the igneous, etheric state by the activity of our soul and spirit. Each of these four states, which are related to the four elements, cor...
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The day you succeed in reproducing within yourself the image of God, the spirits of nature and the four elements will be your servants. If you ask them for something, they will be happy to grant it, because they can see this image in you and it is ...
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A woman knows instinctively that it is to her advantage to be beautiful, so she takes care of her figure, her hair and her complexion and she puts on make-up, which of course produces immediate results. Men notice her and she has the satisfaction of ...
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When you are distressed,* it is as though you had been injected with a toxic substance, and you must not just accept it and do nothing about it. Instead of waiting passively for the torment to disappear, you must work either to get rid of it or to ...
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Even when you feel most deeply discouraged, you must remember that discouragement itself contains elements which, if you know how to grasp and use them properly, will help you to take heart again. For discouragement is a state that possesses ...
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