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Result: 'Spirit' (349)

It is almost pointless embarking on the spiritual life so long as you have not understood just how tough the lower nature is and how demanding the work is you have to undertake, in terms of vigilance, steadfastness, humility and selflessness. Far ...
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Each time human beings come to incarnate on earth, it is only for a very short time. They must learn and work there for a few years, and then they leave. So you can only have a correct and complete view of life if you learn to include what we call ...
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Spirit and matter… This is an endless question, since spirit and matter appear in many different forms: as masculine and feminine, positive and negative, emissive and receptive, heaven and earth. Nothing is more important than these two principles – ...
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When the decision to follow a certain path is etched deeply into your being, it becomes like an instinct that prevents you from straying and shows you how to avoid or overcome obstacles. If you too often forget the good resolutions you made, it is ...
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You attend a talk given by a great scientist: he makes use of diagrams, charts and mathematical formulas so that you can follow his reasoning step by step. Unfortunately, diagrams, charts and mathematical formulas will not prevent this learned man, ...
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When Jesus was led before Pilate to be judged, Pilate asked him, ‘Are you the King of the Jews?' and Jesus simply replied, ‘You say so'. But he added, ‘My kingdom is not from this world.' For Jesus had no worldly ambition. For him true royalty was ...
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Disciples wishing to have the same qualities as their Master strive to identify with him. In this way they set up a truly magical connection between the Master and themselves, and thanks to this connection they begin little by little to resemble ...
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What is the difference between those with a spiritual philosophy and materialists? I'll take a very simple image and say that spiritual people carry their house with them wherever they go, whereas materialists cannot move theirs. Yes, spiritual ...
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Those who do not seek to entertain a spiritual ideal within themselves are incapable of summoning and directing their energies rightly, and their whole life will be spent in disarray. You only have to take a look at most people's lives; they are in ...
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Those who deny the existence of entities higher than the human realm limit themselves and become dark inside. Even if they are not aware of these entities, they are still a reality. How can they think they are going to make progress, to improve, ...
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Many jobs are difficult and require very long years of preparation. But the most difficult 'job' is that of leading humans along the path of divine light and divine glory. To prepare for that takes several incarnations; one should even have been ...
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Over time, every religion that exists has eventually been reduced, even for believers, to a set of rituals and practices, in which their inner being does not really participate. And as these practices alone cannot suffice to awaken and develop the ...
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Many embark on the spiritual life without assessing any of the difficulties involved and wanting to undertake great things straightaway. And that is bound to end in accidents or disappointments. If you try to jump over a great, wide precipice ...
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The origin of all imbalance is the lack of balance that exists between spirit and matter. It is this lack of balance that brings in its wake all the other kinds of anomaly we see in existence. Spirit and matter are two poles, two principles which ...
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It has to be said, people who have a spiritual philosophy don't have much weight in society. Why is this? It is because they are not working together. Either they ignore one another, or they view one another with hostility; they don't think they ...
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...e. A master instructs you, he enlightens you, and he even tries to influence you by means of his thoughts and feelings. But if, through lack of concern, thoughtlessness or even ill will, you destroy all the good work he has done with you and op...
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You are wondering how you can feed the sacred fire within: each day, throw pieces of your lower nature onto it. Yes, for it is the lower nature, the personality, which is destined to feed the fire of the spirit. So stop complaining that you are not ...
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'I am waiting until I've settled all my material affairs, and then I shall be able to devote myself to spiritual life.' That's something I have often heard. And then, what do I reply? That it's impossible. Why? Because material affairs are like a ...
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Jesus said to Nicodemus, the doctor of law who had come to question him, 'No one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and spirit'. Water is a symbol for purity, and the spirit is a fire. The spirit (fire) needs water (purity), ...
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An initiate is someone who has succeeded in freeing their spirit by dint of working on their own matter. And once freed, their spirit can move through the whole world, bringing light and comfort to creatures. So many people on earth are unhappy, ...
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Do not be so indifferent and negligent towards those around you. Learn to regard them with a feeling of sacredness, and, behind their appearance, behind the shape of their body or face, you will discover their soul and their spirit, which are the ...
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...upils once lessons are over. They go home and get caught up again in their own activities, their thoughts, feelings and problems. They have taught their class, and that is that. A spiritual master, on the other hand, is constantly concerned wit...
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Many people find the idea of the spiritual life frightening, as they are under the impression that they will be throwing themselves into the void. Obviously, throwing oneself into the void is frightening and dangerous, but only for those whose wings ...
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You wish to learn to play a musical instrument - say, the violin - and you think you can manage without a teacher. So you buy a violin and exercise manuals, and you start playing. For a while, you work one or two hours a day, but very quickly you ...
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The sun is called 'the light of the universe', for it lights up the world, and it is thanks to its light that we can see. When the sun is not shining on us, we need other sources of light: electric light-bulbs, candles, torches, lighthouses, and so ...
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In order to live on the physical plane, human beings must receive all they need from the outside; they couldn't live without the elements provided by water, air, the sun and the earth. They are creatures, and all creatures, in fact all of creation, ...
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Even when you live in the presence of a great master, it is difficult to understand him or even feel the nature of his presence, the life that is his, because the vibrations of spiritual life elude usual human perception: humans are out of their ...
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Our sense organs - our skin, eyes, ears, nose, and so on - connect us with the physical world. Those who neglect to make use of them are extremely limited in what they are able to do. What is true for the physical plane is also true for the ...
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Don't imagine that heaven will be so thrilled to see you become a member of a Church or another spiritual movement that it will come to make life easy for you and spare you trials. No, whether you are spiritual or materialistic, you will come up ...
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Any amount of accidents and misfortunes befall humans, because they do not see the risks they run when they make certain decisions or launch into certain ventures! They calmly go ahead without any insight or foresight, throwing themselves straight ...
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Justice is not a virtue humans practise spontaneously, which is why when Moses emphasized this virtue he greatly served their progress. Later, Jesus came to teach them love and forgiveness. But should it stop there? No, there is still a further ...
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The task of a spiritual Master is to provide human beings with the best conditions in which to manifest the qualities buried within them, however deeply. There may be surprises for him…and good surprises, why only bad ones? But a Master is neither ...
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To Nicodemus, the Israelite doctor who came one night to question him, Jesus responded: ‘Very truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit.' This verse corresponds to a verse in the beginning of ...
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Spirituality is founded on the laws governing man's psychic life. Scientists must recognize this domain and understand that since the spiritual life rests on laws, there exists a science of the spiritual life. I invite them, therefore, to broaden ...
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The true mission of a spiritualist is to work to bring heaven to earth, into the material realm. This means he must first bring heaven into his physical body, so that it radiates through him. In their meditations and prayers, all those who truly ...
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The wood we use to make a fire is said to be dead: branches that are lifeless, black, twisted and devoid of all beauty. But once they are on fire, how bright and splendid they are! These branches which otherwise would have remained abandoned and ...
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When you follow a spiritual teaching, it is assumed, of course, that you are going to instruct yourself by reading and by attending lectures or conferences, in order to have a clear idea of the path on which you are engaged. But readings, courses ...
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...egion of fire, of the spirit, which will melt the matter of your desires, your feelings and your thoughts. Then, by means of meditation and prayer, you can endow this matter with new expressions which are more beautiful and more spiritual. If y...
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Doing nothing has never been the best way to relax. The best way to relax is to change activity. And spiritual work is by nature very different from everything you are used to doing. It is not like going off every day to a construction site, a ...
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Spiritual work is first and foremost a work with the light.It is written in Genesis that at the beginning of the world, God created the light. But this was not the physical light we know, which only appeared on the fourth day with the creation of ...
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When we decide to follow a spiritual teaching, we must seek nothing other than methods for improving ourselves. Those who imagine that through a spiritual teaching they will learn the secrets of the elixir of eternal youth or the universal panacea, ...
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Why do you limit yourself to the contacts you make on the physical plane with human beings? There are other beings to encounter in the universe and with whom you can establish relationships. Every day you have the possibility not only to link ...
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Claiming they don't want to influence their children, some parents decide not to give them any religious education. They say: ‘We want to leave them free; it is they who will choose later on.' Well, this reasoning is completely misguided. Obviously ...
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A master makes every effort to be available to his disciples, but the moment always comes when they must return home to look after their families and resume their work. Some complain: ‘I don't understand: when I'm with the Master, everything is easy,...
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Someone says: ‘Before I commit myself to the spiritual life, I want irrefutable proof of the existence of God and the invisible entities, of the immortality of the spirit and of life after death.' Oh dear! This person will have to wait a very long ...
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Most people seek to nourish themselves on everything but what is essential. They spend their lives in pursuits which provide nothing for their soul or spirit. You will tell me, of course, that the soul and spirit cannot really participate in the ...
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What do disciples usually look for in a Master? Someone who is all-knowing and all-powerful, who makes their life easy and solves all their problems. Well, they will have to think again; this is not what a Master is there for. A Master is there to ...
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The best of things may become harmful if we do not know how to use them, and this is particularly true in the spiritual realm. Someone comes to me and complains: ‘I practise the Teaching, I follow the instructions, but I feel nervous and ...
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For most of those who at some point decide to walk the spiritual path, it remains a vague aspiration with no solid foundation. They venture into it without any preparation, imagining that all their inner difficulties will be overcome, that the ...
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Because they are exasperated without realizing it, at times people around you reproach you for certain shortcomings. In general, however, people do not dare tell you the truth about yourself. Why? Because they are afraid of losing your services or ...
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