Most of the knowledge human beings have at their disposal confers on them mastery over matter and ensures their success. This is all very well, but, because of the way this knowledge is presented to them, it increasingly distances them from the ...
Why do so many people cling to this existence? Because they don't know that their life does not end with what we call death. In fact, they will commit any crime to survive. This is how they contract karmic debts they will one day have to pay. The ...
Artists are creators and produce works, and that's wonderful! But it isn't enough; they must also be concerned with what they themselves emanate. True art consists in making one's life and one's whole being a work of art, in which everything will be ...
You have work to do, and you wonder if you can manage it. You hesitate a little, then you make up your mind, and finally you succeed: you lift this weight…you move that obstacle. This proves you are capable of such efforts, and in recognizing your ...
Anyone can claim to be an artist, of course. The true artist, however, is one who is able to enter inwardly into relationship with the divine world and to maintain this connection. Be they painters, sculptors, architects, dancers, musicians or poets,...
In the Lord's Prayer, Jesus asks that ‘your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.' Why does he ask this? Because it is the earth's destiny to become the reflection of heaven. For the moment, of course, this request is far from being fulfilled. ...
When people meet artists – painters, poets, musicians – whose works they admire, they are often surprised to discover that they as people and their behaviour are completely devoid of the beauty found in their creations: they emanate neither light, ...
You have to move a great block of stone and, since it is subject to the earth's gravity, it is heavy. But if you could move it far enough from the earth to escape its attraction, it would become light and would even float. Let us now apply this ...
Each of us possesses a soul and a spirit, and this soul and spirit have needs. If so many human beings are unconscious of these needs, it is because they have stifled them by leading a life without ideals. But these needs are there, and sometimes ...
Have you reflected on mother earth's ability to transform all she receives in the form of waste, and even cadavers, from the vegetable, animal and human kingdoms? She takes the most repulsive filth, the sight of which you cannot bear, and transforms ...
All creatures – plants, animals and human beings – require solar energies in order to live. But they only receive these energies after the earth has absorbed, transformed and redistributed them. From this point of view, the earth is as important as ...
You must never choose a path because of the ordeals that you will meet along the way, with the idea that in doing so you will gain the admiration of others and the approval of heaven. In Bulgaria we have a proverb which says that a saint who is too ...
If I tell you that you must learn to walk on your own two feet, you will reply that you have always done so. No, I do not see you walking, but endlessly hopping either on one leg or the other. The sentimentalists hop on the left leg – they do not ...
In the present state of the earth and of humanity, we cannot avoid evil and suffering. That is why in the universe the earth is considered to be a school, a centre of apprenticeship for those who agree to be instructed, but also a house of ...
When Jesus said in the Prayer ‘Our Father', ‘May your will be done on earth as it is in heaven', he meant that we should create a connection, a circulation of energies between heaven and earth, until the harmony, order and beauty up above are firmly ...
When Jesus says in ‘The Lord's Prayer', ‘May thy kingdom come, may thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven…' not only does he emphasize the bond between heaven and earth, he reveals to humans that their task is to transform, beautify and purify ...
...ead or in their heart, and when they have to act, their actions are often contradictory to their thoughts and feelings. They have therefore not understood how Cosmic Intelligence designed human beings nor for what purpose. We have an intellect ...
We all have responsibilities towards our family, our friends, and society, and it is essential that we fulfil them as conscientiously as possible. But our duties are not limited to those here on earth. We also have responsibilities towards the ...
Philosophers, writers and artists have a duty to reflect on the effects their works may have on the public, because even if human justice does not hold them accountable, divine justice – which judges according to a different set of criteria – ...
...ic sense of the word, is someone who has been able to establish order and reason in his or her thoughts and introduce peace and love in his or her heart, and as such are able to bring beauty and harmony to everything they produce....
Christianity teaches that after death, humans' souls go to purgatory to atone for the sins committed during their life on earth. However, the true evolution of humans occurs on earth, not anywhere else. Those who, because of their crimes, are ...
Alchemy is the science of the transformation of matter. In the crucible, the alchemist places the prima materia, the base matter, which, initially, dies and rots down; this operation corresponds to the colour black. Next, the matter is dissolved and ...
What is a quality, a virtue? A spiritual being that has come to dwell in humans to manifest itself through them. So, if you want higher beings to come manifest themselves through you, by giving you new light and new powers, prepare the right ...
...d your power on earth. What earth? Your own earth, yourself – through your feelings and your thoughts you will cover it with a magnificent generation.
When parents have a very intelligent and capable child, who excels in the sciences, the arts,...
How often do the heart and the intellect give opinions like measuring and weighing instruments that are broken or out of order. This is why human beings make so many errors of judgement and behave inappropriately. They transgress divine laws, and in ...
Earth is a school, a learning centre to which we descend for many reasons, and mainly to settle the debts we incurred in our previous incarnations due to our mistakes. We must also understand the conditions that have been given to us in this life, ...
... when you pray. They are important, of course, but only if they are also brought to life by thoughts and feelings on the psychic plane....
We are used to opposing heaven and earth, yet heaven and earth are not two opposite or even separate worlds: not only are they in constant contact with one another, their exchanges sustain life in the universe.Heaven and earth – or take even more ...
You can only become truly clairvoyant when your heart begins to love, for true clairvoyance, your true eyes, are found in your heart. What do you see in someone you love? Things that nobody else sees. Love opens our eyes. When a woman loves a man, ...
People who are ruled by their passions are like a primeval earth, always in turmoil and chaos. Of course, life still manages to sustain itself amidst all these upheavals, but the conditions are not conducive for it to produce very elaborate forms. ...
...ultivate the fields and gardens often work without love and in a state of inner rebellion, their thoughts and feelings penetrate the seeds they sow, which then poison the earth and its fruits.
How beneficial it would now be to rediscover the a...
Artists create works of art that are external to themselves using material that is external to themselves; and as it is on this outer material that they concentrate their efforts, even if they produce masterpieces, when we meet these artists, we ...
Family is not an end, a goal, but a point of departure. Those who focus all their attention and efforts only on their family, neglecting everybody else around them, do not realize they are creating conditions that foster misunderstandings and ...
If I say that you should learn to walk with both legs, you will reply that you know that and have always done so. Well no, for I often see you hopping on one leg instead of walking. Sentimental people hop on the left leg – they never think too ...
Human beings are what they are, and they cannot give what they do not possess. In order to give we must possess. This applies even more so in the field of art; in order to create we must carry within us the means to realize this creation, to express ...
The marriage of spirit and matter, of heaven and earth, is celebrated each and every day. So, be sure you are invited to take part in the festivities given by the Lord, the divine Mother and all the angelic hierarchies. Do you imagine that your wish ...
Why are modern artists so attached to a conception of art that most people find incomprehensible? If they are the only ones who understand what their artistic creations mean – and it is by no means sure that they do understand – other people will ...
Ever since artists have lost the habit of connecting inwardly with the divine world, they no longer produce sublime works. Study today's paintings, sculptures, dance, music and poetry – they no longer possess that element of eternity that gives such ...
Since time immemorial, initiates have applied in their own psychic and spiritual lives all the discoveries and inventions of modern science: radio and television, the telephone, nuclear fission, laser beams and so on. Scientists are workers who have ...
In granting some people artistic talents, heaven has blessed them with a great treasure thanks to which they can work wonders; but often they are unaware of this and do not fully believe in the power of these gifts.An artist's ideal must be to lead ...
Plants, animals and humans are imbued with solar energy, but they receive that energy only after it has been absorbed, transformed and redistributed by the Earth. From this point of view, the Earth is as important as the sun.You must not think that ...
Jesus spoke of the kingdom of God and His justice because the kingdom of God has its own special justice, which is different from that of earth. On earth, someone only has to lodge a complaint, often for something quite trivial (someone has ...
In the past, many artists received teaching from an initiatic school, which revealed to them how to rise to higher realms in order to capture forms, colours and sounds. When their works of art succeeded in conveying what they had received during ...
It requires considerable effort to awaken the powers in you that have lain dormant from centuries of inertia and stagnation. Inertia will not get you anywhere; you will not open any inner doors, activate any forces, nor stir any layers of your ...
Someone comes to you and says, ‘Oh, what a beautiful violin you have there, please give it to me!' If you are wise, you will say, ‘No, I will not give you my violin, it is mine, but come every day and I will play it for you.' But are you wise? So ...
People's hearts, intellects and wills rarely work as a team; each one is in the habit of going its own way. The intellect is excited by ideas, but the interests of the heart lie elsewhere; it runs after pleasure and forgets all about the decisions ...
Choral singing in four parts corresponds on the physical plane to an exercise we should do every day, several times a day, to bring our heart, mind, soul and spirit into harmony. Four-part singing is also, of course, a symbol of the effort we should ...
A blind man and a man with no legs were brought before the judge one day, accused of stealing all the fruit from an apple tree. The legless man said to the judge, ‘But sir, how could I do such a thing, when I have no legs?' And the blind man said, ...
We are used to considering heaven and earth as two separate and even foreign or opposite realities. In fact, no, they are continually in contact with each other; otherwise, nothing can be explained. Heaven and earth... or even more simply, the sun ...
...lf in matter. A perfect artist is one who has successfully established order and reason in their thoughts, and brought peace and love into their heart, so that everything they do is beautiful and harmonious....