When disciples sincerely embrace the spiritual life, it doesn't matter to them whether or not people know about their work; they are not interested in playing a role or letting others know what they are doing. The only thing that counts for them is ...
Nowadays, human beings are mainly interested in cultivating their intellectual faculties, which is fine. Unfortunately, they do so at the expense of other means of exploration, and as a result, the subtle life of the universe, the soul and the ...
The solutions human beings have found to the problems inherent in collective life are purely superficial. Outwardly, they have formed nations and organized societies whose members support each other, and in which each individual contributes to the ...
Good and evil are harnessed together to keep the wheel of life turning. If only good existed, the wheel would not turn. Yes, good is incapable of doing the job without a helping hand from evil. You might object that evil pulls in the opposite ...
When we look at the various regions of the universe, we find that what differentiates them is the vibrational frequency of their constituent particles. From the mineral kingdom to the human kingdom and beyond, through the angelic orders up to the ...
... bring you closer to this state of consciousness, purity is the most important. Purity means thoughts and feelings that are devoid of selfishness. The three words – life, love and purity – are linked. Why? Because life depends on love, and the ...
We must think of purifying ourselves each and every day – yes, every day. You purified yourself yesterday? Well, that was for yesterday; today you must start again. So, start again until your whole being is completely renewed.Purification is the ...
Thanks to their intellectual faculties, human beings have made colossal achievements in the physical realm. We cannot fail to see how scientific and technical progress has transformed life, but this is not enough.Humanity is now called upon to ...
When you wake up in the morning, you are born on the physical plane but you die on the astral plane, and in the evening when you go to sleep, you die on the physical plane but you are born on the astral plane.Similarly, when a child comes into the ...
Life is never the same: it ebbs and flows, ever changing, moving us and everything else about. Today, we may feel justly proud because we have managed to solve a problem, but tomorrow another development may arise which cannot be tackled with the ...
Jesus said, ‘Unless you die you shall not live.' This means that if we do not die to our lower, instinctual, animal life, we will never live the higher life, the life of God himself. We must surrender our place to the Lord so that He may come to ...
Jacob's ladder is the symbol of the angelic hierarchy that links human beings and God, and which in the Cabbalah, is represented by the Tree of Life, the Sephirotic Tree. To imagine as some people do that we can speak directly to God simply ...
It happens that when a man sees a woman embracing the spiritual life in order to perfect herself, rather than rejoicing, he tries to stop her. He does not understand that if his wife becomes inwardly rich, he too will benefit. The same is true for a ...
How mistaken people are in thinking that silence is like the desert, a void, the absence of any activity or any creation – in a word, nothingness. In fact, there is silence and then there is silence. Generally speaking, there are two types of ...
...gain this power, he must learn to control his physical body (earth), his feelings (water), his thoughts (air), and master his sexual energy (fire).
But is it still of any use to talk to human beings about mastering their sexual energy? Increas...
Book knowledge is building material, a form of wealth – why should you not acquire it? It is the conclusions that you must be careful about. Indeed, you cannot trust the conclusions the scientists and philosophers have drawn from all the material ...
The spiritual life is difficult, and can even be a risky adventure. Given the nature of the goal to be attained, it is impossible to reach it without effort, especially as the paths leading to it are not well travelled. These are untouched and steep ...
You do not yet know the true beauty of a human being because you look no further than the form. If this form is harmonious and attractive, you exclaim, ‘How beautiful!' But beneath this form there is still more to see: the expression, the emanations ...
...Life in a brotherhood is rich because every member, by means of their expression, eyes, voice and thoughts, contributes something vibrant and warm that nourishes all the others. If you knew how to receive these blessings, you would attract so m...
The subtle elements that exist in such profusion throughout space can all be drawn on through meditation and contemplation. They are there for the taking; there are no restrictions, no limits. Restrictions and limits exist within human beings ...
Most people are so busy trying to have all the things they want for their material life that they have no time to devote to the divine life. As a result, humanity's material conditions gradually improve, but its spiritual and moral state ...
Preserve and protect your life for nothing is more valuable than life. Of course, there are cases where men and women have given their lives to save others or to stand up for certain ideas. Yes, only in these situations do we have the right to ...
Just as you take part in the life of your family, your town and your country, so too must you learn to take part in cosmic life. Why do you think that you have to be an astronaut in a rocket to travel and work in the cosmos? The earth travels ...
The world of today values knowledge above all else, but what kind of knowledge? Most of the knowledge people seek to acquire is used to help them either to earn a living or to shine in the company of others. It is of no use to them in dealing with ...
...to consciously make other gestures, consciously say other words, and consciously nurture other thoughts and feelings, so that the patterns of the new life, which come from the heavenly realms, may be deeply etched into your being. It is by prac...
An occasional moment of inspiration or illumination is not enough to give meaning to your life; you must also learn to make such moments last, so that they become a permanent state of consciousness that purifies and restores order to your whole ...
When mountaineers set out to climb a peak, they do not ask the guide who is leading them to keep looking back at them. Well, the spiritual life is like the ascent of a high peak, and you must not ask your Master to turn round and look back. Your ...
Although it is true that human beings need instructors to keep them from going astray, it is also true that once they are informed and enlightened, it is up to them to set to work and experience things for themselves.Let us take a very simple ...
You will discover the meaning of life only when you decide to work for the coming of the kingdom of God and his righteousness. For then, whatever happens, you know that you are a worker in the vineyard of the Lord, and you feel fulfilled, happy and ...
Live an intense life, for it will reveal new truths to you every day. You will say, ‘How is it possible to discover new truths within ourselves? By studying or reading, agreed. But can we really discover something all on our own? Within ourselves?' ...
Life and death: the whole of creation rests on these two words. Life cannot be understood without death, nor death without life. They go together, inextricably bound one to the other. As soon as life appears, it is immediately under threat of death. ...
A master teaches his disciples the science of life. But the disciples, having no notion of the value of life, think, ‘Whatever is this science all about? We are not interested in learning how to live. What is interesting is to be able to predict the ...
So many people have come to me and said, ‘Why did I find your teaching so late in life? I have spent my whole life in doubt and error, and now not only is it too late to undo my mistakes, but it is too late to really start a new life.' It is true ...
Life* is a long voyage of discovery in the course of which we explore unknown regions of the world and, above all, the unknown regions of our own inner world. Some of the regions we visit are hospitable and we can linger in them at least for a ...
Novices in the spiritual life often plunge headlong into schemes that are too ambitious, and this inevitably leads to accidents or disillusionment. If at your first attempt you try to jump a chasm that is too wide, you will fall in and by the time ...
In both work and play, human beings spend their energies without heed, and while they are busy acquiring a few trinkets or enjoying some little pleasures here and there, their life drains away because they are not mindful of it. Many people think ...
When you are able to move an object harmoniously, you activate beneficial forces within yourself that will eventually act favourably upon others as well. So if you are interested in magic, do not go looking for it in rituals or spellbooks – it is ...
Nature does not tolerate lazy people. Each of us must be engaged and mobilized in work; a particle that wanders about idly is not tolerated, it must be part of a whole, of a system. Those who wander around aimlessly, without direction, end up ...
You have not yet given priority to the spiritual life. You are like children, always so fascinated by the people and events around you that you just stand and gape, oblivious to everything else. Your experience of the inner life has been too meagre ...
...infinity.
Rare are those who break free and reach beyond all limitations, those whose desires, thoughts and interests all converge on the collectivity, the universal dimension of life; but it is towards this that we must endeavour to work. *...
Life is a faithful reflection of yourself. If you say that life is beautiful it is because you are beautiful.* And if you think that it is absurd or hideous, is it not because you are catching a glimpse of yourself in a mirror?Life is in our image: ...
To find the meaning of life is to find an element that only the divine world can give;* and it gives it only to those who persevere for years and years in their efforts to reach it. For the meaning of life is the reward given for the patient, ...
Existence is nothing but a never-ending struggle between two antagonistic forces: life and death.* If we observe the creatures around us, we see that these two powerful adversaries are perpetually facing off, and it is always the weakness of one ...
Study the two pillars of the Tree of Life: mercy and severity.* In order to succeed and be useful, a teacher must know how to work with both – sometimes with leniency, sometimes with severity.A Master must be capable of showing a great deal of love ...
When an instructor, a Master, sees that he is unable to make human beings wiser, he does not fuss or worry, for he knows that he has a great helper and ally: life. Since there is nothing the Master can do, life takes charge and gives those who are ...
...is. They think that however they go about it, whatever the circumstances, whatever the elements (thoughts, feelings and desires) they introduce into themselves, they will still get what they want.
No, thoughts, feelings and desires are like ch...
When you want to light the fire in a fireplace, first you prepare some paper, then some dry twigs, and last of all some bigger pieces of wood. You strike a match and set fire to the paper; the paper communicates the fire to the twigs and the twigs ...
You say that among the people you see around you, there are no examples of morality and spiritual elevation for you to follow. Are you sure of that? Well, even if you are right, let me tell you that it is not absolutely necessary to meet living ...