Over the centuries, for most people, religion has been reduced to a set of practices in which their inner being does not take part. Clearly, these practices were unable to awaken and develop the spiritual centres within them; they have even ended by ...
A religion is a form through which the divine spirit manifests, and no form is permanent. Christianity, which was born in the Middle East, received at its inception certain elements from the Greek and Latin cultures. To these were added elements ...
...they can be in communication with it. Their work enables them to dissolve the dross that their thoughts, feelings and lower desires have accumulated within them. And so they gradually discover the quintessence of their being, which is the very ...
Which is the one true God? Which religion is superior to all the others? Do not keep asking yourself these sorts of questions. And, equally, don't expect to be presented with some God out there to worship. You must look for God within yourself. So ...
True religion is a science based on the knowledge that human beings are created in the image of God. This is why the foundation of religious sentiment is inscribed in human beings themselves. By creating us in his own image, as it is written in ...
...At the heart of our inner life, at the centre of our thoughts, we must place this universal principle which is the source of all religions – the sun – and immerse ourselves in the example it gives us each day. To bring light, warmth and life to...
For centuries, we have witnessed endless battles between religion and science in the West. For a long time, religion was powerful enough to win the battle. And then, little by little, the situation reversed: as science progressed, it became more ...
There are enough religions in the world today; it is only a matter of knowing how to work so that they do not go unheeded. The Teaching of the Universal White Brotherhood does not claim to bring a new religion, only new methods about how to behave ...
Over the ages, religions have more often than not resembled families tearing each other apart. Not only have they claimed to be the only ones to possess the truth – the only legitimate heirs of the heavenly father – but within each religion there is ...
...t. Thanks to their work, they are able to dissolve the accumulated dross created by their base thoughts, feelings and desires. In this way, little by little they discover the quintessence of their being, which is the quintessence of God himself...
Nowadays, more and more Christians are leaving their religion and turning to other forms of spirituality, without really knowing what they are getting into and without realizing just how dangerous it can sometimes be. In what are known as the ...
... greater their communication with it. Their work enables them to dissolve the dross that their thoughts, feelings and lower desires have accumulated within them. And so they gradually discover the quintessence of their being, which is the very ...
In the book of Jeremiah God says, ‘I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts… they shall all know me'. The law that God will place in human hearts is love. Then, no one will need to have religion or morals preached to them ...
So many believers give up religion, because, as they see it, the discoveries made by science cancel out or contradict the truths of faith! Well, that just proves they haven't understood much about religion or about science, for the discoveries of ...
Although this idea is not very widely held, you must understand that science, religion and art cannot be dissociated, because in nature they are already linked. So it was a big mistake for humans to separate them, which they did even to the extent ...
Many people see morality and religion as having been invented by a clergy intent on controlling the ignorant and gullible populace. Certainly, in many cases, the clergy have placed morality and religion at the service of quite reprehensible ...
In our Brotherhood, we live the great Christian festivals of Christmas and Easter as simply as we live the other days: we pray, meditate and sing. And even if we give special thought to the birth, death or resurrection of Christ, we do nothing ...
The fundamental mission of religion is to help human beings return to the state of peace, joy and light they enjoyed in the beginning when they were still in the bosom of the Eternal. They are far less interested in the origin of creation itself, ...
It is fine to speak of ‘revealed religions', why not? God reveals himself to all who are able to rise very high in themselves in order to receive his life, his light and his love. But we must not imagine that one day God himself came down to ...
At the heart of our inner life, at the centre of our concerns, we must place the universal principle which is the source of all religions – the sun – and immserse ourselves in the example it gives us each day. To bring light, warmth and life to all ...
There is no dearth of religions in the world; the problem lies in knowing how to work, and this must be our concern. In light of this, the Teaching of the Universal White Brotherhood gives us methods, that is to say a perspective to assume, a ...
The magnificence of churches, the splendours of religious services, the beauty of prayers and songs awaken certain emotions in the soul. But this is not sufficient. Human beings need something more precise than emotions, because emotions are ...
We see that all religions tend to become institutions that have very little to do with their true vocation: to help human beings become conscious of their divine origin. We see this in the clergy's stubborn determination to convince the faithful ...
More and more people are turning away from religion, but at the same time they are adopting heterogeneous beliefs about which they understand very little. Whose fault is this? Every human being comes into this world with a divine imprint, and if he ...
All religions remind human beings of their divine origin and provide them with methods for merging with the Divinity. Religions are one thing, however, and their representatives are another. How few of these are truly conscious of the importance of ...
In the West, we have witnessed for centuries the endless battles between religion and science. For a long time religion was powerful enough to carry off the victory. Then, little by little, the situation was reversed: as science gradually advanced, ...
Those who study the history of humanity will see that in every domain, all innovators were at first rejected and even persecuted before they were understood and followed by the multitude. It was not their wish to overturn everything; it was not they ...
Those who have undertaken a true inner work feel themselves increasingly sustained by the conviction that no one can deprive them of the discoveries or the gains they are making. They know above all that they cannot really count on what comes to ...
A religion is only a form through which the spirit manifests, and no form is permanent. Christianity, which was born in the Middle East, received at its inception certain elements from the Greek and Latin cultures. These were added to elements ...
To a great extent, the sacred books of the Old and the New Testaments remain foreign to the minds of Christians. They respect them, they venerate them, and they are convinced that the Bible is divinely inspired, but all these texts which were ...
Just as religion has never been able to annihilate science, science will never be able to wipe out religion, because they are founded on identical laws. There is neither division nor contradiction between the two. Divisions and contradictions exist ...
Suppose a person tells you that they are Catholic – or Protestant, Orthodox, Jewish, or Muslim. When you see how they behave, however, you realize that the religion they claim to belong to has no real impact on their life. It is no more than a ...
Would you like to be more alive? Would you like your vibrations and emanations to intensify? Among the dozens of methods I can give you, retain at least one of them. Become aware of all the life present around you, everywhere in nature, but also in ...
The fundamental concern of all religions is to help human beings regain the state of peace, joy and light that they enjoyed in the beginning in the bosom of the Lord. They are far less interested in the origin of creation itself, that is to say, the ...
Each one of you must follow the rites of your own religion as much as you wish. We have no desire to impose our convictions on anyone; we want you all to be free to act in harmony with your consciousness and your understanding. In the Brotherhood, ...