In the distant past, it was the custom to bury the dead with food and with certain household objects. This custom may still be found today; it rests on knowledge of the relations between the world below and the world above. For, as it says in The ...
You make plans for today, for tomorrow, for a few weeks, months or years from now. Fine, but do you set a place aside for the Lord in your plans? He says to you, ‘I have given you life, joy and beauty; I have given you a family, friends and so many ...
Do not worry about someone taking your place. No one can take another's place. We each have our place in the universe, because God has made us unique beings, endowed with a specific vibration. On the physical plane, of course, unjust, dishonest ...
So many humans are like fish out of water! They feel ill at ease, strangers to the environment they live in; so, as soon as they can, they leave their family, take themselves off abroad or live completely on the fringes of society. Actually, the ...
‘When you pray,' said Jesus, ‘go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret.' How are we to interpret this secret room? It is obviously not a physical space with four walls, but a state of consciousness. When you ...
Only when you have successfully found the place which is truly yours can you taste joy and peace. You will say: ‘The place? What place is that?' Obviously, the word ‘place' has several meanings here: element, country, house, job, role, ideal. We ...
What exactly is a dwelling place? It is a place where we shelter, where we work and where we live. But we could say that our physical body itself is a dwelling place, and so too is any body on the physical plane – animals, trees, flowers and stones ...
Humans naturally tend to rank things, whether it is intelligence, talent, strength, dexterity, beauty, wealth and so on. Everywhere, something always comes first and something else comes last. But these ratings are very relative. When considering a ...
...mprint of exceptional beings have since been profaned by the presence of many people with impure thoughts and feelings and lacking in light. Whatever the holy nature of a place and the imprints inscribed everywhere on the walls and objects by b...
God has given inertia to matter and impetus to the spirit, and human beings are placed between the two. They are outwardly covered with matter, but the spirit dwells within them. This means that they are subject to a twofold influence: at times they ...
...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...
When a person succeeds in finding the place where they truly belong, they are happy. Everyone knows this. Yes, but not everyone knows where their place is. ‘Place' is a word that has many meanings: home, country, house, job, position, ideal…We often ...
Jesus said, ‘When you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in the secret place.' How should we understand this secret place of which Jesus speaks? When disciples have achieved inner silence and peace, when they ...
What is the respective place of men and women? The day will come when men and women will have to sort out this problem, for it keeps pitting them against one another. For centuries, even millennia, men have imposed their dominance on women, and now ...