When you rise by means of thought and draw closer to the divine principle, you lose sight of the details, but you see the immensity, a coherent whole, and can draw certain conclusions about the unity of creation. And when you lower your sights ...
We are free to do as we please, of course. You can even distance yourself from the Lord, but you will soon see what destiny awaits you. What motivates someone who separates themself from God, who does not want to remain in the light? The most ...
There is nothing to be greatly admired in the many brilliant, wealthy and powerful people who place no importance on the life of the soul and spirit. Because they do not seek spiritual nourishment, which alone could fulfil them, they are like ...
Many people are interested in esoteric science without being ready for it! They quote things they have taken here and there, from books they've barely understood, and they are proud to pass as astrologers, alchemists, magi and cabbalists… But the ...
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 ...
Someone will say, ‘Before I commit to a spiritual teaching, I want to be given irrefutable proof that God and invisible beings exist… And I also want proof of the immortality of the spirit and of life after death.' Poor thing! They'll have to wait a ...
Why is it so dangerous to seek access to the spiritual world if you have not first purified yourself? Because in that world it is no longer a matter of intellectual knowledge: you are approaching the domain of Initiatic Science, which affects the ...
How can we not appreciate science? It brings so many discoveries which we benefit from every day! Yet, one cannot approve of all the directions science is taking. Basically, what is happening there is just the same as happens with money. Some say, ...
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 ...
Under the pretext that they are working for their country's security, scientists think they can justify their most lethal inventions: they are fulfilling the highest moral obligation. Well, as far as Initiatic Science is concerned, that's no ...
Parents and educators have the task of awakening the young to a sense of the divine world, with all its hierarchy of heavenly creatures all the way up to the throne of God. Yes, the most important idea that should be etched on the soul and spirit of ...
Some of the most fervent materialists, realizing they can make use of telepathy, clairvoyance, clairaudience, dowsing and psychometry to serve their own interests, start exploring that whole area, which they call 'parapsychology'. If it can give ...
It is true that medical science is making great progress, but this is no excuse for people to live imprudently. If they fail to educate themselves in the science of life, medicine will remain powerless in spite of all its progress. While it is ...
We have received life and we are alive. We make use of life, we draw from it in order to satisfy our desires, our needs and our whims. We believe that in doing so we will develop and blossom, when in reality we become weaker. God, who has given us ...
All sciences must be placed in the service of the one science truly worth studying: the science of the human being. Unfortunately, however, it has been abandoned for the moment in favour of physics, chemistry, astronomy, biology, and so on. You may ...
...d is to know how to combine its 22 elements in the three worlds, thereby creating harmony in our thoughts, feelings and actions. When there is disorder within us, it is because these ‘words' are misplaced or poorly combined. To acquire this sci...
The human conscience is a reality, a merciless reality. Take the case of a criminal. Whatever he does, he cannot rid himself of certain anxieties: the police, prison, his victim's revenge, remorse. Why? Because he has set certain processes in motion ...
The person who is guilty and tries to appease his conscience will not succeed, because the problem does not lie with his conscience—which merely reflects the reality of his conduct—but with his innermost sense of the wrong he has committed. This ...
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, ...
...e extraordinary apparatus installed in each of us by the Creator which enables us to work on our thoughts, feelings, desires and all our states of consciousness so that we may advance on the path of good. Not only would they see an infinitely r...
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 ...
Are people interested in providing human beings with true knowledge, with knowledge that will help them develop in a harmonious way in order to face the internal and external difficulties they may encounter? No, we wait for them to be ill before we ...
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 ...
A staunch materialist who rejects the reality of the invisible world is preferable to a self-proclaimed spiritualist who ventures into a world they know little about, in an attempt to exploit it for their own interest, to attract attention to ...
The only science worth studying is the science of life. For all the other subjects you touch on, all the other activities you undertake, will only really bring you something if you focus on this one essential reality: life. So, instead of using it ...
The occult sciences present people with all kinds of methods to fulfil their wishes and desires, but they fail to explain what will happen if these desires are too personal and selfish, if they transgress the laws of nature, if they go against the ...
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 ...
... nutrition, astrology in our breathing, magic in our words and gestures, and the Cabbalah in our thoughts.
Therefore, learn how to eat, breathe, act, speak and think, and you will acquire the basics of these four fundamental sciences. You shoul...
When faced with questions of a spiritual order, scientists should say, ‘The present state of our knowledge does not allow us to provide the answer. We need to study more and find other methods of investigation.' This would be the only reasonable ...
In everyday life, it is perfectly reasonable and right for everybody to express and defend their own point of view. As long as people have no knowledge of the eternal truths of Initiatic Science, they need to exercise their wits, to argue and ...
There are people who are interested only in the occult sciences. They are proud to pass themselves off as astrologers, alchemists, magi and kabbalists, but the poor things do not realize that the appalling chaos of their lives has nothing to do with ...
Many scientists believe they can justify the deadliest discoveries by the simple claim that they are working for the good of their country, and therefore fulfilling the highest moral duty. Well, as far as Initiatic Science is concerned, this claim ...
Initiatic Science does not teach the occult sciences; it teaches spiritual science. In the occult sciences light and darkness are mixed together, and many occultists who have steeped themselves in the dark regions of these sciences in the hope of ...