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Result: 'Spirit' (349)

When we set out on life's journeys, we need to carry provisions – bread, for example. The bread stands for the truths of a spiritual teaching. And its nature is such that it can be a provision, not only for our present lifetime but also for future ...
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...things outside of us, but also on the matter within us. All our instincts, all our impulses, our thoughts, feelings and desires represent a substance on which we have work to do. In a sense, it is a work of creation similar to artistic creation...
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The life of a spiritual Master is strewn with obstacles, conflicts and dangers of all kinds. He should know in advance that he will have to pay very dearly for his wish to bring light to humans, for not only will they not always listen to him, they ...
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People usually seek to have friends who are pleasant and who pander to their tastes and instincts. But those who tell them how to make progress, how to surpass themselves – oh my goodness, they are to be avoided! And yet, there is no greater friend ...
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Most people try to spend time with others who belong to the same social milieu, with the same level of education, the same tastes, and so on. This is not the way to foster an awareness of the brotherhood that should unite all beings. And not much is ...
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The spiritual life does not require the amassing of a large amount of knowledge. The main thing in the spiritual life is practice. It is not good to read and study without ever trying to achieve anything or give concrete expression to it. Obviously, ...
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Those who are imbued with sacred feelings possess seeds, which heavenly entities nurture so that they will grow and bear fruit. If as a result of particular circumstances those people allow such feelings to die in them, they break all communication ...
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Sometimes you think, ‘But what is the point of my praying and meditating and trying hard to live in light and purity? It doesn't do anything for anyone; it isn't even noticeable.' Well, you are wrong! As long as you have made efforts to live in ...
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Naturally, we would all like to live surrounded by people who respect, appreciate and love us. Well, this is not possible. And it is no use complaining that the world is a bad place, that heaven is cruel and that there is no justice. If we were to ...
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Spiritual work must always be done in secret. All you can share with others are the results of your work. As for the work itself – what it consists of, the experiences you have, the states of consciousness you experience – it is better to keep quiet ...
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Matter is inert and formless, and spirit, by coming down and entering it, gives it life and shapes it. This is a process that can be seen everywhere in nature in many different ways. Spirit comes down to animate matter – this is involution – and ...
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... unfortunately also be spirits from hell. Whenever someone stoops to selfish, hostile, malicious thoughts, feelings and actions, they are preparing the conditions to receive those spirits. And then, what trouble they have ridding themselves of ...
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What we call spirit and soul are two inner realities corresponding to the two great creative principles – masculine and feminine – known as cosmic Spirit and universal Soul. So, like them, we too are creators. Yes, we too have the power to create, ...
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Spiritual exercises of themselves are nothing. They only become truly effective and beneficial when performed in the light of a Teaching that provides knowledge of the invisible world, of the different beings inhabiting it, the laws governing it and ...
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...r failings, their weaknesses and their pain. He does not always make direct comments, but in his thoughts he whispers to each one of them, ‘Study, practise, be more patient, more generous… Don't lose heart…' All true disciples perceive the pres...
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Many people are not afraid of supping with all the devils in hell, yet when it comes to the spirit, to light and higher states of consciousness, they are so afraid they run the other way. Deep down they feel they still need to give free rein to ...
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Spiritual work is unlike any other work; it is something that reaches the deepest, most intimate part in each person. We should do it without saying what we are doing. All those who start telling others how they do their practices, how they meditate,...
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You will not change over a few months or even a few years just because you nurture the ideal of a spiritual life. And the fact that you made this or that good resolution does not mean that things will happen just as you decided. Unfortunately, it is ...
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Why is it that so many men and women think it is easy to become spiritual guides? There they are, taking it upon themselves to teach others before they themselves have seen the light. If they could study and analyse themselves a little, something ...
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When a spiritual truth is revealed to you, do not immediately impart it to others in order to persuade them that they too must adopt it. Begin by experimenting at length with it; do exercises with it, until it becomes embodied in you and you are at ...
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Spirituality does not restrict itself to so-called spiritual exercises – meditation or prayer, for example. Actually, any day-to-day activity can be made spiritual if we know how to introduce a divine element. And conversely, if prayer, meditation ...
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...hose particles, if you can preserve them and even develop them, you will sense in time that your thoughts, as well as your feelings and even your health, are improving. All you should seek from a Master are the right conditions for living the d...
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Pause from time to time during the day, and analyse yourself to see which is taking precedence in you – spirit or matter. We cannot avoid the hold matter has over us: we all have a physical body that needs to eat, drink, take exercise, relax and ...
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Some people complain that spiritual practice does not have much to offer. But how would they be if they had never made any effort to discipline their inner life? At least, the few rules they try to apply and the exercises they do set them on the ...
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We need to know which methods and tools to use for each area of life. You will say, ‘But we all know that!' No, many spiritual people behave like a hungry person concentrating hard to attract the food to their table, when all they have to do is get ...
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You already know many things, but you do not know that you know. This knowledge comes from a very long time ago, when you still dwelt in the bosom of the Eternal, in light, love and beauty. There you learned everything about your divine origin, your ...
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...t is, the work the spirit within us has done on our instincts, our desires, our feelings and our thoughts....
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Even if you ate well yesterday, that will not sustain you today, and so you have to eat again. Today, you have to do what you did yesterday all over again, because what you did yesterday was for then, and today you have to do what is for today. This ...
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The two principles of spirit and matter appear to be in conflict, but in reality they work together to serve life. And while the principle of matter develops, day in, day out, expanding its territory in humans, the spirit, which does not remain ...
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The day we succeed in becoming one with our higher soul, we will experience the same phenomenon as what we call ‘love at first sight', that moment when two beings meet and their souls fuse as in a flash of lightning.But it is not enough to want to ...
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When you go out in the morning to the sunrise, remember that you are on your way to meet a being that is alive, just as all of nature around you is alive – birds, animals, trees and flowers. For life is the entire universe, including the infinite ...
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At any moment we can receive warnings, news or clarification from the invisible world. So, pay attention, stay tuned in, so that you form a sort of photoelectric cell warning you when an entity, a current, is coming by. And straightaway try to know ...
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Given the nature of the work he does with his disciples, a spiritual Master needs to know who he can rely on. And he can only rely on people who have a deep need to free themselves, to overcome their weaknesses. As for the rest, he is under no ...
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Try to bring your life into greater harmony with your spiritual ideal by devoting more time to prayer and meditation. But be patient: if after a week or ten days, you do not notice any great changes in yourself, do not complain that you have been ...
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Even if they recognize how important it is to have an ideal, most people are afraid of having to sacrifice something for it. It is fear that prevents them from renouncing certain things. But fear is born of ignorance. So many people imagine a ...
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...s not effort that tires you; no, it is the tendency to open your mind and heart to dark, heavy thoughts and feelings. How can you not be tired when you are a burden to yourself?...
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No one will deny that all the human beings inhabiting the earth are alive. Even if they are only leading a life that is vegetative and instinctive, they are alive. And most also have an emotional, feeling life or even an intellectual life. But ...
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You will have noticed in day-to-day life that it is easier to obtain something than to keep hold of it. Any number of people who are capable of using all their intelligence, willpower and patience to achieve success and obtain what they want will ...
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The spiritual life is like a soil you must bury yourself in if you are to grow. Until then you will be like grain left in a granary. In the granary, of course, it is undisturbed; it is not subject to rain or wind or hail, but it will soon rot or be ...
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You can see from the way the word ‘master' is used in everyday life that it can have several meanings. There is the master who passes on knowledge to his pupils, the master who exercises power over servants or slaves, the master who excels in a ...
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Having been a child and treated as a child for a certain period in your life, one day you are told you have come of age. This is not only true of life in society but also of the spiritual life, the difference being that for the spiritual life we do ...
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Advertisements offer you objects and products of all kinds that will supposedly bring you health, beauty, comfort, well-being – even happiness! Everything is there to entice people and, above all, to delude them. Because even if one day they did own ...
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One day, after some reading or an encounter with someone, you may decide to change your life and embrace the spiritual life. Nevertheless, it will not be easy to put aside your material preoccupations: money, social position, honours, power… It is ...
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Many people turn aside from the spiritual world, refusing to even hear about it; they are afraid of it, as it seems so vague and uncertain. But it is very simply because the tools they possess to access it are not as sophisticated as their hands, ...
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From the earth to the sun and beyond, all of space is inhabited. The four elements – earth, water, air and fire – are inhabited by all kinds of creatures, mentioned in all the world's traditions. Of course, they may not be exactly as each religion ...
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Consider someone who decides to bring order and discipline to their life. They think they need a Master and say to themselves, ‘I want to meet a great Master, the greatest Master. Only then will I agree to embrace spiritual life.' And they go off to ...
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A spiritual teaching can only help those who have already done a whole inner work of preparation. With others, it's like explaining to a cat that it should stop eating mice. It listens, it goes ‘Miaow!', meaning, ‘All right, I promise; I ...
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To draw the Divinity to yourself, it is not enough to give yourself up to some vague mystical impulse. When you abandon yourself, you become passive, and then you cannot be certain it is the Divinity you are receiving rather than dark spirits, which ...
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...Certain thoughts, feelings and desires live within you – particular people or things attract you, while others repel you. Do you think it is always you acting freely or expressing yourself? No, even if it is hard for you to admit, in reality th...
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Now that you have set foot on the divine path, you must keep walking it tirelessly. The obstacles ahead disperse, one by one, when you keep going, for you will have set the powerful laws of life in motion.The spiritual life is like climbing a high ...
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