The love of many human beings is like a smoky stove that coats their inner being with soot. When the stove is alight, the windows are all closed, and the lack of air saps their vitality and makes them sluggish. But when the sun, spiritual love, ...
The wealth of a spiritual person is extremely subtle, almost imperceptible, but if they become conscious of that wealth, heaven and earth are theirs. Why is it so difficult to understand this?Someone will say, ‘That is nothing new. I know that I ...
Few people understand how important it is to keep themselves free for an enterprise, for work of a heavenly nature. They are always in a hurry to commit themselves, to become wedded to the world, and as the world is very heavy and terribly demanding,...
Childhood and maturity are two periods through which human beings are obliged to pass. We are a child for a time, and then we become an adult. That is true, not only in society, but also in our spiritual life. The only difference is that most people ...
How do you define true spirituality? When winter arrives, the earth receives less sunshine, and nothing grows. Even rivers freeze over. Life slows down. But in spring the earth receives longer hours of sunshine, everything grows and becomes ...
Light was the first being created by God. Light is Christ, and Christ is the Cosmic Sun. The spirit of Christ is identical to the solar spirit.* If we learn to unite ourselves to the spirit of the sun, which is the spirit of Christ, an emanation of ...
...u go to bed at night so that it can work while you are sleeping. Never go to sleep with negative thoughts in your mind, for they will cause all kinds of disorders within you during the night. And if, just before dropping off, you are seized by ...
People sometimes complain, ‘Since I decided to change my way of life and follow a spiritual teaching, I have been miserable.' But were they really happy before? No, I do not think so. On the face of it, yes, perhaps, because those who never exert ...
...as finished with his classes, he dismisses his students and returns to his personal occupations, thoughts, feelings and problems. He has delivered his lesson and that is the end of it. A spiritual master, on the other hand, never stops looking ...
The spirits of darkness are wily. They do not appear before you with horns, a forked tail, surrounded by all the cauldrons of hell, because they do not wish to frighten you. On the contrary, they come with the promise that all your wishes will be ...
Some call the sun ‘the lamp of the universe', to express the idea that the sun illuminates the world and, thanks to its light, we are able to see. And when the sun is not shining on us, we need other sources of light: electric lightbulbs, candles, ...
The need to dominate, to wield power, is so strong in some people that we now see the most materialistic scientists starting to explore the field of Initiatic Science – telepathy, clairvoyance, clairaudience, radiesthesia and psychometry – and they ...
Most people readily admit that they need instruction when it comes to the practical, intellectual or artistic aspects of life, but they dismiss the idea that they have something to learn about how to conduct their inner life. This is a very ...
The spirit descends towards matter and matter rises towards the spirit. This is why human beings, who through their links to the physical plane represent matter, must reach up towards the spirit, their own spirit, God.A river flowing down from the ...
Some people think that the mere fact they possess and venerate something that once belonged to a saint makes them spiritual. Not at all! People can call themselves spiritualists and still behave like complete materialists.Whether you are a ...
The things you achieve on the physical plane are there for all to see and touch, whereas nobody can see your spiritual achievements – not even you. The lack of tangible proof of your work may lead you to doubt and make you want to abandon your ...
It is said that before creating the world, God first drew its boundaries. Everything in nature confirms this, starting with a cell and its membrane. And if the skull did not exist, where would our brain be? This is exactly the function of our skin ...
Do spiritual people carry weight in society? No. Why is that? Because they are not united. Either they ignore each other or they are hostile towards each other. They do not believe they should cooperate together in some way.On the other hand, look ...
The soul is hungry and the spirit is thirsty. The soul eats fire and the spirit drinks light. The spirit is a masculine principle, the soul a feminine principle, and they each nourish themselves with the complementary element. The soul – which ...