<table style="width: 612px; height: 380px;" rules="none" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="5">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan="2">\n<p class="omatitre">A selfless mission of love</p>\n</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td style="background-color: #ffffcc;" width="60%">\n<p class="intro">Then, sensing that the rise of communism in the Eastern bloc would lead to the banning of any type of spiritual association in Bulgaria, <strong>Peter Deunov</strong> Peter Deunov asked his disciple to go to France to preserve and continue his work. Despite the great hardships he had to face, he remained faithful to his mission. With generosity and love he never ceased to share his wisdom and time with those who came to him. He defined his task thus : <span class="introcitation"> « Spiritual life can be compared to climbing a high mountain and the spiritual Master is the guide who will lead the roped party to the top. It's a great responsibility that requires a lot of discipline. During the climb, the guide cannot stop on the way and turn back to chat to those he is leading, nor smile at them or tap them on the shoulder and give them cheer; the teacher must lead the way, keeping their eyes fixed firmly on the destination ahead. »</span></p>\n</td>\n<td style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" width="40%">\n<p><a href="https://www.prosveta.fr/resources/sites/@site_id/images/images_oma/oma_bio_2_big.jpg" class="html5lightbox" title="Brother Mikhaël's arrival in France, 1937"><img src="https://www.prosveta.fr/resources/sites/@site_id/images/images_oma/oma_bio_2.jpg" alt="Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov" width="225" height="280"></a></p>\n<br> <br>\n<div class="style6">Brother Mikhaël's arrival in France, 1937</div>\n</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<table style="width: 612px; height: 200px;" rules="none" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="5">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;" width="20%"><a href="https://www.prosveta.fr/resources/sites/@site_id/images/images_oma/oma_bio_3_big.jpg" class="html5lightbox" title="Omraam Michaël Aïvanov : le rire du sage"><img src="https://www.prosveta.fr/resources/sites/@site_id/images/images_oma/oma_bio_3.jpg" alt="Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov" width="150" height="208"></a></td>\n<td style="vertical-align: middle;">\n<div class="temoignage">« His was the laughter of someone who is pure and free, happy and brotherly...<br>It was extraordinary to see how someone who had worked with such asceticism to advance spiritually and who had endured so much could be so happy:<br>It was because he was interested in others, because he continuously sought to reveal to others the beauty of Earth. »</div>\n<br>\n<div class="omaref" style="text-align: right; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://lmfrenette.com/francais.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">From the biography by Louise-Marie Frenette</a></div>\n</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<table style="width: 612px; height: 28px; border: 0px none;" rules="none">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style="vertical-align: top;"> </td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td style="text-align: right;"><a href="[oma0:url]" title="[oma0:title]">••• previous</a> <a href="[oma2:url]" title="[oma2:title]">next •••</a></td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>