Every morning when you wake up, think that the coming day will be more important than all the rest of your life. Why? Because your entire existence depends on how you live this very day. Jesus, who knew this, said: ‘Do not worry about tomorrow, for ...
Everything in the universe, from stones and plants right up to the archangels and God Himself, also exists in human beings. This is why the universe is called the macrocosm (the big world), and a human being, the microcosm (the small world). Humans ...
Where does the tradition of saying grace before meals come from? You might say, ‘It is an expression of gratitude to the Creator, for allowing us to eat our fill.' While that is true, this custom also stems from knowledge that the Initiates possess ...
Those who understand the power of the spoken word are very careful about what they say, because they know that dark spirits from the invisible world can take hold of their words and make them come to pass one day, in one form or another. Words are, ...
Work involves the three worlds: the physical (the body), the spiritual (the soul) and the divine (the spirit). So, there is work to be done all the way up to the summit, and we can do it on all three levels simultaneously. What is essential is to ...
Human beings are always trying to find the ideal model on which to organize society, but they will never find it here on earth. To discover such a model, they must look to a place where this perfect organization reigns: the sun. Not the physical sun,...
Do not imagine that simply by following a spiritual teaching, all your problems will be solved. Well, no! Far from it. In order to sort out our problems, we need to set ourselves specific inner tasks, a program to carry out.When you set yourself a ...
A man lies there stretched out on the ground. You can see him, you can even touch him, but he is dead. Something invisible has left him, that something that once enabled him to walk, love, talk and think. And you can place all the food and treasures ...
Our skin, ears, eyes, nose, and so on, are all organs that allow us to come into contact with the physical world; if one of these organs is impaired, we cannot do our work properly. And this is just as true on the spiritual plane as it is on the ...
Instead of spending your time reading or running about, always chasing some new thing to learn, get into the habit of setting aside a few moments each day to connect with the divine world. What you will gain from this practice you will be able to ...
Jesus said: ‘And this is eternal life, that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.' In order to know the Lord you must become one with Him. Fusion, however, is not possible between objects of different materials ...
People tend to let themselves go when external conditions are favourable. They need difficulties and misfortunes to oblige them to get a grip on themselves and make efforts to rectify the situation. And once they have succeeded, that's it, they let ...
Human beings are not in the habit of putting themselves into the shoes of others, and this leads to many errors of judgment, and much cruelty and injustice. We do not know another person's circumstances. Which is why, before you start accusing ...
Many Christians wonder, ‘With all the work Christianity has done for the Kingdom of God over the last two thousand years, why is it still so far off? Why are there still so many wars, still so much famine, poverty and misery in the world?' Well, ...
The messages sent to us by the invisible world are like imprints on the soul of the world, and they can be transmitted or reflected by birds, animals or even unwittingly by human beings. But a great deal of learning is required to be able to ...
You are always waiting for a magus or an Initiate to reveal some amazing secret that will transform you in the blink of an eye. Well, that is unfortunate for there are no such secrets. People can be transformed only by their own diligent, daily ...
When you give, you receive. This is a law of physics: a vacuum cannot exist in the universe. You all know the phrase ‘Nature abhors a vacuum'. As soon as a vacuum is created, something comes to fill it up at once.When you pour all the water from a ...
There is nothing wrong in possessing statues or paintings of the Deity, and kneeling before them to pray, as long as you fully aware that the statue is not the Deity. If you pray to a statue, it is not the statue that will help or protect you. All ...
What is generally referred to as morality is often no more than a set of rules inspired by social, historical or geographical conditions. Such morality is purely external and can be compared to etiquette. Just look at all the different ways in which ...
In order to meet the needs of their family, some fathers are forced to leave and work abroad to earn money. Although it may appear as if they are abandoning their family, they do this to help them, and it requires great courage for them to make such ...
Even if human beings object to evil and desire good, they are far more convinced of the power of evil than of good. Experience has shown them, they say, that those who want to destroy others and create disorder succeed more readily and more quickly ...
We hear people everywhere complain that the world is in a bad way. And there they go complaining, all they do is complain and they expect others to set to work and improve conditions. Why do they not begin it themselves? No, they wait, and others do ...
When you invite someone to stay with you for a few days, you prepare a room for them. You do not just say, ‘Come, come', without knowing where you are going to put them. All the more so if your guest is someone important. Before extending your ...
How many believers ask why heaven does not intervene to restore order in world affairs! Well, this shows they are not good psychologists. Without the agreement and willingness of human beings themselves, what is the use of the interventions of ...
The higher world and the lower world are not separate; in both the universe and in human beings, there are connections between these two worlds. That is why, when humans have a very elevated, very spiritual wish, it can provoke their lower nature ...
Because God is so great, he neither concerns himself with the mistakes and malice of human beings, nor does he vary according to their behaviour. Therefore, if you feel worried or rejected because you have behaved badly, do not claim that God has ...
Most people readily admit that in order to succeed in the material world, you must be committed and work without cutting corners. But in the spiritual realm they imagine they can obtain results easily and quickly. What a mistake! In the spiritual ...
Because there are so many machines, instruments and products that do everything for us and make our lives effortless, human beings are sinking deeper and deeper into laziness, both physical and mental. How much activity, how many exercises of ...
...When a certain number of people come together around an idea, their thoughts and desires alone create a living reality. This is a law of the spiritual world. And even if this reality is not made up of particles that are sufficiently material to...
When you feel distressed and tormented it is simply because you have become lost in the psychic regions infested with lower entities – the enemies of humanity. And these entities attack you, and if you try to fight back to make them let go, since ...
... endlessly that he is great, powerful and wise either. It is through our efforts to purify our thoughts, our feelings, our desires and our actions that we glorify God. In doing so we will enter into the light of divine glory and, wherever a ray...
How many people complain, ‘I seek the light. I pray every day, but God does not hear me. I have so many problems, I am unhappy and sick, and my life no longer has any meaning.' Whose fault is that? If people are struggling with so many problems, it ...
It is essential to have the correct attitude toward all that exists and, above all, toward the First Cause, the Creator. When you have a positive attitude toward the Creator, wherever you go, all of creation, all creatures from the angels to the ...
A person who falls in love has no doubts about what they feel, even though they cannot see or touch their love, for feelings are impalpable. And someone who holds an opinion and has convictions, can they see them or touch them? No, and yet sometimes ...
What is this ‘most powerful force of all forces' about which Hermes Trismegistus speaks in the Emerald Tablet? It is sexual force, since no other force in the universe can compare to it; no other force has the power to create life. Hermes ...
Jesus said, ‘My Father is still working, and I also am working.' But who, even among the initiates, can pronounce such words? Who even knows what this work is? Most human beings can only say, ‘I do odd jobs…I struggle…I rack my brains…I make some ...
When the chemist pours a few drops of a reagent called ‘litmus' into a clear acid solution, the liquid turns red. Then, drop by drop, they add an alkaline solution. At first there is no change. But they continue slowly, drop by drop, and all of a ...
Those who do not rebel against their difficulties and hardships, but accept to understand and learn from them liberate the powers in their soul and spirit. After a time they realize that something magnificent has occurred within them as a result. ...
Because the consequences of their thinking and behaviour are not immediate, human beings rarely notice what has caused their misfortune. When they succumb to inner disorder or behave disgracefully, it is rare that a catastrophe befalls them at once; ...
...nes already exist in nature, and thus in themselves as well. And these ‘machines' record their thoughts, feelings, and actions. When they transgress certain limits, in whatever realm it may be, a mechanism is set in motion and they lose somethi...
When human beings try to resolve their differences by means of force, they can perhaps imagine, for a time, that they have succeeded, but this success will not last. When we impose constraints we always provoke the lower nature in others, the desire ...
Speaking and writing consist of fitting words together by arranging and organizing them; and so are acts of creation. Anyone can use words either to create joy, trust, love and light in others, or to create sadness, darkness, illness or despair. And ...
You say you need friends who understand you and that you can't find that understanding anywhere. Ask yourself first what it is in you that you want them to understand. And even if it is for your highest aspirations, why do you insist on others ...
As human beings, we are connected to everything in the universe which, like us, has been created. Each one of us has invisible, etheric connections with the whole of creation, from stones to angelic hierarchies. We may not be aware of it, but our ...
...nd matter. We start taking a distance from ourselves, and gradually we not only realize that the thoughts and feelings with which we are able to do this work are merely instruments at our service, but we also become aware that our true self exi...
The conversion of movement into heat and light and the conversion of light back into heat are laws that are particularly well-known and applied in physics. Only lazy spiritual people are ignorant of them. They are happy to meditate, study and ...
Even if you were offered all the treasures in the world, in order to really benefit from them you must know how to use them; otherwise you would remain inwardly as poor as if you had nothing. Imagine you are presented with a table laden with the ...
Your feelings frequently bear no relation to the objective reality of the present moment! At any time of day and amid the worst difficulties, you may experience an inner dawn, because your consciousness has moved to a region where the sun is ...
Why do alchemists describe the transformation of matter in the Great Work as a sequence of colours? Because they have observed this sequence with vegetation. Think of fruit trees for example: apart from some nuances – for nature is rich in variety – ...
Do not try to fight against sexual energy, for not only will you be unable to overcome it, but it will get the better of you. The only way to control it is to find yourself an ally, a very powerful associate, towards whom you direct this force and ...