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Result: 'Spirit' (350)
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Daily meditationsGod has given inertia to matter and impetus to the spirit, and human beings are placed between the two. They are outwardly covered with matter, but the spirit dwells within them. This means that they are subject to a twofold influence: at times they ...
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Daily meditationsThe reason why many people find it so difficult to practice spiritual exercises is that they do not know how to establish the right inner attitude. There they are, in a hurry, tense at the thought of the million and one other things they have to do, ...
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Daily meditationsAll human beings possess in seed form spiritual bodies (the causal, buddhic and atmic bodies) which one day will develop fully. Each of you will almost certainly have sensed this at some time. You hear some music, or you see a face, and you tremble, ...
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Daily meditationsLearn to speak with the spirits of nature so as to encourage them to work for the good of humanity. For example, if you are by the sea, speak to its inhabitants, ‘Spirits of the waters, unite, and with each ship that passes, inspire in those aboard ...
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Daily meditationsIt happens that when a man sees a woman embracing the spiritual life in order to perfect herself, rather than rejoicing, he tries to stop her. He does not understand that if his wife becomes inwardly rich, he too will benefit. The same is true for a ...
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Daily meditations...e they done the same work in the spiritual realm? Do they know how to control their feelings and thoughts? Often, they do not even know how to conduct themselves in their inner lives.
Of course, the physical body is important, for we could do ...
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Daily meditationsLike trees, human beings receive energy from the cosmic ocean, and they receive this energy not only through their roots, but also through their leaves and flowers – symbolically speaking. Through their roots, they penetrate deeply into the soil, ...
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Daily meditationsOn earth we are continually at the mercy of alternations. At one moment, the sky is blue and the sun is shining, but the next, clouds come between us and the sun, and everything becomes cold and dark. This is true on the physical plane, and it is ...
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Daily meditationsThose who work exclusively for themselves and forget about the collectivity become impoverished and forfeit the esteem and friendship of others. By contrast, when people are full of love, kindness and abnegation, others may consider them to be a ...
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Daily meditationsDisciples who want to advance spiritually must strive every day to create a divine image of themselves. Of course, they should not think that they are already divinities, nor must they want others to consider them as such, for that would only draw ...
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Daily meditationsSituations cannot be resolved from below, by making decisions in the physical realm of matter; the impulse must come from above, from an exigency of the spirit. Those who do not know this law always try to intervene on the physical plane to change, ...
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Daily meditationsThe mistake of many spiritual people is that they do not give their activity solid foundations. They venture in without preparation of any kind in the belief that they only need to ask and the invisible world will reveal itself to them; angels will ...
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Daily meditationsThe spiritual life is difficult, and can even be a risky adventure. Given the nature of the goal to be attained, it is impossible to reach it without effort, especially as the paths leading to it are not well travelled. These are untouched and steep ...
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Daily meditationsYou feel justified in behaving according to your instinctive likes and dislikes. Well no, for in this way you are fuelling the conflicts around you, and wallowing on the lower levels of the astral plane. Do not believe, as so many do, that your ...
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Daily meditationsTrue adepts of initiatic science do not rely on anything external; they know that God has deposited within them every possibility, every form of wealth, and every substance from every laboratory. And that is where they must look for them. Of course, ...
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Daily meditationsWhen we lack inspiration, we are like a tree in winter, but we should know that inspiration comes periodically just like the flowering of a tree – when the conditions are right, in the spring. It is therefore up to us to create the conditions of ...
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Daily meditationsIn so far as a person takes part in divine life through their higher Self, they also participate in the work of God. At the moment, they cannot yet realize what is happening in the higher spheres of their being, because they do not have a conscious ...
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Daily meditationsMany disciples complain, ‘We don't understand – everything is easy when we are in the presence of a Master, but when we are far away, life becomes difficult again.' Well, why is that? The reason is simple: if their troubles begin when they are far ...
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Daily meditationsYou would like your master to be omniscient and omnipotent, that is to say someone who is able to make your life easier and who will solve all your problems. Well, make no mistake – that is not what a master is for. A master is there to instruct you ...
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Daily meditations...ement. The etheric ocean in which we are immersed is like this liquid ocean, and by means of our thoughts, we are able to set the whole world in motion – provided that we never stop. But as we do not practise, and above all, as we do not persev...
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Daily meditationsWater is the symbol of the universal matter from which the cosmos was created. In Genesis, we read that God separated the waters above from the waters below: ‘God said, “Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the ...
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Daily meditationsIt is a mistake to believe, as some thinkers do, that only matter exists, that everything is material... With knowledge of the respective roles of the two principles, masculine and feminine, it is easy to understand that in reality, matter (the ...
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Daily meditationsTake a circle: however great the circumference its centre is always a minute point. The circumference symbolizes the soul, which can expand to an infinite degree. The point at the centre on the other hand represents the spirit, which has no ...
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Daily meditationsNo human being has ever come to earth without having some errors to correct or some debts to pay. How many initiates, saints and prophets have had to suffer to make up for the faults committed in previous incarnations! But this did not prevent their ...
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Daily meditationsIn order to solve your problems, get into the habit of elevating yourself each day by way of thought. It is up to you to move, without waiting for the Lord in His clemency and mercy to come to you. For the Lord will not come down.You will say, ‘But ...
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Daily meditations...e added to the other side.
So, when the time comes to pay for your transgressions, all your good thoughts, feelings and actions will counterbalance the bad, and the payment will be lighter. This also means that you must not become fatalistic an...
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Daily meditationsSome people undertake the role of spiritual guide without realizing that they do not possess the necessary virtues: wisdom, love, purity, disinterestedness and patience. They do not know how dangerous it is to shoulder this overwhelming task if they ...
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Daily meditationsWhen mountaineers set out to climb a peak, they do not ask the guide who is leading them to keep looking back at them. Well, the spiritual life is like the ascent of a high peak, and you must not ask your Master to turn round and look back. Your ...
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Daily meditationsThe spirit is the supreme creative principle. Everything that exists stems from the spirit and is animated by the spirit, but not everything is spirit. Our body for instance possesses something of the spirit, but it is far from possessing all the ...
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Daily meditationsAlthough it is true that human beings need instructors to keep them from going astray, it is also true that once they are informed and enlightened, it is up to them to set to work and experience things for themselves.Let us take a very simple ...
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Daily meditationsIf you really wish for your salvation, you must understand how important it is to let yourself be guided by the great spirits that live or have lived on the earth. These beings, whose experience is so much greater than ours and who have managed to ...
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Daily meditationsDo your spiritual work and let this work recommend you to others. Your work will speak for you. You must continue to work until the end and die standing, without ever giving up. It is no disgrace to fall, but the sole honour is to die faithful to ...
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Daily meditationsYou have a moment of intense joy? Then you must expect to encounter some unpleasantness from the events or people around you. Yes, you must expect it, and if you are not careful, you will be caught off guard.When you experience moments of spiritual ...
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Daily meditationsYou are used to professors and lecturers whose work anyone can see and understand. The activity of a spiritual Master, on the other hand, is beyond our normal understanding, because it is carried out first and foremost on the subtle planes. Even if ...
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Daily meditationsIndividual life must prepare the way for collective, cosmic and universal life. Once you have developed yourself harmoniously, you must become a member of the collectivity so that it may benefit from your gifts. When you do this, you can be sure ...
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Daily meditationsSo many people have come to me and said, ‘Why did I find your teaching so late in life? I have spent my whole life in doubt and error, and now not only is it too late to undo my mistakes, but it is too late to really start a new life.' It is true ...
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Daily meditationsNovices in the spiritual life often plunge headlong into schemes that are too ambitious, and this inevitably leads to accidents or disillusionment. If at your first attempt you try to jump a chasm that is too wide, you will fall in and by the time ...
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Daily meditationsHowever great your other achievements, nothing you do will ever have the same importance as your spiritual work, even if at first nobody notices it. For if you respect the rules, the results of your spiritual work will be millions of times more ...
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Daily meditationsExcept in very rare cases, human beings need to be influenced and encouraged by others in order to persevere on the right path, for a time always comes when their zeal falters. Of course, some people say that they have no desire to be influenced; ...
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Daily meditationsIt is always possible to find the means to satisfy a spiritual need precisely because it is spiritual, and because the spirit, which is immense, free and infinite, is not bound by material conditions.You may be deprived of a title or a rank in ...
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Daily meditations... enter your physical body; you have opened the doors of your mental and astral bodies* to impure thoughts and feelings. So do not be surprised if the spirits of light are reluctant to visit you, let alone the Lord, for his dwelling is absolute ...
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Daily meditationsNothing is more precious than to be visited by the Holy Spirit. Its coming is like a bolt of heavenly lightning. There is nothing more sublime or more meaningful. However, this celestial lightning does not immediately make those who receive it ...
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Daily meditationsHuman beings continually transgress divine laws, and as they do not immediately notice the damage occurring inside them, they imagine that they can carry on with impunity. The thing is, when worms or termites get into the beams of a house, there are ...
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Daily meditationsNothing in nature indicates that the spirit would like to rid itself of matter. On the contrary, we can see that it works on and through matter, and causes it to evolve. From the very beginning of the world, the spirit has shown that it wants to use ...
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Daily meditationsInitiates teach that instead of spending our lives trying to acquire external powers, which will never really belong to us, it is far better to work to acquire those powers inwardly. This is the task before us, this is what we must work at, for true ...
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Daily meditationsIf there were laboratories equipped with sufficiently sophisticated instruments, it could be proved that some humans exude fluidic emanations so strong that they can asphyxiate small animals. It could also be shown that the opposite is true, that ...
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Daily meditationsIdeally, we should possess both form and force, that is to say, matter and spirit. It is bad to crystalize yourself in matter, because events will break you. However, if you abandon matter to live only in the spirit, it may be wonderful, but you ...
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Daily meditations...lf in matter. A perfect artist is one who has successfully established order and reason in their thoughts, and brought peace and love into their heart, so that everything they do is beautiful and harmonious....
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Daily meditationsThere is no such thing as impurity, ugliness or evil to the universal spirit. To the cosmic spirit, the universe is a harmony in which there is no dissonance. Of course, when you look at the world from the earth's perspective, not everything is ...
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Daily meditationsThe 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, ...
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