A spiritual teaching recommends we do exercises, and the reason for this is that they enable our entire being, right down to the very tiniest cells of our hands and feet, to resonate with the truths we accept intellectually. Understanding ...
Who would argue that one ought to be good, honest, disinterested, patient and tolerant? Everyone praises those who practise these virtues, but so often they themselves will be neither good, honest, disinterested, patient nor tolerant! And it doesn't ...
Sometimes people say ‘I see', meaning ‘I understand'. And there are in fact different forms of vision with different names, depending on the level to which they apply. At the highest level, there is vision of the spirit, felt as revelation. ...
The universe is a great body, with which we must learn to come into harmony, for everything that is good – health, joy, light, inspiration – is part of this harmony. Those who work at achieving such harmony begin to feel their whole being resonate ...
Virtue and vice, strength and weakness, beauty and ugliness are different aspects of the good and evil we see expressed all around us. But instead of learning how to behave in relation to these two poles of the one whole, humans constantly ask ...
So many people complain that those around them or even their family do not understand them! That proves, quite simply, that they are not yet ready to be understood. On the contrary, they need to say to themselves, 'I will try to understand as many ...
It is not enough to understand something; we must apply it. For many people, understanding and application are worlds apart. They understand, they understand, but when it comes to actually accomplishing, they are unable to do so. In initiatic ...
Book knowledge is building material, a form of wealth – why should you not acquire it? It is the conclusions that you must be careful about. Indeed, you cannot trust the conclusions the scientists and philosophers have drawn from all the material ...
If you speak to people about a policy inspired by generosity and disinterestedness, very few will support you. But speak to them about conquering others in order to seize their position or their riches, and the crowds will back you. This is why – ...
It is not enough to understand things intellectually and then brilliantly express what you have understood. You must work in order for this understanding to descend into the manifestations of your everyday life. It is your actions, your gestures and ...
...h practice, you can figure them out based on the elements you discover: who they are, what their thoughts, feelings and needs are—without being affected by them.
Some people have psychological insight that is a form of clairvoyance. But when we...
Human beings are not used to putting themselves in other people's shoes, and this is the source of so many errors of judgement, so much thoughtlessness, cruelty and injustice. If you do not know someone's situation, try to put yourself in their ...
Learn to bring yourself into harmony with this great cosmic body, the universe, because this harmony embraces all that is good: health, joy, light and inspiration. Those who work to achieve such harmony begin to feel the whole of their being ...