Mikhaël had injured his knee, it was not getting better and he was finding it difficult to walk. One day, some friends who often came to visit him decided to urge him into playing a more active role in his recovery. ‘Why don’t you try to heal yourself?’ they asked. ‘How can I?’ Mikhaël responded. [...]
'Ask and it will be given to you... Seek, and you will find... Knock, and it will be opened to you...’ 'At first sight, these precepts seem to be very simple. ‘Ask’, for instance... is there anything we don’t ask for? We all have families, friends and lovers and we never stop asking God and [...]
'I once had a friend in Bulgaria who was very rich but always unhappy. One day, I met him in the street and he said, "You look as though you were bursting with joy; what have you been doing?" 'Oh, nothing much’, I replied; ‘I’ve just bought some joy.’ "You’re joking", he answered; "How can [...]
And here is another story: one day a Bishop took a little boat and went for a row on a lake up in the mountains. When he reached the other side of the lake, he saw a shepherd tending his sheep and was struck by his expression, for it revealed such peace and joy. The [...]
'There is no more worthy, more glorious or more potent work than to work with light. People must learn to work with light, only with light, and learn to project that light which alone enables us to see. But what does this mean? Light is the first divine emanation, it contains all the qualities and [...]
'When your organism is clogged by waste it tries to get rid of that waste by producing a fever to dissolve it, and your temperature rises. You must put up with that temperature: it shows that your organism is cleansing itself. In fact, you can help the work along by drinking very hot, boiled water. [...]
When you eat, your organism assimilates the useful elements and eliminates those that are foreign or harmful. But your organism may not always be healthy enough to recognize and sort out the two, either because you have given it too much food, or because there are too many impurities in what you eat. When this [...]
'On the invisible plane, each human being is accompanied by the souls of all the animals whose flesh they have eaten. These souls press in on them, claiming satisfaction for the wrong that has been done to them. Although the animal soul is not the same as that of human beings, animals do have souls and [...]
'The difference between flesh foods and vegetarian foods lies in the relative amount of sunlight they contain. Fruit and vegetables are so steeped in sunlight that one could say they are a condensed form of light. When you eat a fruit or a vegetable, therefore, you are absorbing rays of sunlight, and light leaves very [...]
'Your future depends on how you eat. If you nourish yourself inadequately on the physical level you will look ill and your friends will ask what is wrong with you. This shows that the quality of your physical food can actually change your appearance. Well, the same is true of the quality of your thoughts [...]
