‘The question of spirit and matter is infinite for, in other forms, spirit and matter are to be found everywhere: as man and woman, positive and negative, emissive and receptive, heaven and earth. Nothing is more important than these two principles, and if we are to avoid attaching undue importance to one of them to [...]
We have come down to earth, and this means that there is work to be done here. The mission of the spirit is to descend, to put on a physical body in order to work on earth and transform it into a magnificent garden for the Lord to stroll in. If we were supposed to [...]
The capacities of the spirit are infinite but you have to give it the conditions it needs in order to manifest itself. Some people, artists and thinkers especially, reach extraordinary heights of inspiration and enthusiasm that bring them into contact with sublime realities, and then, when they revert to their normal state, they understand practically [...]
Edgar Cayce. 'The human spirit is omniscient and all-powerful and participates in all that happens in the universe, but as men's organs are not yet sufficiently developed to transmit the experiences of the spirit to their consciousness, they themselves neither know nor feel any of this. It is the physical body that has to be [...]
Moses, a high Initiate, gave us some advice I have already explained to you that the true philosophy of spirit and matter is perfectly summed up in the phrase in Genesis in which Moses says, 'In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.' 'The heavens' are the soul and spirit, the splendour of [...]
Excessive concern for the physical body weakens the soul and spirit People always look for the origin of their problems elsewhere; for example overwork, stress or poor diet, for instance. No, the main cause of people’s problems is the imbalance between spirit and matter; it is this that leads to all other forms of imbalance. [...]
'The thing that holds people back and causes them to neglect their spiritual work is that they don’t see objective, tangible results on the physical plane. And yet this spiritual work is the foundation of everything: of their future, their glory, their power and their happiness. If they do not give it first place in [...]
You may think that the whole question of spiritual work is now perfectly clear. In theory, yes, it is quite clear; but you will find that it is not quite so easy in practice. Each one of you has to find the best ways of manifesting yourself in the three worlds and learn to harmonize [...]
You are already familiar with this diagram that illustrates the human trinity, in which our causal, buddhic and atmic bodies are reflected in our mental, astral and physical bodies. That which is lowest, as you see, is directly linked to that which is highest. The will, which is on the level of the physical body, [...]
The cabbalists also teach that the human being has several souls: the emotional or astral soul known as Nephesh; the intellectual or rational soul, Ruah, and the three higher souls, Neshamah, Haia and Yehida. The Hindus, on the other hand, speak of bodies rather than souls and this is equally correct, for every particle of [...]
