'Let us suppose you are looking at a prism. With the eyes of the personality you will see no more than an object, a three-sided transparent crystal from which, when the light hits it, seven wonderful colours come streaming forth. This is wonderful indeed, but it is still on an ordinary level of consciousness. That [...]
We must reach the superconscious level, the level of the individuality. The individuality is characterized by an expanded consciousness, we reach it only when we understand that all creatures, all life is one, that all living creatures form a unity in the ocean of universal life in which all are immersed. Then our feelings change, [...]
‘The higher and lower natures in a human being are not really separate. The individuality keeps trying to bring its good influence to bear upon the personality but, since the personality is interested only in being free and independent, it listens only to itself and seldom obeys the higher impulses. Continued from previous post... Although [...]
'Now, let us look at the way our lower Self, the personality, was formed. Originally, it was an emanation, a secretion of the Spirit. When the Spirit wished to express itself it had to form an appropriate vehicle for each one of the spheres through which it had to pass in its descent to earth... [...]
A Question: Master, you say that the personality is not divine by nature but how do you explain that, since nothing exists outside of God? ' The question is an important one, but difficult to answer. The word ‘divine’ has two meanings. When I say that the personality is not divine by nature, I mean [...]
'Human beings have an inborn tendency to avoid effort of any kind. They will do everything possible to get others—other human beings, animals or machines—to do their work for them. And the more they do this, the weaker they become and the more their faculties waste away. If you want to become strong, resourceful and [...]
What kind of work - 'You will say, ‘All right, we’ve all understood that it is not pleasure that will give us happiness. But what will?’ And my answer to that is: ‘Work!’ To replace pleasure by work is to replace an ordinary, selfish activity by one that is nobler and more generous, one that [...]
The Master Peter Deunov The Sage’s lamp is filled with Joy- True wisdom is neither sad nor gloomy, as many imagine it to be, for in true wisdom there is also love: heart and mind work together. The sage’s lamp does not just project the cold light of the rational mind, picking up and highlighting [...]
... And now let’s interpret this little story. The house is the physical body; the maid is the heart, the man-servant is the mind; the mistress of the house is the soul and the master is the spirit. The spirit often leaves us, and when it is away the soul is lonely and feels abandoned. [...]
The heart and the soul are both vehicles of our emotions, feelings and desires. The heart is the seat of our ordinary, earthly emotions and the soul is the seat of our divine, spiritual emotions and impulses. The same sort of distinction must be made between the mind and the spirit: the mind is the [...]
