Macrocosm, Microcosm and God 'From time immemorial philosophers have recognized in man a miniature universe. In the temples of antiquity he was portrayed as the key to the door of the Great King’s palace, because all that exists in the universe, whether it be energy or matter, exists to a lesser degree in man. So [...]
There is a way to escape from the domination of your old patterns or stereotypes and it is extremely simple: you have to prepare new ones, by adopting a new attitude, cultivating new thoughts and feelings and acquiring new habits. In this way you will be making new recordings, new stereotypes to take the place [...]
'If you ask a biologist to explain heredity to you, they will tell you that all the character traits with which a child is born were contained in its parents' chromosomes, and that if one could modify the chromosomes one would be in a position to influence a child’s character. It is quite true that the chromosomes [...]
This post answers a question from one of our readers about the difference between 'creation' and 'formation'. The question came up after reading this post. https://with-omraam.com/blog/men-women-changing-polarity-part-22/ At a Cosmic level, this is explained using the Sephirotic Tree (main image above) which shows the Worlds of Emanation, Creation, Formation and Action on the right. See Izvor book 237, Cosmic [...]
The secret of the resurrection is staring us in the face, in the whole of nature. It is just waiting for us to understand and make up our minds to die consciously so that the ‘new man’ or ‘new woman’ can emerge from us. Very few, even amongst initiates, have succeeded in rising from the [...]
'From your sunrise meditation this morning you have already received a great deal. What can I possibly add to all that? My role is to interpret certain phenomena and explain a few things to you, to guide you: that is all. For all the other things you need you can go directly to the sun. Look [...]
It is such a pity that at Easter each year everything renews itself, except human beings. This renewal takes place only in nature, and human beings are so intent on things of the past that they barely even notice it is happening. You must be free and unencumbered and welcome this new life with open [...]
A truly spiritual person does not deprive themself: they eat and drink and breathe and love, but in realms and on a level of consciousness unknown to ordinary men. When they hear talk of renunciation most people are terrified; they say, ‘If I have to give up everything that makes life worth living, I’ll die.’ [...]
Most people associate the word ‘sacrifice’ with the idea of difficulty, loss and suffering. Well, that is where they make a great mistake. Initiatic science tells us that sacrifice is not a deprivation or loss but a substitution, a transference, a change of level. The same activity is involved, but on another level and with [...]
'It goes without saying that the sacrifices you decide to make must be sensible ones. Some people decide to ‘sacrifice themselves’ by marrying a particular man or woman in the belief that they will be able to save them from drink or depression. But will they really be able to save them? The Lord only [...]
