- There are certain processes in the spiritual life which require a change of polarity. Disciples who want to bring the Christ Child to birth within must start by seeking out the Child’s father. If the disciple is a man, he has to switch to a negative polarity and become like a woman. In other [...]
“Anyone can understand Christ’ birth as it is described in the Bible perfectly well intellectually, but a purely intellectual understanding has no effect on the emotional level: the heart has no grasp on it. Intellectual understanding must be extended to the level of the heart and, from the heart, reach down to the level of [...]
Everything in the Gospels is symbolic, and there is an extremely profound meaning hidden in the account of Jesus’ birth in a manger, but not many people have ever suspected this. You will certainly understand where in your body the manger can be found if you remember my lectures about the hara centre, when I [...]
- The mystery of fire is the mystery of life. "True sacrifice is the process by which all our old, worn-out, impure elements are transformed into light and heat, that is to say, into love and wisdom. It is because initiates understand this that they offer themselves up every day to the Angel of Fire [...]
Everybody knows that if they go into a dark cave or a forest at night, they must take a lantern or flashlight with them, but they have never paused to think about what that means. We always expect things to be lit for us, but this not possible; we have to illuminate them for ourselves. Actually, [...]
- In order to see, one has to project light ... And now, if I tell you that it was the action of sunlight on our physical bodies that formed our eyes, you would not believe me either, and yet it is no more than the truth. The sun created our eyes. Do you know [...]
- The starry sky is also a book... 'When we are faced with the immensity and splendour of the heavens, we sometimes feel lost. But losing ourselves in contemplation of the sky is not a goal; we must go further, for the starry sky is also a book, one that speaks not just to our [...]
- Nutrition can be a means to perfection Why we bless our food Observe your attitude and reactions while you are eating and they will give you an accurate idea of your degree of evolution. If you have no respect for the food that God has given you, how can you expect to have respect for [...]
None of the political regimes known to man so far has been capable of really ensuring the peace and happiness of the peoples of the world. Monarchy, oligarchy or republic, whatever the system that may have been tried, none has ever offered a sustainable solution. And the reason is not hard to find: it is because [...]
Final part of this magnificent lecture about the Lord’s Prayer: ..."But let’s refer to the Our Father again and take it in order, starting with the fourth verse: ‘GIVE US OUR DAILY BREAD.’ Our true daily bread, the inexhaustible source of life, is the light flowing from Tiphareth, the sephirah ruled by the sun, for it [...]