'I had better warn those amongst you who are longing to be serious: you are due for a disappointment today. How can we be serious today, when everything is so bright and cheerful? Look around you! Everything in nature is vibrant with happiness and joy. Today, we must vibrate in unison with the whole of [...]
…and stop worrying about people who are in love. What does it matter to you if they embrace and make love? Leave them alone; be a little more broad-minded. Do not deprive others of their joy. Heaven is more generous than you are. You do not realize that you are wishing for their death by [...]
'The whole world will tell you; ‘Be careful, be prudent, do not be too kind. It is very dangerous to be kind, because people take advantage of you and then criticize you.’ But where does that leave love, kindness and generosity? No, you must do what is right in the eyes of heaven; that is [...]
I have often spoken to you about Jnana-yoga, the practice of self-knowledge. The purpose of a disciple who practises Jnana-yoga is to make it possible for their consciousness to break out of the narrow circle of their own personality into the limitless consciousness of the cosmic being dwelling within him, of which they are still [...]
When the spirit enters a human body it takes up a cross, the cross of matter, the synthesis of the four elements. There is not much point in wearing crosses round our necks or putting up crosses in churches and cemeteries if we fail to understand that it is humans themselves who are the cross. [...]
The work of the heart- 'The aura is the true fence that keeps us safe from the wolves of the invisible world, and it is this barrier that we must keep firmly shut and as high as possible. How? By working with our heart and mind. The heart steadfastly maintains the fence and it fills [...]
'What I have said today is important, think about it and meditate on it. Above all, do not say, ‘Oh, I know all that; I’ve already heard or read it.’ That may well be true, but even if it is, behave as though you were hearing it for the first time, otherwise you will never evolve. [...]
‘The discoveries of initiates and the fruits of their research have been handed down to us, and today I am handing them on to you for your edification and fulfilment. I have been given the privilege of being able to explain things in a very clear, almost childishly simple language, whereas most books by theologians [...]
'And what about you? Why do you come up here, to the Rock of Prayer at sunrise every morning? Some come because they want to be like everybody else; others for the aesthetic pleasure they get out of it. How many of you come for the sake of the infinitely noble work that you can [...]
'Whether you want to meditate, contemplate or create, concentration is essential. Concentration does not belong to one particular faculty; it consists in engaging all one’s faculties in the pursuit of a definite goal and of keeping them trained unwaveringly in that direction. Meditation, prayer, contemplation and identification all presuppose the ability to concentrate. Concentration is [...]