Humans are also capable of taming and domesticating the wild beasts within, but in order to do so they need to develop other qualities, and in this case, to understand the rules of Spiritual Alchemy, how to transform base matter into spiritual 'gold'. Continued from 'The Rules of Spiritual Alchemy', (three days ago) 'So be glad: you [...]
‘So why not be like Taras Bulba and take pride in your son who has become so strong? It was you who made him strong by feeding him with your thoughts and desires, so you must be very strong yourself. And now I’ll tell you how you can beat him. What does a parent do [...]
'Somebody comes to consult me about a problem: they tell me that they have a terrible vice and that they are miserable and completely discouraged because although they have been trying for years to overcome it, it always gets the better of them. When I hear them explaining all this I exclaim, ‘Oh, but that’s magnificent! Wonderful! That just proves [...]
'Ask and it will be given to you... Seek, and you will find... Knock, and it will be opened to you...’ 'At first sight, these precepts seem to be very simple. ‘Ask’, for instance... is there anything we don’t ask for? We all have families, friends and lovers and we never stop asking God and [...]
'I once had a friend in Bulgaria who was very rich but always unhappy. One day, I met him in the street and he said, "You look as though you were bursting with joy; what have you been doing?" 'Oh, nothing much’, I replied; ‘I’ve just bought some joy.’ "You’re joking", he answered; "How can [...]
The king called each of his sons to him in turn and said the same thing to each of them: “My son, I love you very dearly; I am going to give you a third of my kingdom and, in secret, you shall also have my magic ring.” The king himself did not know which [...]
In very ancient times, in the city of Jerusalem, lived a sage by the name of Nathan. When the Sultan Saladin captured the city, he heard tell of Nathan and commanded that he be brought before him. Saladin asked this wise man seven questions, and one of them was this: ‘Which is the most perfect [...]
'You are all familiar with the five-pointed star that we call the pentagram. Our Master, Peter Deunov has often said that the pentagram symbolizes a person who has developed the five virtues to an equal degree of perfection: kindness, justice, love, wisdom and truth. Looking at it from another point of view, one can also say the [...]
'I have sometimes said that our teaching was not new, but I think that this point needs a little clarification. All the spiritual teachings of the past were designed to help individuals to reach perfection. The means that enabled people to travel, communicate and propagate their ideas were very restricted. Generally speaking, each one was [...]
'Try to find at least one beautiful thing to marvel at every day. Very few people realize how terribly destructive it is to always be dissatisfied with everything and everyone and to introduce a climate of disharmony wherever they go. It is important to analyse the causes of any deep-seated sense of dissatisfaction, which are [...]