Have a conversation with Him- 'Now, as I very well know, there are times when you feel that you have been cast aside, that you have nothing to hold on to, that all your ties with the Lord are broken and the spring has dried up, then I advise you to have a conversation with the [...]
It may seem respectful to think of God being outside us- 'If we feel abandoned by God today it is because we have abandoned him. Can we say that we are always with him? I know, of course, that it is not easy for human beings to conceive of the Lord as being inseparable from themselves, [...]
'Yes, but he does not eat sausages- All creatures, both the malignant, evil creatures of darkness and the creatures of good and of light, need to eat. In fact the Christians amongst you were horrified one day when I explained that even God ate. `What? God needs to eat?’ `Yes, of course, but he does [...]
Our bodies were intended to be temples- 'Most human beings are extremely negligent about the purification of their physical bodies. It never occurs to them that their bodies were designed to be temples of the living God and that they should look after them and strengthen and purify them. They continually abuse their bodies by [...]
Rudolf Steiner's prediction- 'You must know how to have variety in your life, but variety in the forms, not in the principles. You must always adhere to the same principles, always be animated by the same love, the same light, the same nobility, the same ideal; but you must not always manifest them in the [...]
In the past, the truths of initiation were revealed very sparingly and only at the price of terrible trials. This is why those who received them could use them to become extraordinarily powerful. But now that people receive them without having to make any effort of their own, they are incapable of using them to [...]
Symbols are simply tools to help us rise to the divine world. Although he did not approve of the excessively rigid forms established by many religions, he readily acknowledged that pictures or statues could be useful, often serving as a necessary support for prayer. He himself made use of symbols in his spiritual work—the Tree [...]
Walking down from the Rock of Prayer A stay at the Bonfin was an apprenticeship in what he called ‘our real work’, the work that harmonizes and unifies all other activities. ‘Never neglect the practice of concentration and meditation,’ he used to say. And as he often referred to the spiritual journey as ‘a work’ [...]
God is the sum of all virtues and qualities - ‘What is God?’ asked Mikhaël during a lecture. ‘In a moment you will know that God exists… Do you believe that there are any just people on earth?’ Several in the audience admitted that they considered themselves just. ‘And are there intelligent people on earth? [...]
Yesterday I talked to you about stereotypes. Today I will talk about the science of grafting as a means of correcting and controlling your faults, passions and baser tendencies. Two different methods Stereotypes and grafts are two different methods which you must learn to use. Old stereotypes have to be replaced by new ones, but [...]