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‘We live in a civilization which requires us to know how to read and write, and this is very good. It will always be necessary to read and write but we must also know how to do so on other planes. In Initiatic Science, to read means to be able to decipher the subtle and hidden side of objects and...

‘For thousands of years men have worked to multiply and amplify the sensations and perceptions entering their consciousness through their five senses, and it is this play on the keyboard of the senses that they call civilization and culture. Well, is this not rather meagre? However much we cultivate...

Even if the words of a spiritual Master can be contained in books, paper books would never be enough for him. He is himself a living book, and he needs his disciples to become living books too. First of all, he writes on them; in their head and heart he sows the seeds of his Teaching in the hope that...

‘Imagine how the faithful of all the world's religions would feel if they were told one day that there would be no more churches or temples or synagogues, no more religious ceremonies, no more statues or pious pictures, no more clergy; that every material, external manifestation of religion would...

‘True joy is not the result of anything visible or tangible. It is joy without a reason, given to us simply by our sense of existing as a soul and spirit. So instead of waiting to possess something or someone in order to feel joy, you must do the opposite: rejoice in the existence of people and...

‘Don’t struggle against your weaknesses and vices – they will only get the better of you. Instead, learn to put them to work, so that they can be of use to you. Whether it’s jealousy, anger, greed or vanity, you have to know how to harness their energies for your chosen purpose. Now that humans...

‘No single description or explanatory formula can ever hope to do full justice to every detail of the complex reality of human nature, so it should come as no surprise to us to learn that the different religions and philosophical systems have not all had the same understanding of the structure of...

The sage’s laugh is a laugh of freedom. For what the sage has understood has freed him from the pointless burdens of life and propelled him to regions where an eternal sun shines. And the sage’s only wish is to impart this hard-earned light to those who are with him or who come to visit...

Although we may know about heliocentricity from the point of view of astronomy, we are still far from having exhausted all its possibilities in the biological, psychological, cultural and spiritual spheres. We are constantly looking for more effective ways of harnessing solar energy: why not look...

‘Meditate on harmony, love it, long for it so as to introduce it into your every gesture, every look, every word. Let the word “harmony” impregnate you; keep it within you as a kind of pitch pipe, and when you are feeling worried or upset, take it out and listen to it and do nothing until your...

‘When you decide to embrace a religion or a spiritual philosophy and to put its principles into practice in your life, not only will you encounter difficulties with yourself because of the efforts required of you, but you will also have difficulties with others who will not necessarily understand...

The themes of these passages are covered in greater depth in the following works: Complete Works Vol. 7 – The Mysteries of Yesod Vol. 10 – The Splendours of Tiphareth Vol. 16 – Hrani Yoga Izvor Collection No. 225 – Harmony and Health No. 229 – The Path of Silence No. 232 – The Mysteries of Fire and Water

«Para la mayoría de los hombres y de las mujeres que se preparan para ser padres y madres, la constitución de su hijo (su carácter, su facultades, sus cualidades, sus defectos) depende del azar...o de la voluntad de Dios, del que no tienen una idea muy precisa. Como han oído hablar algo de las...

“Conócete a ti mismo...” Ésta es la fórmula que estaba inscrita en el frontispicio del templo de Delfos. Pero, ¿quién es este “sí mismo” al que hay que conocer? ¿Nuestro carácter, nuestros defectos, nuestras cualidades? No, esto no es aún conocerse. Conocerse es poseer la ciencia...