Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov – Page 2

18 September 2025

How to handle weaknesses.

Weaknesses must be put to work; they have to make themselves useful. Probably you are puzzled when I say that; you have always thought that they had to be trampled underfoot and exterminated. Well, just try doing that, and you’ll soon see that it is not easy, you are the one who is likely to be trampled underfoot! The problem is the same for every form of vice and every failing, whether it is greed, sensuality, violence, envy or vanity, you have to know how to harness their energies so that they will work for you towards your chosen goal.
If you work alone you will never succeed. If you banish all your enemies, everything that stands against you, who is going to work for you? Who will serve you?

By dint of great patience humans have tamed and domesticated several different kinds of wild animal, which are now very useful to them. Horses used to be wild and dogs were as savage as wolves, and if humans were able to domesticate them it was because they had developed certain qualities in themselves. They are certainly capable of taming and domesticating other wild beasts, but in order to do so they need to develop other qualities.

So be glad, you’re all very wealthy since you all have weaknesses! But it is essential that you learn how to handle them and put them to work. I took the example of animals just now, but you could take the example of natural forces such as lightning, electricity, fire and flood. Now that humans know how to control them, they use these things for their own enrichment, and yet, to begin with, they were hostile forces. People find it normal to use the forces of nature, but if you suggest that they might learn to use the gales, storms, waterfalls and thunderbolts that rage within themselves they are very astonished. And yet nothing is more natural, and once you know the rules of spiritual alchemy, you will learn how to transform and use even the poisons that are in you. Yes, for hatred, anger, jealousy and so on are poisons, but in the Universal White Brotherhood you learn how to use these poisons. In fact you will be given the methods you need to make use of all those negative forces in you. So, be glad, for there is a bright future ahead of you!

….It is not a question of launching recklessly into combat against infernal forces, for they would simply destroy you. You have to know how to set about it. This is why you must continue to work with the forces from above, using the weapons of prayer, harmony and love and, from time to time, when some creature emerges from your inner depths and attacks you with tooth and nail and claw in an effort to get you to do something really stupid, catch it, study it closely in your laboratory and force it to give up its venom so that you can use it. If you do this, you will find that evil can give you just that element you needed for fulfilment.

Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov
True Alchemy or The Quest for Perfection

19 January 202319 January 2023

Prayer acts upon our psychic bodies and our physical body

Daily Meditation: Wednesday, January 18, 2023

“Prayer* is the breathing of the soul, and this breathing affects not only our psychic bodies but our physical body as well. Sincere, ardent prayer triggers a succession of reactions that can even modify the movement of electrons in the very substance of our physical body. The nature of the faculty by means of which a person strives to reach a Being or a world of a higher order is still not understood.
Let us say, for example, that you are praying for light, love, peace or even health; the sincerity and fervour of your prayer raise you inwardly to another plane. You say that you are praying to God. No doubt; but God, who exists outside of you, of course, also exists within you, and it is to this higher power within that you pray. And when you touch this inner power through prayer, it responds with a gift, the gift of pure, intense currents of life, which flow through you and illuminate and harmonize everything they touch. So the pattern found in breathing is found also in prayer: there is the upward movement (inhaling) as you make your request, followed by the downward movement (exhaling) as your prayer is answered with blessings from above.”

Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov

20 May 2020

The most sublime lesson taught by the sun

Daily Meditation: Wednesday, May 20, 2020

The most sublime lesson taught to us by the sun is universality. It does not care whether the creatures to whom it sends its rays are intelligent or stupid, good or criminal, deserving or not. It sends light to them all without distinction. Consider the most extraordinary beings who have ever lived: they have all had a few biases, a few preferences and even a few animosities.
Yes, even the greatest prophets, the greatest Masters could not quite free themselves from the need to enforce the law of justice and punish the wicked, for nothing is more difficult than to rid ourselves completely of any sense of animosity. Only the sun is truly able to do so. For millions of years, it has been patiently waiting for creatures to attain perfection, knowing that we are divine sparks and that we will one day become like the Lord. This is why it has the patience to continue looking after us. Surely, this greatness, this immensity is enough to stimulate you.

Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov

2 July 2019

Macrocosm/microcosm

“The universe is a body that God animates with his spirit. This is what the ancient philosophers called the macrocosm. Similarly, humans have a body, a microcosm, created in the image of the macrocosm, and the spirit that animates this body is a spark from the Divine Spirit.

For so many centuries it has been said that God created humans in his image! Which means that in creating us, he placed within us a quintessence of himself, of the same light, of the same purity, and of the same power. It is this divine quintessence within us that Initiatic Science calls the higher self. So, if we focus on our higher self, we connect with God, because our higher self is a particle of him. As a result of the efforts we make to reach this centre in ourselves – we can also say this summit, as from a spiritual viewpoint the summit corresponds to the centre – we bring forth forces that vivify all the cells of our body.”

Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov

Daily meditation

1 May 2019

God’s wisdom, love and beauty

God’s wisdom, love and beauty are limitless. The higher we rise on the ladder of evolution, the more we are able to intuit subtle realities. And yet, even if we moved one step closer to God every day, we would never succeed entirely in fathoming his mystery. The only sight of the supreme Being we are granted is, as it were, of his feet! But we can know his names – this science is described in detail by the Cabbalah and, in itself, enlightens us about a great deal.
No creature of any kind can know the infinite, eternal God, and it is right that this is so. We will continue to seek him and study him, and we will rejoice. There will always be something to discover, because forms are infinite, and elements are always appearing in the universe in new combinations. It would be terrible if there were nothing left to learn, to understand; we would just be waiting to die. But God is eternal life.”
— Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov —

19 April 2019

Spirits (nature) – inviting them to participate in the salvation of humanity.

“When you go out into nature, try to be aware of the presence of all the spirits that live there and that were there long before human beings appeared on earth. Speak to them, marvel at the work they achieve in lakes, rivers, forests, mountains, clouds, and so on. And also ask them to assist all human beings who are working for love, light and peace to reign at last on earth.
Humans believe that, through political, economic and social action, they are the only ones able to play a part in how the world is run. No, in this living, conscious body – nature – to which we belong, there are a multitude of entities ready to contribute to the evolution of humanity. The four elements – earth, water, air and fire – have sworn before the Eternal to help those who are working to become creatures of peace, harmony and beauty. So wherever you go, remember to speak to all the spirits living in nature, even as far as the sun and the stars, and ask them to come and participate in the dawning of a new era.”
Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov

15 March 201919 January 2023

Gossip and slander, how to protect yourselves

“How often do you suffer when you learn that you have been criticized or accused unfairly? Your first reaction is obviously to respond, which is often useless, because we cannot stop people from talking and saying what suits them with no regard for the truth.

To avoid enduring gossip and slander, here is what you must do. Through thought and prayer, rise up to the regions in you where light reigns. There, the currents given off by this negative talk will no longer reach you: the law of backlash will take effect, and such talk will return to those who uttered the slander and they will be the ones to suffer its negative effects. This is how divine Justice manifests.”

Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov

14 March 2019

Happy or unhappy events – wait before deciding

It is always difficult to decide what is good and what is not. Because something bad or wrong is not ‘evil’, and something good or right is not ‘the good’. There are often events that at first seem catastrophic but turn out to be positive. And unfortunately, the opposite is also true: apparently happy events are transformed into catastrophes because people have neither the wisdom nor the mastery necessary to take advantage of these favourable situations.

When events occur, we cannot know whether with time, they will turn out to be beneficial or harmful to ourselves and to others. So when you suffer a setback or hardship, make the habit of telling yourself that down the line, something good might be waiting for you.

Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov

2 March 20192 March 2019

Spiritual life – it’s purpose is to give birth to the divine principle in our soul

“The purpose of the spiritual life is to give birth to the divine principle in our soul. But to give birth to this child, everyone must be both man and woman, father and mother. As a father, they trigger the process of conception, and as a mother, that of formation: it forms their child and nourishes it. Genuine spiritualists are therefore beings who are complete: the masculine principle and the feminine principle live in perfect harmony in them, and this harmony makes them creators.
From the spiritual point of view, whether they be men or women, married or not, all human beings who are unable to achieve this harmonious union of the masculine principle and the feminine principle in them are considered as single. Unlike what happens on the physical plane, those who are spiritually single cannot bear children. Every manifestation in life is a form of birth. On the spiritual plane, a child can only be born from the union of the soul (the higher heart) and the spirit (the higher intellect).”
Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov

15 February 2019

Physical body, our – is to our spirit what the universe is to God’s spirit

Daily Meditation: Friday, February 15, 2019

“Human beings are composed of matter, the physical body, and of a subtle principle, the spirit. But above all, human beings are spirits. If they have been given bodies, it is so that through them, the spirit can manifest and work on the physical plane.
The relation of human beings’ bodies to their spirit is what the universe is to God’s spirit. The universe is God’s body, and through this body, his spirit reveals all its riches. The universe only exists because God’s spirit continues to penetrate it in order to animate it and give it life. If God withdrew, the universe would return to nothingness. And the same is true for humans: when the spirit animating them leaves their body, it takes with it all its treasures: life, energy and consciousness, and their body disintegrates.”
Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov