spirituality, esotericism
” Strength lies within the mind. You must therefore look deeper and deeper within yourselves, meditate to reach the divine principle within you. One day, a spring will begin to flow and you will feel nourished, supported, flooded with inexhaustible forces.”
OMRAAM MIKHAËL AÏVANHOV
“We must stop wanting one race or one religion to dominate the world and impose its own point of view. We must all go forward together, toward the religion and universal brotherhood taught by the sun. The sun does not differentiate between the various nationalities, races or religions. It gives to all its light, warmth and light without troubling itself about who is Catholic, Protestant, Muslim or Buddhist… and we should be like it.”
Omraam Mikhael Aïvanhov
“It is because it is very important for a spiritualist to know how to eliminate impurities from their psychic organism that purification exercises must play such a large role in their life, and not only purification by physical means: breathing exercises, ablutions, fasting, etc., but purification through spiritual means: concentration, prayer.
Through these exercises, they introduce into themselves a substance that breaks down all foreign and harmful elements so that divine life can begin to flow again.
That is why every day, several times a day, think about cleansing and purification. Let the water flow within you, the pure water of Heaven. Not only will this purity bring you all blessings, but your presence will also be beneficial to others: you will do good to all the creatures you meet, you will enlighten them and you will also put them in communication with Heaven.
*** If you decide to work on yourself to purify yourself and make your subtle bodies receptive and sensitive, you will realize that there is in fact no separation between Heaven and you. “
OMRAAM MIKHAËL AÏVANHOV
” When King Gautama attained enlightenment, he was called Buddha, and all those who attain this “Buddhist” state, which we would call “Christ-like,” are called Buddhas there. Gautama was not the only one; there are many others. Buddha or Christ is not a name specific to a being; it is the name of a principle, a state of consciousness.”
OMRAAM MIKHAËL AÏVANHOV
Deep breathing can be extremely efficacious in healing your nervous System and treating many other disorders. If you have a deficiency of calcium, sodium, iodine, etc., a doctor would prescribe a series of injections, whereas an Initiate would begin by advising the absorption of these elements on the etheric plane by means of breathing exercises. The way to do this is extremely simple: while breathing, you concentrate on the idea that you are taking from the air whatever element is lacking. Yes, your body is well aware of what it needs; it has its own team of very efficient chemists who are able[U1] to extract the substances you need from the air you breathe. This is why a disciple will never be content with the medicines sold in the chemist’s shop. He prefers to breathe with love, knowing that he can draw the elements he needs from the atmosphere.
But this is not all: you can also draw into yourself substances, forces and particles from the world above, such things as light, peace and an abundance of life-giving elements. When you breathe, therefore, you should seek to draw into yourself the spiritual elements which you most need at the time.
The Master Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov
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Harm – practice in order to become impervious to all that is negative
“It is very painful to be insulted or slandered, and of course you feel hurt when this happens. But why dwell on it and mope for hours on end? Stop feeling miserable and start thinking. Tell yourself, ‘Some people have treated me poorly, but many others love me. I have a family and friends…’ And even if you do not have family or friends, remind yourself that the Lord loves you, the angels love you.
In this way, by thinking about your friends, about the divine world and about the Lord who has created so many good and beautiful things from which you benefit every moment of your life, you will forget about the harm inflicted on you. With constant practice of this kind you will become impervious to all that is negative. You cannot prevent people from saying hurtful things, but you have the means to protect yourself.*”
Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov
“Have a revolution.’
That’s how most people think society can be changed.
But after each revolution, once again there’s the same disorder, the same dishonesty, the same injustice… The victims and torturers have changed sides, but that’s all, there are still victims and torturers. So the changes that need to be made are ones of attitude rather than external ones. Many people claim to be working for the happiness of humanity, but how many of them know what humans really need in order to be happy? Very few, and that’s why the results are not so great: even if we observe progress in some areas, at the same time we are forced to admit that things have regressed in others.
Real progress and real improvement first take place within the heart, mind and soul as a result of the light. How can you expect effective change if human mentality remains the same: selfish, dishonest and treacherous? It’s this mentality that needs to be challenged; by changing attitudes you can change the world. “
Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov
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
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
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
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