Artists are creators

"Artists are creators and produce works, and that's wonderful! But

it isn't enough; they must also be concerned with what they

themselves emanate. True art consists in making one's life and

one's whole being a work of art, in which everything will be

poetry, music and light - a harmony of colour, form and movement.

And the art of the future will consist in helping human beings

understand how they can rediscover their original face, the face

of the Divinity. Much time, effort and work will be needed to

reach that point. But you should not let the issue of time stop

you, for although people's worldly creations do not belong to

them - they have to give them up at the time of death - the work

they have undertaken to do on themselves lives on forever."

Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov

Who This Really Is

What you see of a person, you may not like.

Yet who this person really is, you can never know.

As for the Godly soul inside—it is the unknowable itself.

Speak to that: Look past the outer shell and talk to the unknowable inside. Only from there can come real change.

T. Freeman

Daily Refreshments

"But I live within time. Every day I am older."

Each day you are new. Each morning you are born to life again. Do you not eat again each day as though you have never eaten before? Do you not thirst as though you have never drunk water?

"For food I am hungry. But for wisdom I feel no thirst."

Look at those who are wise. See how they lap up wisdom each day like those who have never eaten before. You will do so as well--and soon you too will be healthy.

T. Freeman (adapted)

The sun is called 'the light of the universe'

"The sun is called 'the light of the universe', for it lights up

the world, and it is thanks to its light that we can see. When

the sun is not shining on us, we need other sources of light:

electric light-bulbs, candles, torches, lighthouses, and so on.

Objects, therefore, are only visible to the extent that a light

is shining on them and lighting them up; this law applies to the

physical world and to the spiritual world, too. But in the

spiritual world, there is no light to switch on, the way we

switch on the stair light or bedroom light, and if we want to

see, it is up to us to shine a light. The reason why so few

people are able to see on the spiritual plane is that they wait

for objects to be lit up, when it is up to them to shine the rays

that will allow them to see. "

Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov

De nombreux tremblements de terre, inondations, épidémies et bien d'autres situations

« De nombreux tremblements de terre, inondations, épidémies et bien d'autres situations que les hommes considèrent comme des catastrophes naturelles font office d'avertissements. Ce n'est pas encore une condamnation, mais juste un avertissement. Il faut être conscient que tant que ces événements arrivent à l'extérieur de l'homme, cela signifie que tout peut être encore réparé. Mais lorsque ces tremblements de terre, ces raz-de-marée, ces épidémies seront à l'intérieur du psychisme de l'homme, ce sera vraiment la grande confusion et nous approcherons de la fin. L'homme doit absolument comprendre qu'il va vers une destruction globale et il faut que maintenant, sans perdre de temps, il arrête ce processus terrible. En tout cas, il faut qu'il le freine et qu'il commence à entrer dans une autre conscience. Ce n'est pas une simple demande, c'est une exigence, une nécessité vitale. »

O. Manitara

Life in words

Not with toil and not with struggle, but by the word of His mouth did the One Above create His world.

Not with toil and not with struggle, but with words of wisdom and kindness does He require we sustain it.

If so, what is the effort He demands from us?

That we invest our very essence in those words, as He invested His very essence within this world He made.

T.Freeman

Everyone

Everyone in your life was specially summoned to help you think and feel things you have never thought or felt before.
The Universe.

Since the Lord possesses all virtues

"Since the Lord possesses all virtues, he also possesses all the

riches of the universe. In accordance with this law, in the

distant past, when the original order of things was respected,

material wealth went only to those who possessed spiritual

riches, while those who were inwardly poor were also materially

poor. We no longer see this order respected on earth, but as the

law is absolute (as above, so below) this order will one day be

restored, and each person will find their place: those who are

rich in intelligence, kindness and nobleness will receive the

corresponding material wealth, thanks to which they will be able

to flourish and do good. As for those who do not have these

qualities - they will have to make do with little.

Obviously, it will not be up to human beings to restore this

order, for they do not know who is deserving and who is not; it

will be the work of Cosmic Intelligence, for the law of

correspondences is an immutable law of the universe."

Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov

Celui qui parvient à s'éveiller dans l'être du présent

Celui qui parvient à s'éveiller dans l'être du présent devient semblable à la source : il découvre la force qui est en lui. Et rien ne peut troubler celui qui sait faire jaillir la source en lui. La vie est une source pure et sacrée qui coule en permanence. Celui qui réussit à s'unir à la source du présent trouve le Divin qui l'habite et n'est plus sujet au conditionnement extérieur ; il devient libre.

O.Manitara

Two wolves fighting

This story is something I heard while traveling around, and it’s such a powerful lesson that I believe it deserves repeating. I don’t know its origin.

Inside each of us two wolves are fighting. One wolf represents anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, and resentment. The other stands for joy, peace, love, hope, sharing, serenity, humility, truth, and compassion. This same fight is going on inside of you, and me and every other person. 

Which wolf will win? 

The one you feed most. 

Y. Berg

Cleaning Up

Everyone has his share of “not good”. It’s impossible that a physical being should be void of faults. The point is not to flee or hide from them. Nor is it to resign yourself to it all. It is to face up to the fact that they are there, and to systematically chase them away.

Recognizing who you are and gradually cleaning up your act --it may look ugly, but it is a divine path.

T.Freeman

There is nothing that you're wanting to know ...

There is nothing that you're wanting to know that you do not have the capacity to understand fully. And there is nothing that you're wanting to know that the Universe does not already know that you want to know, and has already begun the process of answering. And so, go forth in excited anticipation that the new ideas will continue to bubble forth, and that the Universal Forces will continue to come forth in loving, benevolent, eternal answering to that which you are about. There is great love here for you. We are complete

--- Abraham

Excerpted from the workshop in Albany, NY on Monday, October 1st, 2001 #596

I Was Just Looking!

The wisdom of Kabbalah talks about the correction of the relationship between the broken, egoistic souls and us needing to restore the connection between them and lift the souls from the ruin. Obviously, all of this is taking place inside a person, as “everyone measures the world according to his own flaws.” 

But only we, being uncorrected, see the ruin. It is similar to modern physicists who claim that by looking at the universe we change the processes taking place within it. Physicists are starting to discover that we influence reality even with what we see or think.

One might think: “How can something possibly change only by looking at it?” It is a typical response, similar to when we break something and say: “I didn’t do anything, but look what happened.” Essentially this means that physics has acknowledged that “everyone measures the world according to his own flaws,” just as the wisdom of Kabbalah says that we don’t see the world as perfect because we ourselves are flawed.

To the degree of the breaking, we see only ruins around us, but to the degree that we become perfect, we see perfection. Hence, all concealments originate in us, inside the breaking which conceals the World of Infinity from us. And the wisdom of Kabbalah explains our advanced states to us: how to correct ourselves and see an increasingly perfect world.

The more you correct yourself, the more perfect the world in front of you will become.

Michael Laitman

Life Is In The Connection Between Us

Question: What does it mean to feel the connection between us? How do I do that?

Answer: To feel the connection between us is to come to feel that we all exist in one system and are dependent on one another, so much so that I cannot make even a tiny movement independently. This is a rigid system created Above, which is gradually being revealed as an unbending law.  We have to feel the life that is contained within, where the connection between us will reveal itself and become more apparent. And the life that flows through this connection is called the “spiritual world.”

Michael Laitman

Catalyst

Our deeds are but catalysts to ignite a process by which the world may find its true self. That is why their size and visible impact are not what really matters. They need only make a small opening, and the rest will heal itself.

In everything you do, consider that there is but one last fine adjustment the world needs before it may transform. Who knows--perhaps this will be the one.

T.Freeman

A human being is part of a whole, called by us the Universe

“A human being is part of a whole, called by us the Universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separated from the rest a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.” 


~ Albert Einstein

“If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe.”//quotes by carl sagan

{{{Carl Edward Sagan (November 9, 1934 – December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer, astrophysicist, author, cosmologist, and highly successful popularizer of astronomy, astrophysics and other natural sciences. During his lifetime, he published more than 600 scientific papers and popular articles and was author, co-author, or editor of more than 20 books. In his works, he advocated skeptical inquiry and the scientific method. He pioneered exobiology and promoted the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI).

Sagan became world-famous for his popular science books and for the award-winning 1980 television series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage, which he narrated and co-wrote.[2] A book to accompany the program was also published. Sagan also wrote the novel, Contact, the basis for the 1997 film of the same name.}}}

“A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism.”

“If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe.”

“We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think its forever.”

“We are the product of 4.5 billion years of fortuitous, slow biological evolution. There is no reason to think that the evolutionary process has stopped. Man is a transitional animal. He is not the climax of creation.”

The idea that God is an oversized white male with a flowing beard who sits in the sky and tallies the fall of every sparrow is ludicrous. But if by God one means the set of physical laws that govern the universe, then clearly there is such a God. This God is emotionally unsatisfying... it does not make much sense to pray to the law of gravity

You can't convince a believer of anything; for their belief is not based on evidence, it's based on a deep seated need to believe.

The question [Do you believe in God?] has a peculiar structure. If I say no, do I mean I'm convinced God doesn't exist, or do I mean I'm not convinced he does exist? Those are two very different questions.

In many cultures it is customary to answer that God created the universe out of nothing. But this is mere temporizing. If we wish courageously to pursue the question, we must, of course ask next where God comes from? And if we decide this to be unanswerable, why not save a step and conclude that the universe has always existed?

Avoidable human misery is more often caused not so much by stupidity as by ignorance, particularly our own ignorance about ourselves.

For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love. 

I am often amazed at how much more capability and enthusiasm for science there is among elementary school youngsters than among college students. 

Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can be winnowed from deep nonsense. 

We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.

Who are we? We find that we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe in which there are far more galaxies than people.

c’est l’homme qu’il faut sauver !- l’origine spirituelle, subtile de l’éruption volcanique qui paralyse l’Europe entière

(...) l’homme fait totalement partie de la nature. Il est un des règnes qui y vit, au même titre que les minéraux, les végétaux, les animaux et d’autres, plus subtils. On ne peut pas le séparer de la nature, et tout ce qu’il fait, tout ce qu’il pense, ressent et vit est totalement indissociable de la terre tout entière. Ses choix ont donc une répercussion sur le monde entier, la nature et toutes les créatures qui la peuplent. 

(....)

Partons d’une image : un homme utilise de nombreux produits chimiques et toxiques sur son crâne. Il met en contact son cuir chevelu avec ces substances durant des années. Vient un moment où ces produits pénètrent dans la peau et, plus en profondeur, passent dans son sang. Alors, cela le démange et il finit même par tomber malade. 

C’est ce qui se produit aujourd’hui : la Terre, notre Mère, souffre de démangeaisons. Cela provoque des réactions. Les hommes ne parlent que du réchauffement climatique, mais ce dernier n’est qu’une des conséquences d’une pollution plus globale.

Ce nuage de cendres qui a envahi le ciel européen fait partie des nombreux évènements que nous vivons : tempêtes, tremblements de terre, sècheresse, dérèglement des saisons, etc. Tout ceci sont des réactions de la Terre aux pollutions des hommes, qui ont atteint un tel niveau qu’elles sont passées dans le ‘sang de la terre’, les nappes phréatiques, les océans, tout ce qui vit sous la surface de la terre. 

En réalité, la terre est comme l’homme : elle est un être vivant, a une âme, une intelligence. L’homme n’a pas seulement pollué la terre physiquement mais de toutes ses pensées, de ses états d’âmes, de ses désirs, de sa vie. Oui, par sa façon de vivre, l’homme a engendré toutes sortes de dysharmonies et c’est cela qui a fini par rendre la terre malade. 

Les réactions de la Mère-Terre ne sont pas prévisibles : un problème à un endroit peut causer une ‘catastrophe naturelle’ à un autre endroit. Bien sûr, l’Islande est située sur une gigantesque faille et l’activité volcanique de ce pays est bien connue. Mais elle ne fait que manifester que la terre ne supporte plus ce que l’homme a fait d’elle depuis de nombreuses années. 

Vous me connaissez, je ne suis pas du tout à la recherche de sensationnel et je n’ai pas pour habitude de faire des prédictions catastrophiques. Mais mon étude des mondes subtils me montre que ce genre d’évènements va se multiplier. La terre est un organisme vivant en constante évolution, certes, mais la terre est comme l’homme ; elle est l’homme. L’homme est la terre ; il n’est pas séparé d’elle. S’il vit en harmonie avec son environnement, il n’a pas de maladie dans ses pensées, ses sentiments, sa volonté, ses concepts, pas de maladie religieuse, pas de maladie dans sa conscience et son âme. 

Tout dérèglement commence dans l’âme. Elle descend ensuite dans la conscience, puis dans la pensée, les sentiments, la volonté, et finit par toucher le corps physique de l’homme, jusqu’à toucher son sang. Alors, c’est fini, les dés sont jetés. Il en est de même pour la terre. 

Aujourd’hui, tout le monde parle de la pollution, qu’il faut sauver la planète. Mais c’est l’homme qu’il faut sauver ! C’est lui qui a rendu la terre malade. La vie est harmonie, et tout ce qui est disharmonieux vient de maladies de l’homme. S’il y a une harmonie, un équilibre alors il n’y a pas d’éruptions volcaniques dramatiques, pas de tremblements de terre dévastateurs, il n’y a pas toutes ces choses. Il y a bien sûr des mouvements naturels mais différents de ce qui se produit aujourd’hui.

Aujourd’hui, tout ce à quoi on assiste n’est pas naturel. C’est bien une réaction à ce qui se passe. C’est un déséquilibre global dans lequel l’homme a plongé la terre, une maladie généralisée qu’il porte et lui transmet sans cesse. (…)"

Olivier Manitara (adapted)

Faithful Questions

You don't learn by having faith. You learn by questioning, by challenging, by re-examining everything you've ever believed.

And yet, all this is a matter of faith
-- the faith that there is a truth to be found.

It is another paradox: To truly question, you must truly have faith.

T.Freeman

Leave Nothing Behind

If it is permissible, we must use it for good.

If it can be elevated, we cannot leave it behind.

T. Freeman

Every country finds the defence of its economic interests normal

"Every country finds the defence of its economic interests normal

and congratulates itself when it succeeds... until the day it

finds itself confronted with problems it wasn't wise enough to

foresee.

For example: for a country that produces arms, nothing is more

profitable than exporting them. And so it manages to sell an

assortment of increasingly deadly weapons to nations who risk

jeopardizing the peace and security of the whole planet with

their endless conflicts. Some of these people can barely read and

write, but never mind, the most sophisticated weapons are

delivered to them, and instructors are sent to train them in

their use. On one hand, it is true that it brings in big money.

But later, how expensive and difficult it is stopping the

conflicts that erupt all over the world! And in the end, they

find themselves in inextricable situations, because only the

immediate advantages of selling arms were considered."

Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov

Wall Street Idols

The ancients looked up at the heavens and saw the stars in their constellations. They honored them as stewards of divine energy and life, as the embodiment of all forces of nature and the origin of human passions. They abandoned the Master for the servant, for in truth there is only One and all else is but a tool in His hand.

Modern man looks down to the headlines of the finance page and sees there all the forces that will make or break his career, his retirement plans, his success as a human being. He too is a fool, for in truth there is only One and all else is but a tool in His hand.

T. Freeman

Two Channels

There are two channels from which to choose: the world of delusion or the world of true life.

The world of delusion is a world imagined to be its own truth, where nothing is of intrinsic value and all functions by the rules of chance and necessity. A world where you are nothing more than another background or shadow, an extra in a plotless movie, a disposable prop for a five-second set.

This world can be a very prosperous world. Whatever the scene demands, so you shall be given. Until it is time for the next scene to begin.

True life is a world in which you stand face to face before the Director of this grand drama. All things may change—the props, the backgrounds, the actors, even the play itself—but this will be forever. For it is truth.

T.Freeman

Tout homme possède la capacité d'incarner le Verbe de Dieu

Tout homme possède la capacité d'incarner le Verbe de Dieu dans la réalité terrestre à partir du moment où, délaissant l'erreur, il tourne sa conscience vers l'éternelle vérité et se décide à la mettre en oeuvre à travers ses pensées, son coeur, sa vie. L'illusion a été de croire que les pensées, les sentiments, les actes étaient dénués de sens, n'étaient pas vivants et n'avaient aucune répercussion dans la vie. En réalité ils sont des instruments sacrés capables de conduire l'individu dans la perfection du Verbe de Dieu. C'est par eux que la perfection sera réalisée et que l'humanité et la terre deviendront Lumière, amour et vie divine immortelle.

O.Manitara

You are forever searching for new things to learn

"You are forever searching for new things to learn, new things to

see and hear. That's not a bad thing, but you should also make a

habit of spending a few moments each day connecting to the divine

world, for what you acquire by doing so you can take with you

wherever you go, even into the other world; nothing can take it

away from you. 

Everything you find in books - all the knowledge you can acquire

- will never really be yours; when you leave this earth, you will

have to leave it behind, and when you come back you will have to

start learning again. When we reincarnate, we each bring back

only what we have truly achieved and experienced in our other

lives. Everything else will have been taken away from us, because

it didn't belong to us: we had taken it from others. Of course,

for the short time we are on earth, thanks to those 'loans', we

take advantage of what the earth has to offer: compliments,

ovations, the plaudits of people who are not very enlightened.

But when we leave, there we are, poor and naked again, and we

return to earth poor and naked."

Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov

'The time is fulfilled. The kingdom of God is near,' said Jesus.

" 'The time is fulfilled. The kingdom of God is near,' said Jesus.

Many people will point out that two thousand years have gone by

since he said these words, and the kingdom of God is still a long

way off - the earth is still such a place of unhappiness,

poverty, famine and war! So how are we to understand this

prophecy?

Through his teaching, Jesus was laying the foundations of the

kingdom of God. For those who have understood him, it has already

come. Yes, in the souls and hearts of those who were sufficiently

prepared for the teaching to take a hold, who were able to accept

and apply his teaching about love, it has already come. For

others, it is close, it is coming. And for a third category, it

will come, but who knows when! So, it has come, it is coming and

it will come - all three statements are equally true."

Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov

A human being is a part of a whole

“A human being is a part of a whole, called by us universe, a part limited 

in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as 

something separated from the rest ... a kind of optical delusion of his 

consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to 

our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our 

task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of 

compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its 

beauty.” 

Albert Einstein

Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world

Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.

Romans 12:2

Nous sommes sur la terre, et la terre n’est pas le jardin des délices

"Nous sommes sur la terre, et la terre n’est pas le jardin des

délices, ainsi que l’on nomme le Paradis, nous y sommes traités

durement. Nous devons commencer le travail, sinon nous

continuerons à nous poser des questions sans réponse. Dans l’état

actuel de l’humanité, personne ne peut éviter les épreuves, elles

font partie de l’évolution. Elles sont différentes suivant les

êtres, leur âge, leurs conditions de vie, leur degré d’évolution,

mais personne ne peut y échapper.

L’enfant et l’adulte, l’étudiant et le professeur, le pauvre et

le riche, le simple citoyen et le dirigeant, ont tous des

épreuves à passer, car chacun a certaines vérités à comprendre.

Ceux qui savent comment traverser les périodes difficiles où

vraiment rien ne marche, où ils sont harcelés, épuisés, gagnent

infiniment plus que s’ils allaient de succès en succès. Mais pour

cela, ils doivent s’efforcer de voir le côté positif de leur

situation."

Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov

Whirling Dervish (author unknown)

Challenge

There are sparks of light hidden in this world. Some you can find and liberate: When you "Know God in all your ways" -- finding Him in whatever you do, those sparks jump out at you and their light is released.

But then there are sparks of such intensity that they had to be buried in the deepest bowels of the material realm and locked away in thick darkness. These are sparks that no ordinary search could uncover: Your intellect has no power even to approach them. Your deeds could never dig that deep. Your eyes would be blinded by their brilliance and by the profundity of the darkness surrounding them.

The only tools you have to liberate those sparks are the ones that supersede your intellect and your senses. These are the inner powers that are revealed when your inner resolve is brought to the test.

This is the reason our generation is so challenged again and again: We are redeeming the final sparks of light.

T. Freeman

Human beings can be compared to a book they themselves are writing

"Human beings can be compared to a book they themselves are

writing - and often it's just scribblings and gibberish! You can

find every insanity, every aberration in it. And when two of

these books meet and feel attracted to one another, there they

are, busy day and night reading one another, but what do they

learn from their reading?

Certainly, humans know many things, but they have still not

learned how they should write their own book. They only know how

to create outside themselves: how to sculpt, model, draw or

write, but always outside themselves; their inner being remains

fallow ground. It is time they became aware that they must

concern themselves with writing their own book. Then, whenever

they meet, they will marvel at being able to see sublime writing

and drawing in one another - the qualities, virtues and gifts

they have each worked to develop in themselves."

Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov

The Choice

Isn't this the whole meaning of life in this world: To choose between bondage to the material world and believing that your life comes from those many forces,--

Or to choose true life and to believe that all your needs and all your concerns come only from the one Source of All Life.

T. Freeman

Une loupe peut concentrer les rayons du soleil pour enflammer des brindilles.

Une loupe peut concentrer les rayons du soleil pour enflammer des brindilles. Quels secrets inouïs pour la vie intérieure de l'homme ! Oui, il y a en l'homme un pouvoir qui passe inaperçu : la pensée. Une fois concentrée, elle peut tout enflammer, tout transformer. La pensée est une manifestation de la Lumière dans l'homme. S'il sait concentrer cette lumière, il peut obtenir tout ce qu'il veut.

O. Manitara

Be A Rock

There are times when the entire world denies the truth you know within.

There are times you must be a lion, a deer, an eagle, a tree -- but now you must be a rock.

Now you must not flinch, not in any way even acknowledge the existence of the mighty waves that come crashing down upon you, conspiring to grind you to sand, to sweep you away to join them in the vast ocean.

You must be the hard, unmoving rock that lies at the essence of your soul, the voice from beyond all this ephemeral reality, from beyond all time and space, that says, "They are nothing. There is none else but He."

It begins with you. And then it happens in your world: The outer crust of facade begins to crack, the essential reality is revealed, the storm dissipates as though it never were, and all things begin to say, "I am not a thing. In truth, there is none else but He."

T. Freeman