Before Dawn

They say the most profound darkness comes just before the dawn. The harshest oppression of our forefathers in Egypt came just before their liberation.

That was a coarse darkness of slavery of the body. Today it is a darkness of the soul, a deep slumber of the spirit of Man. There are sparks of light, glimmerings of a sun that never shone before --but the darkness of night overwhelms all.

Prepare for dawn.

T.Freeman

Darkness With Hope

There are dark jewels in this world that can be salvaged, purified and taken as precious bounty for the good.

And there is darkness itself, the essential absence of light, that must only wait its time to expire.

How can we tell between them?

If the darkness fights back, there is hope.

It means there is something there worth fighting for.

T. Freeman

Staying Above

Your true place is a place of light. Even if you find yourself in the midst of darkness and sorrow, you must remember this is not your home.

Your essential self lies in an inseverable bond with the Source of Light. From there it extends a glimmer of itself below to illuminate the darkness.

T.Freeman

Conjuring Miracles

When we break free from our nature and transcend our ego, nature is given permission to transcend itself—including the laws of physics and the karmic laws of cause and effect. The Israelites jumping into the Red Sea is a glorious example—they went ahead with such certainty that the Sea changed its nature, which is to flow, and parted. Remember this example when you use this secret for conjuring miracles.

Y.Berg

Infinite Light

A strong light is hostile to the eyes. An intense light will burn and destroy. An immense body of light will vaporize anything, turning molecules to atoms, atoms to particles, particles to energy.

An infinite light, however, knows no bounds. It can go anywhere and enter any place. Nothing can say to infinity, "I cannot bear you! You are too powerful for me!"-for, if so, that would be a limitation on the infinite.

That is the name the Kabbalists call God-the Infinite Light. No place is too small, no moment too insignificant, for the Infinite Light to belong.

T.Freeman

From the perspective of physical anatomy

"From the perspective of physical anatomy, humans have two eyes,
two ears and one mouth. But from the perspective of spiritual
anatomy, they have three eyes, three ears and two mouths,
corresponding to the three planes - the physical, the psychic and
the spiritual. The third eye, the mystic eye, is in the centre of
the forehead. The third ear is in the throat. The second mouth is
at the top of the head: this is the sahasrara chakra, the
thousand-petalled lotus, and with this second mouth we can speak
and eat in the spiritual regions. Prayer and communion are simply
ways of speaking and nourishing oneself in the divine world.
As for our planet, the earth, it too has organs like ours. High
mountains are its higher mouth, for the earth uses its greatest
peaks to communicate with heaven."

Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov

Light Power

All that came into being...

...all the created worlds and all the ethereal entities that live in them, even the worlds that are mere emanations without tangible substance, even the worlds of thought and beyond to the realms of infinite light that preceded Creation...

--all this came to be only as a result of the thought of you, the earthly being, struggling in a world that only a infinitesimal glimmer of G-dliness has reached in its purity, bringing light where light could not be.

And so it follows, that with one simple act of beauty, all those worlds and realms of light find their purpose fulfilled, and so shine yet brighter--and reciprocate with a burst of illumination into our lowly world.

That is why the entire creation can be transformed with one simple, sincere deed.

Never underestimate the power of light.

T.Freeman

The Path of Light

When He made the world, He made two ways to repair each thing: With harshness or with compassion. With a slap or with a caress. With darkness or with light.

And He looked at the light and saw that it was good. Darkness and harsh words may be necessary. But He never called them good.

Even if you could correct another person with harsh words, the One Above receives no pleasure from it. When He sees his creatures heal one another with caring and with kindness, that is when He shines His smile upon us.

T. Freeman

Since they are attached to the ground, plants are obliged to put up with heat, cold, wind and storms

"Since they are attached to the ground, plants are obliged to put
up with heat, cold, wind and storms. These are certainly
difficult conditions, but they grow and produce flowers all the
same. And their colours are so beautiful and their fragrance so
pleasant!
People on a spiritual path are, symbolically, exposed to the
same difficult conditions as plants. And yet these conditions are
far preferable to those chosen by lazy people, who stay safely in
their 'lofts'. Of course, in a loft seeds won't be exposed to bad
weather, but they run other much worse risks: they might go
mouldy, be eaten up by mice or maggots or, worst of all, not be
put to good use. And being useless is the worst fate there is.
Once planted in the spiritual life, humans meet with obstacles,
but at least they are on the right path: they grow, they stand up
for themselves and they create."

Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov

Transformation

When light pushes away the darkness, eventually another darkness shall come.




When the darkness itself is transformed into light, it is a light that no darkness can oppose.

T. Freeman

Where the Answers Live

Think about a time in your life when you were so sure something was supposed to happen and then it didn’t happen. You got upset, frustrated, angry. 

Forget about the fact that when we look back three years later we see that same outcome as the best thing that ever happened to us. 

If things don’t go according to our plan, we need to be able to detach enough to recognize that we’re probably not seeing the whole picture. When we adopt a letting-go attitude we take off our blinders. Then it’s easier to tap into the realm where all the answers are; where everything we need exists. 

When we are so busy functioning in the fog of our 1% physical reality we often don’t think about going to the world beyond—the 99%—to access full information. And that’s why, no matter how smart we are we just can’t come up with the answer. 

There is a place in our consciousness where we can know the outcome of every situation. Probably every one of us has sensed this. But a lot of times we get stuck seeing what’s only in the physical realm, instead of trying to tap into the knowledge in the higher realm. 

(.....)

If you’re stuck in the 1% Realm you can’t get all the answers. But when you go to the 99% Realm you have access to all the information you need. 

We either live in the world of questions or we live in the world of answers. We either live in a world with no information or in a world with all of the information. For everyone on a spiritual path the point is to leave the world of questions, of uncertainty, of pain and suffering. We want to have access to the world of answers—the world of dreams. 

It’s a choice: Which universe do we want to live in? 

Y. Berg

Most humans have such limited notions of love

"Most humans have such limited notions of love that the moment a
man and woman meet they forget the whole world; nothing else
exists for them. They are not yet used to living love in a
broader way, and they impoverish it, mutilate it. It is no longer
divine love, the love that pours forth and showers all beings.
True love is a love that embraces all creatures without limiting
itself, without putting down roots next to any one. This is why
men and women should now be taught to have broader concepts, to
be less possessive and jealous: the husband must be delighted to
see his wife open her heart to the whole world, and the wife also
must be happy that her husband is so bighearted. It doesn't stop
them from staying faithful to each other. When two truly evolved
people marry, right from the beginning they allow each other this
mutual freedom. Each delights in being able to love all creatures
with the greatest purity. The wife understands her husband, the
husband his wife, and they both rise, walking together toward
heaven, for they live the true, boundless life."

Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov

Whenever chemists combine metals and minerals

"Whenever chemists combine metals and minerals to create alloys,

they are able to reverse the process later, using certain

procedures to undo what was previously combined. But alchemists

claim they know of a mineral and a metal which combine to

mutually absorb each other, producing the basis for the substance

from which the philosopher's stone is extracted, and that this

matter can no longer be broken down, as the combination is

irreversible.

This theory can only be understood when transposed to another

context. A child comes into the world as the result of the

encounter between its father and mother. But, now, how do you

break this child down, so to speak, to get back to its father on

the one hand and its mother on the other? It is impossible. The

child is a new entity, the product of a combination, which cannot

be undone so as to get back to its two parents. Thus, the

philosopher's stone is the child born of a mystic union."

Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov

Tous les problèmes de l'humanité

Tous les problèmes de l'humanité proviennent du fait que chacun défend son point de vue limité comme étant Vérité suprême. Mais la Vérité contient en elle tous les points de vue, tous émanent d'elle. C'est pourquoi la solution n'est pas dans l'affrontement des points de vue limités, mais dans leur harmonisation dans la Source-Vérité.

O.Manitara

The truths expressed in the Bible were the experience of exceptional souls.

"The truths expressed in the Bible were the experience of

exceptional souls. In order to understand them ourselves, we must

strive to follow these beings up to the realms they themselves

were able to reach, that is to say, share their vision. In order

to interpret Jesus' parables, for example, it is not enough to

analyse the texts. We need another science, the science of

symbols, which can only be acquired through exercising the

faculties of the soul and spirit.

We will understand the sacred texts when we are able to resonate

on the same wavelength as those who wrote them. Otherwise, their

language, their true language, will remain foreign to us. We must

feel what they themselves felt, live what they themselves lived,

that is to say, rise up to their level of consciousness - that is

where the light really shines out! But this raised level of

consciousness can only be attained if we improve our way of life,

if we show more concern and more respect for the laws of the

spiritual world."

Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov

nothing but the Way itself.

Birds chirping, dogs run, mountains are high, 

valleys low. It’s all perfect wisdom!

The seasons change, the stars shine in

the heavens; it’s perfect wisdom.

Regardless of whether we realize it or not,

we are always in the midst of the Way.

Or, more strictly speaking, we are

nothing but the Way itself. — Taizan Maezumi

Birds chirping, dogs run, mountains are high, 

valleys low. It’s all perfect wisdom!

The seasons change, the stars shine in

the heavens; it’s perfect wisdom.

Regardless of whether we realize it or not,

we are always in the midst of the Way.

Or, more strictly speaking, we are

nothing but the Way itself. —

Taizan Maezumi

All souls are subject to the trials of transmigration

All souls are subject to the trials of transmigration; and men do not know the designs of the Most High with regard to them; they know not how they are being at all times judged, both before coming into this world and when they leave it. They do not know how many transformations and mysterious trials they must undergo; how many souls and spirits come to this world without returning to the palace of the Divine King.

The souls must re-enter the Absolute Substance whence they have emerged. But to accomplish this end they must develop all the perfections, the germ of which is planted in them; and if they have not fulfilled this condition during one life, they must commence another, a third, and so forth, until they have acquired the condition which fits them, for reunion with God. — 

         The Zohar 

Everything is linked with everything else down to the lowest ring on the chain

Everything is linked with everything else down to the lowest ring on the chain, and the true essence of God is above as well as below, in the heavens and on the earth, and nothing exists outside Him. And this is what the sages mean when they say: When God gave the Torah to Israel, He opened the seven Heavens to them, and they saw that nothing was there in reality but His Glory; He opened the seven worlds to them and they saw that nothing was there but His Glory. He opened the abysses before their eyes, and they saw that nothing was there but his Glory. Meditate on these things and you will understand that God's essence is linked and connected with all worlds, and that all forms of existence are linked and connected with each other, but derived from His existence and essence.

G. Scholema

The Indivisible Point ...

"The Indivisible Point, which has no limit and cannot be comprehended because of its purity and brightness, expanded from without, forming a brightness that served the indivisible Point as a veil"; yet the latter also "could not be viewed in consequence of its immeasurable light. It too expanded from without, and this expansion was its garment. Thus through a constant upheaving (motion) finally the world originated." 

The Zohar

Thoughts about Pain

Pain is the body’s reaction to various bodily disruptions. Pain warns of

danger, forces us to take action—to move closer or farther, to find the cause of

the pain, to draw conclusions and to move on to new states.

Pain is a force that affects our ego.

There is pain because I feel bad, because others feel bad, or because others feel

good.

Pain “pushes” from behind and forces us to evolve.

Pain that stems from feeling empty pulls us forward to fulfillment.

All feelings stem from conflict, contact, and pressure—from pain.

Pleasure can be felt only after feeling pain, suffering or anticipation.

We overcome pain only when we rise above the ego. All of a sudden, we

realize that we can exist without lack, but with complete fulfillment, which is

not based on pain. It is fulfillment

M.Laitman