Three Possibilities

Everything that exists in your world is about communion with the Infinite. Everything is one of three:

A means to connect.

A path to fall away.

Or neutral ground

awaiting you to transform it into a connection.

But if something were not part of your purpose,

it would not exist in your world.

T. Freeman

On earth good needs evil.

"On earth good needs evil. Yes, in order to manifest, good needs
evil; otherwise, it goes to sleep, because there is no longer
anything there to stimulate it. Evil excites good, stimulates
good, and then good acts. It is thanks to evil that good is good.
If ugliness did not exist, we would not know how beautiful beauty
is, and, in the same way, if there were no evil, we would not
know what good is.
You want to annihilate evil? Fine, but the good will also be
annihilated, because evil is like the roots of good; if you tear
up the roots of a tree, it dies. Of course, that does not mean
that we must nurture and strengthen evil. No, it is strong enough
as it is; it does not need our help. But we must not try to
eradicate it either, and in any case it can’t be done. But we
need to know what attitude to adopt towards it so we can use it
for the good."

Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov

Become Truth

There is no truth about God.

Truth is God.

There is no one who learns Truth.

You become Truth.

There is no need to search for Truth.

You have inherited it and it is within you.

You need only learn quietness

to listen to that inheritance.

T. Freeman

What will a person do who has not prepared?

"We must place ourselves in the service of the Lord, that is to
say, in the service of all that is most pure, noble and luminous
within us. But in order to be a good servant, we have to prepare,
learn and practise. Just look at what happens in everyday life:
would the first person who came along make a good employee, a
good secretary or a good minister, just because they sincerely
wanted to be one? No, they have to have studied first and
developed certain abilities and qualities. All the more so, then,
when it comes to entering the service of the Lord.
What will a person do who has not prepared? They will think they
are serving the Lord, when actually they are remaining in service
to their prejudices, their biases and their illusions. And that
is what fanatics do – under the pretext of serving God, they take
on the mission of fighting those they call ‘unbelievers’,
‘infidels’ and so on. Really, they are only serving dark entities
that are seeking to realize their own evil plans through them."

Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov

L'intolérance

L'intolérance, le rejet de l'autre sont toujours les fruits de l'ignorance. Cette ignorance peut se revêtir d'un grand nombre de vêtements et se cacher derrière des noms prestigieux. Pourtant, le sage finit toujours par la reconnaître à ses fruits. Le savoir conduit à l'équilibre, apporte la maîtrise et engendre la beauté. 

O.Manitara

On Hell and the Devil

"For centuries, especially during the Middle Ages, the Church was
forever striking fear into Christians about the punishments of
hell. They claimed they were doing so in order to save souls, but
in reality this approach also resulted in a great deal of damage.
You might even say that souls almost became shelters for the
devil, for people thought so much about him they forgot about
God. Think of all the pictures they painted of the devil! He was
drawn, sculpted and painted, and preachers made excessive use of
him in their sermons or their writings. He was used in the same
way children are threatened with the policeman, the wolf or the
bogeyman to keep them quiet.
But, even in our day and age, there are still people who use
religion in this way, aren’t there? It is very bad from an
educational point of view. Contrary to what they claim, those who
act in this way are not so concerned about the good of souls;
they are mostly seeking to exercise power over them. And if they
are sincere, it is not much better – it means they are ill."

Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov

Drunk

"You have seen drunkards, with their zigzagging gait reflecting

their moods, which swing from one extreme to another. They laugh,

then they cry; they look blissful, then furious; they fall asleep

under the table or smash everything up. But wine is not actually

the only thing that causes drunkenness. There are thoughts and

feelings that are like wine: jealousy, anger, sensual desires,

and so on. Those who are in the grip of these wines lose

themselves in the mists and vapours of the astral world, their

gait and their judgment both unsteady.

But there also exists a divine inebriation – ecstasy. And that

inebriation does the opposite; it gives clear-sightedness and

illumines consciousness. It is not forbidden to be drunk; God

himself placed this need in human beings. But they must seek

drunkenness above, in beauty, in light, in drinking the pure

water that springs from the peaks of spiritual mountains. Drink

from this water, and you will experience a wonderful kind of

drunkenness, which will give you balance, strength and clarity."

Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov

Le niveau de conscience

Plus le niveau de conscience d'un groupe d'individus s'élève, plus il a une répercussion sur l'entourage, l'environnement, la nature. Une telle action peut avoir une incidence sur une communauté, un pays, l'humanité tout entière... Cela dépend des forces mises en oeuvre pour atteindre l'objectif. Plus la conscience est éveillée, plus l'action peut être intense.

O.Manitara

A Woman's Way

A woman's influence is very different from a man's. A man needs to conquer, to vanquish an opponent. Therefore, his victory is often superficial-he may get the other guy to nod his head, but not his heart.

A woman is able to reach inside a man, so he may not even recognize her influence. He feels as though this was his idea all along.

From where does this talent come? Paradoxically, from the woman's union with a man. So too, from the man's union with a woman, he too can learn to fix the world through nurture.

T. Freeman

Two Minds

When the Infinite Light emanated a world, It did so with two minds, two states of consciousness. One mind sees from above to below -- and so, all is insignificant before it. From above to below, there is no world, only One.

The other mind sees from below to above -- and so all of creation is G-dly to it. From below to above, there is a world to point to the Oneness.

At the nexus of these two minds, at the crux of their paradox, there shines the very Essence of the Infinite Light.

The first mind descended into man; the second into woman.

That is why the man has the power to conquer and subdue, but he lacks a sense of the other.

That is why the woman feels the other. She does not conquer, she nurtures. But her light is tightly constrained and so she is full of harsh judgments.

As they bond together, the man sweetens the judgment of the woman and the woman teaches the man to feel the other. And in that union shines the very Essence of the Infinite.

T. Freeman

A Different Peace

True peace is not a forced truce, not a homogenization of differences, not a common ground that abandons our home territories.

True peace is the oneness that sprouts from diversity, from a panorama of colors, strokes and textures. From the harmony of many instruments each playing a unique part, not one overlapping the other's kingdom by even the breadth of a hair. There, in the most delightful beauty of this world, there shines G-d's most profound oneness.

Those who attempt to blur those borders, they are unwittingly destroying the world. Beginning with the crucial border between man and woman -- for this is the beginning of all diversity, the sharpest focus of G-d's oneness, shining intensely upon His precious world.

T. Freeman

Real Ideas

I don't believe in philosophy.

I believe in ideas that change people.

T. Freeman

Beyond Understanding

God knows all before it occurs. More than that: It is His knowledge that brings all events into being.

But we still have free choice.

You claim this is illogical. I ask you: Knowledge of existence before any thought of any thing exists is logical?

When we talk about the Source of All Existence, our principles of logic no longer apply. We don't understand a thing, because there is no understanding.

T. Freeman

How Could It Happen

You ask me, "Why did God allow it to happen?"

You recognize that everything in this world has purpose and meaning. Examine any aspect of His vast Creation, from the cosmos to the workings of the atom and you will see there must be a plan.

And so you ask, where does this fit into the plan? 

How could it?

I can only answer, painfully, God alone knows.

But what I cannot know, I need not know.

I need not know in order to fulfill 

that which my Creator has created me to do.

And that is, to change the world 

so this could never happen again.

T.Freeman

Objective Faith

If your belief system is based upon what makes sense to you, what you find most gratifying and what best accommodates your own self concept --then you will undoubtedly fear intellectual inquiry. At best, your approach will be subjective and bribed.

However, when your faith is based not upon your subjective self, but because this is the reality of your inner soul, a truth to which it is intrinsically bound --then you are not afraid to inquire. There is no apprehension of being proven wrong, only certitude that you shall understand more.

Therefore, only true faith can be truly objective.

T. Freeman

Better Than the Sun

Some would like to be like the sun, aloof from this world. Whatever material matters they accomplish during their stay occur as if by chance, with no real involvement of their own.

Others become entirely wrapped up in all the fetters and chains of life. They suffer its scars and bruises, delight in its offerings, thirst for its rewards and tremble at its pain.

True tzaddikim emulate their Creator. To them, every detail of life has meaning and purpose--every step is a decision, every move is deliberate. And yet, they remain above it all.

What is their secret?

They remember they are not the body, but the soul.

T.Freeman

There is obviously a connection between thought and action

"There is obviously a connection between thought and action:
anyone who has an idea will hope to realize it. But the strongest
connection is between feeling and action. When you experience
love or anger, why does the feeling make its way immediately to
the physical plane? Whether you intend to or not, you make
gestures which correspond to the feeling. If you love someone,
you are instinctively inclined to smile at them, stroke them and
hug them. If you are annoyed with them, it’s all you can do not
to glare at them or hit them.
Every feeling is expressed via specific gestures. And the
reverse is also true: if you look amazed, you will end up really
feeling it; pretend to be disgusted, and you will also be it.
Just as feelings automatically lead to certain gestures, so
gestures lead to corresponding feelings. These are laws you
should be aware of, so you can put them to use in everyday life."

Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov

Gravity

No one has ever seen, touched or measured a particle or a wave of gravity. Furthermore, the very notion of gravity is mystifying: masses light years apart with nothing between them, affecting each other's movements!

Yet we all accept there must be a cause behind the phenomena we observe, so we call this elusive force "gravity."

So too, there is a cause behind existence. That Cause may be even more elusive, but the reality of its existence is at least as inescapable and empirically evident.

T. Freeman

Good Citizens

"Destroy Man's desire to sin" our sages tell us, "and you would destroy the world."

Not that anyone needs to sin. But one who lacks the desire to sin is not a citizen of this world. And without citizens, who will effect lasting change?

T.Freeman

Two Are One

Many people, without realizing, end up with two gods:

One god is an impersonal, all-encompassing, transcendent force.

But then, at times of trouble, they cry out to another, personal god, with whom they have an intimate relationship.

Our faith is all about knowing that these two are one. The same God who is beyond all things, He is the same one who hears your cries and counts your tears. The same God who is the force behind all existence and transcends even that, He is the same God who cares about what is cooking in your kitchen and how you treat your fellow human being.

God cannot be defined, even as transcendent. He is beyond all things and within them at once.

T. Freeman