I know a simple man who has never read a book and who, nevertheless, can solve the trickiest problems of science better than famous scientists. There are humble people without academic qualifications and medical experience to whom heaven is so accessible that the sick are healed at their request and the wicked feel their hearts melting in loving kindness at their contact.
Joan of Arc had never read a treatise on strategy nor seen a battlefield but she defeated at her first attempt the greatest tacticians of her time! How could this be? It is quite simple because she surrendered completely to the Divine Will and did not question the invisible as would have done an adept of the intellectual plane.
Should one the wonder at the puzzled way in which critics look at these creatures who are animated by the "living light of the father" and generally know as quietists or mystics? The (the adept of the intellectual plane ) cannot understand them because they attempt to measure universe faculties with the limited capacities of their brains. Because he cannot understand him, the critic insults the mystic and holds him in contempt whilst the mystic prays for his tormentor and carries on with his labor of love .
The path of spiritual development is simple and straight forward: "Live always for others and never for self". Do unto others as you would be done by at all levels": Don't ever speak or think evil of the absent": Do what is hard before doing what you like":... these are some of the formulas of the mystic way which leads to humility and prayer.
There is a form of physical purification dear to the heart of the adept of the intellectual plane: it is vegetarianism which lessens the attraction of the physical. But this purification means nothing however, if when purging the body of animal influence, we do not purge the astral body of selfishness and the spirit of the influence of vanity; ...a hunderd fold more harmful than the impulsions born from eating meat. When a man thinks he knows something and places himself on a par with the Gods, working to achieve his personal salvation and withdrawing into an ivory tower in order to purify himself, why should he be given anything? He thinks he has what he needs and he looks upon himself as a pure and all knowing person. But when a man is simple and aware of his weakness, and knows that his will is of little importance if it does not conform with the actions of the Celestial Father; when he is not preoccupied with his personal purify nor with his needs but with the suffering of others, then heaven recognize him as one of its "little children" and Christ ask that he be led to him.
A mother who has worked a lifetime to bring up not only her children but also those of people poorer than herself is greater before the Eternal than the pedantic theologist and the so-called adept so proud of his purity. This is an instinctive truth which strikes people without any need for demonstration because it is a truth that applies to all levels.
Therefore, let the student aim at simplicity rather than at pedantry and let him beware of men who give themselves as perfect because "he falls the hardest who falls from a great height!"
The mystic way requires thus unceasing help at all stages of evolution and of perception. On the physical plane, help from friends and masters teaching through example; on the astral plane, help from thoughts of devotion and of charity illumination the path and enabling one to bear the trials through peace of the heart; lastly, on the spiritual plane, help from the Guardian spirits strengthened by feelings of pity towards all sinners and of indulgence towards all human weaknesses as well as praying for all of the wilful blind and for all enemies. Then it is, that the terrestrial shadow disappears slowly, that the veil is lifted for a moment and that the Divine feeling of knowing one's prayers are heard fills the heart with courage and love.
Having reached that point, the mystic cannot understand the need for so called learned societies, even for those devoted to occultism, nor for books so numerous, needed to explain things so simple. He is wary of societies and books and withdraws more and more into communion with the forsaken and the plagued. He acts and reads no more, he prays , he forgives and has no longer time for judging and criticizing.
He seeks for the "magic word" the mystic uses to cure at will the most malignant illnesses, for the for of hypnosis which would allow him to influence the mind of others in such a way, even at a remote distance, and for the selfish purpose that is behind it all. And as the intellectual does not find in books an answer to these questions, and as he needs an explanation to regain his peace of mins, he gravely tells himself or the circle of his admires: "possession!" or a mystic or simple suggestion!... and all is said. The intellectual thus become a little more vain and the mystic, a little more humble.
And while studying, reading and time are necessary to progress on the the intellectual plane, none of that is needed to progress on the mystic path. it can be covered nearly to the end and in one hour of terrestrial times as did Swedenborg on the first day of his vision and as did Jacob Boehme, or it may take 19 years even before its entrance is discovered as was the case with Willermoz and with many occultists. The reason is that the gate to this way is not opened by the seeker but by his invisible guides and by the stress of his spiritual being.
There is therefore nothing easier and nothing harder than to follow this path. It is open to all men of goodwill and no other man is worthy of it. The doorway is so low that only little children can enter. As those who come to that door are often tall and proud men who think it is below their dignity to become small, the entrance remains for a long time invisible to them.
Sunday, August 11, 2013
Friday, August 9, 2013
TO THE CHILDREN OF LIGHT
If pride, jealousy, and selfishness are the major weaknesses causing enmity between humans, other weaknesses set individuals against themselves and are just as detrimental to harmony which should be maintained within ourselves and manifested in our surroundings. such are hypocrisy, ingratitude, and disloyalty. As you have chosen to follow the Royal Path of Light, may God preserve you always from these faults which inevitably prolong the time spent wandering in the Forest of Errors. Truly beware of paths which oppose Virtue, for they will draw you away from the ideal path that you should take to know the Truth which frees the soul from the chains of illusion, mistress of the senses and of the wildest desires of the ego. Verily, happy are those mortals whose aim in their earthly life is to lead a virtuous life, because they will experience on the three levels of their threefold being what Socrates, our Venerated Master, exemplified .
But mystics do not need to inquire about the virtuous life because human beings, by nature, are virtuous and perfect. As you know, mystics or children of the light simply need to free themselves from the inability to manifest their inner wealth. When successful, they will understand that the word "poverty" makes no sense when applied to Soul, for it is the most precious and purest of treasure. Expressed in humanity, it is the most precious and purest of treasures. Expressed in humanity, it is the jewel of Adam Kadmon, the emerald of Lucifer, the ruby of the Hermetic Tablet, the urna of the Buddha, the Holy Grail of the Christ Jesus, the al-jawhar alfrad of Mohammed. Verily, it constitutes the Philosophical Stone revealed by the greatest alchemists in their practice of the Great art, for the existence of human beings has no other aim than to bring forth the Divine Light imprisoned in the flesh. Dedicate your life to the Supreme Transmutation, so that your soul personality, through the fire of the Holy Ghost and with the earthly realm as its crucible, passes on to you its own illumination and makes you the reflection of the Greatest Light.
Never be hypocritical in your acts, words,or thoughts. Hypocrisy always acts in self-interest or through weakness, and in all cases, it takes advantage of the trusting person and uses his or her goodness or gullibility to make use of worldly pleasure. Never agree with others if you do not think as they do, for by so doing you will not only be making a mistake, but you will become as equally guilty of the faults they are committing, comforted by a sense of self-satisfaction. For flattery is the servant of hypocrisy, and the gods know to what extent it serves the ends of the person using it to rob others of what is best in them. Hypocrites lie, invent, calculate, and are silent when they should speak, speak when they should be silent,and think of everything except the happiness of the person who is listening to them. Their entire lives are modeled on the voice of reason, for they do not remember what the path of the heart is, the path they should have followed.
People who detest hypocrisy can give proper dimension to friendship, for true friendship is frank and sincere, both qualities being based on the desire and the need to do good, at the risk of losing the friendship which they strive to serve. Have you ever noticed that it is more difficult to say "no" to a friend than to say "yes"? To flatter the ego of the person ever so ready to listen to us is the easiest thing to do, but people who act this way will sooner or later experience the torment of those souls who have used others to better serve themselves. Be true to your friends and whenever they are in need, do to them as you would want them to do to you if you were in need. Be neither complacent nor uncompromising toward them, for complacency and intransigence are two extremes which produce the same destructive effects. Rather, listen to those who have given you their friendship and remember that this friendship, when sealed in the name of the Supreme Good, brings as much to the one who loves as to the one being loved. Also, do not give unsought advice, because it is useless to try forcing a locked door.
Never forget a good deed done to you and be sufficiently honest to consider it more important than all that,in your opinion, you have not received. Ingratitude, in the eyes of God, is more reprehensible than many crimes considered as lowly by people. The mere fact of having accepted, on some occasion, what another has willingly given you, whether it be time, a smile, or some material object, leave you forever indebted for the gift provided. If all who have received it, ingratitude would be banished from the earth, because all human beings have at least some reason to be grateful always act, on one day or another, in one life or another, against the person from whom they have received something. What excuse can they then invoke to justify their lack of gratitude, or even worse, their desire to hurt the person who has been their benefactor? Once again, it is pride and jealousy which incite human beings to forget what has been done for them. Self-blinded, they end up forgetting their own past. From thereon begins for them the dizziest fall ever, the one which precipitates the soul into the dark abyss of those who rebel against their own history. Always remember that memory is the safeguard of humanity and that many civilization have perished in the flames of forgetfulness. For, if ingratitude sets one human against another, it also set one nation against another, and even entire nations against God!
But hypocrisy and ingratitude are even more harmful when they feed the vilest disloyalty. Human beings have always made promises, taken on commitments, and sworn oaths. When doing so, many were sincere in their hearts and minds. But time, depending on how it is used, strengthens such bonds or destroys them. That is why many people, even those having pledge loyalty to an ideal or to the one incarnation this ideal, have been unfaithful to their promises, commitments, or oaths. Finally, and this is most serious, they have turned against the cause they served with loyalty. People are always free to abandon the path they have followed in the past, because they are the masters of their destinies. But to abandon does not mean to disown, and even less to fight against what had once been defended in the name of what we had thought was good. Honorable people do not lie to themselves. In their innermost self, they know that tomorrow may be quite different from today and that today is midway between yesterday and tomorrow, but they also know that law of evolution prohibits them from destroying what the have helped to build. If one day you feel that you no longer agree with the ideals of the past, or that you no longer love a friend who was once so dear to you, above all, do not join the ranks of those who serve perjury and disloyalty. Rather, quietly withdraw and continue on your way toward new horizons, ever respecting those who have given you strength. Undoubtedly, were you to be disloyal to them, you would greatly weaken yourself .
But mystics do not need to inquire about the virtuous life because human beings, by nature, are virtuous and perfect. As you know, mystics or children of the light simply need to free themselves from the inability to manifest their inner wealth. When successful, they will understand that the word "poverty" makes no sense when applied to Soul, for it is the most precious and purest of treasure. Expressed in humanity, it is the most precious and purest of treasures. Expressed in humanity, it is the jewel of Adam Kadmon, the emerald of Lucifer, the ruby of the Hermetic Tablet, the urna of the Buddha, the Holy Grail of the Christ Jesus, the al-jawhar alfrad of Mohammed. Verily, it constitutes the Philosophical Stone revealed by the greatest alchemists in their practice of the Great art, for the existence of human beings has no other aim than to bring forth the Divine Light imprisoned in the flesh. Dedicate your life to the Supreme Transmutation, so that your soul personality, through the fire of the Holy Ghost and with the earthly realm as its crucible, passes on to you its own illumination and makes you the reflection of the Greatest Light.
Never be hypocritical in your acts, words,or thoughts. Hypocrisy always acts in self-interest or through weakness, and in all cases, it takes advantage of the trusting person and uses his or her goodness or gullibility to make use of worldly pleasure. Never agree with others if you do not think as they do, for by so doing you will not only be making a mistake, but you will become as equally guilty of the faults they are committing, comforted by a sense of self-satisfaction. For flattery is the servant of hypocrisy, and the gods know to what extent it serves the ends of the person using it to rob others of what is best in them. Hypocrites lie, invent, calculate, and are silent when they should speak, speak when they should be silent,and think of everything except the happiness of the person who is listening to them. Their entire lives are modeled on the voice of reason, for they do not remember what the path of the heart is, the path they should have followed.
People who detest hypocrisy can give proper dimension to friendship, for true friendship is frank and sincere, both qualities being based on the desire and the need to do good, at the risk of losing the friendship which they strive to serve. Have you ever noticed that it is more difficult to say "no" to a friend than to say "yes"? To flatter the ego of the person ever so ready to listen to us is the easiest thing to do, but people who act this way will sooner or later experience the torment of those souls who have used others to better serve themselves. Be true to your friends and whenever they are in need, do to them as you would want them to do to you if you were in need. Be neither complacent nor uncompromising toward them, for complacency and intransigence are two extremes which produce the same destructive effects. Rather, listen to those who have given you their friendship and remember that this friendship, when sealed in the name of the Supreme Good, brings as much to the one who loves as to the one being loved. Also, do not give unsought advice, because it is useless to try forcing a locked door.
Never forget a good deed done to you and be sufficiently honest to consider it more important than all that,in your opinion, you have not received. Ingratitude, in the eyes of God, is more reprehensible than many crimes considered as lowly by people. The mere fact of having accepted, on some occasion, what another has willingly given you, whether it be time, a smile, or some material object, leave you forever indebted for the gift provided. If all who have received it, ingratitude would be banished from the earth, because all human beings have at least some reason to be grateful always act, on one day or another, in one life or another, against the person from whom they have received something. What excuse can they then invoke to justify their lack of gratitude, or even worse, their desire to hurt the person who has been their benefactor? Once again, it is pride and jealousy which incite human beings to forget what has been done for them. Self-blinded, they end up forgetting their own past. From thereon begins for them the dizziest fall ever, the one which precipitates the soul into the dark abyss of those who rebel against their own history. Always remember that memory is the safeguard of humanity and that many civilization have perished in the flames of forgetfulness. For, if ingratitude sets one human against another, it also set one nation against another, and even entire nations against God!
But hypocrisy and ingratitude are even more harmful when they feed the vilest disloyalty. Human beings have always made promises, taken on commitments, and sworn oaths. When doing so, many were sincere in their hearts and minds. But time, depending on how it is used, strengthens such bonds or destroys them. That is why many people, even those having pledge loyalty to an ideal or to the one incarnation this ideal, have been unfaithful to their promises, commitments, or oaths. Finally, and this is most serious, they have turned against the cause they served with loyalty. People are always free to abandon the path they have followed in the past, because they are the masters of their destinies. But to abandon does not mean to disown, and even less to fight against what had once been defended in the name of what we had thought was good. Honorable people do not lie to themselves. In their innermost self, they know that tomorrow may be quite different from today and that today is midway between yesterday and tomorrow, but they also know that law of evolution prohibits them from destroying what the have helped to build. If one day you feel that you no longer agree with the ideals of the past, or that you no longer love a friend who was once so dear to you, above all, do not join the ranks of those who serve perjury and disloyalty. Rather, quietly withdraw and continue on your way toward new horizons, ever respecting those who have given you strength. Undoubtedly, were you to be disloyal to them, you would greatly weaken yourself .
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