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Omraam: Purity Lies Not in Outward Forms, but in the Intensity of Spiritual Life

Impurity is the enemy of Life. Impurity disturbs Peace. Purity is not where people usually seek it. True Purity is found in the Divine Life. When you live this Divine Life, no one can defile you. Even if they drag you through the mud, even if they blacken your name, they still cannot defile you.

Sergey Lazarev: How Is Atheism in the Family Connected to Karma and Children?

If there have been atheists in your family, that is already an unfavourable sign for future generations. If those atheists acted in ways that increased their dependence on the two secondary instincts, this compounds the problem. If, driven by lust, a person was unfaithful or betrayed others, indulged excessively in sex, food and their passions, or broke the commandments for the sake of pleasure (

Omraam: Our true Self is beyond thoughts, feelings and actions: it is pure Light

The spiritual teacher Omraam (Mikhail Ivanov, a disciple of the universal Master Beinsa Douno) gives this special formula: TARO TORA ROTA TAROTA ROTARO It is part of five exercises for attaining purity:

Discipline Requires Mastery of Desires and the Resolve Not to Procrastinate!

Discipline Means Mastering Your Desires and Never Putting Off What Must Be Done

Discipline is born of the disciple’s inner freedom. The disciple tolerates no coercion, either from without or from within. Master of himself, acknowledging only one law, the Divine Law, he never turns away from the choice he has once and for all made. The disciple imposes himself upon no one, nor does he allow anyone to impose upon him. When he follows his Teacher, he does so freely and consciously, with a clear vision of the horizon of self-realization.

When You Come to Know Yourself, You Will Enter into a Deeper Unknowing – This Is the True Path

Aspiration saves a person from ambition. Ambitions belong to the laws of the mind and the ego. Whenever you sense ambition arising somewhere, know that you are on the wrong path.
The Master says that inspiration saves a person from their aspirations. And Peace saves a person from inspiration.

Health requires you to take great care of your invisible world

All words, both good and harmful, seek embodiment. They are living forces seeking manifestation. Impure words are more dangerous and more harmful than illness itself. Impure words rob us of health, joy, and true understanding.

Sixteen Sacred Rules for Walking the Inner Path (by Eleazar Harash)

The disciple is occupied only with the good. What they think, what they do, what they plan, what they contrive, this is the measure – the disciple is occupied only with the good.

The pyramids are part of the inspiration of the golden age when Gods lived

The pyramid is alive unique being, a living spiritual idea. It comes from the Great Otherworld, where death does not exist.
Hemu - the priests, the priest or the priests, where the only ones allowed to be builders of pyramids, i.e those who have the ability to penetrate into the heart of the stone.

Deja-vu: Memories of the Future? Understanding the Phenomena of Deja-vu, Presque-vu, and Jamais-vu

From a mystical standpoint, deja-vu is viewed as a memory of the life one envisioned before birth. In this belief system, it is said that before a soul is born, it sees the course of its life and chooses specific challenges, the country of birth, family, and the people it will interact with. These choices are made based on the soul’s need for spiritual growth.

Logic is a dangerous enemy of Truth because it does not see its fallacies and its imperfection

Wisdom is born when the mind dies. Wisdom looks behind the veil and sees; the mind divides, distinguishes. Wisdom collects in a single Harmony. What a vast Rest from our existence awaits us – but the Way is narrow…

The eagle is one of the most ancient symbols of mankind and gives us a great example for transformation!

The secret of the eagle is that when it flies it leaves no traces. The eagle is a symbol of the height of the Word. Everyone will achieve it in their own way. When the eagle flies, the wings do not move, but it flies powerfully. This is the secret of the synthesis between movement and rest - a profound quality of the Spirit.

Mooji: The instant that you recognise the Unchanging, you are free (VIDEO)

But we have been very familiar with this voice from the mind. We have a relationship with it. It tells you what you should like and what you should not like. It has endless opinions about you and mostly they are believed to be true. And remember that belief is one of your most intimate powers. When you believe in something, you believe it into existence and it becomes your experience. If the mind does not get your belief, he has no power.

Daskalos: We are beings of light experiencing human existence

Daskalos, born Stylianos Atteshlis, is one of the most mystical figures in modern spiritual teaching and self-knowledge. Born in Cyprus, he dedicated his life to preserving and partially unveiling the secrets of the spiritual world and the path of human beings towards Theosis—the union with the Divine, the state of unity with God.

Master Beinsa Douno: God Permitted Evil, But He Did Not Create It! (An Important Clarification for the Cliché That Everything Is from God)

In this article, we will explore the concept of free will, the misuse of free will, and the question of whether everything comes from God. In today's world, many people say, "everything is from God," but great spiritual Teachers have warned that this is categorically untrue. Often, passivity and a lack of discernment hide behind phrases like "everything is from God,"

The Path to Divine Consciousness: Christ’s Revelation to His Disciples on the Mountain

Christ said to His disciples: "Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to sin, it would be better for him to have a millstone hung around his neck and be thrown into the sea." Whoever causes such sin, that is, whoever leads the young and fragile souls astray – this is the left path, which diverts man from the eternal path

The Universe Needs Living Souls, Not Carbon Copies and Replicas: How to Recognize an Old Soul?

The Universe thrives on the uniqueness of living souls, not on mere carbon copies or replicas. We live among individuals whose souls have incarnated in this world countless times over many, many centuries. But how can we recognize such a person in a crowd? How do we know if we are one of them?

Eckhart Tolle: The ego always desires something from others or from situations (VIDEO)

Eckhart Tolle's teachings on the ego offer profound insights into how our sense of self can become entangled with external forms, leading to suffering and discontent. Below are selected quotes that delve into the nature of the ego and its impact on our lives.
The ego, Tolle explains, is fundamentally an identification with form.

Love at First Sight is a Recognition from Past Lives

Love at first sight... How many attempts have been made to explain this phenomenon! To see someone for the first time and immediately fall in love. Often, completely rational people lose their composure because of love at first sight. This can happen in both youth and adulthood.

The Symbolism of the Number 12 according to Master Beinsa Douno

The number 12 marks the completion of evolution, symbolizing the final stage in the process of growth and transformation. It represents the culmination of efforts toward spiritual maturity.

What is the Connection Between Black Holes and the Brain?

The cosmic black hole is filled with time. The same is true of the vacuum. The vacuum is an empty space from which energy has been removed, but occasionally virtual particles—an electron and a positron, for example—will briefly emerge. These particles appear for such a short period of time that it cannot even be measured, which is why they are called virtual particles.

The Modern Soul and the Paradox of Freedom

The classical man trembled at the mere thought that perhaps God does not exist. For him, the most terrifying notion was the overwhelming possibility that there might be no God. In contrast, the modern man, steeped in sin and vice, is haunted by the opposite fear: that God might indeed exist.

Maurice Maeterlinck: The Mystical Wisdom of Bees - Goodness, Sacrifice and Devotion

The forces that impact us are often reflections of our own inner strengths—forces within us that we may not yet fully understand. This is why self-awareness and introspection are crucial for growth.

Maurice Maeterlinck's Appreciation for the Power of Silence as a Special Moment of Awareness

Maeterlinck believed that silence finds its most fertile ground in human humility. "Silence surrounds us on all sides," he remarked. "It is the foundation of our semi-conscious existence, and when one of us, trembling, knocks at one of the doors of the Abyss, it is always the same attentive silence that opens the Door."

Eleazar Harash: The love, the wisdom and the truth are the roads who lead man to God

The True Speech is full of silence and Spirit. What is the path? – The eternal thirst for Truth. When you get to know what Love is, you become Life itself. The continuous thirst for truth is your guide in life. Don`t search for another.

The relationship with Dao is deeper than a miracle. To find Dao, you need an Ancient Ability

"Dao" and "Tao" are both English transliterations of the same Chinese character "道", which can mean "way", "path", or "principle" and is central to Chinese philosophy and religion, especially Daoism/Taoism. The difference in their spelling stems from different systems of romanizing the Chinese language.

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Articles / Self-knowledge

Omraam: Purity Lies Not in Outward Forms, but in the Intensity of Spiritual Life

Sergey Lazarev: How Is Atheism in the Family Connected to Karma and Children?

Omraam: Our true Self is beyond thoughts, feelings and actions: it is pure Light

Discipline Means Mastering Your Desires and Never Putting Off What Must Be Done

When You Come to Know Yourself, You Will Enter into a Deeper Unknowing – This Is the True Path

Health requires you to take great care of your invisible world

Sixteen Sacred Rules for Walking the Inner Path (by Eleazar Harash)

The pyramids are part of the inspiration of the golden age when Gods lived

Deja-vu: Memories of the Future? Understanding the Phenomena of Deja-vu, Presque-vu, and Jamais-vu

Logic is a dangerous enemy of Truth because it does not see its fallacies and its imperfection

The eagle is one of the most ancient symbols of mankind and gives us a great example for transformation!

Mooji: The instant that you recognise the Unchanging, you are free (VIDEO)

Daskalos: We are beings of light experiencing human existence

Master Beinsa Douno: God Permitted Evil, But He Did Not Create It! (An Important Clarification for the Cliché That Everything Is from God)

The Path to Divine Consciousness: Christ’s Revelation to His Disciples on the Mountain

The Universe Needs Living Souls, Not Carbon Copies and Replicas: How to Recognize an Old Soul?

Eckhart Tolle: The ego always desires something from others or from situations (VIDEO)

Love at First Sight is a Recognition from Past Lives

The Symbolism of the Number 12 according to Master Beinsa Douno

What is the Connection Between Black Holes and the Brain?

The Modern Soul and the Paradox of Freedom

Maurice Maeterlinck: The Mystical Wisdom of Bees - Goodness, Sacrifice and Devotion

Maurice Maeterlinck's Appreciation for the Power of Silence as a Special Moment of Awareness

Eleazar Harash: The love, the wisdom and the truth are the roads who lead man to God

The relationship with Dao is deeper than a miracle. To find Dao, you need an Ancient Ability

Sergey Lazarev: How Is Atheism in the Family Connected to Karma and Children?

Discipline Means Mastering Your Desires and Never Putting Off What Must Be Done

The Spring of Love Never Runs Dry, for Its Source Is Inexhaustible

Omraam: Our true Self is beyond thoughts, feelings and actions: it is pure Light

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