Thought for the day Saturday 29th of November 2008

"The cross is one of the simplest geometrical figures: a horizontal line and a vertical line intersect at right angles. But let’s study the two directions. The horizontal direction is one of spreading and dispersion, like water spreading out over a surface. In contrast, the vertical direction is one of unification, like fire leaping up into the sky. There is something about fire’s form that recalls the shape of a mountain with its base and summit.
So the horizontal line is that of matter, the vertical line that of spirit. And these two lines are not separate; they meet, or, to be precise, they ‘cross’, and this shows not only that the two directions are not incompatible but also that they have something to do together. The symbol of the cross invites us, therefore, to continue to carry out our work on matter and, at the same time, take the vertical direction, in order to return to the spirit, the source, the summit. "

Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov

WORD FOR THE DAY
Saturday, Nov. 29

The creation is not a study, a roughed

-in sketch; it is supremely, meticulously

created, created abundantly,

extravagantly, and in fine....Even on

the perfectly ordinary and clearly

visible

level, creation carries on with an

intricacy unfathomable and

apparently uncalled for.

Annie Dillard
Pilgrim at Tinker's Creek

Thought for the day Thursday 27th of November 2008

"Like the fish in the sea, the mole in the earth, the bird in the air and, so they say, the salamander in the fire, each creature must find its place. And where is the human being’s place? The entire universe. The different organisms which make up this universe are linked to the four elements: our body to the earth, our heart to water, our mind to air, and our soul and spirit to fire.
Of course, it is desirable to find your place in a family, country and profession, but that’s not enough. If your heart, mind, soul and spirit do not also find the place where they will receive the food they need, you will always feel dissatisfied. The heart needs warmth, love; the mind needs light, wisdom; the soul needs immensity and the spirit eternity."

Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov

WORD FOR THE DAY
Thursday, Nov. 27

The time of business does not

with me differ from the time of

prayer, and in the noise and

clatter of my kitchen, while

several persons are at the same

time calling for different things,

I possess God in as great tranquility

as if I were upon my knees at the

blessed sacrament.

Brother Lawrence
The Practice of the Presence of God

WORD FOR THE DAY
Wednesday, Nov. 26th

If planetary peace seems beyond

our reach, recall: Miracles are

natural when we rely on the Source

of All to carry our burdens with us.

Then, even peace is possible.

Nan Merrill with Barbara Taylor
Peace Planet: Light for Our World

Thought for the day Wednesday 26th of November 2008

"You will only master your inner world if you seek to identify with your spirit by placing it at the centre of your life as the sole stable, unchanging and indestructible reality. Gradually you will sense that you radiate in all directions of space, and a pure, powerful aura will form around you attracting the presence of celestial entities. Only those who succeed in forming a circle of light around themselves have truly found their place in the world. For wherever they go, the circle that surrounds them also gives them the very best conditions to create. In the same way that your physical body is protected by your skin, so your psychic bodies are protected by your aura. When you leave the centre, it’s as if the aura, this spiritual skin, cracks, and the slightest annoyance makes you lose your equilibrium and your peace. The centre, your spirit, is your only true place."

Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov

Thought for the day Tuesday 25th of November 2008

"You will have seen artists who were greatly admired but were living debauched and perverted lives, with their circle of family and friends wondering how they could express heaven in the way they did when their lives were hell. They themselves didn’t know either. They were unaware that their gifts originated from luminous beings in the invisible world, who had come to manifest within them in the hope of saving them. Yes, the mysterious talent revealed in certain people is a sort of bridge which spiritual entities establish between these people and heaven. The entities write, paint, compose, sing and play through the people they inhabit, making enormous sacrifices to lead them out of hell. If they persevere on their path of destruction, the entities one day end up leaving them; they do so with sadness, but they have no alternative."

Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov

WORD FOR THE DAY
Tuesday, Nov. 25

Thanks to the human heart

by which we live; thanks to

its tenderness, its joys, and

fears.

William Wordsworth

Thought for the day Monday 24th of November 2008

"A man and woman who love one another do not know what drew them together. They are aware of feeling an attraction but unaware of what gave rise to it. So what is the origin of that attraction which gives rise to love? Two beings, two energies meet in space; mysterious fluidic exchanges are magnetically developed between them. It is this meeting that gives birth to love, with each receiving from the other the elements they lack in themselves and have been unable to find anywhere else.
People are often surprised by the links that are formed between certain people; on the face of it, nothing should have drawn them together. Well, the explanation lies precisely in those subtle exchanges taking place between them without their knowledge. "

Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov

WORD FOR THE DAY
Monday, Nov. 24

Concerning all acts of initiative

and creation, there is one

elementary truth – that the

moment one definitely commits

oneself, then Providence moves,

too.

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

WORD FOR THE DAY
Sunday, Nov. 23

Expect nothing.

Live frugally on surprise.

Alice Walker

Thought for the day 23rd of November 2008

"True direction, true knowledge and true experience come from above. Since time immemorial, the initiates, the great masters of humanity, have continuously transmitted the same knowledge to their disciples: they teach that, from the atom to the archangels and all the way to God, life is one continuous hierarchy of beings all linked to each other, each one constituting one part of that immense living organism which is the universe.
We humans are found placed somewhere on this ladder of creatures. Above and below us are beings that are linked to us. This link exists, whether we know it or not and whether we wish it or not. But it’s essential for us to be conscious of this and to work at relating to the beings above us, who will take us with them, higher and higher."

Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov

WORD FOR THE DAY
Saturday, Nov. 22

Gratitude is not only the greatest

of virtues, but the parent of all

others.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Thought for the day Saturday 22nd of November 2008

"Humans tend to form opinions about people and things based on appearances, and they imagine that such knowledge is enough. Well no, this is why life seems monotonous and empty to most of them: their understanding of reality is so narrow and superficial!
Take the way men and women usually consider each other. When they have lived as a couple for a while, they think they have nothing more to discover about each other; indeed this is why they don’t discover anything any more and get bored. But they should seek the reason for this boredom in themselves, not others. They are closed to the currents of life, and so all of the subtle side of people, their soul and spirit, eludes them. People are alive, and nature is also alive, but in order to make contact with this life they must refine some of their faculties of perception."

Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov

Thought for the day Friday 21st of November 2008

"You must be able to live with humans and maintain good relations with them. You should help and love them but at the same time try not to share their weaknesses, in order not to lose any of your convictions or your spiritual energy. In this way you will be able to give them a few rays from your heart and your soul, and you will have the joy of enlightening a few creatures on earth. But you must know that you will only achieve this through initiatic Science.
Those who think, ‘I’m strong, I’ll resist, I won’t be sullied’ are naïve. No one has ever managed to sail through life unharmed, unless they’ve possessed great knowledge and exerted themselves to develop a formidable will. Those who overestimate their own forces will succumb like the others, because the world is so very rich, so very seductive and full of traps that after a while people succumb, and when one door has opened, that’s it, they allow themselves to be invaded. In order to conquer temptation, you must have initiatic Science."

Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov

WORD FOR THE DAY
Friday, Nov. 21

At any moment the fully present

mind can shatter time and burst

 into Now.

David Steindl-Rast
A Listening Heart

WORD FOR THE DAY
Thursday, Nov. 20

People often say that “beauty is in

the eye of the beholder,” and I say

that the most liberating thing about

beauty is realizing that you are the

beholder. This empowers us to find

beauty in places where others have

not dared to look, including inside

ourselves.

Salma Hayek

Thought for the day Wednesday 19th of November 2008

"You must make the effort to awaken those powers in you that have become dormant from centuries of inertia and stagnation. You won’t go anywhere with inertia; you won’t open any door, release any force or stir any layer of your spiritual being into motion. So put your will to work, concentrate, meditate, pray and do exercises. The teaching gives you the best methods for overcoming the inertia of a mind and heart blocked by the darkness and the cold. Always seek to add something more to your life, something more luminous, something warmer. You can even communicate with inanimate objects through thought, sending them subtle vibrations which will beneficially stimulate all those who pass close by them, beginning with yourself."

Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov

Thought for the day Tuesday 18th of November 2008

"Who doesn’t feel justified in criticizing and attacking people when they find their behaviour appalling? And it’s true, it is right to rebel against certain behaviour. But people must also ask themselves whether there are not things more worth rebelling against. Instead of being constantly indignant about a certain situation, a certain individual or political party, why not rebel instead against your own weaknesses, your own mediocrity and vices? Yes, vent your indignation and disgust on these, and try hard to curb them.
If rebellion exists in the universe, it is because it has a role to play. But humans have not yet understood where, when, how or against whom or what to rebel. They must rebel, I agree, but against all the entities that have settled inside them, which deceive and gnaw away at them. These are their real enemies."

Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov

WORD FOR THE DAY
Tuesday, Nov. 18

Angels can fly because they

take themselves so lightly.

G.K. Chesterton