Mystery of the FireToday’s word
The Being is not offended by anything; the “I” is offended by everything.
The Greater Mysteries, 1956 · read it in Anger
The word changes each day at midnight, by your own clock.
Carry it through the day
- MorningRead it slowly, three times. Let one phrase stay with you.
- During the dayNotice one moment where it touches you: something you see in yourself, not in others.
- At nightIn your review of the day, remember it, and the moment it showed you.
All 35 of his words here
Each one opens the passage it comes from, in a new tab.
Anger
The Being is not offended by anything; the “I” is offended by everything.
The Greater Mysteries, 1956 · read it in Anger
Certainly, the words of an insulter do not have any more value than that which the insulted person gives them.
The Revolution of the Dialectic · read it in Anger
Fear
The true aim of education should be to awaken consciousness and to put an end to fear.
Fundamental Education, 1970 · read it in Fear
Pride
Humility is a very exotic flower, whoever boasts of humility is full of pride.
The Revolution of the Dialectic · read it in Pride
Hatred
Anger, rancor, and hatred are distinct forms of desire that are transmuted into supreme sweetness, infinite pardon, and supreme love.
Endocrinology & Criminology, 1957 · read it in Hatred
Envy
Coexistence with the fellow man, interacting with people is the mirror where we can fully see ourselves.
The Fifth Gospel 1A · read it in Envy
Resentment and Generosity
A mind embottled in the past can never fully comprehend the profound significance of the present moment in which we live.
Fundamental Education, 1970 · read it in Resentment and Generosity
Whoever criticizes others is weak, while the one who is critical of himself from moment to moment is a giant.
Introduction to Gnosis · read it in Resentment and Generosity
Be kind in order to listen, be generous in order to judge.
The Yellow Book, 1959 · read it in Resentment and Generosity
Greed
If we want to finish with greed in the world, we should begin by finishing with greed inside ourselves, because we are the world.
The Social Christ · read it in Greed
The accumulative desire of greed is transmuted into the happiness of giving everything, even one’s life, for the love of this suffering humanity.
Endocrinology & Criminology, 1957 · read it in Greed
Lying
Only by means of sincere and real psychological self-observation, can one, in fact, avoid all forms of self-deception.
The Fifth Gospel, vol. 1A · read it in Lying
Fanaticism
We only affirm that Gnosis is the flame from which emerge all religions of the universe.
The Perfect Matrimony, 1950 (ed. 1966) · read it in Fanaticism
The “I” Is Memory
Whoever knows how to live from moment to moment, truly treads the path of true refinement.
Fundamental Education, 1970 · read it in The “I” Is Memory
Slander
The Being does not offend anyone. He is perfect in thought, word and action.
Parsifal Unveiled, 1970 · read it in Slander
The Law of the Pendulum
Everything flows and ebbs; everything comes and goes; everything pulses and pulses again with this rhythm of divine respiration.
Igneous Rose, 1954 · read it in The Law of the Pendulum
To live in holy peace, without making any objections; let everyone say what he wants and think what he wants.
The Fifth Gospel, vol. 1A · read it in The Law of the Pendulum
The Law of Destiny
It is obvious that only the authentic human beings with conscious-will can modify their destiny and originate a new order of things.
My Return to Tibet, 1969 · read it in The Law of Destiny
The Mind
We must have a mind like a child has, we must be pure and simple.
Christ Consciousness, 1952 · read it in The Mind
Suffering
People do not want to realize that what is Divine is absolute happiness and it has nothing to do with pain.
Endocrinology & Criminology, 1957 · read it in Suffering
We, the ones who love humanity very much, say, as long as there is a single tear in the human eyes, as long as there is a single suffering heart, we refuse to accept happiness.
The Greater Mysteries, 1956 · read it in Suffering
Gratitude and Kindness
When we have managed to disintegrate or dissolve the negative values, we will respect ourselves and others, becoming, we would say, a fountain of kindness for the entire world, a perfect, conscious and marvellous creature.
The Revolution of the Dialectic · read it in Gratitude and Kindness
The Intimate Lord will guide our steps if we are bountiful and tender hearted.
Pistis Sophia Unveiled, 1983 · read it in Gratitude and Kindness
The Level of Being
A higher Level of Being is directly above us from moment to moment. It is not in any remote horizontal future but here and now within our own selves, on the Vertical.
Treatise of Revolutionary Psychology, 1975 · read it in The Level of Being
When one knows himself profoundly, he knows the Universe and the Gods.
The Fifth Gospel, vol. 1B · read it in The Level of Being
Sensations
We must not condemn the sensations, we must not justify them, we must understand them profoundly.
Tarot and Kabbalah, 1978 · read it in Sensations
The Subconscious
The three per cent of awake consciousness can be increased as we work upon ourselves.
The Great Rebellion, 1975 · read it in The Subconscious
The Science of Meditation
Only by breaking the bottle of time by means of correct meditation can we experience the Eternal, the Timeless, the Real.
Fundamental Education, 1970 · read it in The Science of Meditation
Be demanding with thy Inner Master, he should teach thee the most ineffable things.
Zodiacal Course, 1951 · read it in The Science of Meditation
For the Gnostic, the best joy is to celebrate the discovery of one of his defects. Discovered defect, dead defect.
The Revolution of the Dialectic · read it in The Science of Meditation
The Great Rebellion
Freedom is something we have to experience in a direct way and this is only possible by psychologically dying, by dissolving the "I", by ending the myself forever.
The Great Rebellion, 1975 · read it in The Great Rebellion
Instead of protesting against unpleasant events, we should extract from them through meditation the useful elements for our soul's growth.
The Great Rebellion, 1975 · read it in The Great Rebellion
The Intimate Christ
The Cosmic Christ is impersonal, universal, and is beyond individuality, beyond personality and the “I”.
Tarot and Kabbalah, 1978 · read it in The Intimate Christ
No one can incarnate the Christ without first being a complete man.
The Christmas Messages, 1952–66 · read it in The Intimate Christ
The Being Is the Being
Any intellectual concept we have created about the Being is not the Being.
The Secret Doctrine of Anahuac, 1974 · read it in The Being Is the Being