About Judging Another

“In the violation of that cosmic law, we bring about our own punishment. God does not punish us; we punish ourselves because if I say that you are poor, I virtually am saying that I am poor. There is only one I and one Selfhood; whatever truth I know about you is the truth about me. If I accept the belief of poverty in the world, that reacts upon me. If I say that you are sick or that you are not kind, I am accepting a quality apart from God, an activity apart from God, and in that way I am condemning myself because there is but one Self. Ultimately, I convict myself by bearing false witness against my neighbor and I am the one who suffers the consequences.

 

The only way to avoid bearing false witness against our neighbor is to realize that the Christ is our neighbor, that our neighbor is a spiritual being, the Son of God, just as we are. He may not know it; we may not know it; but the truth is: I am Spirit; I am Soul; I am consciousness; I am God expressed--and so is he, whether he is good or bad, friend or enemy, next door or across the seas.”  

~ Joel Goldsmith ~

Out of this awareness there comes a clarity that is not induced

If you sit on the bank of a river after a storm, you see the stream going by, carrying a great deal of debris. Similarly, you have to watch the movement of yourself- following every thought, every feeling, every intention, every motive-just watch it. That watching is also listening; it is being aware with your eyes, with your ears, with your insight, of all the values that human beings have created, and by which you are conditioned, and it is only this state of total awareness that will end all seeking. Please do listen to this. Most of us think that awareness is a mysterious something to be practiced, and that we should get together day after day to talk about awareness. Now, you don't come to awareness that way at all. But if you are aware of outward things, the curve of a road, the shape of a tree, the color of another's dress, the outline of the mountains against a blue sky, the delicacy of a flower, the pain on the face of a passerby, the ignorance, the envy, the jealousy of others, the beauty of the earth, then, seeing all these outward things without condemnation, without choice, you can ride on the tide of inner awareness. Then you will become aware of your own reactions, of your own pettiness, of your own jealousies. From the outward awareness you come to the inward, but if you are not aware of the outer you cannot possibly come to the inner. When there is inward awareness of every activity of your mind and your body, when you are aware of your thoughts, of your feelings, both secret and open, conscious and unconscious, then out of this awareness there comes a clarity that is not induced, not put together by the mind. And without that clarity you may do what you will, you may search the heavens and the earth and the deeps, but you will never find out what is true.

~ Jiddu Krishnamurti ~

Changes

« For very many people, discovering a spiritual teaching is cause for great joy. At last, they have found it! Yes, but things aren’t that simple. When they accept a spiritual teaching, however high it is, they may find that, after a month, six months, a year, depending, they begin to feel a sense of agitation creeping into them, and any efforts they make, instead of intensifying the positive side, only develop their negative side. Why is this? Because any new idea, any new state of consciousness produces fermentations in those who are not ready to receive them.

Jesus said, ‘No one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and the wine is lost, and so are the skins; but one puts new wine into fresh wineskins.’ The new wineskins represent the stable, robust forms that human beings must prepare within themselves, so that they are able not only to bear a new way of seeing things, but also to adopt the appropriate behaviours. When they have harmonized with this new philosophy, that is, when they have prepared their physical body and their psyche, they are able to withstand the tension produced by the new currents to which they will now be exposed. »

~ Omraam Mikhael Aivanho ~

Sustaining the Inner Life

"Why do men and women who felt strongly attracted to each other at first so often end up unable to bear each other anymore? Because they have been unable to sustain their inner life, to make it beautiful and poetic. For, unconsciously, it is life everyone is seeking; in fact it is all they are seeking. And life is always linked to love. When you love someone, you can explain it any way you like, but really there is no explanation. If you love that person, it is because of the life that emanates from them, a life that takes different forms – beauty, kindness, purity, intelligence, peace, and so on.

Because people do not know how to renew their inner life, they become bored and bore others. So, if you don’t want to become bored and you want to be loved, you have to be able to sustain within you the source of life, forever new, forever bursting into being. "

~ Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov ~

Spreading Your Light

« Try to become aware of the ties that connect you not only to the members of your family but also to the whole of society. And what is the nature of these ties? Each time you make any progress, the riches and light you receive influence all the people you have close or distant connections with. Because of the progress you make, they also advance. They may not notice that they do, but that is the reality – they progress because of you. And it is the same if you start to let yourself go and become darker in yourself: your family and society, which are connected to you, are subject to negative influences because of you. In this way you lead others either toward the light or toward darkness. You see, your responsibility is far-reaching.

Do you want to be useful, to help all of humanity, even animals, plants and stones? Then do your best every day to make your life purer, richer, more light-filled, because then, subtly and imperceptibly, you will take all of creation with you to the heights. And when the entities in the invisible world see you attracting blessings to all beings, they will come and reward you. »

~ Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov ~

Sowing Seeds in the Soil of Your Soul

« Today is the beginning of a new year. And because the first twelve days of a year are related to all twelve months, do your best to live them as well as you can so as to give a solid foundation to the whole year. Tell yourself that there is not one of your thoughts, feelings or wishes that is without consequence. They are like seeds you sow in the soil of your soul, and these seeds will germinate. It is the earth’s vocation to help seeds to grow. Once they are sown, it feeds them, and water, air and sunlight also play a part in their development. So, take care: if you sow nettles and thistles in your inner soil, through either neglect or ill will, do not expect to see wheat grow.

During this, the first day of the year, the seeds you sow can also be words, like ‘joy’, ‘light’, ‘peace’, ‘love’, ‘hope’… Ask yourself what these words really mean, and bury them in the depths of your soul. Watch over them, and you will feel them working to germinate little by little within you. In this way, your whole year will be lived among fertile fields and gardens filled with flowers.»

~ Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov ~