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a recent author, or a testimony.
This font signals a higher entity,
andthis one a recently deceased person.
« Dominating our emotions is part of our task on this earth. »
Our faults, our tools
☞ Our inclinations and intuitions
The selfishness
Our image, our attitude
Patience, an inner strength
The astral influences
« Holiness can sometimes only[Elie Wiesel, 'Hasidic Celebration']
be an impure temptation. »
Acknowledging and mastering our inclinations(...) authoritarianism, contradiction, extreme selfishness and deviousness. These defects are only the shadows of qualities that are in you. »
Contributions by Joseph Benner on the theme of:The WAY, Relationships, LIFE, Suffering or DEATH
« We must master our faults before the end of life, otherwise we carry them with us into the next incarnation. We are the only ones who can cure ourselves of our bad habits, on a physical level. It is only when we are able to dominate external problems that they disappear from our existence. »
- Father, it's boring to always have to exercise self-control. - If even for a second you do not impose your will on your favorite lion and at this moment of weakness he attacks you, you are lost. Our lower nature is a lion-like animal. Both must be constantly and securely leashed for their energies to serve us. So be careful!
« In the grip of formidable impulses we are, according to the Hindu doctrine, only half men. We must dominate the animal side of our nature. »
Contributions of Mahatma Gandhi on the subject of:The WAY, Relationships, LIFE, Suffering or DEATH
« Each experience of life makes us live trials during which it is easy to fall into the trap of our impulses, thus highlighting our imperfections one by one. Most of us walk unconsciously, unconcerned with our thoughts or actions, until we are faced with a trial. »
For the strong, sin is teaching.
for the weak, perdition.
« Identifying the negative emotion that overwhelms you allows you to discover its root. A negative emotion always has something essential to tell you about yourself. »
« I know all too well my miserable faults,
but it is in being aware of them that all my strength comes to me. »
Contributions of Mahatma Gandhi on the subject of:The WAY, Relationships, LIFE, Suffering or DEATH
« A number of characters exist within us. It is sometimes one, sometimes the other which manifests itself, and some may never manifest themselves in broad daylight. Their expression is censored but they act in depth. Circumstances, external stimuli bring one or other of the characters that compose us to the surface. When a protagonist appears, we take ourselves for this character. It takes a great deal of awareness to situate oneself in a central axis, which is really us - neither "good" us, nor "bad" us, nor "mystical" us, nor "vulgar" us. »
« My personality is a curious mixture of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. »
Contributions of Mahatma Gandhi on the subject of:The WAY, Relationships, LIFE, Suffering or DEATH
« Forces struggle with each other within Man during his journey through the material world [earth life]. And this until he enters again in the between-two-worlds, in the Beyond. »
« "Scratch the veneer of this civilized man, you will find a ferocious and lustful gorilla," Taine said. I smell in me a secret affinity of corruption with my unfortunate human brothers led to evil. I sometimes feel in my flesh and my blood strange fermentations. »
Contributions by Sister Emmanuelle on the theme of:The WAY, Relationships, LIFE, Suffering or DEATH
☞ Our inclinations and intuitions ☞ Self-analysis
« Your earthly passions, you must understand and accept them. What you resist persists. What you look at, disappears. »
What you believe to be your fault can become your virtue
if you recognize it.
For the strong, sin is teaching.
For the weak, damnation.
« By your touch, by your words, by your gaze, you can erase, in a single act of love, thousands of inferior acts That is the key! »
« No good impulse is wasted, even if we have subsequently sinned. The severity that reigns in human relations is unknown to the justice of God. »
« Having a thief attack someone else is not going to satisfy us. This other victim is also a human being, that is to say ourselves in a different form. »
Contributions of Mahatma Gandhi on the subject of:The WAY, Relationships, LIFE, Suffering or DEATH
« When learning the discipline of the mind, our faults are never concealed or denied. They are transformed; their negative energy is transmuted into positive energy. »
☞ Efforts & difficulties on the way.
« The guides know that failure and imperfection are useful for the progress of a being, that his future is the consequence of his present. »
☞ Chess
« The man who is proud of his virtue often becomes a scourge to his neighbors. »
Contributions of Mahatma Gandhi on the subject of:The WAY, Relationships, LIFE, Suffering or DEATH
« Do you want to know if this Rabbi is not a poser? Ask him if he knows how to drive impure thoughts out of your mind; if he says yes, he is a poser. »
« Our tragic attraction to sin causes us to use our minds to justify our actions. »
Contributions of Martin Luther King on the subject of:The WAY, Relationships, LIFE, Suffering or DEATH
Our faults, our tools
« The ego is nothing other than the animal reflection of the human being. »
« Human beings are selfish by nature, but to varying degrees. If all of you could become aware of your selfishness, you would take a big step towards improving yourself and your society.
(...) Man is not always aware of his selfish acts. This revelation often comes when he experiences suffering.
He can too
overcome this imperfection by putting himself in each situation in the place of his neighbour. »
« We've been told so much about what a horrible flaw it is to be selfish that we don't readily admit that we are. What you need to hear very simply is that the human being - even the generous one - is selfish, but more or less. The definition of the man who has done no inner work is to be completely selfish.
This teaching seems primary, whereas it is the great Teaching, the Supreme Wisdom. »
« (...) I had found myself on a negative path that had transformed my thirst for life into an insatiable appetite for self-gratification. »
Contributions by Ned Dougherty on the theme of:The WAY, LIFE, Suffering or DEATH« The way
Excerpt from the page: "Taking-back-control" :
« What all religious or esoteric teachings call the way, is for those who are tired of being wrong. The path begins with a complete reversal of our way of seeing. When you have known enough rich, admired and unhappy men and women, you know that money and success do not bring happiness and that there must be "something" to understand and find. Conversely, how many people without beauty, without notoriety, are nevertheless relaxed, at peace and happy. There are people who are both fulfilled and desperate, and people who are disgraced or crippled, but radiant with joy. Happiness or suffering only apparently depends on external conditions. Happiness or misfortune are the expression of what we are, not the result of what we have. The important thing is not to have but to be. The sage is free from desire. He stopped opposing what we like to what we don't like. The one who, on the contrary, can feel himself to be only on the condition of having is necessarily in competition with those who also covet to have what he desires. For him there is neither rest nor peace. To have does not only mean to have money or material goods, but all that is combined with this verb: to have knowledge, prestige, honors, original ideas, an ideal, an ideology, experiences, friends, admirers, everything that we can say "my", everything that can give the illusion of filling the inner void and the nullity of being. »
« The way is a huge hospital where those who have recognized and accepted the fact of their illness meet. This disease is the disease of the ego, of individualism, which imprisons us in the duality of desires and refusals. »
is above all a question of inner growth, from selfishness, narrowness to understanding and universal love. »
Our faults, our tools
« Self-love is a balloon inflated with wind,
which makes a big noise if you prick it. »
« The fundamental quality of the mystic is to be himself. He does not try to hide his negative polarity hypocritically in order to deploy only his positive polarity to the eyes of the world. He knows that the greatest masters themselves possess this double polarity as long as they are embodied and it is by remaining themselves that they give the best example. By being himself, the mystic is a complete being . However, he learns to use his positive polarity for others and to keep his negative polarity for himself, which is a considerable help, to share his joys and overcome his sorrows. In contact with the world which is a laboratory for him, his consciousness blossoms. »
« Those whose hearts are open to flattery, or who are too conscientious in their science, are on the wrong track. »
« Man is haunted by what he is. His own personality blinds him to the point that he reflects it in everything. The thief thinks he is being robbed, the clever see tricks everywhere. (...) Throughout his life, man seeks his rhythm. If he is a thief, honesty will cost him, likewise cleanliness if he is neglected, likewise truth if he is a liar; on the other hand, he will be enchanted by virtue if he is holy, by goodness if he is good, by justice if he is just. »
« Know what you are worth, but don't seem more than you are. »
« The pride of knowledge is worse than ignorance. »
« It takes me longer than others to understand certain things. Intelligence has played a subordinate role in my life, I find myself narrow-minded. God gives man the intelligence he needs. Often the speeches addressed to me contain qualifiers that I find difficult to swallow. No one can find anything good in it. This humiliates me unnecessarily because I must admit that I do not deserve this praise. And if some were deserved, they could, if I wasn't careful, turn my head. My shortcomings and failures are just as much a blessing from God as my gifts and successes. Why did He choose the imperfect instrument that I am for such a great work? It was necessary to come to the aid of millions of ignorant poor who suffer in silence. A perfect man would have discouraged them in advance. On the contrary, all the hopes seemed to them allowed when they saw advancing on the way of the ahimsâ (the love) a man like them, with the same weaknesses. »
Contributions of Mahatma Gandhi on the subject of:The WAY, Relationships, LIFE, Suffering or DEATH
« Detach yourself. Believe me, this is the only way to stop resenting human shortcomings. »
Our faults, our tools
« Patience involves personal suffering. »(Gandhi)
« Patience makes tolerable what cannot be prevented. »
« Patience. A word that is pronounced quickly, a virtue that is difficult to obtain. »
« The ability to remain steadfast, whatever the circumstances, is a strength. »
« Time, Space and Patience are the means by which Man, as a limited spirit, becomes aware of the Infinite. Patience does not simply mean waiting, but it is the attitude of those who bring their nature into accord with the laws of Nature. »
« The ordeal, in any case, will end as soon as you have internally removed from it what is necessary for your evolution
« The purpose of our life during our passage on Earth, then after our death, in the various worlds of the beyond, is an increasingly complete realization of our being. »
« Every soul must become aware of itself little by little. In evolution, the mineral becomes plant, the plant becomes animal and the animal will become human. This is the great chain of life. »
« The important thing for you is to evolve in order to modify your vibrational state.
The Earth is a domain that allows the soul to modify its vibrations through more or less difficult life experiences. »
continued...
. Be patient, the ordeal will pass. »
« Inner peace is the pivot that determines our behavior. »
Our faults, our tools
« The thousand quarrels of which you are the faithful instigators, spectators and actors, whether they take place in the social or family arena, are the first acts that the Brothers in the shadows obtain from you. »
« Man is surrounded by innumerable spirits, familiar or unknown. These can spy on his thoughts and behaviors. They feel very easily the vibrations that man releases and can thus have a positive or negative influence according to their nature. »
« In my teens I tended to attract individuals who gave off harmful energy. Also I am concerned for these young people whose luminous aura indicates in the middle of a group because I know it today: the negative entities are naturally attracted by the light, which they then try to manipulate. These dark beings are able to spot their opposite from miles around. »
☞ Influences, observed by mediums ☞ Inspirations, which ones to follow?