We see so many tragedies in the world these days, sometimes very close to home. Take for example all the fires in British Columbia this summer (over 1000) and the recent Harvey storm in Texas. Ten of thousands of people have been evacuated or became homeless overnight, some even lost their lives. Climate change is becoming such a fierce reality as if the four elements decided to teach human beings a lesson about abusing nature!
So what can we do to help those in need? We cannot all fly to sites of tragedies to bring our physical or moral help as it would add or create chaos at home or on site. Yet, we can help in the comfort of our home, of your heart. Here is a Daily Meditation that was recently published on the Omraam Mikhael Aïvanhov Facebook page:
TRY TO IMAGINE HUMANITY AS A SINGLE BEING.
You say it is not possible to help the whole world, to bring light and peace to all humans – there are so many of them! Of course, if you present the problem in that way, it is impossible to do anything. But if you know certain methods, it becomes possible.
Try, for example, to imagine humanity as a single being. Yes, imagine the whole world as a being right there beside you, whose hand you are holding and to whom you are sending much love. At that moment, small particles from your soul go out into space in all directions, and what you are doing for that being has an effect on all men and women in the world. Gradually, they will begin to have different thoughts, different wishes – better, more generous ones. If there were hundreds, thousands of us doing this exercise, a new breath, a divine breath, would pass among all creatures, and one day they would awaken truly transformed.
This Daily Meditation was originally published on the 17th of August 2002.
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Carmen, for The Aquarian Team
PS this newsletter was based on the book entitled "Harmony", vol. 6 of the Complete Works of Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov.
Issue #52 - Harmony, the mother of all qualities and virtues
This month, let's talk about "harmony". A simple term which contains all the elements to sustain your health, your inner wealth and your relationship with others and all of life for that matter.
How is that possible you may ask? Well, let's begin with health: when something goes off balance in one's body, feelings or attitude, the organs get overworked, the immune system weakens and one eventually becomes ill. When people loses their peace of mind or their sleep over issues, they run the risk of wearing themselves down as well and being sick in bed. Or again, when one is rude to someone to the risk of losing their friendship or a business deal which could bring much worries and sadness. So, harmony is the most effective weapon against illness and the best tool for your uplifting. By nurturing harmony in your thoughts, feelings and attitude you invite a influx of forces that fills you with delight.
You may be short of patience or give way too easily to anxiety but working on one virtue or quality at a time takes a long long time to develop each one! Harmony summarizes them all.
Harmonize yourself with your higher Self, with the forces of the cosmos and by doing this, feel the benefits of working for the whole of mankind!
Every day, we can ask for harmony within, harmony with our family, with our surroundings, harmony with nature and with the entire cosmos! This harmony will show in our aura, on our facial expression and will influence everything around us.
Carmen, for The Aquarian Team
PS this newsletter was based on the book entitled "Harmony", vol. 6 of the Complete Works of Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov.
Issue #51 - Happy Canada Day, our 150th Anniversary today!
And such a young country we are! Composed originally by diverse American Indian tribes and European immigrants, we are now a very cosmopolitan nation welcoming people from all over the world.
Did you know that each country is represented by an "egregore", a symbolic entity formed in the invisible world by the collective thoughts and feelings of a country, religion or group representing the sum total of the will of the community? For example, the egregore of France is the cockerel; of Russia, the bear; of Japan, the dragon; of England, the lion; of United States and Germany, the eagle; and that of Canada is the beaver, etc. Each egregore protects and helps the aggregate it belongs to and may even fight other egregores.
It is not politic or economy that will change the world for the better but a conscious choice of its wisest citizens to engage in establishing peace within themselves. Peace is the result of an inner state of harmony. Harmony between the different elements, forces, functions, thoughts, feelings and actions that compose a human being. Most people seek external satisfaction with material possessions and pleasures but neglect the existence of the soul and spirit. It is as if they worked only with the bone and muscular systems neglecting the nervous and auric systems. Yet, it is the subtle plane that governs matter, not the other way around.
A basic rule to know what directs our world or activities is to measure them by the stick of the "personality" or the "individuality". The personality is the little self, the ego, that always seeks its own interests at the detriment of others. The individuality is the higher Self, the impersonal Self that is altruist, generous like the sun, sharing its light, love and life without expecting anything in return. By measuring our thoughts, feelings and actions with this stick, we are better able to catch the personality before it takes charge and we can thus establish a growing space for the expression of the individuality.
The Initiates and Sages of the past and the present are all in agreement with the adage "Know thyself" that was written at the Temple of Apollo in Delphi. This implies to observe and analyze the many manifestations of the lower self and direct these energies to a more noble and sublime goal. When we manage to live in our higher Self, we experience the Kingdom of God which is not in a country, nor a place above in the sky, it is a state of consciousness, a state of peace and harmony. By working on ourselves and establishing such a state, our aura touches others uplifting them and inviting them to reach the same state. If many people work on themselves and decide to participate, dedicate their energies to such a high ideal as the Kingdom of God, then the whole world could eventually be moved to its realization: Heaven on Earth.
By the way, the egregore of peace or Universal White Brotherhood is the white dove.
May you live as one with your higher Self!
Carmen Froment, coordinator of The Aquarian Team
PS This writing is based on the little pocket book entitled "The Egregor the Dove, the Reign of Peace" by Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov.
Issue #50 - Be like a bee!
Now, let us talk about bees!
It is said in the tradition that the bees come from Venus especially for the benefit of Initiates, ascetics and hermits and of all those who spend their lives thinking of mankind, of God and of Heaven. So God also thinks of them, that is why He sent them the bees: to prepare this special kind of food for them. We are told that when the Earth saw this, it was jealous and tried to produce insects that would resemble the bees… and all it managed to produce was wasps! And they never were able to find out how bees made honey! Wasps symbolize a selfish, egocentric system while bees represent a "theocentric": the goal of their work is to give something precious to other beings who are more evolve then them. It does not mean that their work has God as a centre but rather that it is absolutely disinterested.
Their organization is extraordinary, their sense of order, their purity, their harmony and the food they collect, the pollen from flowers that they transform into honey. Bees represent the sixth race of man, the race of the future, the new culture. Bees are the symbol of those who have been born anew. These beings are like a living fountain of pure water which gives birth to a new and thriving civilization. Their religion is divine love and wisdom, their temple of God is the universe, the sun is their High Priest in this temple and the stars are its votive lights.
Have human beings managed to produce such sweet delicacy? Yet, if they work like bees, for a fraternal idea, a divine idea, and transform what they absorb into purity, they will be able to make everything as delicious and perfumed as honey. It is written in the Living book of Nature, it is in the project of Cosmic Intelligence, that human beings will achieve it one day!
This text was inspired from the Second Birth book of Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov
Carmen, coordinator for the Team.
Issue #49 - Celebrating Wesak on full moon of May
Dear reader,
There is a most interesting phenomena taking place every year during the full moon of May: the celebration of the Wesak. This year the full moon is May 10 in the Northern Hemisphere. In Asia, it is celebrated as the commemoration of the birth of Buddha. Different ceremonies, prayers, chanting and rituals take place in many such countries and around the world. To this effect, we invite you to watch the video through the link at the bottom of this article.
There is also another aspect to the Wesak which is very mystical and of cosmic proportion. When the sun is still in Taurus (the most fertile and prolific sign of the Zodiac) and the moon is about to enter into Sagittarius at midnight, the souls and spirits of the Initiates and Masters of the world gather in a specific place in the Himalayas for an important ceremony in the presence of the great Masters of humanity. They will give birth to the purest and most exalted thoughts and feelings to shower on mankind.
We can prepare ourselves to link with their marvelous work by fasting a day or two before, meditating or praying. During that time, it is also recommended not to wear any metal as it may disturb the perception of vibrations. By adopting an attitude of harmony, we can link consciously with the Initiates to receive the blessings they will poor over the children of God during their ceremony. By preparing ourselves and lighting up our inner lamps, we will spotted and may be invited to participate in our astral body to this important gathering where new currents are working for the future of humanity!
May this full moon of May bring you 1001 blessings.
Carmen
PS This text was inspired by the "Spiritual Alchemy" by Omraam Mikaël Aivanhov and his lecture #441 of May 1, 1974.
Issue #48 - Watching sunrise for our growth and development
Dear reader,
What a more appropriate "Thought of the Day" for this coming Spring Season which was
published by Prosveta this March 23.
"There are so many things to discover when watching the sunrise, so many
exercises that enable us to immerse ourselves in this life, this light and this
warmth! As the day dawns, a great event is being prepared in the sky.
Clouds, sombre or bright, appear and disappear, and all the colours of dawn
are like so many signs heralding this one dazzling presence: the sun.
It is worth your while to feel that which signifies the birth of each new day. For
billions of years each new day tirelessly recreates the birth of the world’s first
morning. And how many visible and invisible creatures are also witness to
this extraordinary emergence of light! Let us join together to greet the forces
of life."
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Issue #47 - Balancing gratitude with the lesson of the day
Dear reader,
As we received some very positive feedback following our Feb. issue, lets carry on one step further with the idea of gratitude for those of you who are keen on pursuing their development.
With the idea of gratitude, to encourage the recognition of special moments which we shall call here "blessings" and to amplify them, one exercise we can do is to bring them back to our awareness and feel the gratitude arise from such moments. It could be a rainbow we saw during the day, a special phone call or a genuine smile someone gave us that made us feel happy or worthy.
And now, let us balance gratitude with another exercise, which we shall call the "lesson of the day".
When we choose to develop an aptitude be it physically or mentally, practice is needed until the results are satisfying or exceeding previous records. We can say the same about developing our spiritual aptitudes, that is developing some qualities and virtues. One way to do this is catching our self on the spot when we react unfavorably or disturbingly but since this requires quite a lot of self-control, another way is to take a moment when we retire at night to revise our day and find what was the "lesson of the day".
It can be something subtle, like a sharp answer to someone, a moment of impatience while driving in traffic, whatever was disturbing our inner peace and harmony. By allowing a moment of reflection over this questioning, it triggers the subconscious to pull up from memory those circumstances. Once a memory is brought to our awareness, we can then revise the situation and relive it from a more harmonious angle. Doing this simple exercise trains the brain in acquiring some self-control for future similar circumstances, like creating a new groove for the energy to flow along.
My husband and I have been doing this exercise together very often through the years. He shares his "lesson of the day" and then his "blessing of the day" and then I share mine. The more one practices this little exercise, the easier it gets as the subconscious cooperates very well. Moreover, it makes one feel real good before falling asleep. It adds something constructive and amplifies gratitude to our feeling.
Carmen Froment
Coordinator for the Team
Issue #46 - Developing a spirit of gratitude
Habits are series of attitudes, behaviour or movements that are repeated over and over
until they escape our awareness or control and become as such: habits. We can choose
to develop a habit consciously by applying some discipline and awareness until it
becomes second nature.
- On the physical plane, it could be, for example, by cleanliness or by controlled movement (by opposition to uncontrolled movement such as nail biting or other tic)
- On the mental plane, it could be a positive outlook (by opposition to always criticizing or finding something wrong with everything).
- On the emotional plane, it could be by nurturing a feeling of contentment, finding the silver lining to every situation (by opposition to feeling upset with the least little thing).
When one is regularly discontent, one’s body becomes more acidic which affects one’s
health. It is said that in a balanced PH level, no illness can develop. Although nutrition
has a large influence, so does our attitude.
I particularly like the following text by Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov which I found on the
Prosveta USA website under “Thoughts”. This text was a Daily Meditation from Feb. 2,
2007:
“During the course of the day, you see nothing wrong in expressing discontent or
irritation for any number of reasons, some more valid than others. Don’t you realize that
with all these negative states your life ebbs away and you enter a current of death? Yes,
the first stage of death is discontent, for if you do not take precautions discontent
becomes sorrow, and sorrow turns to suffering. This suffering, which at first touches only
the psychic plane, eventually reaches the physical plane. One day it becomes illness, and
illness gradually leads to death. There are obviously many stages between discontent
and death, but in time one leads inevitably to the other. Contentment, on the other hand,
puts you in the current of life. Those who are content are full of gratitude towards heaven
and live in peace. This peace gives them strength, strength brings them fulfilment, and
they begin to taste eternal life.”
Developing new habits is entirely possible by keeping watch over ourselves i.e. our
thinking, feelings or movements and replacing unwanted habits with new ones. Whatever
level we begin with, it will eventually transfer to the other levels. For example, when we
wake up we can begin our day with a spirit of gratitude by first saying “thank you”. ie:
“Thank you for being alive today; thank you for this marvelous day that is about to begin;
thank you for all I have in my life; thank you Lord for showing me how to serve you
better.”
Here is an exercise which might help measure you level of contentment and happiness:
Imagine you a have a device within called a “moodometer” with a reading from 0 to 100: 0 indicates a real bad mood and 100 a divine feeling, bliss! Now there is a pointer that
indicates your state at any given moment. The idea is to practice keeping your
“moodometer” as high as possible and when it fall below the 50 marks (or whatever mark
you set yourself to), try to identify the reason and get moving up again without counting
on others, just working on your own self. This is a wonderful way to observe yourself, to
catch yourself before ruining the rest of the day and to measure yourself regularly. After
all, the “Kingdom of God” is not a location but a state of being. So, if we wish to live in
paradise, we can begin by developing an attitude of contentment, a feeling of gratitude
several times a day!
I would like to conclude with the following excerpt also taken from Prosveta USA’s
website references:
“… When you say the words ‘thank you’, it is like a source of light, peace and joy
springing from your soul. And this source floods all your cells. Gradually you feel
something inside coming to life, getting stronger. ‘Thank you’ – they are the simplest
words, but they relax all tensions. Repeat them several times, feeling their meaning deep
inside. From the moment you instil within you a feeling of gratitude and look after it to
enable it to grow, it becomes more than just passive. The feeling possesses specific
vibrations, and through the law of affinity it attracts corresponding thoughts and
sensations. This simple expression of gratitude will bring you every blessing. ‘Thank you,
Lord’, ‘thank you, God’… Eventually these words should spring naturally from you
without your having to use your will. When you thank the Creator, you are moving out of
the tight circle of your personal, limited self and into the peace of cosmic
consciousness… When you return, you will sense in yourself new, very precious
elements." Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov
This Feb. issue was written by Carmen
Coordinator of The Aquarian Team
Issue #45 - Love, matters most!
It is the holiday time of year and I was invited to a couple of events in which a gift
was appropriate. I’m always at a loss as to what to bring to these functions. Shopping
is not my preferred activity and it seems a waste not to use my artistic talents to
make something unique for these gifts.
So as usual, with little time left, I delved into a mass of inspirational thoughts that I
have written for years for a syndicated newspaper panel. There I chose a theme
(knowing that one particular hostess was especially fond of hearts) – LOVE. Not a
unique theme, but it is one in which I have a large inventory of thoughts.
As I picked through them, my own heart warmed. I had been so busy with the many
projects in my life – including challenges, striving and successes – that I had almost
forgotten about LOVE. How is it possible?
It is an illusive element, substance, material, feeling when you become too mind
oriented. But, thank goodness I caught myself and have been pulled back into the
comfort of that which I know encompasses me, and all others.
Here are a few of those lovely verses that I handpenned onto pages with handpainted hearts and placed into sweet, white frames.
Love is all there is worth having or giving or being.
Life sings only love songs.
Love gives one a sense of direction, a sense of proportion
and a sense of what is just. Love is very sensible.
Best wishes are sent to you daily by the love
that surrounds you completely.
To know, but not to judge; to love, but not to keep;
to be, but not to be asleep is a way far better than most.
Of all that matters, love matters most.
The gifts were well received. Then I randomly opened one of the Master Omraam
Mikhaël Aïvanhov’s books – THE SECOND BIRTH. I landed on a page that said it all:
“We must live in a state of love, because only love permits us to elevate ourselves.
It is according to what you love that I will read your destiny, because everything
you love you will attract sooner or later. You say that you have loved many things
until now, but that they did not come to you… They will come! Our present
possessions are what we have loved in the past, in our past incarnations. If our
loves goes to the spiritual world, so much the better, because we will attract it.
Tomorrow we will be where our love is today. If our love is of an inferior nature, it
will lead us to Hell. Our destiny depends on the quality of our love.”
A few months ago, I was invited to participate in a group book project and tell the
story of my spiritual awakening. I was grateful for the opportunity to share my
experience and hope that it ignites others to broaden their spiritual horizons. That
book is titled: AWAKENING: OUR SOUL JOURNEYS. It’s full of LOVE!
Sally Huss,
California
PS A suggested movie on a higher form of love during the Holidays: "How Sarah
got her wings" on Netflix
Issue #44 - Symbolism of warmth, light and life!
The language of the Initiates is primarily represented by symbols because they are eternal and do not vary with time. An example would be the pentagram, the 5 pointed star. To the pentagram is attributed the qualities of Wisdom, Love, Truth, Justice and Kindness. It is the living Being, the realized Self, one whose consciousness bears the Christ consciousness. The star that shone above the stable when Jesus was born, was a pentagram star, the one the three Wise Men followed because it was announcing the birth of a Being carrying the Christ principle.
Now let us look at another symbol, the sun which, in initiatic language, represents Spirit. The sun brings warmth, light and life which translates into us as love through our heart, wisdom through our mind and vitality or truth through our will. All great traditions mention these in their sacred books. It is our inner trinity: the mind as the masculine principle, the heart as the feminine principle which work together in harmony to bring about life or the child or a realization.
It is said that everything that exists in the universe is the result of the interaction between the masculine and feminine principles. It is manifested in nature through electricity and magnetism which brings about vitality and life, and it is also true within everyone through the activity of the mind and heart to bring about an action or a realization into matter.
Thus, the Second Birth is also symbolic, meaning that when we awaken to the knowledge of these two principles within and use them consciously, keeping a balance between the mind and the heart, we feel propelled to bring about an action, a creation or even great realizations. We stand stable, in our own trinity and become living pentagrams.
At this time of the year, it is so inviting to work on ourselves and prepare this Second Birth, this higher consciousness and invite the Christ consciousness to come and dwell in us.
Carmen
inspired by Christmas and Easter in the Initiatic Tradition & The Splendour of Tipharet both by Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov, available through Prosveta Canada or USA or Amazon.