Do some introspection

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  « Taking time to meditate is simply becoming aware of the lesson learned through work, leisure and social life. Just like the ploughman who sits down for a moment to contemplate the furrowed soil. » [a reading from Edgar Cayce]
 « Man judges himself in the years he has already lived. »

( Alphonse de Lamartine, 'Méditations' ) 
 « It is extremely important to take the time to review our thoughts, our feelings. A regular recapitulation of what we experience contributes to our conscious evolution

The realization of our being

 “Every soul must become aware of itself little by little.

 In evolution, the mineral will become vegetable, the vegetable will become animal and the animal will become human. This is the long chain of life. (Hélène Bouvier, medium, “Mission of souls in the afterlife”)
 « The purpose of our life during our passage on Earth, and then after our death, in the different worlds of the beyond, is an increasingly complete realization of our being. » [ Patricia Darré (medium) ]
 « 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 (Cf. Frequencies & vibrations ) through more or less difficult life experiences. » ( R. Terral-Meyer, 'Letters of the Invisible' )
suite... . » [ Ellen Tadd (medium) ]
 « The cell is a perfect place to get to know yourself and to study constantly and in detail the functioning of your mind and emotions. As individuals we tend to judge our success by external criteria, such as social position, influence, popularity, wealth or level of education. These are of course important concepts for measuring success – and we understand that many try to get the best of themselves on these points. But other internal criteria are perhaps more important in judging the accomplishment of a man or woman. Honesty, sincerity, simplicity, humility, generosity, absence of vanity, the ability to serve others – qualities within the reach of all souls – are the true foundations of our spiritual life.
 But this success is not accessible without real introspection and knowledge of one's strengths and weaknesses. Detention at least has the merit of offering a good opportunity to work on one's own conduct, correct the bad and develop the good that we all carry within us. The regular meditation practice, say a quarter of an hour every day before going to bed, can be very useful. It is possible that at first you will have difficulty identifying the negative elements in your life, but you will be rewarded if you make the regular effort. Remember that a saint is a sinner who seeks to improve himself. »
[Letter from Nelson Mandela to his wife after 11 years in prison
(he was sentenced to life in 1964) ]
 « The only God who matters for the holiness of our life is the inner God with whom we dialogue, the personal God with whom we have a loving relationship. » ( Mother Teresa )

 (...) Holiness is not a luxury for some, but a simple duty for you, for me. »
 « Let us remember that our attitudes contribute in a very powerful way to the quality of our life. This mixture of thoughts and feelings operates like a magnet in the spiritual plane. » [ Ellen Tadd (medium) ]

 Every evening, take stock of yourself

In the evening, before going to sleep, let us review our day.

Have we been honest enough to offer this little encouragement (which costs us so little and gives us so much pleasure)? Or have we been distant or hurtful?
Have we remained silent when someone spoke badly or distorted the truth, or have we had the courage to oppose it?
Have we joined those who mocked (even "kindly") a sensitive person or have we courageously taken their side?

In other words, what have we done or allowed to happen?

 ☞  The sleep-wake moment

« Every night seeks the truth. »
(Heavenly message received by Jürgenson)
 « The personal problems that mar our happiness have grown and evolved with us; they are knots that reveal the difficulties encountered throughout a past life. To undo these knots, a wave of a magic wand is not enough, and there is no ready-made answer. The answer is always a path, work on oneself, where one must be ready to question oneself, to get out of the "victimization" behind which we tend to take refuge. » [ Patricia Darré (medium) ]
 « She [Mother Teresa] took up the humble advice of Thérèse of Lisieux: every evening, take stock of your day. “The conquest of inner good, the work on oneself, that is the real struggle.” » [ Olympia Alberti - "Mother Teresa, the kingdom of his night" ]
 - What is the most effective practical way to improve?

 « Recall, every evening, all your actions of the day. Ask yourself what you did right or wrong, and for what purpose. Ask yourself if you did anything that you would blame on the part of others. » [Message collected by Allan Kardec]
 « Taking stock of our days every evening helps us become aware of the thoughts and actions that have helped to shape us. If what we have done corresponds to our commitments, there is reason to rejoice. If not, regret prevents it from happening again. » [Dalai Lama]
 « Check every evening whether the idea of ​​God has presided over your actions.

 (...) Let holiness spring forth in you, ever higher. Thus you go halfway, and I no longer need to descend so low to find you.

 (...) Mom, I can't come to you to tell you trivialities. What path did you travel today to come to meet me? » [Heavenly message from Roland de Jouvenel]
 « In times of isolation, one should strive to view and judge the events of one's own life and actions as if they were not one's own doing, but that of others.
  If one succeeds in doing this, all one's personal experiences appear to one in a new light. » [ Rudolf Steiner ]
 « Living each day as if it were your last would force you to realize the importance of being on the right path Excerpt from the page: "Getting Back on Track" :

What is the way?

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  « 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 we have known enough rich, admired and unhappy men and women, we know that money and success do not make happiness and that there must be "something" to understand and find. Conversely, how many people without beauty, without fame, are nevertheless relaxed, at peace and happy. There are beings at once fulfilled and desperate, and beings disgraced or infirm, radiant with joy. Happiness or suffering depends only apparently on external conditions. Happiness or unhappiness is the expression of what we are, not the result of what we have.

 The important thing is not to have but to be .

 The wise man is free from desire. He has ceased to oppose what we like to what we do not like.

 He who, on the contrary, can only feel himself to be on condition of having, is necessarily in competition with those who also covet to have what he desires. For him there is no longer any rest or peace. Having does not only mean having money or material goods, but everything that is combined with this auxiliary: having knowledge, prestige, honors, original ideas, an ideal, an ideology, experiences, friends, admirers, everything that we can call "my" or "mine", everything that can give the illusion of filling the inner void and the nullity of being. » [Arnaud Desjardins, 'The Paths of Wisdom']
 « The way is an immense hospital where those who have recognized and accepted the fact of their illness find themselves. This illness is the illness of the ego, of individualism, which imprisons us in the duality of desires and refusals. » [Arnaud Desjardins, 'The Paths of Wisdom']
. » [Alain Joseph Bellet, 'Dialogues with the Spirit World']

“Prayer speaks to God, meditation listens to Him. »
[a reading from Edgar Cayce]

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Realizing the emptiness within oneself

  « The more we empty ourselves, the more room we give to God to fill us, to receive Him fully in our life. » ( Mother Teresa )
 « Focus, empty your mind, withdraw from yourself, and wait.
 Concentration is difficult but it is essential. » [Heavenly message from Roland de Jouvenel]

The silence

 « Let us suppose that I seek to understand what I do not know. Now I can understand the unknown only by keeping silent myself, by no longer responding to this intellect which speaks incessantly and disturbs everything.
 It is therefore in this sense that we must work on ourselves. To receive the impressions corresponding to other levels of life. » (Jeanne Guesné, 'The Great Passage')   Contributions by Jeanne Guesné on the theme of:

The WAY , LOVE , LIFE or DEATH
 « The practice of silence is absolutely necessary in order to, pushing aside everything that is "external", enter within ourselves for a few moments to take stock and gather direction and light.
 It is obvious that the practice of silence is essentially passive . To receive one must be silent, and the mind must be mute. But just as the senses never cease to function, the mind never interrupts its course. One must therefore adopt the attitude of a spectator, who "sees" without participating.

 Sometimes we suddenly realize that the mind is pursuing an idea. We conclude that we were not concentrating. But we forget that before this "suddenly" we were "elsewhere", precisely "in the silence of the soul".
 This period of silence is vital. It may last only a few seconds from the human point of view, but the duration is unimportant. A single second of true silence at the level of the Self is enough for the manifestation of an infinite force and knowledge which, without being immediately perceived, will then develop in a thousand ways in conscious life without it being possible or necessary to attribute such results to the periods of silence. It is these periods that the masters use for their action. » [ R. Bernard, Grand Master of the Rose Cross ]
 « To be silent within ourselves is not easy, but it is an indispensable effort, because it is in the silence of the heart that God speaks. » ( Mother Teresa )
 « Thoughts are the clouds that hide the sun. »  (Barbara Contou-Carrère, Regressions in past lives)

The importance of meditation

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 « The practice of meditation, whatever it may be, is absolutely necessary for humans. It must bring light into the deepest part of the being. Its effect is to reduce the boundary between the physical body and the etheric body Excerpt from the page: "The Beyond" :

The astral body

 (or spiritual body or etheric body)

  « The spiritual body is the exact replica of the physical body, because it develops in symbiosis, first in the embryo, then in the child, then the adolescent.

 (...) When we die, while the physical body will crumble into dust, our spiritual body will continue its existence. Despite its somewhat ethereal appearance in photographs, the soul is not something totally immaterial. It retains a certain consistency. » [Alain Joseph Bellet (medium)]
suite... .

 Developing inner light through meditation is absolutely necessary for your evolution

The realization of our being

 “Every soul must become aware of itself little by little.

 In evolution, the mineral will become vegetable, the vegetable will become animal and the animal will become human. This is the long chain of life. (Hélène Bouvier, medium, “Mission of souls in the afterlife”)
 « The purpose of our life during our passage on Earth, and then after our death, in the different worlds of the beyond, is an increasingly complete realization of our being. » [ Patricia Darré (medium) ]
 « 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 (Cf. Frequencies & vibrations ) through more or less difficult life experiences. » ( R. Terral-Meyer, 'Letters of the Invisible' )
suite... . It is impossible for humans to find any other way to give birth to, progress and maintain this inner light. » [a reading from Edgar Cayce]
 « The practice of meditation is vital in the world in which we live. We must know how to settle down and silence the invasive din of our minds. » [ Dr JJ Charbonier ]
 « Learn, reflect, meditate. By strengthening and expanding your consciousness, you reduce your dependence on your environment. You will certainly remain subject to it, but you will be free. » [ "To those who seek" ]

 Incessant activity is harmful

 « The needy side of your existence, always in search of material profits or human advantages, alters this supra-sensible state in which one must be to receive the light from beyond. » [Heavenly message from Roland de Jouvenel]

Allow to decant

Visualize a dark pool.
Calm its waves, smooth its wrinkles.
Let the mud that troubles it, soils it, descend.

 « The agitation makes waves in you. How do you want me to land on these eddies ? » [Heavenly message from Roland de Jouvenel to his mother]
 « After seeing him die, and seeing what was essential to him at the end of his life, I seriously reconsidered my schedule. »  (Mitch Albom, "The Old Man Who Taught Me About Life")  
 « Make a date each day to spend some time alone. Take time to communicate with your angels.

 “Clean up your schedule.”

 When you are constantly active, there is no time to think about the purpose of your life, your true self, and God. Yet nothing is more important than fulfilling the sacred mission for which you were born! Make it a priority to spend time alone in nature, in order to listen to your true self. » [Doreen Virtue, “Communicating with Angels”]
« Human profiteering
blocks all escapes to the afterlife. »
[Heavenly message from Roland de Jouvenel]

 Finding God in Yourself

« Where there is no time or space, there is God. »
[Heavenly message from Roland de Jouvenel]
 « Meditation is about closing ourselves off from the outside world, from everyday reality, and tuning in to our inner world.

 « (...) By definition, whenever we listen to the creative force within us, we are meditating. » (J. Van Praagh, 'Dialogues with the Beyond')   Contributions by James Van Praagh on the topic of:

The WAY , LOVE , LIFE or DEATH
 « The man who constantly pursues new sensations, who constantly seeks to "distract himself", cannot find the path to the science of the mind.

  Meditation is the path that leads man to the vision of the eternal indestructible center of his being. And it is through meditation alone that he can achieve it. This core of being, which is of an eternal nature, passes through successive incarnations.

  In these moments of isolation, let us create a "higher life" for ourselves. Little by little, this other life influences everyday life. The serenity of these exceptional moments extends over the whole of existence. The whole being becomes more peaceful, it depends less and less on the turmoil and external circumstances that come to disturb the soul from all sides if the human being, instead of regulating this life, lets himself be governed by it.

  Because every man carries within him, alongside his everyday personality, a superior man. Excerpt from the page: "Getting Back on Track" :

Every being is connected to his inner Self,
which is connected to God.

 Our deep being

 « In you there are two characters, one earthly, stuck to matter, stuck in its heaviness, and the other celestial, letting itself be carried by the light. At the moment when you conceive your two poles, you become eager for unity and begin your quest for purity. But that is also where the troubles begin! In the innocence of unconsciousness, you found a certain tranquility, functioning according to the same patterns for generations, able to taste the pleasures of the flesh.
 However, as soon as your consciousness opens to a greater lucidity, your thirst for clarity is confronted with shadows.
 In the grip of existential despair, your mind then plays monumental tricks on you. You become prey to sorrow, terrible doubts, solitude and your impatience.
 We are with you more than ever in these wanderings. Because then we recognize in you the flame, the inner fire.

 Then begins an inner dialogue between your soul, which has already recognized us, and we who are your servants, your companions on the road. At your side, ready to support you in the difficult passages, smiling at your babbling as a child of light.

 In your inner self, the ego of earth and the soul of light manifest themselves to each other and show themselves in turn. There is no point in adjusting them with a master's hand, there is no point in wishing for their fruitful friendship. Their role is not to oust each other. Thus you grow, by making in you the union of your part of incarnate man and your part of burst of light. It is there, in the balanced axis between these two aspects of yourself, that you touch the new dimension which allows you to Survive(among earthly torments). Then your personality of light irrigates your being incarnated in matter for a happy birth: that of the new Man in you, incarnate reflection of the Father Creator. » [ Brigitte Quéro, "Spiritual Messages" ] suite... . This higher man remains hidden until he is awakened. And each person can awaken this higher man in himself only by himself . As long as this higher man is not awakened, the possibilities of acquiring supersensible knowledge which lies dormant in every man remain hidden.

  This superior man then becomes the inner master; the one who, with a sure hand, directs the conduct of the outer man. As long as the latter was steering the boat, the inner man was his slave and could obviously not strengthen himself. For, as long as an intervention from outside can irritate me, I am not my own master. I must develop in myself the faculty of letting the impressions of the outer world come to me only in the way that I myself have determined.
  The essential thing is not to achieve this mastery in a given time, but to strive for it with perseverance. » [ Rudolf Steiner ]

To isolate oneself

  « Phenomena , manifestations of quality can only occur at a certain level of solitude. » [Heavenly message from Roland de Jouvenel]
 « The walk on the mountain, and this voice that speaks and speaks only in silence. For the space of the spirit, where it can open its wings, is silence. And he who returns from it, returns suckled by the gods. And always this honey will seem bitter. And every new and fertile word will seem bitter. No one has known a joyful molt; if I raise you, it is because I pull you out of your skin.

 I have always honored for man, like gods too often forgotten, silence and slowness. » [Saint-Exupéry]
 « Nature is a contact, a real guiding thread that can connect to the sources of the second plane.

 Your daydreams in nature can attain a rare quality. Is it not from the branch of a tree that a bird flies away?

 (...) Take refuge in nature. Alone, walk on bare ground. Flee cities where the earth is imprisoned under asphalt. Look for alleys, small roads, you will recharge yourself, without knowing it, with pure elements. Walk to meet yourself.

 (...) The cry of the cricket, the song of the titmouse, the scent of flowers, all will solicit your soul to raise it to the heights. » [Heavenly message from Roland de Jouvenel]
 « For the uncouth, silence is simply the absence of noise. For those who know how to listen, silence sings, because in it remains all that is invisible, this invisible as populated as a drop of water, of empty appearance.

 Convince yourself of this truth: solitude is indispensable to this state which can put you in communication with the supernatural. » [Heavenly message from Roland de Jouvenel]