When we want to strengthen our muscles we lift weights. During this process our muscles become stronger in response to the need to cope with the strain, which is put on them. Continue reading “Spiritual Weight Lifting”

When we plant a young tree sapling, we need to protect it from the various dangers to its safe survival. One danger is the lack of water. We need to see that it is watered frequently, until it is able to establish its roots deeply into the earth, insuring for itself a steady supply of water, regardless of external conditions. Continue reading “Protecting Our Spiritual Sapling”

Some people criticize those who retreat into themselves feeling the need to search inwardly and practice spiritual disciplines, as ego-centered and anti-social. Continue reading “The Caterpillar and the Butterfly”

The common mind is like a 60 watt light bulb which gives off a pleasant, not very powerful light, able to light up a small room, so that we can see well enough to function. Its light is confined to the small room and does not penetrate the walls to light up what is behind them. Nor can it sufficiently light up a larger room. Continue reading “Laser Power Mind”

An iron ball is heated until it begins to shine a bright red color. The heat is evenly distributed throughout the ball and cannot be distinguished from the ball itself. The heat has taken the shape of the ball, but has changed the nature, quality and appearance of the ball. Continue reading “Spirit in the Body – Heat in the Iron Ball”

Love is a word used in many contexts. It can mean anything from lust, desire or attachment to romantic love or the highest Spiritual Love. Continue reading “Purifying Gold – Love”

Each person is like a pressure cooker with its cap on. As long as the cap is on, no one can know how much pressure is built up inside us. Very often even we ourselves are not aware of how much pressure has built up in our system until it explodes the top off or starts to seep out of some weaker points in this «cooker». Continue reading “Inner Emotional Pressure: The Pressure Cooker”

The relationship between spirit, mind and body is similar to the relationship between steam, water and ice. All three are phases of the same basic reality. Continue reading “Ice – Water – Steam = Body – Mind – Spirit”

Communication between people with close emotional contact such as lovers, parents, children or members of the same family, is very much like the flow of water in two containers connected on their lower half. When the water level in one container is pressured downwards, it will naturally rise in the other container. Continue reading “Hidden Problematic Communication: Connected Containers”

Many of you will know this story and of course it is not mine, but it is worth remembering during these days of fear and fanaticism. Continue reading “The Blind Village and the Elephant”