Daily Meditation: Wednesday, December 17, 1997

Spiritual exercises are nothing by themselves. They only …

12/17/1997

Spiritual exercises are nothing by themselves. They only become truly effective and beneficial if they are done in the light of a teaching which gives disciples knowledge about the invisible world, the different beings that inhabit this world, the laws governing it, and the forces circulating in it. And what is even more important is that disciples should learn how human beings are built, and which organs and spiritual centres within them allow them to communicate with the luminous regions of space. But this is still not sufficient. Once the disciple has this knowledge, he must decide to change the way he lives his life and to give up activities in contradiction with the aims of initiatic science. This is what is most important. When you begin to take this into account you will not restrict yourself merely to an intellectual understanding of spirituality, but you will have true understanding, which invades the entire body, to the very last cell, and each exercise will then be effective and beneficial for you.