Is it possible to achieve significant spiritual progress in a short time? Many are convinced that it is possible. One of the troubles of modern society is that it is accustomed to satisfy their needs surrogates — because it’s easier and faster. People are becoming increasingly impatient and superficial. When a man is hungry, he goes to the school fast… Continue reading "Life-long spiritual path (machine translation)"
My favorite quote from the pandekt adopted me as a personal motto, is that “Tomorrow will see going into the night” (Five gems I, 10). Why her? Because it formulated one of the most important principles as human life in General, and following the Teachings. It can be reformulated as: “a Better future will only see one who does not… Continue reading "Walking into the night (machine translation)"
The term “cosmos” first came into use in ancient Greek philosophy, where it designated the system of the world as a whole, which includes everything from their movements to the social life of the people. And though the world is in the worldviews of those times was different, the idea of it as a single system was very progressive. Was… Continue reading "Our cosmism (machine translation)"
Everyone knows the question “Is there life on Mars?”, As well as the expression “green men from Mars”, which has long become a part of folklore. Both turned into a stable speech circulation, usually having an ironic connotation. This is greetings from those times when one really wanted and dreamed that humanity would quickly find brothers in mind, while others… Continue reading "In the ocean of intelligent life (machine translation)"
Our Universe is rational, and it is literally fraught with intelligent life. In its almost infinite open spaces, there are many rational races, aware of what the Doctrine calls them. It is quite possible to consider them as our brothers in reason, and even more than brothers: after all, in the people and in other conscious people the one mind… Continue reading "Space brothers, spirit brothers (machine translation)"
The concept of “spirituality” is usually associated with religion. And in the case of the Teaching, this association is strengthened by the fact that it uses terminology, partly and in fact drawn from a religious vocabulary. A person who has glanced at our texts and other materials sees that it speaks of the Creator, the gods, afterlife, rebirths, revelation, and… Continue reading "Religion? No. Spiritual path (machine translation)"
In many mythologies, one can find stories about ancient times – antediluvian, or the times of the Golden Age, or the times when gods lived among people, or the times of ancient kings and heroes. Science was skeptical about this information. Although in recent years there are scientific facts that are beginning to gradually erode the skepticism dam. The data… Continue reading "Unknown story (machine translation)"
Asceticism is an important element of many spiritual traditions. Important – because from the point of view of adherents of these traditions, it serves as an indicator of the degree of spiritual progress. It can take many forms, but ultimately it comes down to this one way or another. Asceticism is usually called the ability to abandon worldly goods. That… Continue reading "Austerity as an extreme (machine translation)"
The concept of “non-being” is usually perceived by human consciousness as parallel to the concept of “Being,” as its opposite, antipode, non-existence, as the other side of existence. This fits well with the dialectical principle, which states that everything is based on the unity and struggle of opposites. In other words, in their collision and, at the same time, in… Continue reading "About the non-existence (machine translation)"
Mitavma “Tamelius”, telling about the origin and structure of the Universe, begins with the logion “There was a time when there was no Universe; then there was a great living creature, which must be called the Creator ”(Tameli I, 1). This immediately raises the question: why is the Creator (that is, the one who creates) at the same time a… Continue reading "The unusual Creator (machine translation)"
