Questions and Answers 1950-1951
07/20/2023
Most people say there is “consciousness” when they begin to think—when one doesn’t think one is not conscious. But plants are perfectly conscious and yet they […]
07/19/2023
Q: ..how is it that man is regarded as the highest being in creation? It is the egoistic ignorance of man that makes him think so. […]
04/22/2023
Does not offering imply surrender? Not at all. You can give for the joy of giving, without any idea of surrender. In a movement of enthusiasm, […]
09/17/2022
Naturally, the effort to keep the consciousness at a high level is tiring in the beginning, like the exercises you do to develop your muscles. But […]
09/15/2022
The senses should be capable of enduring everything without disgust or displeasure, but at the same time they must acquire and develop more and more the […]
09/14/2022
From the purely psychological point of view, aspiration is a self-giving, always, while desire is always something which one draws to oneself; aspiration is something which […]
07/18/2021
…know how to keep silent. And not only keep your tongue quiet, but silence your mind, keep the head silent. If you wish to have a […]
07/17/2021
..the movement of fear which is expressed by the eyes fluttering is not a mental or a vital fear: it is a fear in the cells […]
07/16/2021
One thing that is now beginning to be recognised by everyone, even by the medical corps, is that hygienic measures, for example, are effective only to […]