Questions and Answers 1953

09/10/2018

Rise up during misfortune

When people get a big blow in their life, some misfortune (what men call “misfortune”, there are people who do have misfortunes), the first thing they try to […]
09/01/2018

The intellect

It is intellect that puts ideas in the form of thoughts, gathering and organising the thoughts at the same time. There are great ideas which lie […]
08/04/2018
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Sources of Inspiration

Inspirations come from very many different places. There are inspirations that may be very material, there are inspirations that may be vital, there are inspirations that […]
08/03/2018

Concentration

When you work, if you are able to concentrate, you can do absolutely in ten minutes what would otherwise take you one hour. If you want […]
08/01/2018
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Cure of fear

Q: When one feels frightened, what should one do? A: That depends upon who you are. There are many ways of curing oneself of fear. If […]
05/02/2018

Being unselfish

The unselfish movement, uncalculating, is one of the most beautiful forms of psychic consciousness in the world. But the higher one rises in the scale of mental activity, […]
03/15/2018

Give more, Grow more

For if one were spread out in all things, if all the vibrations which come and go expressed the need to merge into everything, to widen […]
02/25/2018

Pure ideas

Pure ideas are those which are translated into numerous thoughts. One idea may give birth to many thoughts, and can be expressed in many different ways; and yet […]
01/19/2018
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Good health and calmness

When one is quite calm, well balanced, very quiet, one has a solid basis and can receive a large number of forces. If anyone among you […]