{"id":154,"date":"2015-10-27T22:11:52","date_gmt":"2015-10-27T21:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fbucanada.com\/?page_id=154"},"modified":"2022-03-30T01:42:26","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T00:42:26","slug":"quest-ce-quun-maitre-spirituel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fbucanada.com\/en\/omraam-mikhael-aivanhov\/quest-ce-quun-maitre-spirituel\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a spiritual Master?"},"content":{"rendered":"

What is a spiritual Master?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

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\u2018A Master is someone who has gained control, or mastery, over all of his thoughts, feelings and actions\u2026.<\/p>\n

To achieve complete control of all one\u2019s thoughts, feelings and actions requires the use of special methods, a special discipline and a profound knowledge of the structure of the human being, of the forces at work within him and the correspondences between his whole being (his organs and his several bodies) and the different realms of nature. To be master of oneself also presupposes a knowledge of the entities of the invisible world and the structure of the entire universe. A Master is one who has resolved all the essential problems of life, who is free, who possesses an extremely strong will and, above all else, is full of love, kindness, gentleness and light. What tremendous work, what concentrated study and perseverance it takes to become a Master!<\/p>\n

The power of genuine Masters lies in the perfect accord between their actions and their philosophy. They are the first to practice in their own lives what they preach to others; they are living examples. And to be a living example is to be a fountainhead, a spring to which plants, animals and human beings are drawn. This is why there are always disciples around a Master.\u2019<\/p>\n

Omraam Mikha\u00ebl A\u00efvanhov,The Second Birth<\/em>, Complete Works, Vol. 1, p. 182-183.<\/p>\n

\u2018If you want to learn to play the violin, you buy an instrument and a book of exercises and begin practicing. For the first few days, you work for an hour or two, but very quickly this first enthusiasm wanes and you abandon your instrument. A week later you take up your violin again, and then once again you give up\u2026 And so the time passes, alternating between activity and laziness, according to your whims. But when you have a teacher, you want to win his or her approval and respect, so you work steadily to prepare for your lessons. The teacher corrects your mistakes and encourages you, and under this guidance, one day you become a virtuoso. No great musician has reached the height of his art without a teacher.<\/p>\n

It is the same in the spiritual domain. If you don\u2019t have a Master, it is very difficult for you to persevere. You know it would be good for you to meditate and make efforts to improve yourself, but very quickly you give way to your old habits. A few months later you remember all your good intentions and make a few more efforts\u2026 until one day you are permanently overtaken by inertia. But with a Master you are continually stimulated, continually carried along by both by his words and his example. He also touches your feelings, and because you love and admire him, you are pushed to work on transforming yourself.\u2019<\/p>\n

Omraam Mikha\u00ebl A\u00efvanhov, What is a Spiritual Master?<\/em>, Izvor Collection 207, p 25-26.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 Translation of the audio<\/span>\"audio_oma-maitrespirituel\"<\/a><\/p>\n