Alphabetical index

Idea

• A luminous being, a living entity that visits you
• Testing it out before telling others about it
• Which we must place at the centre of our life

Idea of the creator, the

• Must be placed at the centre of our life

Idea, an

• Is a living entity which connects us to its friends

Idea, divine

• Around which human beings must gather all the elements of their psychic life
• We must make sacrifices for its sake

Ideal

• Do not forsake it because of a few unpleasant people
• Never abandon it on any pretext
• The highest ideal is to model oneself on the sun
• Work for universal brotherhood

Ideal of perfection, the

• Given by jesus

Ideal, spiritual

• Aspiration to greater joy

Ideals

• We must always remain faithful to them

Ideas

• Working for a divine idea shapes and moulds us

Ideas and opinions

• Revise them and sort through them

Ideas, divine

• Knowing how to welcome them when they come to visit us

Ideas, the

• Living beings endowed with great powers

Identification

• Attuning ourselves to the same wavelength
• Basis of this spiritual practice
• The only way to not lose what we possess

Identification or fusion

• Something only the spirit can do

Identification with god

• How to understand this exercise

Identify with light and love so as not to lose them

• Identify with light and love so as not to lose them

Identifying

• Being able to merge with all that exists

Ignorance

• Is never an excuse

Illness

• A remedy: harmonizing ourselves with the universe
• Guarding against it by working on harmony
• The importance of purification exercises

Image

• Creating a divine image within oneself

Image of god, the

• Must be defended in human beings
• The only one that imposes itself on the spirits of nature
• Which we should seek in every human being

Images

• Because they are alive they have great power
• Their power over us

Images (protective)

• Images (protective)

Imagination

• A factor in spiritual attainment
• A power which must be directed
• A screen on which the realities of the invisible world are projected
• It can be used for our enlightenment or for our ruin
• Project it towards the splendours of heaven more often
• Purifying one’s mental body so as to begin to see the invisible world

Imbalances

• In life force us to gain self-knowledge

Imitation

• How to use this law
• Take the sun as your model

Immensity of god

• How to conceive of it

Immortality

• Identify with the heavenly father

Immortality, the desire for

• Is truly justified, as long as we know what is immortal in us

Impatience

• A loss of energy

Imperfections

• No justification not to work for the kingdom of god!

Impose yourself

• Like a rose or the sun

Imprint that god has left in us, the

• It compels us to seek him

Imprint, the

• Each of our actions leaves within us

Imprint, the divine

• That every human being carries within

Improve yourself in order to improve the quality of your seeds

• Your thoughts and feelings

Improvements

• Let go of your lusts and uncontrolled instincts

Improving a situation by rising up to the world of the spirit

• Improving a situation by rising up to the world of the spirit

Improving oneself

• One of the best methods for doing this
• Rising up to contemplate a reality that surpasses us

Improving their behaviour

• Making people at least understand what would be best for them

Improving your future by preparing to become the master of your destiny

• Improving your future by preparing to become the master of your destiny

Impurities

• Blending into the ocean which cannot be soiled

In the soul and the spirit

• Will be found the only riches which are ours forever

Incarnation

• All of creation must give its consent for a being to incarnate on earth
• Marriage of the human ego with a physical body
• Prepare the next one
• The spirits of light are also subject to heredity

Incarnation, each

• Must prepare us for the next

Incarnation, the next

• Preparing for it
• The work to be done to improve it

Incarnations

• During their successive incarnations, humans experience different conditions
• Even the greatest beings must work to regain their knowledge

Incense, burning

• The symbolic meaning

Indulgence

• A mark of intelligence

Indulgence and severity

• A balance to be found between the two

Inertia

• React, get moving again by means of thought

Inertia of the mind and heart

• It takes willpower to overcome it

Inferior animals, the

• That we must learn to sacrifice

Infinite space

• Is the true homeland of our soul

Infinitely great, the

• Can only be reached through the infinitely small, our cells

Influence

• Its power
• That our inner states have on others

Influenced, be

• Only by those who can unite you with the divine source

Ingratitude of humans, the

• How not to suffer from it

Inhabitants

• Of our inner world

Inheritance, spiritual

• We need to take it into account in order to progress

Initiate

• Symbolized by the ninth tarot card, the hermit

Initiates

• A true mirror by which to know oneself
• Like a tree, they give away their fruit
• Send out light, like the sun and the christ
• The first to be in unison with light
• Their first test is taking on a physical body
• Their legacy is invaluable to us
• True children of god who never leave his side

Initiates return to earth to give concrete expression to their discoveries

• Initiates return to earth to give concrete expression to their discoveries

Initiates wish to be absorbed and transformed by the lord

• Initiates wish to be absorbed and transformed by the lord

Initiatic knowledge

• Is superior to any other form of knowledge

Initiatic knowledge helps you to deal with the trials of life

• Initiatic knowledge helps you to deal with the trials of life

Initiatic knowledge is etched into us for all eternity

• Initiatic knowledge is etched into us for all eternity

Initiatic school

• Is beneficial only to the development of our divine nature
• Join an initiatic school as if you were an empty vessel
• Knowing beforehand what you will not find there
• Teaches us the meaning of our earthly life
• The symbolic return to a divine order

Initiatic school allows us to rediscover universal knowledge

• Initiatic school allows us to rediscover universal knowledge

Initiatic science

• Look for nothing but methods for perfecting yourself
• Must not serve materialists
• Put the truths into practice
• The danger of approaching it without taking precautions

Initiatic truths

• They oblige us to be more responsible

Initiation

• Begin by doing a great deal of work on yourself
• Do not be gullible
• Involves working with memory
• Merging with your divine self
• Process at the end of which a human being merges with their complementary part

Initiation, the path of

• Seek the light of the higher mind

Initiations

• Their goal: to unite spirit and matter
• They all teach about fusion with god

Injustice

• Whatever happens, continue to work on yourself

Injustices

• Of fate only seem that way

Inner discomfort

• Caused by chaotic thoughts and feelings
• Find the cause of it and dispel it with light

Inner doors and windows

• Know how to close them

Inner dwelling, our

• In which we need to accumulate riches

Inner enemy

• A method for controlling it

Inner enemy, the

• identify the clues that announce its arrival

Inner face

• That of our soul, which is different from our physical face

Inner face, our

• Changes according to our states of consciousness

Inner flame

• Strengthen it so that no breath can extinguish it

Inner lamps

• Lighting them from divine light

Inner lands, our

• The ones we should visit and the ones we should avoid

Inner life

• Become conscious of its wealth
• Developing it is like lighting a fire

Inner life and chemistry

• Governed by the same laws

Inner peace

• Free yourself by making amends for your mistakes

Inner sanctuary

• Leave one’s worries at the door of one’s inner sanctuary

Inner self

• Always continue to explore it

Inner silence

• Necessary to receive revelations from the spirit
• Where we discover another dimension of time and space

Inner soil

• Sowing it from the very beginning of the year

Inner states

• Change our view of the outer world

Inner temple, the

• In which our prayers are heard

Inner tribunal

• Rely only on its judgement

Inner view

• Get rid of everything which obscures it

Inner voice

• A soft voice that give us advice
• Higher beings who speak to us softly

Inner winters

• That we need to prepare ourselves for

Inner world

• Bringing order to it, so that you can face unforeseen events in the outer world
• Over which we are all-powerful
• Which should be given priority

Inner world, our

• More important for us than the outer world

Inner world, our –organizing it so as to find fulfilment

• Inner world, our –organizing it so as to find fulfilment

Innermost self

• Soothing it with fervent prayer

Inspiration

• Contact with an intelligence of a higher order
• The conditions for it to pay us a visit

Inspiration, true

• Originates in the divine world

Instinct and intuition

• Similar faculties manifesting in two different areas

Instinct to dominate

• The consequences of this

Instincts

• Can only be controlled if given a spiritual direction
• Confront them with luminous powers

Instincts, bad

• Living entities we can free ourselves from

Insults

• Do not respond to them; story of mohammed and his disciple

Insults or praise

• Do not respond to them; anecdote

Insurance

• Is not an excuse for negligence

Intellect

• Is still not intelligence
• It often works against moral values

Intellect, heart, will

• From thought to realization

Intellect, the

• A lamp to be kept free of smoke
• Is not of itself concerned with morality
• Its limitations
• Places humans at the boundary between the world below and the world above

Intellectual capacity

• Depends on the state of the entire body

Intellectual faculties

• A stepping-stone to higher faculties

Intelligence

• Depends on the food we take in on all planes
• Do not judge or criticize others
• Exists everywhere in the universe
• Improving it by improving one’s way of life
• It is developed through difficulties and obstacles

Intelligence, true

• Is the source of wonder; it makes us see everything as if for the first time

Intense life

• It will reveal new truths to you every day

Interest (our personal)

• Comes via the collective interest

Internal rhythm

• Finding it

Internal winters

• It is wise to prepare ourselves for them

Intuition

• Is both understanding and feeling
• Is higher than intellect
• True intelligence

Invisible things

• Without realizing it, everyone believes in them

Invisible world

• How to gain access to it safely
• Unconsciously, it is the realities of the invisible world to which we attach the greatest importance

Invisible world, the

• Access to it requires very high moral qualities
• Humans can only receive from it what corresponds to their level of consciousness
• The false reasoning of those who refuse to acknowledge its existence

Invisible, the

• Is infinitely vaster than the visible

Iod and heh

• First letters of the name of god; their symbolism

Irritation

• Two methods for controlling it

Isis

• Lifting her veil is the goal of initiation

Isis unveiled

• Contemplating her is the culmination of the initiate’s journey