Letter m

The expression of a whole science

May 2nd 2023

The letter M, in the form of two peaks separated by a valley, is the expression of a whole science. If you climb to the top of the left-hand peak, for example, you will have to go down into the valley before you can climb the right-hand peak. You have to go down; yes, but if you want to climb the other peak, you must take care not to fall. The two peaks of the letter M are the two poles of a person’s psychic life: the self and God. The self, our lower nature, or personality; and God, our higher nature, or individuality.* Our inner forces will be in equilibrium only when we have learned to weave the threads of our lives harmoniously between these two poles.*

* Related reading:

Evolution has placed human beings on the frontiers of the animal world and the higher world, considered divine. This situation is thus at the origin of the ambiguity of our nature, double, at the same time lower and higher. Complementary as spirit and matter are, these two natures should help us...