Golden Rules for Everyday Life

Presentation Be actors in our daily life. Daily life is a matter that we must work on to transform it because that is truly spiritual life. In this book, the author gives us no less than 115 methods and advice so as not to suffer what happens to us and to be actors in our daily life. ‘Get into the habit of seeing the whole of your daily life, with all the things that you are obliged to do, the events that occur and the beings with whom you have to live or whom you meet in your work as a raw material, a matter that you have to transform. Don’t be passive. Don’t be content to accept whatever comes and submit to events: always add an element to that raw material that will animate, vivify and spiritualize it. This is what the spiritual life really is: the ability to introduce into every activity a yeast capable of catapulting it on to a higher plane. You will ask, “What about meditation and prayer? Where do they come into it?” That is just the point: it is by meditation and prayer that you pick up that subtler, purer element that enables you to give a new dimension to all your acts. ’ Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov Excerpts from the Table of Contents 1 - Life: our most precious possession 2 - Let your material life be consistent with your spiritual life 3 - Dedicate your life to a sublime goal 4 - Our daily life: a matter that must be transformed by the spirit 5 - Nutrition as Yoga 6 - Deep breathing 7 - How to recuperate energy 8 - Love makes us tireless 9 - Technical progress frees man for spiritual work 10 - Furnishing your inner dwelling 11 - The outer world is a reflection of your inner world 12 - Make sure of a good future by the way you live today 13 - Live in the fullness of the present 14 - The importance of beginnings 15 - Becoming conscious of mental habits 16 - Attention and vigilance 17 - Sticking to a spiritual path 18 - Practice is more important than theory 19 - Moral qualities are more valuable than talent 20 - Be contented with your lot and discontented with yourself 21 - Spiritual work is never wasted 22 - The regeneration of our physical, astral and mental bodies 23 - Look for spiritual food every day 24 - Periodically review your life 25 - Choosing the means to fit the end 26 - Correct your mistakes immediately