Author: Frantz Rimpel

February 11 A person’s life is good only to the extent that it fulfills the expectations of the will of God . Evil, in the form of suffering and death, is everywhere apparent to a person who accepts the law of his animal existence as the major law of his life. Only when a man… Continue reading How can we control suffering and death?

February 10  The higher the opinion a person has of himself, the more instable is his positions;  the lower he moves in his self-esteem, the firmer he stands . To be strong , you have to be like water: if there are no obstacles , it flows; if there is an obstacle it stops, if… Continue reading How to be strong spiritually

February 9 What motivates people to go to War? The material evil caused by war is big, but it is incomparably small in comparison with the perversion or the understanding of good and bad which happens during the war and which is put into the souls of people who do not think.  A child meets… Continue reading War, what for and why.

February 8  Why do people like to blame others so much? He who casts blame on another person is quick to think that he would not do the very same thing. It is the same with people who like to listen to the fault-finding of their neighbors.  When two people have a dispute, both are… Continue reading Judge not that ye be not judged

February 7 Perfecting the self is both an inner and an outer work. You cannot improve yourself without communicating outer with other people, influencing them, and being influenced by them.  Three temptations torture people: sexual desire, pride. and lust for wealth. All the misfortunes of mankind come from these three cravings. Without them, people would… Continue reading How to become perfect spiritually

Thoughts for February 6  Sexual desire is the most all-consuming of desires. This desire is never sated, for the more it is satisfied, the more it grows Very often people are made proud by their control over their own desires, and by the force and passion with which they master them.  What a strange delusion!… Continue reading Know how to tame your desires

February 5  All events, whether in the lives of human individuals, or human societies, have their beginnings in thought. Therefore, to fully understand other people and other societies we must look beyond previous events to the thoughts which gave rise to them.  Perhaps it is even more important to know what one should not think… Continue reading The power of thought

February 4  A man is free only when he lives in truth, and the truth may be perceived only by the intellect. If you throw some nuts and cookies on a road, you will eventually see children come, pick them up, and start to argue and fight for them. Adults would not fight for such… Continue reading How to be free from all bondages

February 3 Kindness is for your soul as health is for your body: you do not notice it when you have it. A person becomes happy to the same extent to which he or she gives happiness to other people. – JEREMY BENTHAM  The will of God for us is to live in happiness and… Continue reading How to recognize real love

February 2  There are two different states of human existence first, to live without thinking of death; second, to live with the thought that you approach death with every hour of your life.  The more you transform your life from the material to the spiritual domain, the less you become afraid of death. A person… Continue reading Different States of human existence