Author: Frantz Rimpel

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

February 1 It is not possible to explain the origin of the spiritual from the material.   A man consists of body and soul. Thus often, especially in his youth, he is interested only in his body, but nevertheles, most essential part of every man is not his body, but his soul. It is your soul… Continue reading The origin of the Spiritual and the Material

January 31  Only greatly insolent people establish a religious law which is to be taken for granted by others, which should be accepted by everyone on faith, without any discussion or doubts.  Why must people do this?  What a strange thing! Many scoundrels try to disguise their dirty deeds by their dedication to the interests… Continue reading January 31

January 30  When Socrates was asked where he came from, he said that he was a citizen of the world. He regarded himself a citizen of the universe.  MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO  When people wanted to kill a bear in the ancient time , they hung a heavy log over a bowl of honey. The bear… Continue reading January 30

January 29  Wisdom is knowing the purpose of life, and knowing how to achieve it. You can achieve wisdom in three ways.  The first way is the way of meditation. This is the most noble way.  The second way is the way of imitation. This is the easiest and least satisfying way. Thirdly, there is… Continue reading January 29