Extraits

The source of knowledge drawn upon by Buddha and his disciples was not books or definitions, but was superior contact with and reception and absorption of superior currents of various energies of thought which come to us at every moment of our life from the eternal cosmic ocean, the great accumulation of all the superior currents of thought created by the innumerable variety of the forms of life on every planet where life exists.

For Buddhism is not a philosophical system; Buddhism is life. Buddha wrote nothing, just as Jesus wrote nothing. They both lived the complete life; they both achieved harmony in themselves and around them and did not write.

Superior thoughts release in our consciousness superior forces of energy, while inferior thoughts open the door to inferior forces of thought currents. So the centre of Buddha's conception is on thoughts, just as Jesus forbids not only bad acts but also bad thoughts. For thoughts subsequently create deeds according to the various psychological processes of the consciousness. So Buddha, like Jesus, forbad inharmonious, evil thoughts, for if we have harmony in our thoughts, then consequently we have also harmony in our actions. The fundamental psychological laws of Buddha and of Jesus are profound psychological truths, for truly all inferior thoughts create an inferior glandular secretion in our organisms which little by little paralyses our vitality. While, on the contrary, harmonious currents of thought create in us perfect glandular activity and direct our whole organism. So the morality of Buddha and of the Gospels is based on physiological forces, on natural laws.

Thought which is thought around us influences us through the receptive capacity of our nervous systems. If we stay but a short time among people who have inferior unbalanced thoughts we shall soon feel the disequilibrium. Conversely, if we are only a short time among individuals whose nervous system creates harmonious currents of thought, we shall feel quite different. Forces of thought constantly circulate around us and constantly transform us, while we, in turn, constantly create currents of thought.

Currents of thought as elementary forces constantly circulate in the gravitative sphere of our earth and all new organisms that are born, in the moment of their birth, even in their embryonic state, are subject to the influences of the currents of thought around them.

Just as plants growing upwards overcome gravitation, just as a bird overcomes gravitation flying in the air, so is man, who represents a higher form of earthly evolution, capable of overcoming earthly gravitation by his thoughts.

Currents of thought are an elementary force; constantly created by us, they are perceptible by other individuals capable of perceiving them. But they are not perceptible to all, for no one is able to perceive higher currents of thought than those which he himself contains and is able to create. If these currents of thought as elementary force are sufficiently strong to overcome the gravitative forces of our planet then they go to boundless cosmic space and unite with all the forces of strong and superior currents of thought which exist in the eternal cosmic ocean of the different energies derived from all the solar systems and planets, and not only from our own. And just as superior currents of thought go from this planet into cosmic space, so are there also life and living beings on other planets, which send out currents into cosmic space, for life is not only a privilege of our planet but exists in other planets.

Thought, however, with Buddha is not a simply physiological function, but a form of energy like light, electricity or ether; it is an element. Thought and radiations of currents of thought are like the elements.

We have in us our bones just as the earth has its minerals; we have in us the propagations and radiations of our neurons just as in nature we have the propagation of solar and other radiations. We consist of that which is around us, we are one and the same with everything around us. If we destroy something around us we destroy ourselves; if we destroy any life, be it that of animal or plant or man, we destroy ourselves. If we deceive another, we deceive ourselves; if we steal from another we steal from ourselves. For the illusion that we are something apart and different from the rest of the universe is a great error.