This text explains the daily, extremely vivifying lifestyle that I have been working on for a few years. It also gives certain tips to put in practice over time and that can certainly be of use to all those who wish to better their life habits. This routine and tips came from the book: "A New Earth: Methods, Exercices,Formulas,Prayers " from Prosveta Editions. Here are the best starts of my days.

Early in the morning I wake up, salute this starting day and immediatly put myself to work. I inspect my thoughts and feelings, and take notice of the reflections that are present within them. They often indicate the work that I should do, and link me from my first few seconds awake with the types of activities that will fit the day best.

The evening prior, I had gone to sleep in an harmonious and serene state in order to be in good shape for the very start of the following day. If I find something obscure, unclear, difficult : I immediatly take charge and double my efforts. I know that these impressions come from sleep and that they are often signs, precautions to be taken during the day. All this is done in a few seconds. Afterwards, I turn around and prepare to get up. I step out of bed with my right foot and inwardly, even sometimes outwardly, pronounce the following words :

All those who know of visualisation techniques know that, even if they may seem uncommon, these exercices are very important in sparking off inner forces that will help us troughout the entire day. They set the tone and direction for the day to come. And of all these inner movements animated by thought, feeling and sometimes even outer gestures of encouragement, the most powerful and beneficial are those who consecrate our entire being to the service of our High Ideal.

The first moments of a day are always very important. If they have been difficult, understand why within yourself. Search for where those imprints might come from, and give the necessary intelligent efforts ( not only with willpower of course, but also with your heart and intellect ) to correct the situation. Often, my best days start with difficult imprints upon awakening. They then motivate me to work on bettering them, and thus, increase my vigilance, attention and most important, my sincere desire to really spend a well-lived day.

To be really powerful, your intentions must be clear. There must be nothing in the world more important then succeeding in being well with yourself, useful to your surroundings, faithful to your spiritual work and the engagment which you have taken upon rising from bed.

At first, it is not really important to succeed in living according to your spiritual Ideal completely; that takes alot of time and it is of no use to force anything. In my experience, when we take the time to simply try to live better one day at a time, our old habbits erase themselves automatically trough time, as they are replaced with steady new spiritual grooves, without the need for extravagant efforts. Man does not have unlimited energies, and when he chooses to engage himself in a luminous direction, necessarily, the energies spent in that direction will not be available to spend on what used to spoil his character before.

“ I will give you an image. You are on the shores of the sea with a stick and you play by agitating the water : after a few moments, a few straws come your way, then a few peices of paper start to turn also. You continue, and already, a couple of small boats also enter in mouvement. You continue ... you continue ... and soon, it is also huge boats that are attracted to your current, and finally, the entire world ! It is only a question of continuation. Let us interpret this image. The human being is plunged in an ocean, the etheric, cosmic ocean, but he does not know which movement would best influence his surroundings and obtain results. Well, the movement, they are exactly the work I am speaking of. Wether you meditate, pray, eat, wash yourselves or simply walk, you must profit of every activity by becoming more pure, more luminous, stronger, healthier. There are so many opportunities that require only a word, a thought, a feeling, an element capable of bringing an improvement to yourself and your surroundings ! Because an inner improvement, always finishes by producing outer improvements also. ”

Here is an image that I appreciate alot and that as helped me alot also. The secret of good habits, is to know how to bring our daily activities to a superior level of consciousness. We can clean the dishes, and think that we are cleaning ourselves and the world for exemple. Nothing prevents us from linking Spirit to matter to create beautiful images. Nothing makes me happier than this work, and it begins as soon as I wake.

Once having risen on "the right side" as we say, I start heading towards the bathroom and there, wash my hands, eyes, and face consciously. I also do a little prayer to link myself with the heavens and focus my attention on the feeling of clarity that fresh water brings. I do not like to carry around that feeling of having sticky eyes and a somnolent attitude but rather, love to feel ready to live an exceptionnal day with clear and pure feelings and thoughts.

I then very often sit right next to my window and there, drink a good cup of hot boiled water. As I live on the fourth floor, I have a great view of the moving clouds, the top of big trees, the birds and the blue sky. This helps me feel alive, fresh, and united with living nature. The hot cup of water creates a dilatation in the blood vessels and thus, helps to relax the organism and purify it through transpiration.

I also take that opportunity to read a daily tought, or even a chapter of works that I find interesting and helpful, and that I feel answers the dispositions of my day. Then comes the most important moment of my day, the breakfast.

Always sitting and looking trough my window, I pray and try to gather my toughts very slowly and peacefully, without any rigor. Meditation is not military work ! I meditate because I feel well doing it, because I love that work, and it is in this state of mind that I approach it. I very softly concentrate on my favorite image; I picture the earth completely bathed in a beautiful white light, and then start to eat very peacefully while thinking about what I would like to accomplish for my Ideal during this day. I then eat with great joy and gratitude, ask for the help of the heavens, and feel extremely well.

The essential thing in spiritual work, is to stay well linked with Heaven. To sincerely ask that they do whatever they like of ourselves, as long as we may accomplish something beautiful. I ask for the help of the souls that have surpassed me, because it is impossible to do this work alone, without being linked with superior forces.

There aren't a thousand things to do to evolve, or rather, there are perhaps a tousand things to do ..... but in synthesis, they all come down to the same great thing: to re-create our link with our superior pole, that marvelous spark of God that we all carry within us. That's all !

There is no use in doing exterior "rituals" if they do not correspond to anything inwardly. Everything is in the attention that is given to the actions we do, and the words we speak. Look at the christians and hindu saints for exemple, were they all monks and pastors ? Of course not, but they were all the priests of their inner temples ! And nothing is more important than that.

To come back to the work I do in the morning, after having well eaten ( never too much nor too little, but enough to make sure that the stomach can work properly ), I climb in the shower and wash myself while linking myself with the purity, clarity and transparency of water. A little anecdote also: when I have finished washing myself, right before leaving the shower, I put the temperature to very cold water, let myself be washed by it for not even a second, and let me tell you that I litteraly jump out of the shower with so much vivacity, with such energy ..... that I definitly run full speed after that !

I then get dressed while choosing very simple clothes that I have a good attachment too. Either they remind me of a beautiful day lived and links me with it, or it makes me think of a specific virtue that I would like to aquire, or I simply feel like wearing that outfit !

When I then go outside, I watch the sun, the trees, the people, and inwardly salute them, while linking myself with the 4 angels of the elements and their virtues. I ask the Angel of the Earth to teach me how to become a good alchemist, to be capable of transforming the difficulties which I will have to surmount. I also ask these forces of nature to bring me stability in my spiritual work. Then, I link myself with the Angel of Water and ask him for purity of heart and noble feelings. I concentrate on the purity of water, and flood myself, those whom I love, and the entire earth with it's crystaline transparency. Have you ever seen the sun with its golden light rays reflecting themselves on water, its small drops of sunshine seemingly gliding on its surface ? Well that is what I imagine. I then link myself with the Angel of Air, and ask him to bring me vivacity of Spirit, a great and subtle intelligence and to have the goodwill to carry the newest and most luminous of human toughts everywhere on the surface of the earth. I then link myself with the Angel of Fire, contemplate the sun, and ask him to make me just like him. To be able to enlighten, warm up and vivify all creatures. According to esoteric science, the sun represents Divine Love. This Love is for me the greatest of mysteries because I feel that its greatest mystical dimension, I cannot grasp, and by far ! But it does not bother me, someday I shall understand, and mostly, someday I shall realise within myself the virtues of the sun. This will most likely take a couple million of years ( if you hadn't noticed yet, I firmly beleive in reincarnation ! ), but I will reach this goal, it is my heritage as a Son of Life.

Always according to esoteric science, the Earth is in link with the physical body, Water is in link with the feelings of our emotional body, Air is in link with our intellectual body and Fire, with our Spirit, our Divine spiritual body. Man being a microcosm of the great macrocosm of nature and the Universe, to enter in relation with one of it's exterior elements is also to spark off the corresponding inner processes.

This prayer to the Angels of Nature only lasts a few seconds, a minute at best, and it occupies my time while waiting for the bus.

I then enter the bus and my day starts.....I feel that it will be well lived and am very grateful.