Daily Meditation: Friday, August 14, 2026

Needs - instinctual needs must be guide and controlled by reason

Human beings must not blindly follow their natural impulse to satisfy their instinctual needs: greed, sensuality, a thirst for power, possessions, personal ambition, and so on. It is understandable that people find pleasure in satisfying these needs. Nature offers such a wealth of possibilities! But when those inclinations are not guided and controlled by reason and wisdom, they are not absolutely justifiable. They are justifiable in their impetus, but not in their gratification: they must not be given the freedom to fulfil themselves. You feel the need to eat, drink, own things, command others, and seduce men or women—all that is wonderful. All these needs are magnificent forces; there is nothing intrinsically wrong in them. They become wrong only in the absence of that other factor, the factor of reason that tells you to what extent you can satisfy them.

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Voir aussi Cosmic Moral Law, chapitre II

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Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov
a universal teacher, inspired by the sun

The universal message of Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov (1900 – 1986) is in accord with that of all the great Masters of humanity. His teaching sheds light on the great cosmic laws governing our life and provides practical methods that enable us to develop our full spiritual potential and work for a more harmonious life for all.

“Through my teaching, I wish to give you everything you need to know about human beings: how they are built, their relationship with nature, the exchanges they must make with the universe, so that you can learn to drink from the sources of divine life. …ˮ

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