The Splendour of Tiphareth: the Yoga of the Sun (The Complete Works, #10)

by Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov

The stereotypes in our brains are etheric and, therefore, invisible, and you will, perhaps, understand this better if I illustrate it with an example. What is a seed? A seed is a stereotype. You cannot see the lines of force traced on it, but if you sow it and water it and allow the sun to warm it, you will soon see a shoot and then a stem, pushing up out of the ground. All the necessary instructions have been written into the seed from the start, by a very intelligent hand. How could one explain its perfect proportions and the beauty of the mature plant if it did not contain a secret blueprint to define the lines of force and channel the energies at work in the growing seed? Similarly, if certain human beings are continually impelled to commit a particular type of crime, it is because they have inner stereotypes which are like lines of force constantly urging them to do so. At some point in the past – we cannot know exactly when, perhaps in this life or in a previous incarnation – they entertained a thought or feeling, or committed an act which etched itself into the etheric matter of their brain. And once this etching existed, that original act or thought or feeling went on repeating itself, for nature is faithful and true. If you start putting your hand into other people’s pockets, you will soon find that the habit has become stronger than you. You will not be able to stop your little voyages of exploration (this is what they call kleptomania). Ah, yes, all the vices go...