'Human beings come and go, work and play,

and busy themselves with all kinds of things, never

realizing that their life is growing dingy and dirty

because they do nothing to protect it. They think that

the life they have received is theirs to dispose of,

and that they have a right to use it for pleasure or to

become rich, learned or renowned, as they please. So

they draw on their reserves without restraint until, one

day, they find themselves utterly spent and obliged to

abandon all their activities. It is completely senseless

to behave like that for, once we have wasted our

supply of life, we have no other resources to fall back

on.

'Sages have always said that the only essential

thing is life itself, and that we must protect, purify

and sanctify it and eliminate whatever may hinder

or prevent it from developing. And, if we do so, life

will give us everything else: health, strength, power,

intelligence and beauty - everything! The highest form

of magic, the highest form of white magic is to lead a

pure, luminous life.'

Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov