Doctrinal Courses

Course VII - Teaching 13: Initiatory Renunciation

The Son’s practical renunciation leads him to discover the secret of the Universe. So, eventually the Son becomes renunciation. The whole secret of the Universe lies on one word, on one simple vibratory movement that is essence and existence of harmonious divine and human values.

Course VII - Teaching 14: Renunciation as Holocaust

Renunciation is just a new form of selfishness if its purpose is a personal happiness through liberation detached from Humanity to which we belong. To contribute to solving problems and evils of others is more important than to solve our own problems.

Course VII - Teaching 15: Real Priesthood

An invariable and unavoidable question arises about the motive of renunciation when, even with unusual ecstatic fullness, certain people experience pleasures of the material world, which are as much sensual as intellectual.

Course VII - Teaching 16: Divine Reversibility

Cafh takes active part in forming the future man by molding this man in its bosom even now. The image of the future man is realized on the Initiated Son, Priest of Cafh.

Course V - Teaching 1: Renunciation is the Way of Cafh

Renunciation is the way of Cafh and there is no other way to save the world. Renunciation is the only means of salvation not only for Sons of Cafh but even for all Humanity.

Course V - Teaching 2: Meditation on Death

When the Blessed Buddha began to assemble his sons to teach them the extraordinary truth that all is renunciation and nothing is lasting in the world, his first action was not to comment that everything perishes and finishes, but to send them to a cemetery.

Course V - Teaching 3: Presence of the Eternal Hour

To renounce is to overcome a dimensional time to live a time that is expansive, immense and eternal. But these words sound very hollow and theatrical if you do not try to live and grasp them within, by transforming the sense of time into eternal reality.

Course V - Teaching 4: Mystical Death of De Rancé

De Rancé, a reformer of the Cistercian Order and founder of the Trappe, is one of the most beautiful examples of contemplating death and sorrow. When does death call him to the true life by removing him from the illusory world and leading him to the summit of the most pure sanctity?

Course V - Teaching 5: Possessive Effectiveness of Renunciation

Renunciation is the only truth that a man can know because is the opposite attachment –which is falsehood and ignorance–, on which men establish their knowledge. To desire a permanent life and to believe that the world is a lasting good brings every misery, pain and evil to the world.

Course V - Teaching 6: Overcoming Sleep

A beautiful Tibetan legend tells the story about how one can overcome sleep. Once upon a time there was an ascetic of great virtue and holiness, who controlled all his minds, senses and faculties but desired to remain ever mentally united with God.