The universal: the rose
You don’t impose the universal.
When you try to impose it as a doctrine valid everywhere, always, and for everyone, that proves it is not universal.
If one is universal, simply being so is enough.
True spirituality is gentle and full of respect; it imposes nothing. It simply says, “Look,” says Master Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov, as he opens for us the book of living nature:
A rose imposes itself. Through its beauty, its fragrance, it asserts itself—but with such gentleness! The sun, beauty, love assert themselves… When the sun warms you, it imposes itself: you begin to take off your coats and sweaters! Yet it does not use violence. It simply says: “Be careful, my rays are powerful; take precautions or you will be burned.” And the rose also says: “Be careful—if you stay near me, I will replace all your miasmas with my fragrance.”
May our idea of the universal be like a perfume, an emanation, a presence that radiates, irresistible. Is that legitimate? Yes,
Like the sun, like the rose, you have the right to assert yourself—but through light, love, gentleness, and beauty.
Daily Thoughts January–April 1986, January 4, and Complete Works, Volume 22, Ogăn (2006), May 6