As we begin the year 2026, the start of a new cycle (2026 = 1), our world is plagued by geopolitical and economic turmoil. These conflicts serve as a reminder of the fragility of human constructs.
The dominance of the logic of power, economics, and technology tends to reduce humanity to mere powerless observers.
This situation breeds a pervasive sense of anxiety; the future seems unpredictable, and the ideals of progress and peace appear to be crumbling. Faced with this instability, many people experience a sense of emptiness or existential disorientation.
Armed conflicts, economic instability, climate crises, and cultural upheavals fuel a sense of uncertainty and undermine traditional points of reference.
In this troubled context, spiritual seeking appears to some as an escape, to others as a necessity. One might then ask how the spiritual quest retains its relevance in a chaotic world.
In this troubled world, spiritual seeking is neither an escape nor a luxury. It responds to a fundamental need for meaning and inner stability. By enabling people to transform themselves, it offers them the resources necessary to face the world’s instability without being overwhelmed by it. Spirituality thus emerges as a path of coherence and responsibility at the very heart of contemporary crises.
However, spiritual seeking cannot be reduced to a withdrawal from the world. On the contrary, a genuine spiritual journey can lay the foundation for an ethic of responsibility.
By cultivating inner peace, clarity, and compassion, people become better able to act with discernment in a troubled context.
Spirituality can thus nurture a clear-sighted commitment oriented toward justice, dialogue, and human dignity. Spiritual seeking does not primarily aim to change the balance of power, but to transform people’s perspective on themselves and the world.
In the spirit of Louis-Claude de Saint-Martin’s thought, it offers an inner refocusing when the external world becomes chaotic. Humanity is invited to seek within itself a principle of unity and meaning.
Spirituality thus emerges as a path of inner resistance in the face of violence and fear. Through our incarnation, we are both prisoners and actors in time. It is on this particular moment in time that we must work.
In My Green Book, Louis-Claude de Saint-Martin wrote: “The present is real, the past is memory, and the future is hope, but all of this is but a single moment, and that moment is eternal. ”
This statement seems to express our Venerable Master’s vision of time: for him, past, present, and future are not separate realities, but an internally experienced unity, bringing time closer to eternity.
In The Spirit of Things, our Venerable Master writes: “The first of these instruments of salvation that presents itself in our distress is time. Time, which did not exist before man had strayed from his Creator; time, the supreme condition of this corrupt nature in which we are immersed; time, the necessary companion of birth and death, is also the source of our rehabilitation, for if we did not have time to rise again, our downfall would be eternal. »
In our group work, within our temples, we have the privilege of living in a special sacred time, at different hours. This work allows us to envision a different future.
It lies in man’s inner elevation and in his relationship to eternity. The future becomes a spiritual horizon, independent of the vagaries of time.
By transforming himself inwardly, the Martinist builds a future that cannot be destroyed by events. The future is no longer something to be predicted, but to be realized.
Our Order offers a timeless response to a quest that combines freedom of conscience with a spiritual path suited to our times.
“Man must not seek his future in the passing of time, but in eternity, which does not pass.”The Man of Desire.
