If I told you about my joy and my admiration when I met the Teacher, you would not believe me! I was very poor then, I had only a bed, a violin and a few books. I spent whole weeks in the mountains, reading, meditating, and from time to time I went out to do a little work to earn a few sous. And if you could see the shoes and clothes that I wore!.. But I was happy because I felt rich, fabulously rich, rich from the consciousness that I had my Teacher. It seemed to me that my mind, my heart contained all the treasures of the Universe. To have a Teacher - you can imagine! I knew that thanks to him I would possess Heaven and Earth, I would be able to achieve all the most valuable things that I so desired... Omraam Mikael Aivankhov