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„INTRODUCTION TO AGNI YOGA“
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Who (or what) is God?
The new scientific understanding of God
Ladies and Gentlemen,
today we
turn to one of the existential problems of humanity. Since we began to think,
we have been asking: Who or what is God? No satisfactory answer has yet been
found. Agni Yoga finally brings us closer to solving this mystery.
Everything
great is easy to understand. A complicated explanation is mostly wrong. You
will see: This also applies to God. In fact, the Most High is particularly easy
to understand!
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We assume
that you have watched our Broadcastings on Evolution and Hierarchy (Series
"Introduction to Agni Yoga"). Only on the basis of this knowledge you
may hope to come a step closer to understanding the phenomenon “God”.
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Do not be
surprised to find an uncommonly great number of quotations from the Holy Scriptures
in this Broadcasting. This is because the Mahatmas, of course, are better able
than me to explain the nature of God.
1. Man as a Seeker for God
Gebhard Fugel „Moses in front of the burning Bush“
Human
beings have been seeking God since they exist.
What he, the real man, the real woman desires
above all else is God, and nothing less will satisfy. Possessing God, the soul possesses all things
desirable. (Teachings of the Temple Vol. I, Lesson 138 “The eternal Tragedy”)
People are
created,
That they should seek the Lord, if haply they
might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us: For
in him we live, and move, and have our being. (Acts 17, 27, 28)
You should not
believe that the people of all times, of all faiths and of all cultures lied or
have been wrong!
Throughout the history of humanity can be
traced a recognition of the Higher Spirit, the Holy Spirit, the Comforter, and
a great number of such concepts leading to the Higher World. Such testimony of
all ages and peoples must compel even the ignorant to reflect. All mankind
cannot be mistaken! Under varying conditions people have sensed the same
supreme, ineffable Origin. (AUM 86)
Human
beings cannot exist without God. The atheist denies the divine spark and thus
the most high, the holiest within himself.
The blatant materialist or atheist knows in his
heart he is not what he would have other men believe him to be. By his very
nature man must have a God. Every unsatisfied longing for love, devotion,
truth; every wave of admiration for beauty, in whatever form that beauty is
clothed; every ambition for strength, power and ability to build some lasting
monument of his own skill, is a half recognized cry to the God the materialist
claims to disbelieve in. The mouthings, cursings and invective of the atheist, or his silent
contempt for others who loudly profess their faith and belief in God, in
reality spring from the revolt of the outraged God in himself. (Teachings of
the Temple Vol. I, Lesson 184 “No God”)
In truth, atheism
is nothing but ignorance.
They who deny God have not seen Him. (Leaves of
Morya’s Garden II, 180)
God dwells in every heart. Woe to those who
expel God. (Leaves of Morya’s Garden I, 182 [207])
Those who
do not recognize God sink to the level of the animals.
The man who does not think about the Highest is
turned into a creeping reptile. (Fiery World II, 383)
The
negation of the Most High is an unscientific lie incompatible with evolution which
we must fight – with purely spiritual means of course.
Godlessness must be eradicated. The fact is
that it is better to preserve even fragments of the cognizance of Hierarchy,
even in conventional forms, than to be cast into the abyss of chaos. When
people heard about the unattainability of the Highest they began to reject in
general everything Invisible. Therefore by My command godlessness, which has
assumed the aspect of most obvious satanism,
will be prosecuted. One cannot tolerate any longer such involution. (Fiery
World II, 85)
2. Scientific Concept of God
We had said
before. (Broadcasting “Expansion of Consciousness”): Agni Yoga is a synthesis
of science and religion. In order to grasp the whole reality, consisting of both
matter and spirit, we require a new way of cognition which reconciles intellectual
research with the spiritual knowledge of the heart
This new
Divine Science provides insights that were previously inaccessible to humanity
and considered to be unheard of: It enables us to develop a scientific concept
of God that satisfies the longing of both the mystic and the scholar.
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The world
of the future requires a new understanding of God. The New immortal Man regards
himself as someone who is on the path to God. He no longer believes in the old
man with a white beard.
Professing themselves to be wise, they became
fools, and changed the glory of the uncorruptible God
into an image made like to corruptible man. (Romans 1, 22, 23)
The man of
the future sets out to search for God with scientific methods. That does not
mean proving the existence of God by the means of classical physics or
chemistry. Rather, we must involve the straight knowledge of the heart and
develop a concept of God which goes beyond all reason but does not contradict
the laws of reason either.
The time is coming when even the loftiest
concepts have to be proven by science. (Supermundane 698)
3. No earthly Measures
Jean Cousin „The Rape of Europa“
It is a
mistake to apply our limited earthly concepts to the Highest, which will remain
for a long time unrecognizable and unattainable to us. There are things much greater
than our small, all-too-human imagination is able to grasp.
Esoteric philosophy refuses to accept any of
the gods of the so-called monotheistic religions, gods created by man in his
own image and likeness, a blasphemous and sorry caricature of the Ever
Unknowable. (Helena Blavatsky, The Secret Doctrine I, Introductory)
Up to today, we have not gone beyond the primitive view of representing God as a being like you and me. The gods of the people are very different, but they have one thing in common: They all are anthropoid. We must overcome this wrong and unscientific idea.
One should not lower the Highest but elevate It. Therefore the first requisite will be to create the
Divine Image according to Divinity. When the human consciousness will cease to
depict Divinity in an earthly way, then the attainments of the spirit will be
fiery. (Fiery World III, 266)
Already the
Greek philosopher Xenophanes made fun of the gods created in the image of man.
He pointed out wittily that oxen would imagine their gods in the image of oxen.
What does the God of the tavern-keepers look
like? (Leaves of Morya’s Garden II, 180)
The loftiest consciousness strives toward the
Fiery Principle, while the lower one creates the Image of the Highest in its
own likeness. The capacity of the small consciousness will determine the
created Image, hence so many obvious distortions! How is it possible to fill a
small consciousness with the Universal Principle? (Fiery World III, 269)
Our earthly
standards are not applicable to this supreme supermundane
reality. We must not limit the absolute.
Verily, there is nothing more sacrilegious for the
human consciousness than to limit the Ineffable Grandeur of the Divine
Principle that is poured out over the entire Universe. Assuredly, from this
monstrous, ignorant belittling issue all the unworthy concepts of God. Man, in
his conceit, tries to bring everything down to his own level and likeness. (Letters
of Helena Roerich Vol. II, letter of 24.05.1936)
Earthly measure is not applicable to the
grandeur of Cosmos. It is impossible to limit the Unlimited! (Fiery World III,
44)
If we begin to limit the Absolute by our own
perception, it will cease to be the Absolute and will become limited.
Therefore, the Absolute cannot be conceived, for it includes in itself also the
concept of Infinity. Therefore, we can perceive only the various aspects and
manifestations of this Absolute. (Letters of Helena Roerich Vol. I, letter of
01.02.1935)
If we
reduce the Highest to our small human measure, we belittle and even besmirch it,
which amounts to blasphemy.
Bringing everything down to the level of the
lowest is the labor of the dark ones (Fiery World III,
364)
Who can say where begins the Ineffable? Who
dares to measure something which is not permitted to be uttered? But the heart
knows and can guard against a pronouncement of blasphemy. (Fiery World II, 270)
A poor imagination often belittles that which
it wishes to glorify. (Brotherhood 69)
4. Do not separate God from the Rest of Nature
Veronese „God the Father“
One of the
greatest and most disastrous errors of humanity is to separate God from the
rest of nature. Thereby He becomes a theoretical abstraction and ceases to be
alive.
In fact, as
we have already said, there is nothing supernatural in the Universe (Broadcasting
“Expansion of Consciousness”). Everything is real, that means: cognizable and
perceptible. There cannot be anything supernatural or unnatural beyond, besides,
outside or above reality, that is, nature.
Everything, really everything, up to God, is part of nature.
There cannot be anything unnatural in Nature. (Supermundane
318)
Even God is
a product of the evolution; just as natural as every stone, every plant, every
animal, every human being and everything else that exists. He ascended to His
height through infinite labour, from circumstances which were no better than
ours today.
One of the
most important statements of Agni Yoga is:
There is no God who was not man at one time. All
gods must undergo human evolution. (Letters of Helena Roerich Vol. I, letter of
31.05.1935)
Everything, really everything, up to God, is subject to the laws of nature.
Therefore,
the idea of a punitive or forgiving God is wrong. The consequences of good or
bad deeds are regulated by Karma. Even God cannot interfere with the working of
this Cosmic Law, which makes sure that justice reigns in the Universe.
5. Man on the Path to God
We had already
said (Broadcasting “The Law of Evolution”), and it is important to remember:
Man is on the way to God! We are called upon to follow the same path to the
highest heights God has walked before us eons ago.
“The wise man proceeds to Me
by the Higher Path”—thus conclusively has been ordained the path of life. The wayfarer affirms that he goes to the Lord
Himself. It is true, people are amazed at such a resolution, but they respect such
a steadfastness. One must set before oneself the loftiest goal; only then does
the road not appear forbidding. One must adjoin the highest quality throughout
all existence. One must accept higher measures as alone worthy of the Highest
Forces. (Fiery World II, 369, 370
Man was created
in the image of God (Genesis 1, 27).
This means: Within each of us lies dormant the potential of a god! It is the
very meaning of our life here on this planet to unearth this immense treasure
and to develop it ever further.
What a wonderful concept, that man has been
created in the Image of God! Surely, such an exhortation is a powerful call to
perfection of the spirit. Reminding about the Prototype of God must lead man
into New Paths. (Fiery World III, 147)
Man is made in the image of God. Therefore, as
the drop of water from the ocean contains in itself all the elements, forces
and potencies of that ocean, so man includes in his being, actual or latent,
all the planes, forces, powers and possibilities of a God. (Teachings of the
Temple Vol. II, Lesson “The Geometry of the Soul”)
Since we are particles of the Absolute, and
since each particle of the One Whole potentially possesses all the qualities of
this Whole, we can gradually unfold this potential within ourselves during the
span of countless incarnations and the millennia that reach into Infinity. (Letters
of Helena Roerich Vol. I, letter of 01.02.1935)
If you want
to realize this sublime thought and walk this highest path, you must not
separate God from your everyday life. The ideal to which you aspire must be a
living reality, not just a dead abstraction.
6. God as the Peak of Hierarchy
The key to
a new, scientific understanding of God is the Hierarchy. Only a true
understanding of the Hierarchy can help you to come closer to cognizing God.
The crucial
paragraph of the Teaching on our topic runs:
The concept of God in all its grandeur is
clarified on the basis of Hierarchy. Only thus can the Highest Concept emerge
from abstraction and blend with all Existence. (Fiery World II, 188)
We have
seen: The spiritual Hierarchy continues to lead ever higher: From the lowest
souls incarnated in stones, plants, or animals via the human soul up to the
highest beings we know: Rulers of the Earth, like the Archangel Michael, Buddha, Jesus Christ and Mahatma Morya.
Even these Masters
occupy a certain level of Jacob's Ladder only. They
are themselves subordinated to other beings, who are even more advanced, and they
all continue to ascend.
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Jesus and Morya
are spiritual rulers over the earth. Above them we find an entity responsible
for our solar system with its various planets with higher (for example on Venus
and Jupiter) and lower creatures (for example on Saturn). Even higher stand the
ruler of our Milky Way and those responsible for the billions and billions of
other galaxies, such as the Andromeda galaxy. These, in turn, are governed by the
rulers of a Cosmos and whole Universes, and so it goes on infinitely.
Looking at
the stars, we are faced with unlimited spaces, unimaginable heights and beings
of sheer immeasurable size.
Why is it so difficult for people to imagine an
endless chain of Creators from the lowest to the Highest, up to the
Inaccessible? (Hierarchy 68)
All these
members of an endless chain up to the highest peak develop in the course of
natural evolution each from the preceding stage.
Hierarchy is affirmed as the link between the
worlds! (Hierarchy 338)
The beings with
progressing perfection become less and less material and ever more spiritual.
The development on Jacob's Ladder leads from the
coarsest matter, whose animation with spirit is barely noticeable (a stone) up to
the absolute spirit which is almost devoid of any matter.
Spirit is the ultimate sublimation of matter,
and matter the crystallization of spirit. (Mahatma Letters No. 22, letter of
September 1882)
In this
hierarchy of souls, the highest point conceivable for us is the world soul, the
universal spiritual essence of Cosmos.
There is a hierarchy of souls from the lowest
forms of matter up to the World-Soul. (Mahatma Letters No. 9 of 08.07.1881)
To put it plain
and simple: God is nothing but the top of the Hierarchy.
Without God there is no path. Call Him what one
will, the highest Hierarchic Principle must be observed, otherwise there is
nothing to adhere to. (Fiery World I, 628)
It is of no permanent consequence whether the
disciple terms that concept God, Brahma, Jehovah or the Higher Self, for the
time being. It is the recognition of the Supreme whether he places it inside,
outside, or both inside and outside of his physical self. (Teachings of the
Temple Vol. I, Lesson 184 “No God”)
You will be justified in accepting the “Highest
Hierarch upon Jacob’s Ladder” as your God. Verily, the One who heads the Chain
of the Hierarchy of our world is in his power actually the manifestation of God
for us. (Letters of Helena Roerich Vol. I, letter of 01.02.1935)
Indeed, the Hierarchic Principle is the cosmic
law, the leading principle. Therefore, there is a Highest Spiritual Being, or
Hierarch who takes upon himself responsibility for the whole cycle or a certain
Manvantara. In human conception such a Greatest Spirit is merged with the Image
of a personal God or even a Universal God. (Letters of Helena Roerich Vol. II,
letter of 02.07.1937)
The
Hierarchy is the line that connects men with God.
Unbearable is the Almighty Light, but Hierarchy
is the link to that dazzling Summit. The Hierarchy leads an illumined spirit to
that point where one might even be blinded. (Hierarchy 281)
God is the
final and culminating point in which, in infinity, all lines converge, towards
which everything strives, and from which everything emanates: The top of the
pyramid. Everything is unified in God; in Him all opposites are suspended.
In infinity all that exists merges into unity.
(AUM 143)
Where Thou abideth, O
Lord, there is nor light, nor darkness. All is One. (Leaves of Morya’s Garden I,
274 [327])
It is correct to view the law of Hierarchy as
the summit of cosmic creativeness. Light pours from it, thoughts strive to it;
thus one should direct the best strivings to the Summit of Hierarchy. (Hierarchy
83)
If we
understand Him on the basis of the principle of hierarchy, God becomes, if at
all possible, concrete and tangible as the end of a ladder on the lower rungs of
which we are standing and ascending step by step. In this way, He becomes a
natural part of our everyday existence.
The directed consciousness can lead the
spirit’s eye to the string of pearls which loses itself in Infinity. (Fiery
World I, 612)
7. Mystery
Alexej von Jawlensky „Abstract Head - Mystery“
Some of you
may say: I now understand that God is the peak of the Hierarchy. But that does
not really help me to form a picture of Him.
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That is
because He is too far away from us. The human imagination is barely able to
form a picture of those entities that stand above Jesus Christ, Buddha, the
Angels and Archangels. The even higher levels of the endless Hierarchy we
cannot grasp at all with our limited consciousness. This applies all the more to
the Most High, the top of the pyramid.
We do not see the end of the chain of Teachers.
(Community 60)
You cannot
talk to your dog about Jesus. Jesus, however, is much closer to the dog than
God is to us.
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Thus, for
the time being, we can only say: Stick to those earthly and supermundane
teachers and Masters, who are recognizable to you. Do not indulge in fruitless
speculations about distant spheres of the Hierarchy into which you, with your
limited earthly understanding, are unable to penetrate anyway.
The World lives in mystery, and the Highest
Mystery is unrevealable. People sense in their hearts
the boundary of this Mystery and are capable of respecting it. One must not
invent mystery, but one must respect it. (Fiery World II, 78)
Do not believe
that you are ready to reveal the greatest mystery. When, as evolution
progresses, you expand your consciousness, your notion of the Supreme will grow
as well.
In the depths of their consciousness people feel
that it is impossible to express or appraise that which is higher than all
possible concepts. (AUM 78)
The Absolute cannot be conceived, for it
includes in itself also the concept of Infinity. But who will ponder upon the
majestic and awesome idea of Infinity? Therefore, we can perceive only the
various aspects and manifestations of this Absolute. (Letters of Helena Roerich
Vol. I, letter of 01.02.1935)
For the
time being, it must be sufficient for you to know the path on which you can
approach and, as you progress and draw nearer, recognize Him more and more.
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Nevertheless,
let us now talk about one or the other possibility to reveal the mystery of God
a little bit further.
8. Knowledge of the Heart
You should not
believe that your intellect can tell you much about the Supreme Being.
If the Sublime Beings testify that they have
not faced the supreme Origin of Origins, this should not be construed as a form
of negation. On the contrary, this testimony of the sacred infinitude of the
Supreme World only proves how unencompassable is the
concept of Sublime Light. He is right who know the path toward Light, but only
the ignorant, in conceit, will presume that the brain can evaluate the Sublime.
(Fiery World I, 612)
Like all other
objects, we can approach the essence of the Most High with the help of our heart
only. When we speak of a scientific concept of God, we have in mind the new
divine science of cognition by the feeling of the heart.
The heart will teach reverence for the Origin
of Origins. (Fiery World I, 612)
No man has ever found God by way of his
intellect, but the path from his heart is straight and always wide open. (Teachings
of the Temple Vol. I, Lesson 70 “God and Christ”)
He who feels love for God, the great Origin of
Origins, can utter his Name in his own language. Only with such an
all-pervading concept can one express worthy veneration. The human heart cannot
flourish without striving toward the Origin of Origins—inexpressible in words,
but cognized through the fire of the heart. (Fiery World I, 629)
Only
through constant purification and refinement of your heart you can hope to come
a little bit closer to a picture of God that corresponds to reality.
Pure hearts will perceive the Highest. (Fiery
World III, 576)
Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall
see God. (Matthew 5, 8)
9. God in Nature and within Ourselves
You may
discern the Creator in the glory of His creation, in nature around you.
Precisely the beauty of nature and of the laws that rule the cosmos (think of the construction of DNA as a double helix or of a miracle such as the human eye) proves: It is not chaos which prevails; there is a great spirit at work, creating order.
In the Universe all things are but a reflection
of the Divine. (Leaves of Morya’s Garden I, 84 [92]
Our mind alone is unable to comprehend God
Himself but can recognize Him as the Father of all beings from the beauty of
His creations and the splendor of Nature. (Origen
according to Letters of Helena Roerich Vol. I, letter of 01.02.1935)
Because the
material world is a reflexion of the immaterial, it can give you an idea of the
Divine.
The visible world brings to humanity a concept
of the invisible one, and the creativeness of spirit can direct toward
cognizance of the invisible. (Infinity II, 520 [120])
In the whispering of leaves, in the splash of
waves, in the murmur of the breeze, I am with you. (Leaves of Morya’s Garden I, 209 [235])
The All-Existent is in all and we are in it. (Infinity
II, 821 [421])
Above all within
yourself, in your immortal soul, in the spark of the divine spirit that is
embedded within you, you can recognize God. The easiest way to the realization
of Him is: Sense the divine, the eternal within yourself!
Truly has it been said by the sages of old
"Man know thyself and thou shalt know God." (Teachings of the Temple
Vol. II, Lesson “The Geometry of the Soul”)
So the Divine in the human recognizes and knows
the Divine in Nature. (Teachings of the Temple Vol. II, Lesson “Truth and Authority”)
Where is
God hidden? Within your own heart!
Reverence to the Lord can be experienced only
by the heart. Only inner comprehension will give subtle understanding. Nothing
external replaces the filling of the heart with the Lord. (Fiery World III,
138)
Even in the most ancient times people
understood the significance of the heart. They regarded the heart as the
Dwelling of God. (Heart 73)
Therefore,
do not search in far distance, and certainly not in Heaven, but within
yourself.
Where shall I find God? If I search the heavens
and the earth and the waters under the earth, shall I find him? No! But if thou
wilt search the depths of thine own heart, all that thou findest
of Love, of Beauty, of Unselfishness - all that thou knowest
of Peace and Joy will open the path to God, and show thee the hidden places
wherein thou wilt find all thou canst know and understand. (From the Mountain
Top Vol. I, Lesson “Where is God?”)
10. God: A Being or a Principle?
Some ask: Is
God actually an individual being or a principle? Agni Yoga speaks of an
impersonal God.
What is this impersonal God? Is He not the
Divine Immanent and Infinite Principle, or the Inconceivable Cause, of all
Existence? (Letters of Helena Roerich Vol. I, letter of 01.02.1935)
Let us remember that the consciousness of the
masses always demands an Individuality for worship and creates the High Image
in the likeness of one of its own, whereas a high consciousness always aspires
to the Principle in all manifestations. (Letters of Helena Roerich Vol. I,
letter of 01.02.1935)
Therefore, we cannot consider God as being a
particular incarnation, or as incarnate at all. He is pure Spiritual Nature, without
anything that is complex. He is intelligence, and at the same time the source
and origin of all intelligence in Nature and Creation. God, who is the origin
of everything, should not be considered complex, as otherwise it might appear
as though the elements that have created everything considered complex existed
before their very origin. (Origen, On the First Principles, according to Letters
of Helena Roerich Vol. I, letter of 01.02.1935)
The
solution of the riddle is: On the one hand, God is a creature "like you
and me," who has worked his way up to his present position through endless
efforts. On the other hand, we have already discussed: The souls become more
and more ethereal and spiritual as evolution progresses. When you follow this
development to the highest heights, one can imagine that there are
"beings" at the very top, so ethereal, almost devoid of matter, to such
an extent pure spirit, that they are barely distinguishable from a principle.
11. No „God the Father“
Michelangelo “The Creation of Adam”
You should
not imagine God as your father, with whom you may speak, whom you worship and
whom you can ask for help. For this, He is too far away from you. He is
responsible for the entire infinite revealed Universe with its billions and
billions of living beings. He cannot but delegate the task of caring for us
humans to lower levels, namely, the saints and Mahatmas responsible for the earth.
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In
meditation you may have a conversation with beings from higher spheres. If you
are on the right track, you will receive support from above. Then, however, you
do not have to deal with God himself, but with your teacher, your spiritual
father, your guardian angel or at best a member of the
Brotherhood. Higher up you should not aim.
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Of course, Jesus is not the Son of God. He is too
far away to be the father. As a spiritual being, God has no physical but
spiritual children, that is: His co-workers of the next lower level of the
Hierarchy serving under Him, together with whom He rules the Universe. God does
not even know by name this insignificant earthling Jesus, how ever vital his sacrifice might
be for us.
When Jesus speaks of his "Father in
heaven," he does not mean God, but the next level above himself, his
teacher.
12. Cognition through Rapprochement
Selvarajan Yesudian „You are the Sun of your Life“
May the Highest
be expressed through our thoughts and actions. Let us
realize the divine within us. God is still far away from us. We approach Him when
we start our ascent towards Him and acquire His qualities more and more. From
nearby, we will then be better able to recognize Him.
We know God by traveling the path that leads to
Him, which Path is ourselves. (Teachings of the Temple Vol. II, Lesson “The Geometry
of the Soul”)
The higher
you develop your heart knowledge and the more you expand your consciousness,
the more you will be able to grasp of the nature of God.
The idea of God differs in different consciousnesses, according to the stage of human evolution.
It grows and broadens in proportion to the growth of the consciousness. Verily,
one may say that there are as many conceptions of God as there are consciousnesses. (Letters of Helena Roerich Vol. I, letter
of 01.02.1935)
We have to
perfect ourselves. Only by elevating ourselves towards God can we hope to get
to know Him more and more.
To approach Godliness is to develop the
attributes of God. (Teachings of the Temple Vol. 1, Lesson 192 "His Line
hath gone out")
That soul can have no consciousness of Love,
Wisdom, Truth, or any other attribute of God, and therefore no consciousness,
no knowledge of God, save in so far as each one of those attributes has been
developed within it.
In view of this fact, is it surprising that the
Higher Self, that God, is such a vague, imperceptible, shadowy being in the minds
of the majority of people?
When the attributes of God, and like attributes
in man, meet and mingle there will be no separation between God and Man. Like
the truly married, the twain have become one. (Teachings of the Temple Vol. I, Lesson
119 “The Law of Opposites”)
Ultimately,
we can only understand the nature of God to the extent that we ourselves have
become a god.
To truly know, we must become the thing which
we wish to know. (Teachings of the Temple Vol. II, Lesson “True Knowledge”)
Only God can create an image of God, only God
can see God. (Teachings of the Temple Vol. I, Lesson 178 “Imagination versus Fancy”)
Personal knowledge of God predicates equality
with God, for only one on an equality with another can truly know that other,
whether that one be God or man. (Teachings of the Temple Vol. 1, Lesson 231 “The
Unknowable”)
The law of
correspondence says:
The highest is accessible only to the highest. (Infinity
I, 315)
13. The Peak in Motion
At the end
of this Broadcasting, let us deepen the understanding of God by one last step:
We had already
said: Life is eternal movement (Broadcasting “The Law of Evolution”).
Only eternal motion gives life to all forms. (Infinity II, 637 [237])
There is no standstill in the Cosmos. (Infinity
I, 143)
Standstill
is death.
There can be no stagnation in Eternity; all is
in motion—in the striving toward perfection. (Supermundane 791)
It is of
the utmost importance that you realize: In a Universe evolving infinitely,
there is no limit and therefore no state of perfection.
Nothing is finite, nothing is immovable. (Community 135)
In completion there is death. (Infinity I, 40)
Accordingly,
you should not think of God as static. If He is supposed to be not an abstraction,
but a living reality, He too must evolve and move up to even greater heights. Thus,
the top of the pyramid does not rest immobile on the steps below, but moves
itself further upwards.
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From this
picture it becomes clear: The lower layers must incessantly follow the higher
ones in their constant upward movement. If we stop moving, we shall lose the
connection and detach ourselves more and more from the leadership and the
ever-advancing evolution. Then the worlds are separated, and man in which the
worlds unite is torn apart.
When the Higher World is striving upward and
mankind propels itself downward, then indeed the cosmic current cannot be
realized. Therefore, disharmony rules in the World. (Fiery World III, 189)