MAN        IN       CREATION 

                         THE    DIVINE    LOVE    PUREST    JUSTIFICATION   (JUSTICE)      

                                                                                                                 MAN       IN       CREATION 

  MAN IS not really meant to live according to the conceptions which have hitherto prevailed, but should be more of an ''intuitive - perceptive human being''. In that way he would form an essential connecting - link for the further development of the whole Creation. Because he unites in himself the ethereal of the beyond and the gross material of this world, it is possible for him to survey both and to experience both simultaneously. In addition he also has at his disposal an instrument that puts him at the head of the entire Gross Material Creation: the intellect. With this instrument he is able to guide, thus to lead. Intellect is the highest of what is earthly, and is meant to be the ''steering element'' through life on earth, whereas the ''driving power'' is the intuitive perception, which originates in the Spiritual World. The basis of the intellect therefore is the physical body, but the basis of the intuitive perception is the spirit. As a product of the brain, which belongs to the gross material body, the intellect, like all that is earthly, is bound to the earthly conception of time and space. The intellect will never be able to work outside time and space, although it is actually more ethereal than the body, but nevertheless still too dense and heavy to rise above earthly conceptions of time and space. Hence it is completely earthbound. But the intuitive perception (not the feeling) is timeless and spaceless, and therefore comes from the Spiritual. Thus equipped, man could be closely connected with the finest ethereal, indeed even be in touch with the spiritual itself, and yet live and work in the midst of all that is earthly, gross material. Only man is endowed in this way. He alone, as the only bridge between the Luminous Heights and the gross material earthly, should and could provide the healthy, fresh connection! ''Only through him in his special nature could the pure Life from the Source of Light pulsate downwards into the deepest gross material, and from there upwards again in the most glorious, harmonious reciprocal action!'' He stands as a link between the two worlds, so that through him these are welded into ''one'' world. However, he did ''not'' fulfil this task. He ''separated'' these two worlds instead of keeping them firmly united. ''And that was the Fall of Man!'' - Through the special nature just explained man was really destined to become a kind of lord of the Gross Material World, because the Gross Material World depends on his mediation, inasmuch as, according to his nature, it was forced to suffer with him or could be uplifted through him, depending on whether the currents from the Source of Light and Life could flow ''in purity'' through mankind or not. But man ''cut off'' the flow of this alternating current necessary for the Ethereal World and for the Gross Material World. Now just as a good blood circulation keeps the body fresh and healthy, so is it with the alternating current in Creation. Cutting it off must bring confusion and illness, finally ending in catastrophes. This serious failure on the part of man could come about because he did not use the intellect, which originates only in gross matter, solely as an instrument, but completely subjected himself to it, making ''it'' ruler over all. He thus made himself the slave of his instrument and became merely intellectual man, who is in the habit of proudly calling himself a materialist! By subjecting himself entirely to the intellect, man chained himself to all that is gross material. Just as the intellect cannot grasp anything beyond the earthly conception of time and space, obviously the man who has completely subjected himself to it cannot do so either. His horizon, that is his ability to comprehend, became narrow together with the limited ability of the intellect. The connection with the Ethereal was thus severed, a wall was erected which became dense and ever denser. Since the Source of Life, the Primordial Light, God, is far above time and space and still stands far above the Ethereal, naturally every contact must be cut off through the binding of the intellect. For this reason it is quite impossible for the materialist to recognise God. The eating from the tree of knowledge was nothing more than the cultivation of the intellect. The resulting separation from the Ethereal was also the closing of Paradise as a natural consequence. Mankind locked themselves out by inclining wholly towards the gross material through the intellect, thus degrading themselves, and voluntarily or of their own choice placing themselves in bondage. But where did this lead? The purely materialistic, thus earthbound and inferior thoughts of the intellect, with all their accompanying manifestations of acquisitiveness, greed, falsehood, robbery, oppression, sensuality and so on, ''were bound'' to bring about the inexorable reciprocal action of what is homogeneous, which formed everything accordingly, drove men onwards, and will finally burst over everything with . . . annihilation! A World Judgment, which in accordance with the existing Laws of Creation cannot be avoided. As with a gathering thunderstorm, which must finally burst and bring destruction. But at the same time also purification! Man did not, as was essential, serve as a connecting - link between the ethereal and the gross material parts of Creation, did not let the ever refreshing, animating and furthering necessary alternating current flow through, but separated Creation into two worlds by evading his obligation, and chaining himself wholly to gross matter. Consequently both parts of the World were bound to become diseased. The part which was completely deprived of the Light - stream, or received it too weakly through the few human beings who still provided a connection, naturally much more severely. This is the gross material part, which is therefore driving towards a terrible crisis and will be utterly convulsed by mighty fever spasms, until all that is diseased therein has been consumed, and it can at last be restored to health under a new, strong influx from the Fountain - Head. But who will be consumed in this process? The answer to this lies in the natural happening itself: Through the creative power dwelling in it, every ''intuitively perceived'' thought immediately takes on an ethereal form corresponding to the content of the thought, always remaining connected as by a cord with its producer, but being drawn off and away from him through the power of attraction of homogeneous species in all that is ethereal, and driven through the Universe with the currents constantly pulsating through it, which like everything in Creation move in ellipses. Thus the time approaches when the thoughts that have come to life and reality in the Ethereal, together with the similar species attracted on their way, ''will fall back'' upon their origin and ''starting point'', because in spite of their wandering they remain linked with him, in order now to discharge, to release themselves there. Hence in the final combined effect that is now to be expected, annihilation will ''first of all'' strike those who through their thinking and intuitive perceiving have been producers and constant supporters. That the destructive rebounding force will describe still wider circles, and in passing will affect even near homogeneous species of these human beings, is inevitable. But then men will fulfil ''that'' which they should fulfil in Creation. They will be connecting - link, will through their quality draw from the Spiritual, that is, will let themselves be guided by the purified intuitive perception, and translate this into the Gross Material, thus into earthly, to this end using their intellect and accumulated experiences only as an instrument, in order to carry through these pure intuitive perceptions in gross material life, taking into account everything earthly, whereby the entire Gross Material Creation will be continually furthered, purified and uplifted. This will make it possible in the reciprocal action for something more healthy to flow back from the Gross Material to the Ethereal; and a new, uniform and harmonious world will arise. In the proper fulfilment of their activity men will be the longed - for complete and noble human beings; for through the right adjustment to the great Work of Creation they too will receive quite different powers than hitherto, which will let them intuitively experience contentment and bliss unceasingly.     

                                                                                                    THE       CREATION      OF      MAN

''GOD CREATED man after His own image and breathed into him His breath!'' These are two happenings: the creating and the animating! Both processes, as with everything, were strictly subject to the existing Divine Laws. Nothing can go beyond their scope. No Divine Act of Will will oppose these immovable Laws, which bear the Divine Will Itself. Also every revelation and promise takes place in regard to these Laws, and must be fulfilled in them, not otherwise! So also the coming into existence of man on earth, which was a step forward of the mighty Creation, the transition of the gross material to an entirely new, higher state. In order to speak of the incarnation of man it is necessary to know of the Ethereal World; for man in flesh and blood is placed as a furthering connecting - link between the ethereal  part and the gross material part of Creation, while his root remains in the spiritual. ''God created man after His own image!'' This making or creating was a long chain of development, which took place strictly within the Laws which God Himself has woven into Creation. Put into effect by the Highest, these Laws work inflexibly and steadfastly at the fulfilment of His Will; automatically, as a part of Him, towards perfection.  So also with the creation of man as the crown of the whole work, in whom all the species that lay in Creation were to unite. Hence in the Gross Material World, physically visible matter, there  was gradually formed in the further evolution the vessel in which a spark from the Spiritual that was immortal could be incarnated. Through the continuously striving forming there grew up in time the most highly developed animal which, by thinking, already made use of various aids for its sustenance and defence. Even today we can observe certain species of animals which make use of certain aids to secure and store their necessities of life, and which often show astounding cunning in defence. The aforesaid most highly developed animals, which were swept away by upheavals that took place on earth, are today described as ''primeval men''. But to call them the ''ancestors of men'' is a great error! With equal right the cow  could be described as ''part mother'' of mankind, because in the first months of their lives most children need the cow's milk to build up their bodies, and thus with her help remain alive and grow. The noble and thinking animal ''primeval man'' has also not much more to do with the real man than that; for the gross material body of man is nothing more than the indispensable instrument that he needs to enable him to work in all directions in the gross material earth, and to make himself understood. To assert that man is descended from the ape  is a great exaggeration! This is going much too far. Raising part of the process to represent the absolute full fact. The main point is lacking! It would be right if man's body really were ''the man''. As it is, however, the gross material body is only his cloak, which he lays aside as soon as he returns to the Ethereal World. How then did the first man come into existence? The highest stage in the Gross Material World having been reached with the most perfect animal, a change for the purpose of further development had to come if there was not to be a standstill, which with its dangers could become retrogression. And this change was foreseen, and came: Having issued as a spirit spark, sinking down through the Ethereal World and at the same time uplifting everything, there stood at its boundary, at the moment when the gross - material - earthly vessel rising upwards in its development had reached the highest point, the ethereal - spiritual  human being also ready and prepared to unite with gross matter, in order to further and uplift it. Thus while the vessel in the World of Gross Matter had grown to maturity, the soul in the Ethereal World had developed so far that it possessed sufficient strength to retain its independence upon entering the gross material vessel. The union of these two parts now signified a closer union of the Gross Material World with the Ethereaal World, right up to the Spiritual. ''Only this event was the birth of man!'' Procreation itself is still a purely animal act with men even today. Higher or baser intuitive perceptions attending it have nothing to do with the act itself, but they bring spiritual consequences whose effects become of great importance in the ''attraction'' of absolutely similar species. Also of a purely  animal nature is the development of the body up to the middle of pregnancy. Purely animal is really not the right expression, but for the time being I will call it purely gross material, and only enter into  it more fully in later lectures. In the middle of pregnancy, at a certain maturity of the growing body, the spirit intended for the birth is incarnated, which until then stays very much in the  vicinity of the mother - to - be. The entrance of the spirit causes the first twitches of the small developing gross material body, thus the first movements of the child. At this point there also arises the peculiarly blissful feeling of the pregnant woman, in whom quite different intuitive perceptions set in from this moment: the awareness of the presence of the second spirit within her, the sensing of it. And her own intuitive perceptions will also be in accordance with the nature of the new, second spirit within her. Such is the process with every incarnation. But now let us return to the first coming into the existence of man. Thus the great epoch in the development of Creation had come: On the one side in the Gross Material World stood the most highly developed animal, which was  to provide the gross material body as a vessel for the coming man; on the other side in the Ethereal World stood the developed human soul who was waiting to unite with the gross material vessel, and thereby give a further impetus for spiritualisation to everything gross material. Now when an act of procreation took place between the noblest pair of these highly developed animals, there was incarnated at the hour of incarnation not an animal soul, as hitherto, but instead the waiting human soul bearing within it the immortal spirit spark. The ethereal human souls with predominantly developed positive abilities incarnated in male animal bodies, corresponding to the homogeneity; those with predominantly negative, more delicate abilities in female  bodies, which were closer to their nature. This  process does not support the assertion that man, whose real origin lies in the spiritual, descends from the animal ''primeval man'', which could only provide the gross material intermediate vessel. Even today it would not occur to the most extreme materialists to consider themselves directly related to an animal, and yet there is now, as there was then, a close physical relationship, hence a gross material homogeneity, whereas the really ''living'' man, that is, the actual spiritual ''ego'' of man, has no homogeneity with or derivation from the animal whatever. Now after his birth the first earthman really stood alone, without parents, because in spite of their high development he could not recognise the animals as parents, and was unable to have any communion with them. Nor did he need it; for he was a completely intuitive - perceptive human being, and as such also lived in the Ethereal World, which gave him values that made up for everything else. The severance of the woman from the first human being was an ethereal - spiritual one. It did not take place in a gross - material - earthly way, as in fact the descriptions in the Bible and ancient religious writings mainly refer just to spiritual and ethereal events. Man as such stood alone, and during his growth primarily used the rougher, sterner intuitive perceptions for his subsistence, as a result of which the more delicate ones were increasingly pushed aside and isolated until, as the more delicate part of the spiritual man, they were completely severed. Now this second part, in order not to remain inactive in the gross material, where in the first place it was absolutely necessary for upliftment, was incarnated in a second vessel, which in accordance with its fineness was of the female sex, while the rougher intuitive perceptions were left to the gross material stronger man. Exactly corresponding to the Laws of the Ethereal World, in which everything immediately takes on form, the delicate and weak manifesting in female forms, the stern and strong in male forms. Through her more valuable spiritual qualities, woman should and could in reality be more perfect than man, if she had only exerted herself to clarify ever more harmoniously the intuitive perceptions bestowed upon her, whereby she would have become a power that was bound to have a revolutionising and greatly furthering effect in the entire Gross Material Creation. But unfortunately it was just she who above all failed, because she surrendered herself as a plaything to the strong powers of intuitive perception assigned to her, which in addition she even dimmed and defiled through feeling and imagination. What deep significance lies in the Biblical narrative of the tasting from the tree of knowledge! How the woman, incited by the serpent, offered the apple to the man. A better illustration of the event in the material sphere simply could not have been given, The offering of the apple, emanating from the woman, was the woman's becoming conscious of the effect of her charms upon man, and their ''intentional exploitation''. But the taking and eating by the man was his response to it with the awakening urge to draw the attention of woman  only to himself by beginning to make himself desirable through accumulating treasures and appropriating various things of value. With this began the cultivation of the intellect, with its accompanying manifestations of greed, falsehood and oppression, to which men finally subjected themselves completely, thus of their own free will making themselves slaves of their instrument. But with the intellect as ruler it inevitably followed that, in accordance with its very nature, they also chained themselves firmly to time and space, thereby losing the ability to grasp or experience anything above time and space, such as everything spiritual and ethereal. This was the complete ''severance'' from the real Paradise and from the Ethereal World, which they brought upon themselves; for it was now inevitable that with the horizon of their ability to comprehend firmly bound to earthly matters through the intellect, and thus narrowly limited, they could no longer ''understand'' all that is ethereal, which does not know the earthly concept either of time and space. Thus the experience and visions of the intuitively - perceptive men, as well as the misunderstood traditions, became ''fairy tales'' to the intellectual men. The ever - increasing number of materialists, that is, those who are only able to acknowledge coarse matter bound to earthly time and space, finally ridiculed the idealists to whom, through  their much deeper and more expansive inner life, the way to the Ethereal World was not yet quite barred; they called them dreamers, if not fools or even impostors. All this was a long - lasting period of development, comprising millions of years. But now at last we are very near the hour when the next great epoch in Creation sets in, which is unconditional upward - swinging, and brings what the first epoch with the coming into existence of man should already have brought: the birth of the spiritualised complete man! Of the man who has a furthering and ennobling effect on the whole of Gross Material Creation, which is the real purpose of man on earth. Then there will be no more room for the oppressive materialists, chained solely to earthly conceptions of time and space. He will be stranger in every country, homeless. He will wither away and perish like chaff that separates from the wheat. Take care that in this separation you are not found too light!