The Human Role in the Spiritual and Material

Universes
Pathwork Guide Lecture No. 6 | May 20, 1957
My dear friend, you ha!e had "any dicuion a#out how difficu$t it i for you hu"an #ein% to
u#&ect your own free wi$$ to God' wi$$. Let u therefore e(a"ine what the rea$ reaon for thi i.
)hen you ref$ect u*on thi +uetion, you wi$$ ha!e to ad"it that there "ut #e a $ack of trut here, a
$ack of trut in God, e!en if you ha!e not for"u$ated any c$ear thou%ht a#out it. ,"otiona$$y thi
"ut #e the cae. -or if your trut in God were a it hou$d #e, then none of you wou$d ha!e any
difficu$ty in *$acin% .i wi$$ a#o!e your. /et, e"otiona$$y you react a if you #e$ie!ed that you
know #etter than God what i %ood or ad!anta%eou for you0whi$e in rea$ity thi i not o at a$$.
1he kind of e$f2$o!e that e!eryone ha i a ick and horti%hted $o!e, whi$e God' $o!e for you i a
c$ean, tron%, hea$thy $o!e, and therefore a "ore fari%hted and #ene!o$ent $o!e, intent on %i!in%
you the #et. )hat God end your way i, of coure, often o"ewhat un*$eaant0not #ecaue .e
want it o #ut #ecaue it i in accordance with the $aw of caue and effect you youre$!e ha!e et
in "otion #y your *at action or attitude. /our difficu$tie wi$$ u#tantia$$y di"inih when you
know how to acce*t the" and u#&ect youre$!e in thi re*ect a$o to God' $aw. 1o fi%ht and
o!erco"e what wei%h you down wi$$ "ake you tron%er, freer and ha**ier3 with e!ery forward
te* you wi$$ undertand #etter the "eanin% of it a$$. 4n$y when the e$f2created o#tac$e are
o!erco"e can you rea*, a$ready here on earth, the ha**ine that God want you to ha!e. -or on$y
the !ictory o!er the e$f2created difficu$tie, e!en if you don't yet undertand their ori%in, "ake
you free enou%h to recei!e thi ha**ine, "ake you a#$e to #ear it and kee* it.
5 ha!e aid it #efore, #ut 5 want to re*eat it6 ,!ery hu"an #ein%, not on$y a "ediu", can and hou$d
ha!e *erona$ contact with God' wor$d. ,!ery#ody can ha!e it7 8ut the condition ha!e to #e "et.
)hen God' *irit *eak to you throu%h a "ediu", they ne!er want to turn you into o"e *u**et
who i de*endent on the". /e, there are una$i%ned *irit0and 5 a" not e!en ta$kin% a#out the
dark one0who wou$d %$ad$y %i!e you intruction a#out what to do or not do3 thi wou$d %i!e
the" *ower and f$atter their !anity. 8ut an e!o$!ed *irit of God doe not need or want *ower, doe
not need or want f$attery. 9n e!o$!ed *irit want what God want, and God want to "ake free and
inde*endent hu"an #ein% out of you. :ea$ $i#eration can on$y #e in God and throu%h God. /ou
"ut ha!e your own *erona$ e(*erience in undertandin% what God' wi$$ i in any *articu$ar cae.
9nd we wi$$ he$* you in that, we wi$$ teach you how to eta#$ih your *erona$ contact. 1here are
definite ru$e for thi, #ut you "ut firt o!erco"e your indi!idua$ o#tac$e. 5 wi$$ he$* a$$ thoe
who are wi$$in% to eta#$ih uch a contact and e(*$ain the *rinci*$e that %o!ern and faci$itate it.
8ut the deire for it ha to co"e fro" you3 we wi$$ not !io$ate your free wi$$, God ne!er doe that
either. 5 wi$$ ak you after the eion whether you want the contact or not. 5 "ay not a$way and
e(c$ui!e$y ta$k a#out thi u#&ect3 5 wi$$ tie it in with the to*ic of "y $ecture3 they a$way contain
"ateria$ referrin% to it. 5 cou$d %i!e you a coure, if you want it. 8ut te$$ "e honet$y if you don't.
Not e!erythin% wi$$ #e entire$y new to you, #ut thi ;coure< wi$$ u""ari=e the condition for
*erona$ contact with the *irit wor$d te* #y te*, in $ine with your *ro%re. /ou can o#tain a %reat
treaure throu%h thi, "y dear one. 8ut it doe not co"e eai$y, a nothin% can that i tru$y *reciou
and wi$$ #etow ha**ine on you. 9nd the deciion "ut #e "ade #y you3 it cannot #e "ade for
you.
.ere 5 wou$d $ike to add that thoe who do not a**$y what they $earn, ha!e no ri%ht to deny the
rea$ity of *iritua$ truth, not e!en to the"e$!e. -or e!erythin% that i tau%ht to you #y a *irit of
God, here or e$ewhere, can #e *erona$$y e(*erienced at an intenity that $ea!e no roo" for dou#t,
that o!erhadow any outward, "ateria$ *roof. 9nd you can e(*erience that. 1herefore they who do
not fu$fi$$ the condition neceary to e(*erience a$$ that they $earn here and o find it confir"ed,
ha!e no ri%ht to +uetion it !a$idity.
9nd now to your +uetion, "y dear friend.
>?,@154N6 5 wou$d $ike to ak you, what i the difference #etween the 5ndian and the )etern
conce*t a#out the continuity of $ife after death. )hich one i ri%htA 5 it true that there i nothin%
after death, a the 5ndian ay, that after re*eated incarnation the ou$ fina$$y return to
nothin%ne, that the indi!idua$ *erona$ity doe not ur!i!eA 4r doe *erona$ity and indi!idua$
concioune re"ain in e(itence in o"e for"A
9N@),:6 -irt 5 want to "ention a%ain that there i hard$y any re$i%iou conce*t which doe not
contain a kerne$ of truth. 9nd whene!er you ak uch a +uetion, ak a#out that a$o, and 5 wi$$ he$*
you to ee where you can find thi kerne$ of truth, whether it concern the 8i#$e or any other
re$i%iou teachin%. @o, to co"e #ack to your +uetion, 5 want to e(*$ain to you firt how it rea$$y i.
1hi wi$$ hed $i%ht on the contradiction.
1he hi%her e!o$!ed an indi!idua$ i, the "ore wi$$ the $i"itation of the e%o fa$$ away. 5t i the e%o
which erect the wa$$ of #$indne and e*aration around the ou$. 1he hi%her the de!e$o*"ent, the
"ore wi$$ the #and of $o!e which tie one ou$ to the other #eco"e !ii#$e0#ut thi #and i tied in
freedo", in the ene that we are #ound to each other #y $o!e. 9$$ who are connected with thi #and
of $o!e wi$$ fee$ the other' *ain with the a"e intenity a their own3 the other' &oy wi$$ #e $ike
their own. 1he e(*erience wi$$ #e the a"e for you and the other. 1he e%o, *uttin% ite$f in it own
e*arate *$ace, e$e!ate ite$f a#o!e the other #y wantin% o"ethin% #etter for ite$f than for the
other. 1he e%o wi$$ dia**ear with each te* that the #ein%0hu"an or *irit0take on the u*ward
*ath. )hen the hi%het te* are reached, the fee$in% of #rotherhood, of $o!e, of at2onene with the
1hou, e!ery 1hou, i o co"*$ete that each ou$ !i#rate in an e!er2%rowin% unity with e!ery other
ou$, for"in% a true, free #ond with a$$ it #rother and iter and with the .ea!en$y -ather. 5t i
!ery difficu$t to e(*$ain thi to you in word, #ecaue you $ack the inner e(*erience of uch a tate
and therefore ha!e no conce*t for it. 1herefore 5 a" akin% you to try to fee$ into the "eanin%
#etween the $ine, o that you can in o"e way i"a%ine what 5 a" tryin% to con!ey.
1he hi%het $e!e$ i that which we ca$$ ;the .oue of God.< Bo not i"a%ine thi a a houe, #ut a a
!at *here. 9 #ein% who enter the .oue of God, who doe not ha!e to incarnate in a hu"an #ody
any"ore, ha "er%ed o co"*$ete$y with the 1hou that, a 5 aid #efore, e!erythin% i fe$t and
e(*erienced e+ua$$y in the e$f and in the other0e(act$y #ecaue the e%o ha #een o!erco"e. 8y
the way, not e!ery#ody who no $on%er need to incarnate on earth enter the .oue of God ri%ht
away3 often the de!e$o*"ent continue in other *here firt. Now, hu"an #ein% often "ake the
"itake, #y confuin% the #aic conce*t, of #e$ie!in% that the e%o i identica$ with the ene of
indi!idua$ity the *erona$ity ha. 8ut one ha nothin% to do with the other. 4n the contrary, a 5 tried
to e(*$ain in o"e of "y $ecture, the concioune of the ;5< i e(*anded and intenified with
e!ery hi%her $e!e$ reached, and e(act$y #ecaue the e*aration of the e%o ha #een o!erco"e. @ince
thi e*aratene i nothin% #ut #$indne and $ack of undertandin%, it "ut neceari$y di"inih
and reduce awarene, and thu the ene of indi!idua$ity in the *erona$ity. 4ne day the e%o "ut
#e o!erco"e and the "er%in% acco"*$ihed. 1hen indi!idua$ity wi$$ not on$y not #e re$in+uihed,
#ut wi$$ co"e into it own in e!er2increain% freedo", $i%ht, undertandin%, and $o!e.
@o you can ee the kerne$ of truth in the 5ndian, a we$$ a in the Cewih and Dhritian conce*t,
thou%h they ee" to contradict each other. 1he 5ndian conce*t refer to the dio$ution of the e%o,
whi$e the Cewih and Dhritian conce*t dea$ on$y with the indi!idua$ity of the ou$, which tru$y and
eterna$$y e(it in a hei%htened for". 8oth are true. 1he reaon that the conce*t of Nir!ana ha
*read in 5ndia i the fo$$owin%6
5n 5ndia there ha!e a$way #een a nu"#er of *eo*$e who, throu%h certain "editation e(ercie0
i"i$ar to what 5 wi$$ e!entua$$y teach you0and a$o #ecaue of their hi%h *iritua$ de!e$o*"ent,
ha!e reached the ca*acity to free their *irit fro" their #ody without $oin% their concioune.
1hu they had certain *iritua$ e(*erience. @ince trancendin% the e%o, at $eat to a de%ree, i a
#aic re+uire"ent for a *iritua$ e(*erience and for the fee$in% of %reat #$i that acco"*anie it, it
i undertanda#$e that *eo*$e who ha!e not had uch e(*erience ditort the account %i!en #y thoe
who ha!e had the". 9ny fee$in% i difficu$t to e(*re in word. 1he hi%her, the "ore #eautifu$ and
#$ifu$ an e(*erience i, the $e eay it i to c$othe it into word for thoe who ha!e not yet #een
a#$e to %o throu%h the a"e e(*erience, and thi i e*ecia$$y true with a *iritua$ e(*erience.
1herefore, any *iritua$ e(*erience re$ayed fro" one *eron to the other i e!en "ore *rone to #e
"iundertood than account of factua$ e!ent. 9nd thi i what ha**ened here. 5t i thu not at a$$
the cae that the indi!idua$ity i dio$!ed and annihi$ated. 5f it were o, the *erona$ e(*erience
cou$dn't e!en ha!e #een re%itered and #rou%ht into concioune, nor cou$d the atte"*t e!er ha!e
#een "ade to con!ey it, howe!er inufficient$y. -ro" a$$ thi it i eay to undertand how the
conce*t that the indi!idua$ity ceae to e(it ca"e into #ein%. Ne!erthe$e, it i a %ro error. 9 a
"atter of fact, it i an i"*oi#i$ity, "y friend. Nothin% that God created in #eauty and *urity e!er
dio$!e, e*ecia$$y not the *irit. 9nd the indi!idua$ity, in it *ure for", that i without e%o, i
*ure$y of the *irit.
)hen eein% a #eautifu$ f$ower or a $o!a#$e $itt$e ani"a$ you #e$ie!e that they e(it on$y
te"*orari$y #ecaue the #ody or e(terna$ he$$ wi$$ decay, or *erha* #ecaue the *ecie i dyin%
out, you are "itaken. No, "y dear one, what i #eautifu$ and no#$e, what i *iritua$0and
whate!er i #eautifu$ and no#$e i a$way *iritua$0ne!er dio$!e, it re"ain fore!er, *erha* in a
o"ewhat different for", #ut fu$$y "aintained in it eence, that i, in it indi!idua$ity. -or what i
of the *irit i a$i!e. )hen you ee a dead #ody you often ay, ;Life ha %one out of it,< or ;Life ha
$eft it.< )hen you ay that you know that you are referrin% to the $i!in% *irit. 1herefore whate!er
i %ood and no#$e in the character of a hu"an #ein% or any creature ne!er dio$!e, it e(it fore!er
and in it indi!idua$ity. Bo you undertand thiA
>?,@154N6 /e. 9nd of coure for u it i !ery i"*ortant to acertain or at $eat %et o"e
inti"ation that the tie we ha!e with our $o!ed one wi$$ re"ain in e(itence.
9N@),:6 1hat' e(act$y what 5 ay. 4f coure. 5f there were no indi!idua$ *erona$ity, there cou$d
a$o #e no contact with other, whether in $o!e or otherwie. 9nd it i not on$y that the #ond of $o!e
wi$$ re"ain #etween you and thoe who were c$oe to you, #ut one day, "ay#e in a !ery $on% ti"e
accordin% to your *erce*tion, thi #ond wi$$ e(*and and inc$ude other #ein% to who" you now
"ay #e indifferent or who" you e!en di$ike. 1hi $o!in% connection wi$$, in e!er %rowin%
e(*anion, inc$ude "ore and "ore #rother and iter. @o that what i achie!ed throu%h your
*iritua$ de!e$o*"ent0$o!e, undertandin%, and o on0can ne!er #e $ot.
8y the way, the erroneou conce*t of co"*$ete dio$ution of the *erona$ity wa ne!er for"u$ated
or *ro*a%ated #y the 5ndian "ytic who ha!e had the *iritua$ e(*erience referred to a Nir!ana. 5
can aure you that if you *oke to uch a *eron, whether 5ndian or not, he wou$d confir" that it i
a "iundertandin% and that the truth i e(act$y the way 5 tried to decri#e it to you. .e wou$d
confir" that, on the contrary, the indi!idua$ity, the ca*acity for *erona$ e(*erience, wi$$ on$y
increae and in no way decreae, and that on$y the e%o dio$!e. 9nd thi i an eentia$
difference7 5t wou$d #e %ood if you ref$ected and "editated a#out thi difference. -or you think that
your who$e *erona$ity hin%e on the e%o.
5 wou$d e(*$ain it in thi way6 1he e%o i a *art of the $ower e$f and the indi!idua$ *erona$ity i
the u" tota$ of a$$ that the #ein% i in it "o"entary tate of de!e$o*"ent, inc$udin% the $ower and
the hi%her e$f. )hat *ae i on$y the $ower e$f, which "ake you hea!y and earth#ound with it
e%o and which $i"it your indi!idua$ ca*acity to e(*erience the di!ine in e!ery re*ect, #e it a
*erona$ *iritua$ e(*erience, $o!e for your nei%h#or or co"*aion, or whate!er. 5"a%ine, then,
that you ha!e two ;e$!e< who fi%ht each other. 1hi 5 a$way te$$ you. 4nce you are ad!anced
enou%h to fee$ the difference and know how to dicri"inate one fro" the other within your ou$,
you wi$$ not on$y undertand "y e(*$anation #etter, #ut you wi$$ a$o #e "uch c$oer to the
*iritua$ e(*erience ite$f. )hen one c$in% o ti%ht$y to the e%o, it i not on$y #ecaue it i o
difficu$t to o!erco"e any a*ect of the $ower e$f, #ut a$o #ecaue one ha the "iconce*tion that
with the e%o one wou$d a$o ha!e to %i!e u* the indi!idua$ *erona$ity.
>?,@154N6 9 friend of our who i a fo$$ower of :udo$f @teiner' teachin% aid that there are not
on$y two ;kin%do",< hea!en and earth, %ood and e!i$, #ut three. 9ccordin% to thi conce*t the
earth i ru$ed #y a #ein% that i not Lucifer or the de!i$, #ut 9hri"an, who i the ru$er of "atter and
who i u**oed to #e "ore dan%erou than Lucifer. 5 thi trueA
9N@),:6 .ere, too, there i a kerne$ of truth. /ou know that not on$y Lucifer ;fe$$,< #ut that he
dra%%ed down "any other #ein% a$o. Not a$$ of the" are e+ua$$y hea!i$y #urdened. Now God had
e!en on, thoe firt created #ein% who were c$oet to .i". 1wo of thee ;fe$$,< a$on% with a
nu"#er of other, a"on% who" there were a$o o"e who had #een c$oe to God #ut a#out who" 5
don't want to *eak here. Let thi uffice for the ti"e #ein%. Now one of thee other on who went
with Lucifer i the one who ru$e o!er "atter, and o in a certain ene you can ay that he ru$e
o!er the earth. 1hi *irit i a$o hea!i$y #urdened3 howe!er, Lucifer, who initiated the ;fa$$< i the
one who carrie the hea!iet #urden. )hen o"e teachin% ay that there are three kin%do", they
are not +uite accurate, #ecaue fro" thi *oint of !iew there are "ore than three6 Lucifer, who ha
the %reatet *ower o!er the do"ain which are e*arated fro" God, ha %i!en certain ditrict0if 5
"ay ca$$ the" o0to other fa$$en *irit, where they ru$e "ore or $e inde*endent$y. 4n$y in
*ecific cae do they ha!e to turn to Lucifer. 1hi i an i"itation of what e(it in God' wor$d and
what hu"an ha!e a$o i"itated on earth, and what ha to e(it where "any #ein% $i!e to%ether6 a
certain order, a hierarchy. .ere, in God' di!ine kin%do", the *irit entitie a$o ha!e inde*endent
*ower accordin% to their de!e$o*"ent3 their area of acti!ity increae and e(*and continuou$y,
and they can, to a certain de%ree, in the *recie know$ed%e of the *iritua$ $aw, "ake their own
deciion and carry the" out. 4n$y when a *articu$ar iue e(ceed their de%ree of know$ed%e do
they ha!e to turn to the #ein% who i a#o!e the".
Now it i true that the afore"entioned #rother of Lucifer wa %i!en do"inion o!er the earth and
that he ru$e o!er "atter. .owe!er, thi doe not "ean that Lucifer' wor$d ha no acce to you.
?$ti"ate$y, thi *irit i a$o u#&ect to Lucifer, no "atter how %reat hi *ower, and thu i *art of
Lucifer' *here. 5f thi wa not *ecifica$$y e(*$ained to you, it wa on$y #ecaue it i not o
i"*ortant for you. 8ut you know that Lucifer ha hi under$in% and that they are endowed with
!aryin% de%ree of *ower. 1hi *ecific *irit who ru$e o!er "atter i one of the". 8ut, a 5 aid,
he i not the on$y one3 there are other Luciferic *irit who ha!e &ut a "uch or a$"ot a "uch
*ower in other do"ain. 5t wou$d #e i"*oi#$e to e(*$ain it a$$. 9$o, it i not neceary.
1here are then, on earth, #ein% who are direct$y under Lucifer' ru$e, that i, they are fro" .e$$,
whi$e other are direct$y u#&ect to that other *irit of "atter. 8ut u$ti"ate$y they are a$$ ru$ed #y
Lucifer. /et thoe who ay that thi *irit of "atter i "ore dan%erou for hu"an than the Luciferic
*irit are ri%ht. -or Lucifer' under$in% are the *irit of e!i$, hate, "urder, en!y, *ridefu$
arro%ance and other !ice. 1hey are e"#odi"ent of a$$ thee #ae current. .owe!er, no uch *irit
ha acce to a hu"an #ein% un$e there i a corre*ondin% !i#ration in that *eron. )hen a *eron
ha %one #eyond a certain $e!e$ of de!e$o*"ent0if on$y in certain re*ect, ince, a you know, a$$
a*ect of the *erona$ity do not e!o$!e i"u$taneou$y0then the wort of the e!i$ *irit ha!e no
acce to hi". ,!en if there are ti$$ trace of thee ne%ati!e fee$in% in the ou$, uch *eo*$e wi$$
know how to fi%ht the" and wi$$ not yie$d to their te"*tation, and wi$$ certain$y not act the" out.
1here are, howe!er, "any *eo*$e who, a$thou%h no $on%er ca*a#$e of #ae and e!i$ action and
therefore not a!ai$a#$e to er!e the Luciferic *irit direct$y, are ne!erthe$e !ery uce*ti#$e to the
entice"ent of the er!ant of Lucifer' #rother. 1hey don't neceari$y intend to har" other, #ut
they turn away fro" God and anythin% *iritua$ and thu #eco"e #$ind and unrece*ti!e to the *irit.
1hu thi #rother of Lucifer' ha triu"*hed direct$y, Lucifer indirect$y. -or the ai" of the dark
*ower i to turn a$$ #ein% away fro" God.
9 a cone+uence of turnin% away fro" God and the *iritua$ $ife, a *eron can a%ain #eco"e
rece*ti!e to the inf$uence of the *irit of .e$$, ince throu%h the tron% #onda%e to "ateria$ thin%
certain $ow fee$in% wi$$ #e awakened. 1hi i how the @*irit of Matter er!e Lucifer in an indirect
way. .e can take *rioner "any hu"an #ein% where Lucifer wou$d fai$. 1hu they %i!e o!er to
Lucifer indirect$y, throu%h "atter. 1hee are not neceari$y e!i$ *eo*$e0for thoe Lucifer doen't
need hi #rother. 1hey are thoe whoe !iion i trou#$ed and whoe !iion wi$$ %et wore a they
#ind the"e$!e "ore to "atter. 1hey don't en$ar%e their !iion #y takin% a *ath of e$f2earch and
dici*$ine, of $o!e and hu"i$ity, in order to eta#$ih contact with God' wor$d. 1hey $i!e in a f$at,
ha$$ow and %rey wor$d and nothin% i rea$$y a$i!e to the", #ecaue throu%h their #onda%e to "atter
they uffocate the $i!in% *irit.
5 wou$d $ike to "ention here that "any *eo*$e #e$ie!e the"e$!e *iritua$ #ecaue they $o!e the
art or #ecaue they *urue inte$$ectua$ interet. 1hi, howe!er, doe not "ake the" rea$$y *iritua$,
rea$$y a$i!e. 1hu it ha**en that thoe o!er who" the #rother of Lucifer ha achie!ed uch
do"inance that they #eco"e increain%$y weaker and du$$er, can %et into a tate in which they
unwittin%$y %i!e o!er to Lucifer, ince their !iion i #$urred and they do not #e$ie!e in anythin% #ut
"atter3 therefore they cannot ee the dan%er and fi%ht it. 1he ene"y who" you do not know i
a$way "ore dan%erou than the one of whoe e(itence and nature you are we$$ aware. Bo you
undertandA E/eF
>?,@154N6 5 wou$d $ike to ak a +uetion a#out the eniti!ity of ani"a$. 9$thou%h "an i
u**oed to #e the hi%het de!e$o*ed creature on earth, in certain area ani"a$ are3 huntin% do%
for intance ha!e a ene that "an tota$$y $ack. 4r our cat, who run to the door #efore they cou$d
*oi#$y hear that one of u i a**roachin%, wherea they don't #ud%e when a tran%er i at the door.
.ow can thi #eA
9N@),:6 5t i $ike thi6 )hat you ca$$ intinct i nothin% #ut the ene that *ercei!e what i not
"ateria$. 1hi ene i "ore de!e$o*ed in ani"a$ #ecaue their inte$$ect i not yet a de!e$o*ed a
"an'. 1he inte$$ect i !ery i"*ortant for the hu"an #ein%, e*ecia$$y for hi acendin%
de!e$o*"ent, #ecaue the e(ecuti!e wi$$ i *art of it. .owe!er, if the inte$$ect #eco"e the u$ti"ate
%oa$ and not a "ean to an end, a "ean to reach God, then it i not channe$ed in the ri%ht direction,
it #eco"e o!ere"*hai=ed, and the reu$t i dihar"ony3 then the hea$thy intinct wither away.
1hi i !ery "uch the cae thee day. 5t wou$d #e neceary to eta#$ih a #a$ance. )hen thi doe
not ha**en, the cone+uence are e!ere. 1he a"e i true when the inte$$ect i ne%$ected, a ha
ha**ened in the *at and ti$$ ha**en with certain *eo*$e. 5f the ani"a$ i in *oeion of ene
that "an often $ack, thi i o #ecaue it need the", a co"*enation. .u"an cou$d *oe
"any "ore of thee facu$tie if they created the ri%ht #a$ance and *$aced their inte$$ect into the
er!ice of a hi%her end. 1hi, too, wi$$ ha**en one day. /ou can o#er!e that in o2ca$$ed *ri"iti!e
*eo*$e the %ift of intinctua$ awarene i "uch "ore de!e$o*ed. 1hi hou$d anwer your +uetion.
.owe!er, the a"e +uetion o*en u* further interetin% *oint, which 5 wou$d $ike to dicu in
thi connection.
1hrou%h the ditortion in the ou$, which 5 can ca$$ the ickne of your ti"e, it ca"e a#out that
technica$ and cientific *ro%re ha #een achie!ed on earth which doe not kee* te* with the
*iritua$ *ro%re. God %a!e you your inte$$ect o that you can "ake your deciion with it6 ;5 %o
thi or that way, 5 decide for thi or for that.< 1he choice can #e "ade for the *iritua$ $ife and for a
*iritua$ attitude. 8ut it ha to co"e fro" your free wi$$, and a free deciion co"e fro" the
inte$$ect. )hen uch a deciion i "ade in the ri%ht way, the facu$tie of intinctua$ and e(tra2
enory *erce*tion0inc$udin% "ediu"hi*0wi$$ not #eco"e *ara$y=ed #ut wi$$ de!e$o* to%ether
with the inte$$ect. 1hi de*end on the direction into which you *ut your inte$$ectua$ *ower6
accordin% to their *ro*er function and nature, a wido" and $awfu$ne re+uire. 1he *ur*oe i the
har"oniou de!e$o*"ent of your tota$ *iritua$ and *ychic or%ani", and if the ue of the inte$$ect
de!iate fro" thi direction, the reu$tin% dihar"ony wi$$ $ead to a ene of unha**ine. 8e aware
that the inte$$ect i an intru"ent of %reat i"*ortance for the attain"ent of the hi%het *iritua$
$e!e$. Bo not "ini"i=e it. /et #e a$o aware of how it hou$d #e ued, a we$$ a of it direction. 5
it an end in ite$f, or i it a "ean to an endA
5n connection with the u#&ect of the intinct, ak youre$!e the fo$$owin%6 -irt, do 5 kee* a
har"oniou #a$ance within "ye$f #etween intinct and inte$$ectA Bo 5 %i!e enou%h roo" within
"e to the acti!ity of the intinct0or whate!er you want to ca$$ itA @uch an inner *ower can #e
de!e$o*ed and cu$ti!ated &ut a the inte$$ect can. Bo 5 $i"it and contrict the intinctua$ fee$in%
throu%h the inte$$ect, which ite$f i u$ti"ate$y a $i"ited *owerA @econd, do 5 ue "y inte$$ect for
the *ur*oe for which it ha #een %i!en to "eA 1hoe who ue their inte$$ectua$ *ower in thi tota$
fra"ework wi$$ teer their $i!e in the true direction. 1hey wi$$ co"*$ete$y fu$fi$$ their $ife tak and
en&oy a dee* *eace within the"e$!e.
>?,@154N6 5 wou$d $ike to ak a +uetion of cientific interet. 9 cientit friend to$d "e that
hu"ankind ha a$ready once #efore reached a !ery hi%h tate of de!e$o*"ent, *erha* hi%her than
what we ha!e today. 5 "ean thi in the "ateria$ and not the *iritua$ ene. .e ay that ato"ic
ener%y wa definite$y known at that ti"e, hundred of thouand of year a%o, when the wor$d wa
detroyed in a catatro*he. 5 thi trueA
9N@),:6 /e, it i true. /ou are ri%ht in ayin% that hu"ankind' $e!e$ of *iritua$ de!e$o*"ent
did not corre*ond to the technica$ *ro%re and the detruction of the wor$d, a you aid, wa
*recie$y due to thi factor. )hen there i too "uch dicre*ancy #etween the "ateria$ and the
*iritua$ de!e$o*"ent, then certain e!ent wi$$ take *$ace in order to a!oid o"e %reater dan%er.
1hee e!ent are a natura$ cone+uence of the ituation and God a$$ow the" to take *$ace3
otherwie the *iritua$ dan%er wou$d #e "uch %reater than any earth$y catatro*he can e!er #e.
Do"*ared to the $o of *iritua$ $ife, the $o of earth$y $ife "ean nothin%. Daue and effect "ut
work out accordin% to $aw, and God' act in hu"an hitory ne!er endan%er the *iritua$ $ife of "an.
@o"eti"e it i i"*oi#$e to a!oid *iritua$ detruction e(ce*t #y "ateria$ catatro*he. .itory
often de"ontrate thi. 4n$y when *iritua$ de!e$o*"ent, that i re2connection with God, i
co""enurate with "ateria$ *ro%re, wi$$ hitory "o!e in a $i!in% and *oiti!e cyc$e intead of the
ne%ati!e, which a$way e(tin%uihe ite$f.
My dear friend, a$$ of you are #$eed in God. Go in *eace.