Rigidity
By
Abdrushin
Everything in Creation is movement. Brought into being
strictly according to Law by the pressure of the Light, movement produces heat
through which forms are able to unite. Thus without Light there could be no
movement, and therefore man can also imagine that in the proximity of the Light
the movement must even be far more rapid and strong than at a vast distance
from It.
In fact the greater the
distance from the Light, the slower and more sluggish becomes the movement. In
time it may even lead to the rigidity of all the forms which had already taken
shape when at first the movement was still more animated.
The expression “Light”
in this connection does not, of course, refer to the light of some planet, but
to the Primordial Light, which
is Life itself, therefore God!
Following this picture
of a great survey of what takes place in Creation, I wish for once today to
direct attention to the earth, which is now revolving at a far greater distance
from the Primordial Light than it did many millions of years ago, because it
has been increasingly exposed to the weight of the Darkness through men, who in
their ridiculous and stubborn conceit, due to a one-sided over-development of
the intellect, drew away from God. The intellect is and will always continue to
be directed only downwardstowards
coarse matter, because that
is the purpose for which it was provided; on the assumption,
however, that it should be able to receive absolutely undimmed all radiations
and impressions emanating from above, out of the Luminous Heights.
All the work of the
intellect for outward activity in coarsest matter, that is, in material
substance, falls to the frontal brain. On the other hand, the back brain has
the task of taking in from above impressions which are lighter and more
luminous than coarse matter, and passing them on for further use.
This harmonious
co-operation of the two brains, given to men for their benefit, was disturbed
by man’s one-sided surrender to purely earthly, that is, to gross material
activities. In the course of time it was completely stifled and tied off, as it
were, because owing to its excessive activity the frontal brain was bound
gradually to over-develop in proportion to the neglected back brain, which
consequently became still less capable of receiving and also weakened. Thus
over thousands of years the hereditary
evil came into being through physical
reproduction; for even newly-born children brought with them a frontal brain
proportionately far more developed than the back brain. This held the danger of
the awakening of the hereditary
sin, through which man is compelled from
the outset to direct his thoughts solely towards earthly things, and thus away
from God.
All this will be easily
comprehensible to every man of sincere goodwill; moreover, I have given many
and detailed explanations of it in my Message.
All the evil on earth came into being because man,
owing to his spiritual origin, could exert a pressure with his volition upon
everything else existing on earth; whereas just because of this spiritual
origin he could and also should have had an uplifting influence; for that was and is his real task in
Subsequent Creation, in which all that is spiritual naturally takes the lead.
It can lead upwards, which would be the natural thing, but it can also lead
downwards if the volition of the spiritual is mainly striving only after
earthly things, as is the case with earthmen.
In the knowledge of
Creation which I have given in my Message, and in the related explanation of
all the Laws automatically working in Creation, which may also be called the
Laws of Nature, the whole weaving of Creation is displayed without a gap; it
allows every process to be clearly recognised, and therewith the purpose of
man’s whole life. With unassailable logic it also unfolds his “whence” and his
“whither”, thus giving an answer to every question, provided man seriously
seeks for it.
Even the most malevolent
opponents must halt here, because their cunning is insufficient to be able to
invade and destroy the perfect completeness of what has been said, and thus
also rob man of this help. – –
I have said that the
movement in Creation must become progressively slower the further away anything
is from the Primordial Light, the starting-point of the pressure which
subsequently brings about movement.
So is
it with the earth at the present time. Through the guilt of earthmen its orbits have become increasingly
distant. As a result the movements are becoming slower, ever more sluggish, and
thereby much has already approached the stage where rigidity sets in.
Rigidity also has very
many stages; in its beginnings it is not so easy to recognise. Even while it is
progressing, recognition remains impossible unless a flash of light for once
stimulates the keenest observation.
This recognition is
difficult simply because everything living within the sphere of the steadily
slackening movements is also drawn uniformly into the increasing denseness that
leads to rigidity. This applies not only to the body of a human being, but to
everything, including his thinking. It affects even the most minute things.
Imperceptibly every concept also changes and becomes distorted, even those
concerning the actual meaning of the language.
Since he himself is
drawn along in the same sluggish vibration, man cannot notice this in his
neighbour, unless from out of his inner being he seeks once more to fight his
way upwards spiritually with the strongest volition and with tenacity, so as
again to come a little nearer to the Light. His spirit will then gradually
become more mobile, thus lighter and more luminous, and will influence his
earthly recognition.
Terrified and aghast
with horror, however, he will then see, or at least intuitively perceive, how
far the distortions of all concepts have already progressed in rigidity on this
earth. The far-seeing view of how things really are is lacking, because
everything has been pressed into narrow and obscure limits which can no longer
be penetrated, and must in time completely stifle everything they embrace.
I have already often
pointed out distorted concepts; but now, through the steady withdrawal from the
Light, these are slowly proceeding on the downward path to rigidity.
It is unnecessary to
give individual examples, for either no attention whatever would be paid to
such explanations, or they would be described as tiresome quibbling, because
man is much too rigid or too indolent to want to give them serious reflection.
I have also already
spoken sufficiently of the power of the word, of the mystery that even
the human word can, for a time, work constructively or destructively on the
weaving of Creation within the sphere of the earth. This is because through the
sound, tone and composition of a word, creative forces are set in motion which
do not work according to the intention of the speaker, but according to the
sense of the word in its meaning.
The meaning, however,
was originally given through the forces which the word sets in motion, and
which are therefore exactly adjusted to the true meaning, or vice versa, but not to the volition
of the speaker. Meaning and word arose out of the corresponding movement of
forces, therefore they are inseparably one!
Again, man’s thinking sets
in motion other currents of force which correspond to the essence of his thinking.
Man should therefore endeavour to choose the right words to express his
thinking, thus in so doing to perceive intuitively in a more accurate and clear
manner.
Suppose a man is asked
about something of which he has heard, and part of which he may even have seen.
When questioned he would maintain without hesitation that he knows it!
In the opinion of many
superficial people this answer would be correct, and yet in truth it is wrong and
objectionable; for “to know” means to be able to give exact informationabout everything, every detail from beginning to end, without any
omission and from one’s own experience. Only then can a man say that he knows it.
Great responsibility
attaches to the expression, and to the concept of “knowledge” associated with
it!
I have also already
pointed out the great difference between “knowledge” and what has been
“learned”. Learnedness is by no means real knowledge, which can only be absolutely personal; whereas
what has been learned remains the acceptance of something outside the personal.
To hear something, and
perhaps even to see part of it, is far from being the knowledgeitself! A man should not assert: I know it, but the most he could say is: I have heard
of it or seen something of it. If he wishes to act correctly, however, truth would oblige him to say: I do not know it!
This would be far more
correct in every way than to report about something which he himself has
nothing to do with, and which cannot therefore be a real knowledge either; whereas through incomplete reports he would only cast
suspicion on or incriminate other people, perhaps even plunge them unnecessarily
into misfortune, without knowing the actual ins and outs. Therefore carefully
weigh with your intuitive perception every word you intend to use.
He who thinks more
deeply, who will not be satisfied with already rigid concepts as a personal
excuse for loquacious pomposity and malevolence, will easily understand these
explanations, and in quiet examination will learn to look further in everything
he says.
A multitude of such
restricted concepts, with their fatal consequences have already become habitual
among earthmen. They are greedily snatched up and promoted by slaves of the
intellect, who are the most willing adherents of the Luciferian influences of
deepest Darkness.
Learn to observe
attentively and to use properly the currents in this Creation, which bear the
Will of God, and thus God’s Justice in pure form. Then you will again find the
true humanity which has been wrested from you.
How much suffering would
thereby be avoided, and how many ill-disposed persons among mankind would also
be deprived of the opportunity to commit their deeds.
This evil is also
responsible for the description of the earthlife of the Son of God Jesus not
corresponding at all points with the facts, as a result of which a totally
false picture has gradually arisen in the minds of men up till now. The words
given by Him were also distorted, as has happened with every teaching
that was made into a religion and which was intended to bring upliftment and
perfection of spirit to mankind.
And therein also lies
the great confusion among all men, who increasingly fail really to understand
one another, thus allowing discord, distrust, slander, envy and hatred to grow
and flourish.
All these are
unmistakable signs of advancing rigidity on earth!
Arouse your spirit, and
begin to think and speak in a far-seeing and comprehensive way! This naturally also
demands that you not only work with the intellect, which belongs to coarsest
matter, but also make it possible once more for your spirit to guide your
intellect, which should serve the spirit as ordained by your Creator, Who from
the very beginning has permitted you to come undistorted into existence here on
earth.
So much is already in the first stage of rigidity. Soon your entire
thinking may already be gripped by it and must flow through rigid, iron
channels, bringing you nothing but uneasiness, suffering upon suffering, and
finally forcibly degrading you from a human being to the state of an empty
machine serving only the Darkness, far away from all Light. –
