ABOUT THE PURPOSE OF LIFE
A. FOR THE CREATOR
• The goal given by the Creator to human beings is their inner evolution to achieve self-awareness and purity to live and work in Paradise.
• The Creator has organized and planned everything so that this goal will be achieved pleasantly, usefully, and fully.
Consequences:
• This evolution leads the human being upwards
• To make sincere efforts and to use in gratitude and for the good of one's fellowmen the strengths and faculties received show that one aspire to this goal.
• Cheerfulness, flexibility, assiduity, understanding, consideration for others, love of nature, in other words the values of the heart, help to achieve this true goal and generate great enthusiasm for this wonderful creation or nothing is missing and om nothing is superfluous.
B. FOR THE HUMAN BEING
On the other hand :
• The goals that most human beings have set for themselves, and therefore those of our society, are: consumption, - ease, - esteem for others, - success, - a beautiful house, - vacations , etc., with the social status that this entails.
Consequences :
Calculating thoughts, lack of consideration, contempt for one's fellows, coldness, rudeness, envy, selfishness, in short all the evils therefore the cold calculation of the intellect, ultimately lead to the inner ruin of the human being, to spiritual misery because his forces and his faculties are diverted and are used for something false and therefore destructive.
To corroborate the remarks arranged above, we invite you to read two extracts from the Grail Message of the lecture “Earth-man before his God”:”The majority of mankind think that the only object of this earth-life is the purpose of acquiring material gain! Also at best the purpose of a family and children! He who does not think so still acts accordingly! But on such a basis what is the use of propagation, as you call it, which in reality does not mean propagation at all, but simply provides opportunities for other human spirits to incarnate so that these may continue to improve themselves and cast off old faults. By your behavior however, you add to the burden of your guilt; for you thereby prevent all those spirits from ascending, whom you bring up as your children for the same empty purposes!
What is the good of building up an earthly kingdom if it is not intended for the honor of God, if it does not work according to the Wishes of God, about Which you are still completely ignorant, and have hitherto not wanted to learn anything either, since your wishes are more important to you than anything else.”
And Also the lecture “What must a man do to enter the kingdom of Heaven?” :” This Message resets the misplaced signposts correctly, so that the right road may be recognized by all serious seekers. It is the Grail Message, the Gospel of the Grail!
Happy are all those who adjust themselves to this Message with an open mind and a free heart! They will find in It that which they must know in Creation, and they will see those rungs of the ladder which their spirit must use in order to ascend and enter into the Spiritual Realm, Paradise.
Each individual will find in it what he needs for his climb towards the Light with the abilities he possesses.
That alone brings life, freedom for ascent, and development of the requisite abilities of each individual, as opposed to the uniform yoke of a fixed dogma, which makes him into a slave without a will of his own, suppresses all independent development, and thereby not only hinders ascent but completely destroys it for many. —
The man who knows Creation in all its lawful activity will soon comprehend the sublime Will of God in it. If he adjusts himself to it in the right manner, then Creation, thus the way, will serve him only for a joyful ascent; for then he stands correctly in the Will of God. His way and his life must therewith be pleasing to God! —
It is not a matter of feigning a sanctimonious look, squirming contritely, kneeling, praying; but it is a matter of prayer actualized, of making it a living reality in fresh, joyful and pure-minded activity. It is not whining and begging for a way, but recognizing it with a thankful upward glance and traveling upon it cheerfully.
Thus, life that can be described as pleasing to God is quite different from what has hitherto been imagined. Much more beautiful and free! It means standing aright in Creation as is willed by your Creator through His Creation! In which, metaphorically speaking, one grasps the hand of God which He thereby offers to mankind.”
Catégorie : teachings | article publié le : 11 novembre 2020