The Pure Spiritual Science
Page 401 of 728

Logos 89

Human life is so precious that even the inhabitants of the upper planets sometimes aspire to be born on earth in a human body, because it is the only form of life that allows one to return easily to God.

Since the spiritual soul is never destroyed, because it is eternal, the destruction of the material world does not touch it. However, she will have to take on new bodies all the time, until she reaches liberation. The purpose of human existence is to remedy these successive body changes and to establish the incarnate being in the spiritual world where everything is eternity, knowledge and absolute bliss. In short, living beings, in their ethereal forms, remain in the heart of the Sovereign Being, to take on a palpable aspect each time that creation manifests itself.

One will take for a fool those who ignore their personal interest and who, despite such an important and precious birth, fail to renew the bond that unites them eternally with God. Human form is reached through a process of gradual evolution from one body to another through the 8,400,000 living species. But the unfortunate man, oblivious to his own interests, assumes political or economic responsibilities and thus loses himself in innumerable illusory activities aimed at improving the material condition of others. While these political or economic aspirations are not to be condemned in themselves, any such philanthropic activity must help bring us back to God. However, one should not forget the true purpose of existence, to know God and return to his kingdom, all of bliss, knowledge and eternity.

Logos 90

Why does the Lord attribute consciousness to one embodied spiritual being and another to oblivion?

The Lord obviously wishes that each spiritual being embodied and distinct from his Person be animated by pure consciousness, which consists in knowing himself a fragment of his Person and that he will be thus engaged in his service of love, because such is the natural and original position of the distinct spiritual soul. But because she also enjoys partial independence, she can refuse to serve the Lord by wanting to enjoy the same independence as Him. Thus, all those who are not devout of the Lord harbor the desire to equalize in power the Lord, although they are not able to achieve it. It is therefore by the will of the Lord that they are plunged into illusion. Just as a child will want to be king, the being distinct from God may wish to

Facebook

VISITORS

4789951

Online Visitors

4789951





Visitors by country