1942_08_09 - Heirs of the Earth

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HEIRS OF THE EARTH

 

Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth (Matthew 5:5)

Sometimes a person loses the meaning of life and does not know the reason for it. In youth, they are idealists, but in old age, they become materialists. If we constantly cut the branches of a tree, its roots grow excessively and dig deep into the ground. So when the branches do not have the conditions to develop, the roots develop instead. The same law applies to human beings. When a person does not have the conditions to develop spiritually, he develops materially. The roots in him develop at the expense of the branches. However, a person, like a tree, must develop properly – both his roots and branches must grow equally, i.e. they must develop both materially and spiritually. That is why we strive for a science that would give meaning to our lives. We strive for a science that simultaneously strengthens our faith, hope, and love.

Many people wonder what a human being is in relation to the universe. Indeed, a human being is a microscopic creature in relation to the universe, but for the person, the universe represents the material side. People must explore it. For them, the Universe is a practical training. A person is a small being and yet billions of cells, i.e., billions of tiny creatures, form their body and live for that person. The human stomach alone is made up of ten million cells. So the human stomach is a large factory in which ten million workers participate. Those who do not understand the meaning of their work and do not appreciate it would say that eating is a simple task. It is not a simple task! Ten million workers participate in the lunch you have eaten. If you pay one dollar per worker, you have to pay ten million dollars for one lunch. Who can pay ten million for one lunch? Even if you pay one cent per worker, it is still a lot. This is the price for one single lunch. How many times a day does a person eat? Work it out and calculate how much annually the work of the stomach would costs. Then calculate how many workers you have in your brain, in your lungs – and calculate how much their work costs. Apply the science of mathematics to find out what a human being is and how much they cost to Nature. Only then will you understand whether you have the right to despair. A person despairs from two situations in life: from poverty and from abundance. In the first case, they buy tickets that do not win; in the second case, they buy tickets that win, and they end up with such abundance that it discourages them: they do not know how to deal with it to find satisfaction. Those who do not win are not satisfied – they strive for wealth. And they can win. How? Either by purchasing all the tickets, or by possessing extensive knowledge to understand the science of lucky numbers and select a ticket that wins.

Who is truly rich? Rich is the one whose mind, heart, and soul manifest themselves correctly. You may ask yourself whether the soul really exists. For me, this question has been resolved. I witness the manifestations of the soul in every moment. It manifests itself through the human body, which is the instrument through which it functions. I converse with it and find that it conceals a great history within itself. It carries great knowledge within itself and remembers everything. Only the enlightened acknowledges the existence of the soul, because they engage in conversation with it at every moment. So those who ask whether God exists, whether the soul exists, whether there is Love in the world, determine their own place. They place themselves in the category of either the simple-minded, or those who want to study, or among the true sages. For sages, these questions are settled. Can a person figure out the questions about the soul and spirit, good and evil? – Sure. For someone who's in tune with the Primary Cause of things, anything's possible. There are things that are impossible for them, but they never think about those. For example, they never would think about bringing the Sun and the Moon together in one place to throw a big feast. In the same way that the Earth can visit the Sun or the Moon, so can also they visit it. There are people who are "lunar types," but that does not mean that they come from the Moon. The Moon has a strong influence on them, and at night they get out of bed and climb onto the roofs: they walk freely without falling. This is an issue that has nothing to do with impossible things.

Some people want to be rich without thinking about the consequences that come with along with wealth. If being rich makes you unhappy, why do you need it? This wealth should be orderly. What is the point of climbing Mount Everest and suffocating there? Humans are not suited to high altitudes. To climb this peak, they must carry pure oxygen with them to maintain their breathing. Once upon a time, people thought, same like fish do, that there was no life outside of water. But later, even some fish realised that it was possible to live outside of water, and they grew into birds. In the future, people will realise that it is possible to live at high altitudes with extremely diluted oxygen. Same as fish use the oxygen from the water, humans will one day be able to take in from the air the element they need to breathe. The body of future humans will be more delicate than it is now, and they'll live in the ether. Then they will travel freely from Earth to the Moon, because the space between these planets is filled with ether, to which humans will be adapted to live. However, the current human cannot go to the Moon, they are not suited for it – their lungs cannot yet absorb the ether. Those who have developed lungs adapted to the ether can travel freely to the Moon. According to the esotericists, such people exist on Earth. They travel not only to the Moon, but to other planets too. However, it is impossible to prove scientifically how it happens.

It is not necessary to prove the Truth. It does not need proof. Only material things need to be proven. Does light need to be proven? If you prove the number of vibrations of red, yellow, or blue light, this does not prove light itself. Vibrations are vehicles of light, but light itself is not vibration. A person uses a car as a vehicle, but the car itself is not the person. The car is one thing, and the person is another; the vibrations of light are one thing, and light is quite another; the vibrations of a musical tone are one thing, but music has nothing to do with vibrations. Sound is transmitted through vibrations in the air, but neither sound nor vibrations represent the actual music.

The interaction between God and the human soul is proof of God's existence and His manifestations such as Love, Wisdom, and Truth. To abide in God and Lord to abide in you - this is a proof of His existence. It is said that God is Love. Therefore, Love is God's relationship with us. Love, on the other hand, represents human's relationship with God. Few people understand these relationships, so they love without knowing whom they love. Someone loves a person without this. Person knowing who actually loves them. Someone says that this or that person loves them – Petko, Stoyan, Dragan. A person cannot love. Can a liter of water satisfy your thirst for your entire life? Can a precious stone adorn you? Therefore, a person cannot satisfy your soul's need to be loved, nor can a person love only one person. If God does not abide in a person, his fellow man cannot love him. Can a cat love a person for who they are? No, it loves them for the bread they give it. When they stop feeding the cat, it stops visiting them—it no longer loves them.

Everyone talks about Love, but only a few realize it as a great power, as a great virtue. It gives meaning to life and brings harmony to it. Without love, life is death, and without devotion, life is hell. When a person no longer loves, they die; when they no longer love, they descend into hell. God said to the first man, "On the day you eat of the forbidden fruit, you shall die." This means: on the day you transgress the law of Love, you shall die. Death implies a person's separation from Love. When talking about Love, people see it on the one hand as a manifestation in the individual life of man, and on the other - as a manifestation of collective life. Authors, various writers, novelists, and philosophers examine the questions of life from this perspective. For example, Victor Hugo resolves the internal contradictions in the individual life of man. Tolstoy, on the other hand, resolves a major social issue – the cause of wars, major disputes and misunderstandings between nations. Both of them are right, in terms of their views, in their novels 'Les Misérables' and 'War and Peace' respectively.

And the modern people, same as Tolstoy, wonder what is the reason for the existence of evil in the world. What do soldiers do when they cross a bridge? – In order not to destroy it, they do not walk in rhythm, but walk randomly one or two or three at a time. Based on this law of physics, I say: evil exists because of the rhythmical acts of evil. When soldiers walk rhythmically across a bridge, they destroy it. When many people walk rhythmically in the direction of evil, they create great disasters in the world: earthquakes, floods, etc. In order for evil to cease, for disasters to end, people must renounce the rhythm of their distorted minds and hearts, their consensus on evil acts. They must unite in mind, heart, and will in doing good, in order to turn the Earth into a paradise and to transform their lives into music and singing.

 

It is not enough for a person to seek the cause of evil; he must also be prepared to give it up. If he does not give up his greed, he cannot enter into the Divine order of things. If the worker bee cannot leave the bee community, it will gain nothing. There will be a queen bee that will give orders, and it thus will remain forever a worker in its queen's hive. There is order and cleanliness in the hive, but this order is not perfect. If the bee aspires to something sublime, it must leave the hive. In the life of bees, polygamy is allowed, which cannot be the ideal in a sublime world. Their system has outlived its time. Every conscious bee is looking for new conditions to achieve a new, sublime life.

What is the ideal structure of life? – The application of Love and Devotion. No perfection can exist without Love and Devotion. When Love and Devotion are applied in life In the future, people will not fear death. They will not die, but will pass from one world to another. People die today for the sole reason that they have not harmonized love and devotion within themselves. Those who have not harmonized them cannot implement them properly. I listened to a young woman complaining about her situation. She said that she had married two years ago, and that she and her husband had been in love for seven years before their marriage. She did not know what had happened between them, but he had fallen in love with another woman and said to her, "Forgive me, I do not love you now as I did before. If you love me, sacrifice yourself for me, let me be free." Because his wife loved him, though with difficulty, she left him free: she did not leave him, but she did not interfere in his love. This woman is wise. She understands that she cannot interfere in the life of the heart, but she wants to know the reason for the new situation she got into. It's very simple. When does a person love someone? When they sacrifice themselves for that person. Therefore, this woman once sacrificed herself for him in the past, and today he thanks her with his love. By loving this woman, he will show greater love to his wife, but only if she leaves him free. He will appreciate the sacrifice she made for him and would thank her. The same applies to the woman too.

The task of the world of higher consciousness is to free people from the delusions they carry from the past and to bring a new, higher morality into their lives. Why should people doubt each other? Should a man doubt his wife, thinking that she is looking for other men? Should a woman doubt her husband? Why shouldn't a man look at women as his daughters and sisters and love them in such a manner? Why shouldn't a woman look at men as her sons and brothers and love them in such a manner? A father loves his daughters, a mother loves her sons. Is there anything sinful in this love? The family was created precisely for this purpose—to regulate the relationship between a man and a woman, to raise it to a higher level. Do not think that if a man loves a woman, he is committing a sin. There are no sins in Love. It is impossible to love and commit sins. Those who love do not commit sins; those who do not love - they commit sins. This applies equally to men and women. Rejoice when people love each other. Do you not rejoice when a father loves his daughters and a mother loves her sons? There is no higher love on Earth than that of a mother and a father.

Today, most people do not comprehend Love, but rather discuss it, attributing qualities to it which it does not possess. This is the love of insects, which we do not deal with. It is only now that people are getting into the love of the heart. They read novels, fall in love, and think they are aware of this love. But they do not know it yet. If this love is not yet grasped, how much more unaware are people of the great Love of God. Some will say that they know God, that He is close to us. Sometimes God is close to us, sometimes He is far away. When we love Him, He is far from us. When we do not love Him, He is close to us: He teaches us, He elevates us. How? Through suffering. When a woman complains about her husband, you know that he is close to her, watching her every step so that she does not make a mistake. When he is far from her, she is satisfied with him and knows that he loves her. She has faith in him and lets him freely express himself. The concepts of close and far are relative. Intelligent beings that move at the speed of light go to the Sun in eight minutes and return in eight minutes. They are close to us.

To an ordinary person it takes one or two hours to go to the city and back. So, he is far away from you. In the future, men and women will live far away from each other. If the woman is on the Sun, the man will be on Earth. Then they will switch places: the man will go up to the Sun, and the woman will come down to Earth. Adam made a mistake by calling the woman from the other world where she used to live. He took her with him, but eventually both ended up out of Paradise. In order to love each other, people must dwell within each other. In this state, they will not quarrel or be angry. If the woman becomes angry, the man will dwell within her; if the man becomes angry, the woman will dwell within him. And so they will not quarrel; they will not be visible to each other. Can a person argue with themselves? The inner side of life represents heaven, and the outer side represents earth. Those who want to maintain harmony must constantly go inward and outward, that means to move between heaven and earth as being the poles of life.

Those who comprehend Love are not concerned that someone may take it away from them. Love represents the vast ocean of life. Who can take away the water from this sea and dry it up? The water of Love is unlimited. Those who love never compromise Love. Those who want to be loved must become like children. Everyone enjoys children, everyone carries them in their arms. Can you carry a man or a woman on your back? Therefore, to be loved, a woman must give up her desire to be carried on a man's back. And a man should give up his wish for his wife to carry him on her back. Only then can he be loved.

Christ says, "The meek shall inherit the earth." Who is meek? – One who bears within Love and Devotion. They see people as souls, do not doubt them, do not torment them, do not cause them suffering: if they are women, they never doubt their husbands, do not allow a single bad thought about them; if they are men, they do not doubt their wives and do not allow a single bad thought about them. The meek are aware of Love and Devotion and have faith in their manifestations.

When we talk about Love, we do not mean the free love that people allow. Love is superior to freedom. It stems from Truth, and at the same time it bears both Truth and Wisdom. You will say that no one loves you. That is not true. Not a single living creature in the world is left unloved. One thing is required of a person: to perceive Love through their mind, heart, and soul. Those who do not perceive Love in this way are unable to recognize it. Just as you recognize air, so must you recognize Love. And then you will not say that your husband or wife does not love you, but you will know that by sending you to Earth, God already loves you. He has not sent you among men and women, but among brothers and sisters, so you can show them what Love is.

Do not expect people to love you, but you give love yourself. Be heroes in manifesting Love, be bearers of the new in the world.

16th lecture by the Master, held on August 9, 1942, 10:00 a.m., Sofia – Izgrev

Преведена от Елеонора Петкова

Прегледана от Невенка Димитрова