The Hour of World Judgemen: Chapter 1 - ETERNAL LAWS
Why do we need to know Eternal Laws? What meaning does this knowledge have for us? In order to answer these questions lets examine them through a different area where we already know the answers to similar questions.
Due to major developments in road transport and traffic the requirements for quality have increased and every driver needs to know traffic regulations and abide by them. At first he regards many of the rules as superfluous since he does not know their purpose or why they are in place. Only when he has to pay for every wrong move, whether with a penalty or material or bodily damage, does he realize that he cant do anything else but to submit to the traffic rules.
It is similar with Eternal laws. As long as we do not know them and do not submit to them, they continuously harm us and mete out various forms of punishment, until we adapt to them and understand their meaning. The contradiction in our modern lives is that if we want to drive, we need to know traffic rules and regulations in order not to endanger ourselves or other people. However, due to the ignorance of the working of Eternal Laws in our lives, we are daily being hit by their consequences, which are, compared to driving, at times much more dangerous.
How did the knowledge of Eternal Laws escape us, when they are eternal and ever present? As long as the most important thing for us was only to satisfy our material needs, we were not able to come into contact with eternity. Our soul was not ready to absorb this knowledge yet. But today many of us have sufficiently developed spiritual abilities which open the door to the knowledge of Eternal Laws.
The general development of society has increased demands for material comforts, better quality of housing, hygiene, more creative work; we devote more time to our appearance and to cultural pursuits. At the same time the needs for higher spiritual knowledge have increased, because the body can only develop in harmony with the soul. More and more people want to penetrate deeper into the mysteries of life. They long to find out how to live a better life, but also why they live and why they die.
Which path, from the many being offered today, leads to the true knowledge? There are so many people who go astray on their journey, they stumble and fall and start to doubt whether the right path exists at all. We can only find our way out of this labyrinth if we keep a clear head and an open heart. As traffic signs and directions bring us safely to our geographic destination, so Eternal Laws are the everyday milestones on the path to this knowledge.
In the beginning it is very difficult to utilize Eternal Laws in practice. In many cases one has to make a 180 degree turn or embark on a totally different path from the one used so far. But in time we find that life becomes more peaceful, more balanced and we submit to them voluntarily, as we did with traffic regulations. Through the knowledge of, and adherence to, Eternal Laws society will gradually get rid of suffering, stress and injustice, which are the result of the lack of knowledge of Eternal Laws.
Suffering is not an inseparable part of life, as some spiritual movements claim. It is only a consequence of erroneous deeds, due to ignorance.
How do Eternal Laws manifest themselves? First of all they act as a power which keeps the Universe moving. The effect of this power can be understood as a whole only intuitively. The intellect, which likes to pigeonhole and classify sees it as a total of several laws.
Eternal Laws manifest themselves continuously without regard to the expansion or contraction of the Universe, because they are everlasting and immutable. In this world we are under their influence in several areas of life in nature, in our deeds, thoughts, emotions and even after death. Frequently we are not able to logically explain their impact on our life. We cover our ignorance by simply asserting that what happened is an accident or something that we have no influence over.
The Universe and the invisible worlds above it have many inhabitants. Man is able to recognize and accept these other worlds only due to the fact that they are interwoven with the same laws. We shall gradually uncover the immaterial but perceivable effects of Primordial Laws, the existence of which must be ascertained by everyone on his own, by thoroughly observing and evaluating ones life and surroundings. The material effects of Eternal Laws were discovered by different scientific disciplines a long time ago, so we can find a reflection of their effect in our professions.
We shall first explain Eternal Laws on familiar events and terms from everyday life and thereafter we will expand into other areas and introduce new knowledge as well. Later, we will come to understand that almost every event is a result of the effects of several laws working together and that they really work as a unit. Nevertheless, we shall deal with them now one by one.
How does the Law of Gravity manifest itself in the non-material form of life? We should look for it mainly in the area of thinking and feeling. Every one of us knows from his or her own experience how bad thoughts and serious worries weigh us down. A bad conscience or a wrong decision also makes us tired, exhausted, depressed, as if we carried a heavy load on our shoulders. But we also know the feeling of euphoria, floating on air, when joyous news, noble thoughts and loving emotions make us feel lighter.
To simplify, we can say that the Law of Gravity is evident in the non-material sphere of life by the fact that all things negative, unpleasant and bad are depressing, while positive and optimistic thinking and emotions make us feel lighter.
