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It can safely be stated that man has never yet understood, much less practiced, the worship of God, which
should be absolutely natural to him. Just consider for a moment how the worship of God has been
practiced so far! Man only knows how to plead, or more precisely, how to beg! Only now and then
prayers of thanksgiving ascend which really come from the heart. However, that is a great exception and
occurs only when a person unexpectedly receives a very special gift or when he is suddenly rescued from
a great danger. Unexpectedness and suddenness are necessary before he will arouse himself to utter a
prayer of thanks. The most tremendous things may fall into his lap undeservedly, but so long as this
happens in a quiet, normal way, it never, or only very seldom, occurs to him to think of offering thanks. If
he and all his loved ones are always blessed with good health, and if he has no material cares, he will
hardly bring himself to utter an earnest prayer of thanksgiving. In order to arouse a stronger emotion
within himself man unfortunately always needs a very special incentive. When all is well with him he
will never bestir himself of his own free will. He may perhaps talk about it now and then or go to church
in order to murmur a prayer of thanks, but it will never occur to him to put his whole soul into it, not even
for a single minute. Only if some real misfortune befalls him will he then very quickly remember that
there is One Who is able to help him. Fear finally drives him to stammer a prayer for once! However, this
is always merely begging, not worshipping.
Such is the man who thinks he is good and calls himself a believer! And there are few of them on
earth! Laudable exceptions!
Just picture this deplorable state of affairs! You humans, how does it strike you when you look at it
closely! How much more despicable must such a person appear in the eyes of his God! Yet, unfortunately
this is the reality! Turn and twist as you will, these facts remain when you trouble yourself to investigate
closely and without embellishment. It must leave you somewhat uneasy, for neither begging nor
thanksgiving belongs to worship.
Worship means reverence! But this is really not to be found anywhere on earth! Just look at the
festivals or celebrations which are intended to honor God and where in exceptional cases, begging and
pleading are abstained from. There are oratorios!*(pieces of spiritual music) Look for the singers who worship
God with their singing! Observe them as they prepare themselves in the concert hall or church. They all
want to achieve something in order to be admired by people, while being rather indifferent to God for
Whom it is intended, after all! Look at the conductor! He demands applause. He wants to show the people
what he can do.
Then go further. Look at the proud buildings, the churches and cathedrals, which are... supposed to
have been raised in honor of God. The artist, the architect and the builder only strive for earthly
recognition. Every city shows off these buildings... for its own glory. They must even serve to attract
tourists, however not for the purpose of worshipping God, but to raise money through increased traffic!
Wherever you look, there is nothing but craving for earthly superficialities! And all this under the pretext
of worshipping God!
Although here and there one may still find a person whose soul will expand in the forest or the
mountains, and who may even give a fleeting thought to the greatness of the Creator, albeit only in the far
distant background. His soul does expand, but not to take jubilant flight upwards... instead it literally
melts in a pleasurable feeling of enjoyment. This may not be mistaken for an upward-soaring. It really has
no value other than the pleasure a glutton derives from a richly-laden table. Such an expansion of the soul
is erroneously taken for worship; but it remains ecstasy lacking in substance, a personal feeling of well-
being, which is mistaken as gratitude to the Creator. But it is merely an earthly happening. There are also
many nature enthusiasts who take their enthusiasm to be genuine worship of God. They also imagine that
they are far superior to those who have no possibility of enjoying the scenic beauties of the earth. It is a
crass, pharisaical attitude, which manifests only in a personal feeling of well-being. It is fool’s gold,
utterly worthless. When the time comes for such people to seek the treasures of their souls in order to use
them for their ascent, they will find their inner shrine completely empty; for what they imagined to be a
treasure was only intoxication at the sight of beauty, nothing else. Genuine veneration for their Creator
was lacking. —
The real worship of God does not show itself in ecstasy, in murmured prayers, in begging, kneeling, and wringing of one’s hands, nor in blissful thrills, but in joyful activity! In the jubilant affirmation of this
life on earth! In the full enjoyment of every moment! And full enjoyment means to make full use. Making
full use in turn means... to experience! Not however, in dance and play or in time wasting activities,
which are harmful to body and soul, and which the intellect seeks and needs as a balance and as a
stimulant to its activity, but in looking upwards to the Light and Its Will, which only furthers, uplifts, and
ennobles all that exists in Creation!
The fundamental condition for this, however, is the exact knowledge of the Divine Laws in Creation.
These show him how he must live if he wishes to be healthy in body and in soul, point with precision to
the path leading upwards to the Spiritual Realm, while also enabling him to recognize clearly the horrors
he will have to face if he opposes these laws!
As the inexorable iron-clad Laws in Creation are alive and operate automatically, with a power
against which human spirits are entirely helpless, it stands to reason that the most urgent need of every
human being must be the thorough recognition of these laws, to the effects of which he remains
absolutely defenseless in every respect!
And yet men are so ignorant that they heedlessly overlook this clear and simple necessity, although
there is nothing which could be more obvious! It is well known that the simplest ideas never occur to
man. In this, strangely enough, every animal is wiser than man. It adapts itself to Creation and is nurtured
by it as long as man does not seek to hinder it. Man, however, wants to be master over something the
automatic activities of which he is and will always remain subject to. No sooner has he learned to turn to
his profit minute fractions of certain radiations, or learned to apply in some small way the effects of air,
water, and fire, than he thinks in his conceit that he is already master over these forces! But he does not
consider that before he can make his relatively minor applications he first has to learn and observe how to
make use of the already existing conditions or forces, completely in accordance to their specific nature.
To be successful he must try to adapt himself! He alone must do so! This is not ruling or conquering, but
it is submission and adaptation of himself to the existing laws.
Through this man should have finally realized that only by adapting himself can he learn and receive
any benefit! With this in mind he should gratefully go forward. But no! Instead he is boastful and acts
even more arrogantly than ever. Especially in those instances where for once he bows to and serves the
Divine Will in Creation, thereby immediately receiving visible benefits, he childishly tries to pose as
victor! Victor over nature! This senseless attitude is the height of stupidity, as a result of which he blindly
overlooks that which is really great; for with the right attitude he would indeed be a victor... over himself
and his vanity, because on logical examination he would see that in all his notable achievements he had
first learned from and submitted to what already existed. This alone will bring him success. Every
inventor and everyone achieving something really great adapted their thinking and volition to the existing
Laws of Nature. Whatever wishes to resist or even oppose these laws will be smothered, crushed and
shattered. It is impossible for it to ever really come to life.
As it is with minor experiences, so it is also with man’s whole existence, and with man himself!
Man, who must wander not only through the short span here on earth but also through the whole of
Creation, must of necessity possess the knowledge of the laws to which the whole Creation remains
subject, not merely the nearest environment visible to every man! If he does not possess this knowledge
he will be delayed, hampered, hurt, thrown back or even crushed, because in his ignorance he could not
go along with the power-currents of the laws, but placed himself into them so wrongly that they had to
force him downward instead of upward.
A human spirit who stubbornly and blindly tries to reject facts, the effects of which he must recognize
every day everywhere, does not appear great or admirable, but rather ridiculous when he makes use of
them for his work and in technology, yet does not make fundamental use of them for himself and his soul!
In his earthly life and activity the spirit always has the opportunity to observe the absolute completeness
and uniformity of all the basic effects of the laws, providing he does not thoughtlessly or even hostilely
close himself to them and remain asleep.
In this respect there is no exception in all Creation, not even for one human soul! It must submit to
the Laws of Creation if their activity is to further its progress! In the most superficial way men have up
till now completely overlooked this simple self-evident fact.
To be continued

Aptly put. Such is the true state of mankind.

I need the complete 3 in 1 edition
My dad seized all my books he his a Christian fanatic
The dogma of religion is very real in Nigeria

dangermouse:
Aptly put. Such is the true state of mankind.

It is the collective duty of noble men
At 17 I can see all this but I am apallapp to see people still under the bondage of slavery
I thought my dream is to at least rise to the oppression but now I want to leave and never come back

King2019:
It is the collective duty of noble men
At 17 I can see all this but I am apallapp to see people still under the bondage of slavery
I thought my dream is to at least rise to the oppression but now I want to leave and never come back

Hold on to ur noble dream. One day it will become a reality

The message is wonderful.I suggest you remove GRAIL MESSAGE from the opening post as it would scare Christians from reading it. Only reference grail message in subsequent quote after they have read it. I doubt Mod will put it in front page with grail message as title

tobechi74:
The message is wonderful.I suggest you remove GRAIL MESSAGE from the opening post as it would scare Christians from reading it. Only reference grail message in subsequent quote after they have read it. I doubt Mod will put it in front page with grail message as title

Don't cast your pearls before swine the truth can only be accessed by does who look at it objectively

dangermouse:
Aptly put. Such is the true state of mankind.

you said it all

tobechi74:
The message is wonderful.I suggest you remove GRAIL MESSAGE from the opening post as it would scare Christians from reading it. Only reference grail message in subsequent quote after they have read it. I doubt Mod will put it in front page with grail message as title

Grail message is our moniker

I missed G. M especially their book. I'd like to reconnect

Pharaoh4rin:
I missed G. M especially their book. I'd like to reconnect

I just shared the link above

King2019:
It is the collective duty of noble men
At 17 I can see all this but I am apallapp to see people still under the bondage of slavery
I thought my dream is to at least rise to the oppression but now I want to leave and never come back

please keep chasing your Noble cause

King2019:
I need the complete 3 in 1 edition My dad seized all my books he his a Christian fanatic The dogma of religion is very real in Nigeria

hope you have gotten the book

GRAILMESSAGE:
hope you have gotten the book

Yes I have it now
Thank you very much

King2019:
Yes I have it now Thank you very much

you are very welcome sir

Please how'd I get the soft copy of this