ETERNAL LAWS 1 E-Book

Natalia de Lemeny Makedonova

• Herausgeber: tredition
• Kategorie: Religion und Spiritualität
• Serie: ETERNAL LAWS
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 531

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2018

Beschreibung

The book "Eternal Laws - New Mankind" provides information about the origin of the spirit of man and the meaning of his life on Earth. We are part of the great changes that are not happening by accident but by the lawful course of events geared towards the collapse of all that is wrong. Recognizing the unfortunate consequences of our present life and experiencing them ourselves opens up for us the path to a new life, based on the adoption of immutable universal laws. This is happening for the welfare of the new mankind which is brought back to its own heart - to the spirit and at the same time to the desire to fulfil the true meaning of life on Earth. The book with its simple and logical construction, provides a compact picture of Universe and humanity. It familiarizes the perceptive reader with eternal laws, working evenly and unwaveringly throughout Creation, with the principal power penetrating the Universe, with the composition of the material and immaterial worlds as well and above all with the highest source itself, from which all life springs. Thanks to the discovery and naming of negative influences that lead a humanity down the wrong path, the book will lead the reader to freedom from their misguided opinions and pointless suffering. Last but not least, it will lead the reader to the main source of knowledge, from which the author herself drew. This source remains unknown and misunderstood to contemporary people fully absorbed by earthly cares. The role of the author was to make it accessible to us in a new, easier form. The original book trilogy "Eternal Laws" was written in 1997-98. After its completion, the author suddenly left the world at the end of the year 1998. The books met with great interest of readers and have been translated into several languages. Thanks to their timelessness, they are still up to date. The English version of the first episode of book trilogy called Eternal Laws 1 - New Mankind is now available to you.

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Natalia de Lemeny Makedonova

ETERNAL LAWS 1

New Mankind

Author © Natalia de Lemeny Makedonova, 1997

Name of the original edition: “Večné zákony 1 - Nové pokolenie“ “Eternal Laws 1 – New Mankind“ – 1st part of the trilogy Eternal Laws Original publisher: Natajoga, Slovakia

Translation © Symetrial SK, 2018 First English language edition Illustrations: Pavel Dvorak

Cover design: Fotobanka, Fotolia LLC

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CONTENTS

INTERVIEW Instead of introduction

CHAPTER 1 - Eternal Laws

CHAPTER 2 - The Universe

CHAPTER 3 - Karma

CHAPTER 4 - Free Will

CHAPTER 5 - The Animistic Realm

CHAPTER 6 - The Spiritual Realm

CHAPTER 7 - The Creation of Man

CHAPTER 8 - Distorted Souls

CHAPTER 9 - Man

CHAPTER 10 - Woman

CHAPTER 11 - The Creator and His Realm

CHAPTER 12 - The Primordial Spiritual Realm

CHAPTER 13 - The Tempter

CHAPTER 14 - The Darkness and How it Works

CHAPTER 15 - The Son of God

CHAPTER 16 - The Son of Man

CHAPTER 17 - The Book Sealed off from Outside

CHAPTER 18 - Eternity

CHAPTER 19 - The Star of the Son of Man, the Prophecies

CHAPTER 20 - The Book Sealed off from Inside

CHAPTER 21 - New Mankind

INTERVIEW Instead of the conclusion

PICTURE ILLUSTRATION

Sincere thanks for great cooperation, tireless efforts and active support to all those who have selflessly helped and are still helping me in the publishing and dissemination of the book.

The author's daughter

INTERVIEWInstead of introduction

Will you reveal to the readers why you decided to write a book about Eternal Laws?

I’m glad you have raised that question. I want the readers to know from the beginning that I’m not the author of the wisdom, which they will gradually learn in the book. I would never decide on my own to write such a book. I would find it presumptuous.

And yet you have done so. What or who gave you the impulse to do so?

If I were to reveal to the readers how I was told about this mission of mine no one would believe me. Materialists because they do not have enough information on spiritual actions, and supporters of various religious teachings because of their fear of being accidentally misled from their path.

So we won’t get to know who urged you to write the book?

Attentive and perceptive readers will learn it directly when reading while discovering the original source of knowledge, which is available as a book.

If there is already a source of information in a book, why have you decided to write another version of it?

The original book, written by a German author, was only intended for spiritually mature individuals who are seriously seeking the truth about life and its purpose. For common people, who are fully preoccupied with earthly worries, it’s as if it was sealed. They cannot grasp it as it requires concentration and a lot of time.

As we approach not only the period of fulfilment of long standing promises, but also the period of cessation of everything wrong, my job is to bring the source of knowledge to light, which is connected with the concretisation of such changes.

Wouldn’t it be enough to just point out the original book of a German author?

No, the original source has already been freely available for years; it has simply remained unknown and misunderstood. My job is to communicate it in a new, simplified form, aiming to invoke the reader’s interest in complementing the basic, simplified information by reading the original book.

Have you wondered why you have been chosen for such job?

Of course. From the beginning I was surprised that such a spiritual job was given to me, a former materialist. I have learned the details of this mission gradually, the same as the fact that the concretisation of that job was only reminded to me at the right time. Until then I did not know the original book of a German author, although I was continuously looking for “universal” truth and justice. Only when I became absorbed in the original book, which answered all of my questions, did I feel inexpressible gratitude that I could continue disseminating its knowledge.

Who is the book actually for when you have already excluded materialists and supporters of other spiritual teachings?

I wrote it in a style, which is suitable for “open” materialists, but also for idealists who are seeking a logical and compact picture of the universe and man`s role in Creation.

What do you expect to happen after publishing the book?

I realize that I can’t convince others of something new if they choose not to know. My job is only to tell people that there is something that can help them understand the current chaos and prepare them for the expected changes that will occur. It's an offer. It will be up to them whether they accept it or not.

Interviewed by an editorMagdalena Sedlackova

CHAPTER 1Eternal Laws

Why do we need to know Eternal Laws? What meaning does this knowledge have for us? In order to answer these questions let’s 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 can’t 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.

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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 they 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 one’s 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.

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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.

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People with similar attitudes, interests and life values easily relate to each other. That’s why a connection, attraction and understanding can happen only on the same level. Unequal cannot unite, it repels, creating discord and suffering.

It is similar in nature, e.g., when crossbreeding plants. It is not possible to crossbreed wheat with apples, because they are two different species. But we can crossbreed wheat with a different type of grain, because they are of the same species.

In emotional life we can use the relationship of a couple as an example. A loving and permanent relationship can only arise when both partners are genuinely in love. If only one of the parties is in love and the other one is indifferent, the homogeneity of emotions – mutual love – is missing. Imbalance, problems and suffering are a result of this type of relationship, because the Law of Attraction of Homogeneous Species is disturbed. But if this kind of a couple is united through another type of homogeneity, e.g., mutual coveting of material goods, children, or something else, they can coexist successfully, but they will not know real love.

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The Law of Completing a Unit is very closely connected with the foregoing law. According to this law, within the same species, in time of maturity, two opposing poles attract each other – the positive and the negative, the male and the female, a man and a woman. Together they create a perfect unit. That’s why the prerequisite for the Law of Completing a Unit is homogeneity. A rooster and a hen can breed, but not a rooster and a cat, as they belong to different species. Two hens also will not breed even though they are of the same species, they lack the opposite pole.

It is similar with human traits. Not the same, but the heterogeneous complete a unit. If two partners have the same characteristic, e.g. instability, their relationship is without peace and order. It is dominated by chaos and imbalance. But if both partners are stable to the utmost, they lack new impulses, they are bored or they are not even aware of their own limitations.

The ideal situation for a life in harmony is created by a couple who complement each other’s heterogeneous characteristics, but nonetheless recognize the same values and goals in life.

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How do we explain the Law of Reciprocal Action? The effect of this law on everyday life was observed by people a long time ago, and it is expressed in the saying: “You get as good as you give”. Christ has explained this law to Christians by saying: “What a man sows that shall he reap”. In physics it is known as the law of action and reaction.

Because the Universe is limited and not infinite, as it seems to us from our restricted human point of view, nothing in it can get lost. Everything comes back to its origin in a circle, multiplied. According to the Law of Attraction of Homogeneous Species, in reverse movement homogeneity attracts itself, amasses, i.e., increases. That is why the Law of Reciprocal Action works simultaneously with the Law of Attraction of Homogeneous Species.

If we evaluate the deeds of a person, or even our own, we do not always find immediate consequences, i.e., reciprocal action, as would be expected. In real life a good deed is not always rewarded with good or an evil deed with evil. Let’s just think of people who live in prosperity and satisfaction to the detriment of others. Because we do not see the result of their deeds in reciprocal consequences, we think that this law does not function properly. We need to understand that the life of a human being is very short in duration. In order to “reap” everything that has been “sown” we have to find compensation in eternity – in the “other world”, and in repeated returns to Earth.

Most people improve through their own mistakes. We do not necessarily have to experience the consequences of these mistakes – reciprocal effects – in the same life, because the conditions for them are simply not mature yet. That does not mean though, that the consequences have been lost. Many people have stopped believing in the validity of the Law of Reciprocal Action and justice, precisely because of this time delay.

All old religions throughout the world have recognized repeated returns of man to Earth, reincarnation, which is the only possibility for making amends for mistakes where they were made – on Earth.

In the 6th century at the ecumenical council in Alexandria the Christian church wanted to prove that man’s will can change even Eternal Laws. By denying reincarnation the church wanted to erase the influence of the Law of Reciprocal Action. The law nevertheless functions, whether the church acknowledges it or not. According to Christian ideas a man who has sinned will, after death, land in “hell” – forever. But the expiation of mistakes by remaining in “hell” forever gives no opportunity for further develop-ment.

Thereby man no longer has the possibility to correct the mistake and change. Only the return to life back on Earth gives him this opportunity.

There are several passages in the Bible, “erroneously retained” by the editors of the day, which show that already in Christ’s time reincarnation was known and acknowledged. As there are more of these passages, let’s just mention a few:

The apostles asked Jesus, when they saw a blind man: “Rabbi,who sinned, this man or his parents, for him to have been born blind?”.

They wanted to find out whether he pays with blindness for his own sins or his parents’.

Further, in the Gospel of Matthew 17:10, Jesus clearly states that the ancient prophet Elijah returned to Earth in the person of John the Baptist, but he was not recognized and was killed.

We shall see, from an example of modern life, the functioning of the Law of Reciprocal Action:

A young man drives too fast through a village. He does not respect the speed limit because he is too young to foresee any possible consequences of his driving too fast. When a child runs across the road in front of his car, he is not able to avoid the accident, despite his efforts, and the child is hurt. If the man is genuinely sorry for his mistake, and demonstrates this by driving more carefully in the future, he is already partially atoning for his mistake. His positive attitude leads to an early closure of the circle of reciprocal effects. His expiation can be finished, e.g. by avoiding, in some way, a serious accident that he witnesses.

A person who does not learn from his own errors does not necessarily have the opportunity to undo it in this life.

According to the Law of Reciprocal Action, his deed is taken along into his next life. And, due to the Law of Attraction of Homogeneous Species, the multiplied consequences will be felt approximately like this: either he himself will be the victim of an accident, with an injury greater than the one he caused, or someone else will seriously hurt his child.

So the reciprocal effects paid for in the same way – with an accident – will affect only the person who has not learned from his mistake. This way the victim has a new opportunity to understand his faults from his own suffering, and to change. From this it follows that it is not God who punishes man, but man who is punishing himself when he does not know, and does not adhere to, Eternal Laws that have a boomerang-like effect.

If we acknowledge the functioning of the Law of Reciprocal Action we may ask why someone is born deformed, when he was not yet able to do any evil in life. Or, by the same token, we could think about the punishment of war criminals, who brutally murdered and maimed people. It is true, not all of them had to bear the consequences of their actions in the life, in which they acted so inhumanly. The later they will have to bear the consequences, the heavier will be their impact. These consequences will multiply in the same way as when one seed is sown and more will grow from it.

But not all suffering is the expression of reciprocal effects. Many people bear oppression, harm or illness because they cannot cope with perceived injustice, insufficient love and understanding. Self-pity is a consolation, but only for a short while, then one has to acknowledge one’s weakness and find the causes, which brought him or her into this predicament. Finding a way to understand oneself and to understand other people as well, will help in dealing with the situation in a constructive manner, to eliminate further suffering.

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No one doubts that movement is a necessary part of life. All that submits to the Law of Motion has life in it, and thereby also development. Where there is insufficient movement, there is stagnation and decline.

In the wilderness animals have their natural enemies, this urges them to constant movement and alertness – to improve and develop. Only weak, ill and old animals become victims of predators.

Appropriate physical exercise and even stress activate the human body and mind, reveal hidden reserves and therefore support development. Comfortable and lazy people get sick and weak sooner than active people. Their mind, like their body, is rigid and lazy and can understand the causes of their suffering only with difficulty. These poor people have neither enough power nor courage to escape the insufferable situation, or to change it. If they are ill, they do not want to alter their diet, or correct bad habits. Insufficient movement is a hindrance for physical and mental health and development.

When there is over-activity, frequently due to long-term stress and a heavy physical load, the results are similar as with insufficient movement – faster aging and illnesses.

As the body needs constant movement, so does the soul. It is active through thinking, developing intuitive perception and the setting of goals. The Law of Motion is displayed in the mental sphere as volition – will, through which we realize all our wishes.

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If a person wants to live in good physical and mental health, he has to submit to the Law of Equilibrium. That means a constant effort towards harmony, to equalize fluctuations brought about by an active life. Everyone needs to ensure that in his or her life there is a balance between giving and taking, work and rest, suffering and joy.

Balance is a state that does not last forever but, towards which we need to strive – continuously. If one does not heed the Law of

Equilibrium, he will be “balanced” by it in various forms of suffering – depression, weakness, illnesses and accidents.

Due to the increased pace of life many people act mindlessly, with no clear concept of living and only one goal – to survive. A person who has no time to set aside a few minutes a day for contemplation about his life, activities, wishes and goals, is in constant stress and tension, which is carried over to the surrounding family and work areas. Such a life is just a missed opportunity, because the person has no time to find out why in fact he or she is here.

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Every person starts to experience the Law of the Desire for Spiritual Knowledge at a young age through an inexplicable sense of disquiet and seeking. The purpose of this law is for a person to spiritually grow and develop. Some people stifle this desire at a very early stage, or suppress it as something that is not practically applicable and superfluous in life.

Others lead it onto the wrong path. This is mostly true about the young generation and their idolizing of certain personalities – singers, actors or sports people. These examples inspire more to vanity than actively seeking higher spiritual Truths and knowledge of the true meaning of life.

Other people fulfill their desire for a more beautiful and improved world, which is the expression of this law, in a very comfortable way – by escaping into “other worlds” in an altered state of consciousness, through drugs or meditation. They bar their way to the knowledge of higher Truths through a natural development on Earth.

The so-called “realists” transformed this desire, this disquiet, into a chase after purely earthly values – goods, social status and entertainment. Despite constantly satisfying these, for them the most important needs, they lack peace and balance. They do not find the real meaning of life, to which their search was supposed to bring them – the knowledge of the world and of self.

CHAPTER 2The Universe

When looking at stars that are so far away it is almost unbelievable that the Universe has boundaries, that it is finite and limited. Laws of physics confirm that, where there is time and space, there must be boundaries. Although it is very hard for us to imagine how far they are, they nevertheless exist. In certain periods the Universe expands within these boundaries, it grows and then later diminishes until there is only an invisible primordial seed left, which gradually takes on more coverings and grows.

From the perspective of a human being the Universe consists of two basic parts – the visible and the invisible. Despite this distinct difference, both parts are material, but each one is of a different kind. To simplify, we will call the visible part the Gross Material Universe and the invisible part the Ethereal Universe. They are two different worlds, connected by the same origin – matter. Matter is subject to endless change – it grows, becomes dense, and disintegrates, because it is imperfect, unstable. Both parts of the Universe are also subject to the same process, as they are both of matter.

The Gross Material Universe consists only of the material, visible bodies of the Universe – the stars and planets. The Ethereal Universe is the so-called shadow of the Gross Material Universe. It has the same, but larger, form, not visible to the human eye.1

Above the Universe there are other worlds, which are non-material, we shall talk about them later. They will not be classified under the expression Universe, but under the term Creation. Although the whole of Creation is suffused with the same laws, their effects are different, depending on the planes, in which they work. This is caused, but not exclusively, by different temperatures in the individual worlds.

The Gross Material Universe is divided into seven planes one above the other, according to the Law of Gravity. The most dense, coldest planes rotate on the bottom, the higher planes are more permeable and finer. Due to higher temperatures the upper planes move faster, the lower ones move slower. Faster movement and higher temperatures result in an increased longevity of the planes. Higher worlds are therefore more durable, finer and also larger. Lower planes are denser and smaller. Because less light penetrates them, the rotations are slower and they disintegrate and decline sooner.

The Ethereal Universe is also divided into seven planes according to the Law of Gravity. Thus, both parts of the Universe have seven levels. At the boundaries of the planes the matter becomes finer making it possible for them to unite and permeate each other due to the Law of Attraction of Homogeneous Species. The difference between the Gross Material and Ethereal Universe is so vast that without this stratification the uniting of all planes could not be achieved.

The whole of the Universe consists of seven basic parts, the names of which are mentioned in the Bible, The Book of Revelation: Ephesus, Philadelphia, Laodicea, Pergamos, Sardy, Smyrna and Thyatira. The Earth is in the Ephesus part. According to the Law of Gravity it belongs to the plane of the lower planets, though not the lowest ones.

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The whole of the Universe is suffused with an invisible energy – the principal power. It manifests itself as light and warmth and, in conjunction with Eternal Laws, it maintains the individual levels of Creation. Although matter is motionless and has no inherent warmth, every body of the Universe individually, and the Universe as a whole, rotates. The principal power warms and rotates it, with the intercession of a higher world, which will be talked about later.

Man is also in contact with the principal power that exists apart from him. He connects to it through his intuitive perception and its activity. Because this power is neutral it can be used positively or negatively, depending on the quality of the intuitive perception. The principal power is a conduit that makes it possible for good, but also bad, to happen, brings good or bad fortune. If man was not able to use the principal power he would be restricted in his existence and development on Earth. This power is called principal because besides it other energies also flow through the Universe – from lower worlds, to which we do not connect through intuitive perception but through our mental ability and activity.2

The Universe is not quiet and dark, as it seems from observing the night sky. All bodies of the Universe sparkle like diamonds and the shades of color give us a clue to the kind of life on them. In the higher spheres color is united with sound and this union resounds as the most beautiful music, called the heavenly harmony. Every change in the chords changes the color and intensity of the shining rays.

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The ethereal part of the Earth – the Ethereal World, also called the afterworld, the beyond, the Astral, is older than the gross material part – the Gross Material World. Our soul has developed in the Ethereal World, as it emerged earlier than the physical body. We will explain its creation later.

As has been scientifically confirmed, an invisible energy– the soul, leaves the body after death. It has a certain weight, although it is negligible compared to the weight of the body. Scientists have been able to measure it and prove that the soul is also made of matter. In death our material body perishes, disintegrates into original elements, which become more perfect with every owner. This is how matter is being spiritualized. Due to the Law of Attraction of Homogeneous Species the soul cannot remain on Earth after the body has died, as its ethereal basis cannot be active or influence its surroundings here. According to the Law of Reciprocal Action and the Law of Attraction of Homogeneous Species it returns to the place of its origin – into the Ethereal World where it continues, on a different plane, in its conscious existence.

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Death, therefore, is the end of life on Earth and the beginning of life in the Astral World. This is an important event and many dead relatives and acquaintances come to welcome the new inhabitant of the world beyond. The dying person perceives them with his ethereal senses, because after death the body no longer perceives with material senses. When the soul leaves the body it stays close to the living people around it and experiences all they are doing and saying. It talks to them, touches them, tries to persuade them that it has not died, but no one listens. The Law of Attraction of Homogeneous Species disallows the perception of impulses that are not homogeneous and the living are not able to see the soul or hear its voice. They also do not feel its touch on their body.

After death the advanced soul very quickly separates from the physical body, with which it is connected through an ethereal astral thread3 during life. As a rule, it does not feel pain before the mortal struggle, although the body sighs heavily, because it slips out of the body quickly and easily. It is different with a not sufficiently developed soul that, due to its heavier weight, stays connected to the body longer and so experiences a painful mortal struggle. It is not rare for it also to perceive its funeral and frequently also the dissection and disintegration of the body. The Law of Attraction of Homogeneous Species keeps it with the body for a long time, while the mature, light and fine soul separates from it quickly due to the great difference in substance.

Relatives can sometimes inadvertently harm the dead. If the soul quickly leaves its body and the thread, which connects the soul to the body is not severed yet, it comes back voluntarily because of the heavy lamenting and desperate cries of the relatives. It wants to tell them not to suffer, because it lives, but in a different plane. But they do not hear or see it anyway. By returning to the body the soul experiences mortal torture, which it could have been spared.

How do we recognize a mature soul? It does not necessarily have to be a spiritually knowledgeable or religiously oriented person. Many people professing to have a deep faith do not have an advanced soul. To the contrary, not a few atheists may have a developed soul, if their motives and deeds are pure and unselfish. Sometimes a person with a mature soul is not recognized by the people around him, as this quality is not apparent externally.

Death should be seen as something given by law, unavoidable and often already determined before birth. Even an untimely death is mostly planned. That’s why revenge and injustice is best left to be taken care of by Eternal Laws. Death does not end anything, it just brings about a change in the environment and in the form of life. From the gross material Earth man moves into the ethereal Earth where he continues to develop.

The only possession, which one takes to eternity after death is the soul. Everything else is finished by death. Even intellectual knowledge, because the intellect is only a finer part of the brain – matter.

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So far we have called the Ethereal World the Astral, but in reality the Astral begins to form in the central part of the Gross Material World already. After death, according to the Law of Reciprocal Action, the soul of man must experience everything in the Astral, for which no amends were made on Earth. A pure, advanced soul, not weighted down by guilt and low character, moves quickly through this threshold into higher spheres of the Ethereal World. In the Astral life is much more varied than on Earth. Countries, buildings, and everything that man has created or invented on Earth is more beautiful but also worse here because it is easier to shape matter in the Ethereal World.

In a different part of the Astral there are prototypes of all things and activities from higher worlds, according to which people on Earth create their works. If you think of something, you will attract it, due to the Law of Attraction of Homogeneous Species, because it literally hangs above your head. Whoever adapts the prototype to his own ideas and time period thinks he is the source of it. The masterpiece, however, was created with the help of other people on Earth and higher planes as well, who have delved in similar activities.

The Astral and the Ethereal World are not the final destination in the journey of the soul. Here it only “waits” for a further incarnation, it does not sleep the eternal sleep. The more advanced souls live an active life here as conscious persons and also educate themselves. The soul takes the form of a human being, which is even nicer than a material body. Being of finer matter it has the ability to expand but also to contract. That’s why it grows with the body. Souls in the lower Astral are not as beautiful and neither is their environment, as it was created from negative thought forms and emotional motives. Low souls are improving in the Astral through suffering, which they experience here due to the Law of Reciprocal Action.

After leaving the dead body the soul either ascends or sinks down to a certain level, as a result of the Law of Gravity. Thereafter it continues to travel on this plane to the appropriate part, into which, according to the Law of Attraction of Homogeneous Species, it belongs. Christianity correctly states that after death souls go either to “heaven” – the higher planes, or to “hell” – the lower planes. It is a figurative expression of the quality of each of the Gross Material and Ethereal Worlds.

Let’s show an example of what the not so pure souls experience in the world beyond, in the Astral. If, on Earth, they achieved their status or property dishonorably or at the expense of others, after death they will suffer from similar injustices themselves. Many of the souls do not even realize that they have died, as they end up in an environment similar to the one on Earth – in a factory, an office, jail, etc., where their lifestyle continues. Due to similar traits all in this plane are the ones who punish as well as the punished. Only when they “wake up” and recognize their mistakes and faults do they desire to redeem the evil, which they have caused on Earth. When suitable conditions develop they will be given the opportunity to reincarnate – to be born again.

In the beyond souls are classified according to the Law of Gravity into individual spheres and according to the Law of Attraction of Homogeneous Species and quality of souls into parts.4 Souls of various levels of development live together only on Earth. This way conditions are created for their faster development, although this frequently causes suffering and harm to the developed souls. However, the lower individual finds an example for his behavior and a greater opportunity for spiritual growth. That is no longer possible in the Astral, as there only souls of the same level of development live together. Only satiation, rejection and opposition to evil or perversion bring development, the desire to change and escape from this environment.

More advanced individuals suffer on Earth because of the negative impact of their less developed surroundings. If their character is not distorted by this, they become better and stronger in their virtues. The goal of development is not only perfection but also to gain spiritual strength.

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CHAPTER 3Karma

Almost everybody has, at least once in his life, experienced a fatal blow. It came out of nowhere and it was cruel. You had the feeling that life was unjust, that you did not deserve it, and you had great difficulty dealing with it. The only band-aid, which was supposed to heal the wound was the comforting thought that it was fate, that there was nothing you could have done. It was no one’s fault, because it was so willed from above – from a higher power.

Karma, this generally known expression, is explained in a similar way, with just a slight difference. In it the originator of the fatal blow is not a higher power, or God, but man himself. In one of his previous lives the actions of the person in question have caused the event, the consequences of which he is experiencing later, when he has forgotten about it. That means that karma is connected with - reincarnation.

This explanation of karma makes clear that the Buddhists, from whom this expression was adopted, knew the Law of Reciprocal Action very well. For them fatal blows are not reasons for desperation and hopelessness, as they are in the Christian society. If a man believes solely in fate he feels injustice if he receives a blow. As he does not understand the reason behind it, he feels deceived by life. According to karma the expiation of guilt in the life, during which it originated is easier, because one knows why he is being punished. Covering up a wrongdoing and avoiding making amends for it brings “unjust” and surprising blows in future lives.

Not all guilt stems from evil intentions or deeds. Man also atones for harm caused unintentionally – by ignorance or negligence. For example a woman who does not know how to properly nourish her family, can cause illness to herself and the whole family. The consequences of this can be felt in several lives through her own health problems or a deadly disease. Her task is to understand the reason for these problems or the disease and then she will no longer repeat these mistakes.

Sometimes karmic guilt can be caused by condemning someone for a deed, the reasons for which are not known fully. This is done quite regularly in politics and with influential personalities. We accept an opinion of someone else, although we do not know the facts.

The condemnation harms the person’s reputation and burdens us with guilt. This needs to be remedied perhaps through experiencing a situation similar to the one experienced by the person harmed or we may be also gossiped about, apparently without just cause. It is very difficult to know all the reasons for karma, as these reasons are numerous and manifold.

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Expiation of karma can proceed in many forms:

1. The famous expression from the Old Testament “An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth” explains that man will feel the same effects of the consequences of his past mistakes on himself. A murderer will be killed in his next life, a thief will be robbed, an intemperate person will become sick, etc.

Relatives and friends of the victims of violence or injustice should not try to retaliate, because they will burden themselves with similar karma. The laws will proceed – in the right time, and in the proper way. Nothing can be hidden from them or remain unpunished. Punishment at a later date is more severe. Sometimes that is the reason for the delay.

2. Symbolic atonement. If a person improves before the reciprocal action of karma reaches him, the karma will manifest itself only in a symbolic or moderate form.

A certain man overindulged in food, drink and also smoked a lot in his previous life. This is a little excessive for one person, but let’s just take it as an example. Through an improper lifestyle and negative inclinations he consciously harmed his health, which tolerated these excesses without injury. In his present life however, because of his previous mistakes, he was supposed to become terminally ill. If, during his illness, he becomes conscious of his bad habits and starts to seriously seek and practically apply ways to attain good health, he can cure his disease through his effort and abstinence.

3. Pure and deep love towards a person, even if it is not reciprocated, ennobles and improves a person so that he forgets his own ego and becomes unselfishly giving and good. This gets rid of many mistakes caused by egotism and indifference in the past. If, however, one only has eyes for one’s beloved, and is indifferent to all other pain and sorrow in the world, he does not feel true love, but only greater egotism.

4. Effort to do good. If everything one does is done with a pure intent, in accordance with Eternal Laws, the threads of negative karma are weakened and new, pure karma begins to form.

If a person endures unfavorable karma with resistance and a lack of understanding and there is no betterment and improvement, he does not get rid of his karma, but it continues “punishing” him until there is change.

The reciprocal action therefore does not always include the expiation of karma.

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People like to generalize and throw all negative manifestations and events into one bag, without thinking. For them everything is karma, as if there was no free will that causes new karma to emerge. If everything was subordinated to karma, and man did not have his own free will for new deeds, there would be no development. Many innocent people, frequently even better than the majority, were victims of the free will of others. There are many examples from history – witch hunts and torture in the Dark Ages, persecution and killing of prophets, concentration camps, etc. Free will gives man the possibility to either ease the expiation of guilt or, on the contrary, to further enmesh himself into “heavy” fate through new karma.

If man takes all evil and injustice passively as his karma, and does not fight for his rights, he multiplies the evil of the perpetrator, as the lack of opposition enables him to do even more harm.

How do we know what is karma and what is not? Theoretically it is very easy, but practically it is difficult. One has to be very honest and open with oneself. If we seriously think about how we suffer in our life and when we realize that, even unintentionally, we treat others in a similar way, we will come to the conclusion that we are being punished by karma and not by the free will of others. That is the only way to learn how to discern between deserved and undeserved evil. No one but the person himself has to understand and help himself.

Accelerated karma. Some people embarking upon a road of improvement suddenly feel much greater evil affecting them than ever before. This is a case of accelerated purification, which is expressed by an increased occurrence of negative influences and events. This fact often dissuades people from their good intention to continue in the positive development. They do not know that if they changed, instead of having to atone till the end of their life, they would only suffer for a few years or for an even shorter period.

The expression karma is also used in the positive sense. We talk about good karma, if somebody is successful, wealthy, wins big or gets an inheritance without using obscure means or trying too hard. Envy is not appropriate in this case as it is the multiplied yield of his or her past deeds. Envy is a treacherous weapon for the one who uses it. In its reciprocal action it will strike back at the originator, in the form of a disease or a loss.

Karma may also mean a task, a mission, with which a person is born, to bring new knowledge and help to mankind. It is determined prior to incarnation. This is the case of great scientists, mainly in the health field, artists, prophets, etc.

It is not important to know whether an event is karmic or new. We should not investigate our past lives. If we could remember them, many people would not be able to forgive their own relatives the evil that they caused them in previous lives, and so would inadvertently prevent them from expiation. A person who would be able to remember his past lives would live in his present one only as a non-participating observer when expiating his guilt or absorbing goodness. He would not experience events fully in their emotional depths and heights and his soul would not develop. It would return to the Astral with the same level of maturity as when it left. It is supposed to improve in every life through experiencing it.

If it was useful or necessary for man he would remember his past lives. Only powerful emotional experiences from past lives influence and improve a person and his or her attitudes.

For example a person who experienced war as a victim no longer remembers his suffering, but in his subconscious he knows that war is terrible and he does not wish for it to happen.

If man knew ahead of time everything that awaits him in life, he would not make an effort to decide independently and could not cultivate his free will. A person who is gifted with the knowledge of his future or past lives will know about them, even if he would rather not. A person for whom this knowledge would be a hindrance will not receive the knowledge, even though he would like to.

Every human being has his own individual karma, of which someone else cannot and should not have knowledge.

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In difficult events in life people frequently lament and complain: “How could God let this happen!?” Because we are already acquainted with the Law of Reciprocal Action, we know that we are being punished by the reciprocal consequences of our own deeds, i.e., karma, and not the wrath of God.

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A person who, through his position in society, created conflicts and wars, but was himself spared of their effects, has to suffer the consequences once suitable conditions are created, in several lives, and in a multitude of ways.

Not all war victims have karmic guilt. Sometimes also very pure individuals are affected. They voluntarily decided to suffer together with the people close to them, that’s why they reincarnated with them.

War may also have to be experienced by people who outwardly do not harm anyone but in their thoughts are violent and hateful. They do not want to express their thinking publicly, so as not to ruin their good reputation. If they fully experience these negative emotions in war they will get rid of them, as they will recognize their conse-quences.

From what we have just said it follows that wars are actually “planned”, as they can be foreseen from reciprocal actions.

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In countries where famine occurs people bear the consequences of heavy guilt towards their close relatives. Either they did not give them their deserved reward for work done, which brought them to near starvation, or it could have also been a case of employees stealing from their employer, although he treated them well. This karma is likewise borne by lazy people who took payment for work but did not perform accordingly, thereby consciously disrupting the Law of Equilibrium. It is also suffered by mentally immature people, who did not use their own free will to support themselves in life, but instead abused the goodness of others.

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Mass and individual accidents are the reciprocal actions of negligence, irresponsibility, but also of hate and the greed of individuals and groups. For example, former pirates who have killed whole ship-crews, can find themselves on the other side of the coin in several of their lives – become victims of mass traffic accidents.

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Natural disasters have two causes: either they are the natural consequence of the disintegration of matter or they are a “punishment” – reciprocal action, for the moral and economic decay of the society. We can use the examples of the cities of Pompeii and Sodom and Gomorrah. Those to be saved were forewarned to escape from the place to be destroyed. Although the disaster proceeded along the lines of natural laws, i.e., in the form of earthquakes, floods or volcanic eruptions, the timing was planned from “above”.

A clearer example of karmic “retribution” is the old city of Nineveh, where a state of general moral decay prevailed. After being warned by the prophet Jonas, the Assyrians started to atone and made an effort to change their lives, even through their deeds. Owing to the Law of Reciprocal Action the fast and honest change saved the city from destruction.

Subsequent generations again gave in to previous mistakes and so the enormous city, which seemed unassailable and indestructible, was leveled to the ground from “above”

CHAPTER 4Free Will

With adulthood comes the manifestation of another of the Eternal Laws – the Law of Free Will. It should lead us to our individual path of development, which usually differs from the one demanded by society. We perceive intuitively how to go through life, because subconsciously we are being led by our own goals and tasks, which we were assigned before birth. If, however, a young person is corrupted very early in life, his straight path becomes crooked, or is changed altogether.

Parents should not force their adult “child” into something, which he or she does not want. Even during childhood they should not intervene in important decision making – other than with advice or admonition in, e.g. the choice of school or profession. In childhood – up to adolescence, children develop something, which is akin to instinct in animals – the imitation impulse. According to this trait a child acts similarly to his parents, but this is a conscious decision, while an animal acts subconsciously.

In ancient stages of development – in times of slavery and in feudal periods, the average person was not free enough. His private choices, e.g., when choosing a profession or a spouse, were subordinated to the will of his ruler or some authoritarian figure in the family. As mankind matured, free will has grown in all areas of life.

Despite this, many people, even today, do not want to use their free will. It is more comfortable and easier to let other people decide for, and instead of, them.

Free will is closely connected to the ability of independent decision making and the resulting responsibility for the consequences. Many people do not want, whether consciously, or subconsciously, to fully use their free will for this very reason.

Others do the opposite – without thinking or good advice they always want to decide on their own, often on impulse and without reflection. They do not know that the consequences, which they will have to bear will be much harder than their own decisions. We should not shun the advice and experience of others, but should compare them with our own knowledge and volition and only then decide.

Some people think they have no free will. They are controlled by their negative inclinations and traits to such an extent that the Law of Reciprocal Action prevents them from being released from their consequences. Only a strong desire for change, combined with the knowledge of the reasons for the negative attributes, can overcome weakness and mobilize all reserves to remove them.

If someone suffers due to the lack of free will, e.g., at work, he should stop to think about the reason for this feeling. Perhaps it is because he is not interested in his work and has to push himself into it, or maybe the conditions at work or hours of work are not satisfactory. His co-workers could be part of the problem. One has to consider all of this and then perhaps change work or workplace only, if the former or the latter are seen as the disruptive element.

Someone else may feel a lack of freedom because he is being misused due to his or her kindness, skill and willingness to help. In this case he should think about changes in his inner self, because he will fare the same even at a different workplace.

One also has to thoroughly examine the lack of freedom in a relationship and try to find the hidden reasons. Perhaps, in time, one of the partners realizes that there is nothing in common in the relationship, which would fulfill him, which is why he feels hemmed in. We frequently stay in restrictive relationships only because we are afraid to live according to our own will, or we do not have enough courage to break up. We do not realize that suffering pressures us to think about ourselves and re-evaluate our life. The result of this pressure does not necessarily have to be a separation, sometimes it is enough to understand the situation and the partner.

Many people prefer drowning their problems in alcohol to a serious reflection of their life, or else they blame others for their fate. Others waste the time for a serious self-contemplation in escapes – excess of work or a hobby, so as not to have to deal with themselves.

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Perhaps the most difficult case of problems due to the lack of free will is the expiation of karma. Let’s look at one example:

An adult son is suffering from the domination of his father, who is making decisions for him, restricts him, sometimes even with violence. Misunderstandings and quarrels are a daily occurrence. As the son is younger, i.e., spiritually more flexible, he should be the first one to recognize the reason for this limitation. He should not continuously ask his father to change, but should try to understand why his father is the way he is.

First of all he should realize that he has been born to this father due to the Law of Reciprocal Action, i.e., in the past he has treated his father the way his father treats him today. The fact that the behaviour of his father bothers him proves that he is still the same, as otherwise he would not object to his father’s behaviour. The same negative traits repel each other.

Recognizing this can immediately change the son’s attitude to his father and remove the karmic obstacle.

The son’s suppressed free will is re-awakened and will be respected by his father.

If the reason for the problems is first understood by the father, the son will change as well. They are connected through karma and either mutually support or suppress each other.

If, however, the son will not change and will always only want his father to alter his ways, he will bring his negative attributes into the upbringing of his own children. Some or all of his offspring will also resist his dominance and will reject him. That way the son gets another opportunity to realize that he is like his father and needs to take a good long look at himself first and foremost.

Another reason for the dominance of the father could be the exact opposite. The son is very weak, never expresses his own will and thereby magnifies his father’s will. If the son, at the right moment, shows that he has his own will, harmony will come – things will balance.

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To ease decision making and to develop one’s will everyone has his own “Guardian Angel”. It is actually an ethereal spirit – a person who, not so long ago, lived on Earth and is familiar with the conditions on Earth and his ward and his weaknesses. According to the Law of Attraction of Homogeneous Species this spirit also possessed or still possesses similar shortcomings so he understands his ward very well. His role is to advise his ward in difficult decision making and warn him of danger and fall. This activity improves his standing in the Ethereal World and he does not have to incarnate to Earth if the Law of Reciprocal Action is no longer binding him to it. The influence of this ethereal spirit is perceived intuitively – heard, as the voice of conscience, as advice only, to reach one’s own decisions – to develop free will.

Every Guardian Spirit is a little better and more perfect than his ward. He is no Angel, although this expression is commonly used. Due to the Law of Attraction of Homogeneous Species there is little difference between man and his Guardian Spirit in respect to spiritual development. A much higher spirit or Angel would not be able to understand man’s earthly desires and faults. The Guardian Spirit, being of a somewhat higher level, through his influence accelerates development. If his ward heeds the advice, the Guardian Spirit is pleased, but he suffers when his ward does not listen to the voice of his conscience. According to the Law of Free Will a Guardian Spirit cannot pressure man into, or detract him from, anything forcibly, even if this would prevent his downfall or death.

Everybody, regardless of the quality of his life, has one or several Guardian Spirits – it is a law. No one is without help. A Spiritual Guide is a higher level of a Guardian Spirit. He is assigned to a person with higher spiritual qualities.

CHAPTER 5The Animistic Realm