In the Light of Truth
Grail Message by Abdrushin
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9. Original Sin
Original Sin or rightly translated Hereditary Sin was the cause of the Fall of Man. The sin or wrong-doing lay in the over-cultivation of the intellect, through which man voluntarily confined himself within the limits of time and space. Love of gain, cheating and oppression, etc. are characteristic traits of intellectual activity and have in their train many other, if not all evils.
The process of developing this purely intellectual type of humanity had an ever increasing influence in modifying the structure of the human body. The frontal brain developed more and more (from being continually exerted) to the detriment of the other part, so that this changing form naturally expressed itself in the material body of children who then came into the world with more highly developed frontal brains.
This lay, and still lies in the natural tendency to cultivate an intellect so powerful, that it should dominate all else. When his brain is over-developed, the owner runs the danger of being confined within the limits of time and space, thus is unable to comprehend what is transcendental or spiritual.
It is the artificially developed, abnormal brain physically transmitted to a child at birth, that exposes man to the danger of entanglement in every kind of evil and which has bred Original Sin.
This, however, does not free the soul from responsibility. It is still held responsible, for it only inherits the dangerous gift, not the sin itself. It is in no wise compelled to allow its intellect to rule unconditionally and to submit itself to its dictates. The soul can, on the contrary, wield the great power of its intellect as a sharp sword, to clear the path in the press and crush of the world that its inner voice points out.
But in case a child has been so trained and educated that its intellect dominates absolutely, then not all the blame would be laid at the child's door, but owing to the law of returns a part would recoil on the teacher who trained it. He is then tied to this child till the latter is free from its mistakes and from their consequences, even should this take thousands of years. What such a child does, after it has had the first opportunity of considering and retracing its steps, would then reflect on it alone. A spoken or written word, a shock or something of similar nature offers such opportunities and is capable of causing a moment of deep inner emotion. Such opportunities surely come.
It would be useless to say more on this subject or to multiply examples, which would only be repetitions and lead to the same conclusion. He who will consider the matter, will soon find a veil lifted from before his eyes. He will, himself, find the answer to many questions.
