In the Light of Truth
Grail Message by Abdrushin
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78. Sex
The question of intercourse between the sexes is a subject which has much troubled the thoughts of a great number of human beings, always excepting the callous, the frivolous and superficial, who do not allow themselves to be disturbed by any questions whatever. The others, however, much as they may differ in character, do indeed either singly or in company seek for a solution of this problem, and would gladly welcome a guide to light them in their search. Whether they would allow themselves to be guided is another matter, but it is a fact that they are investigating and are much troubled by their ignorance when dealing with this difficulty. Some have looked for the solution of the problem in the institution of marriage, but this has not proved to be the right key to settle the matter satisfactorily.
Here, as everywhere else, the essential thing is for man first to know and understand the nature of the forces he is dealing with. If he does not, he will strive in vain and continue in doubt and unrest. To begin with, it must be pointed out that there is a great confusion of ideas regarding the conception itself. The word sex is taken in a superficial, general sense, whereas it has a far deeper and more profound meaning. If we wish to have a correct picture, we must not compress the conception into the narrow limits of the interpretation, the world and human society give to the word sex. The world's interpretations of God's laws and institutions are mostly in diametrical opposition to what is intended.
In such important questions it is necessary for man to concentrate his mind on the profound significance of all things in Creation, and try to fathom the meaning of the laws which govern them, and on which they rest.
The conceptions male and female we simply call the two sexes, but the word sex to begin with, leads most men astray, for they unconsciously connect it with the propagation of species, whereas in the great happenings in Creation the difference between the sexes in this sense only occurs in the very lowest, densest stratum of visible, physical matter, and is not a feature of the principal, inherent difference.
What is sex?
The spirit spark or germ on its exit from the Spiritual Kingdom is sexless and does not bisect, as is often taken for granted. Bisections are particular exceptions. The rule is that the spirit germ is and remains an independent complete entity. In the measure that it becomes self-conscious on its wanderings through the subsequent automatic replica of Original Creation (as I have already explained), and in proportion to the degree of self-consciousness it attains, it takes the shapes familiar to us, shapes that are copies of the images of God, the First Created. Here it is the nature of the germ's activity, or the direction in which the germ has principally sought to develop its inherent faculties, that plays the principal role, whether its tendency is more positive, compelling and energetic, or negative, preserving and enduring.
The spirit germ to start with, allows of both. Being, as said above, a complete independent entity, each spirit germ has the requisite capacities in the same degree; it solely depends on which it chooses to develop. This is effected by its activity and its activity may at first only be expressed in its desires which become more and more urgent till they take a definite shape. The positive takes the male form, and the negative the female: the masculine disposition shows itself in the male form, the feminine disposition in the female form. In both cases the form indicates and expresses the nature of the activity chosen and preferred.
Male and female thus have nothing to do with the meaning usually attached to the word sex, but merely indicate the nature of the activity of the souls in Creation. It is only in the physical world of gross matter, so well known to man, that the generative organs develop out of the form; and it is only the physical body on earth that needs these organs for the propagation of the species.
Thus the nature of activity in Creation shapes a male or female body of which the physical body on earth is only a rough image.
And now the place that sexual intercourse takes in Divine dispensation becomes evident: it ranks lowest of all that is purely physical and is very far removed from anything spiritual. It is, therefore, all the more deplorable if a human spirit gives himself up to this practice in such a way that he becomes a slave to what belongs to the very lowest section of physical existence. This is, unfortunately, general everywhere today, and illustrates how the priceless jewel spirit will voluntarily allow itself to be downtrodden and suppressed by the coarsest materialism. The natural order in Creation is for the spirit to take the highest rank and harmony can only exist where it dominates all else, even where it is closely connected with matter. It is hardly necessary for me to point out what a sad role that man plays who places his spirit under the control of the coarsest of his material coverings.
The spirit clothes itself in a covering of physical matter. This physical body owes all its sensitiveness to the spirit, it encases and loses it all the moment the body is discarded.
Sexual instinct must be considered and cared for, but, at the same time strictly controlled. It must be an obedient tool in the hands of the master. There is no communism in the lawfulness of Creation. Wherever communism obtrudes itself, ruin is the inevitable result. Such a festering body must be cast out as diseased, so that discord may not spread further. It is by causing this ruin that the law of returns proceeds to eliminate defects when they appear in Creation.
The spiritual, the natural and the physical form of the body changes as soon as the spirit germ changes the nature of its activity. If it goes over from negative to positive tendencies, the feminine shape becomes masculine and vice versa; the predominating activity decides the form.
The transformation of the outer covering, the shell of physical substance cannot follow quickly, it is not so easily changed, as the form is only intended to last for a short time, therefore, the change in the physical body manifests itself when the spirit reincarnates which as a rule it does frequently.
Hence it often happens that a human soul wanders through its lives on earth alternately as a man and as a woman, answering to the change which has taken place within it. This is necessary in order to give all the qualities of the spirit a chance of successively developing. As I have explained, it is the dominating tendency which shapes the form, for the activity of a spirit will not be exclusively positive or exclusively negative. The abilities which do not become active remain latent but can at any moment be aroused. Should it, however, happen that a spirit germ develops all its positive abilities, it will so seriously influence the undeveloped negative qualities that it expels them and casts them off; then a bisection takes place. The cast off qualities are obliged to become independent, and they will naturally take the opposite form, i. e. the feminine. These are bisected germs which must unite and become one again. This process happens so seldom that it need not come into consideration.
The opinion men hold that there is a complement to every soul is true, but not in the sense of previous bisection as above. The dual soul is something quite different. I have alluded to this in my Lecture on Marriage.*(Lecture No. 25: Marriage) A dual soul is one that is the complement of another, i. e. a soul that has developed those faculties which are lying latent in the other. United these two form a complete whole, in which all the abilities of the human spirit — the positive and the negative — can work in unison. A human soul, however, has not only one complement but several, so that a man seeking his complement is not limited to one particular person. If he keeps his inner perception and sensations awake and pure, he will meet several in his life on earth. Thus the conditions required for happiness in this life on earth are not so difficult to fulfil as those find it who only know in part. It is much easier to be happy than many think. Man must first learn the eternal laws on which Creation rests. If he lives in obedience to them, he will be happy. At the present time this is far from being the case; those who are approaching Divine Truth are generally solitary mortals; but this does not mean that they are unhappy: on the contrary, they enjoy heavenly peace.
