UNIVERSAL MAN -- PART ONE

There is only one race -- The human race

There is only one language -- The language of the heart
There is only one religion -- The religion of love
There is only one God -- He/She is omnipresent
(Sathya Sai Baba)

If it were possible for you to view the Earth from a distance, or even for you to be able to stand outside your own physical body, you would probably obtain a new vision, not only of the Earth´s and your body´s purpose but also of their perfectness and of their beauty, and from that you might realize more of the nature and purpose of their Creator.

Earth as a Whole

Looking at the Earth from a distance you would be forced to look at it as a single unit. You would not think of the individual countries that you knew existed on its surface but rather of the Earth as a whole, comparable with the other planets, the other stars and the other galaxies that you could see around you. You might almost consider yourself a god, for you would be standing above all the countries of the World, all the happenings, all the events that were taking place, and then, perhaps, you would begin to realize how those Higher Beings who control the destiny of this Earth look down on it in a similar fashion. They too see the perfectness of the Earth. They see its beauty. They feel the emanation of its expression: UNIVERSAL LOVE.

However, as you descend towards its surface, so the Earth, which before you could see as a single unit would now have to be split up into segments and eventually into continents. Soon you would begin to see only individual countries and to think only in terms of those countries. The vision of the "whole" would be lost and you would once more return to your physical casing with its limited vision.

Destiny Of Earth

Man is born on the surface of the Earth with an individualised consciousness. When, after many incarnations on the one planet within the Solar Body which is less evolved than the Earth, Man first incarnates on the Earth, he struggles to estabalish his identity in the human physical body. Once he has established his own individuality, his personality, he then has to learn to control it. Man has to learn to control his own will and to subjugate it to the will of his Creator in order to fulfil the destiny of the Earth.

The basic lesson which Man has to learn is to sacrifice the self, his own individuality, to sacrifice his personal desires and wants, and to consider the other people around him, not only in his own country but in the World as a whole. He has to learn to think not only of his own race, of his own creed, of his own part of the Earth, but of the Earth as a whole. It is in this particular field that Man experiences the utmost difficulty for, at present, although Man has firmly established his individuality, he finds it very hard to sacrifice that individuality for the people around him, still less for his country, and even less for the World.

Learning responsibility

Great motivation is needed to make Man unite together, to make him think of his country as a single unit and be prepared to sacrifice his self for his country. This usually occurs only in times of conflict, of war, when the emotion known as patriotism moves Man to think not of himself but of his country, and to join together with his fellow country-men to defend his country in the face of aggression. Indeed, were it not for this emotion of patriotism he would not unite together. In times of peace Man finds it difficult to make the sacrifice of his individuality even for his neighbours, let alone for his country.

If Man will not look after the people in his own country then, of course, he will not concern himself with those who live in other countries, and no matter what reports he hears of disasters, such as famines or earthquakes, he will usually ignore those events which are far removed from his own country. Because they are not happening to him or to his country, he thinks they are not his concern. This is one of the great lessons which Man has to learn, and until he has learnt the lesson of total responsibility for every human being who lives on this planet, no matter what their country or their creed, he will not advance along the path to higher things, to mastership.

Man has to learn to sacrifice, to help all the people who live on the surface of this Earth, to give freely no matter what the cost and to share what his country has with the countries that do not.

Remember that "matter" does not belong to Man. Just because one country is capable of growing food and another country is not, that does not mean that all food belongs to the country that grows it, for all the countries in the World cannot grow food and it is the duty of those who can to share with those who cannot.

Divisions and comparisons

As he advances along the path Man has to learn to sacrifice the self, first for his community, then for his country, then for his race, and finally for the Earth. It is only when Man regards himself not as an Englishman, a European or a white man, but as a man of the Earth, that he may be said to have truly evolved to his Earthly potential.

When you can say that you are a man of the Earth, that you regard every man on this Earth, no matter what his colour or his creed, as your equal, when you show as much responsibility towards him as you do to your own family, then it may be said that you have progressed to the level of an evolved soul.

All of you must try to think not in terms of division, of comparing one country with another, one way of life with another, one race with another. Try not to divide the World into countries and races. Try not to compare national customs and characteristics but regard every human being as an individual spark of your Creator, the equal of you in every respect, merely walking along a different path in life.

Your Own Choice

Remember that all of you, being at different points of consciousness, chose to incarnate onto the Earth into varying families, into varying races, in order to experience the lessons and the vibrations of those countries and those races. You chose all these factors before you incarnated, knowing that you would advance your consciousness to a greater understanding along the path that you had chosen. The path that is right for one soul is not necessarily right for another.

No Right to Impose

Where Humanity goes so wrong today is in its thinking that one race is superior to another, that one race is more civilized than another. The countries in the World today that are more advanced technologically consider themselves to be the more civilized countries, and they seek to impose their way of life, their conditions of life, upon all the other countries in the World. No country, no person, has the right to impose their will, their way of life, upon another no matter how correct they might think their way of life to be and how wrong they think another´s is. It is up to the individual countries and their inhabitants to change of their own free choice, without interference of any other country.

The Masters who watch over you as you live in a physical body on Earth do not interfere with you. They know when you are wrong, when you make mistakes, but they let you make those mistakes, they let you advance your consciousness through your own actions and decisions. There is no "Big Brother" to come and make you do something in the correct way. So, mindful of the wisdom of those more evolved Beings who allow you to act as you choose, allow other countries to make their own decisions too.

Part Two Follows HERE