UNIVERSAL MAN -- PART TWO

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First Incarnations

When a soul incarnates on this Earth it will obviously not exhibit as high a state of consciousness and evolution as those who have incarnated for many thousands of lives. Therefore do not try to impose on an unevolved soul a way of life that it does not understand, comprehend or even need. Respect the individuality of all people. Regard them as your brothers and sisters and help them as best you can. Ensure that with the responsibility of a more evolved soul you help them as befits their point of evolution and that in no way do you disrupt their path towards consciousness.

Imposing Western Ideas

One of the greatest errors of recent centuries has been the imposing of western ideas, western religions, western beliefs, on the natives, as they are called, of the colonised countries. Great karma has resulted, which will have to be repaid. Just as individuals incarnate with a destiny, so do countries. That is why, as a whole, some countries suffer and others do not, why some countries are involved in great wars and others are not.

The Law of Karma applies as much to countries as it does to individuals, an therefore the effect of what a country does in one generation will be experienced by those who live in the next. For example, the present generation of Americans is having to pay the karma for the error of those who shipped many thousands of black slaves from the coast of Africa to America, who took them away from their true environment, from the country of their evolution, and placed them in a false and hostile environment.

Patriotism is Nationalism

Mentioned earlier was the fact that the one force which can seemingly unite people in time of war is the emotion known as patriotism. In war people are prepared to make great sacrifices for their country. They are, perhaps, not prepared to die for much else, but they will sacrifice their lives to preserve their country. Patriotism, like a diamond, has many facets, many aspects. I am not going to say that patriotism is an undesirable emotion, although one can point to many examples where it has been abused and used to persuade people into sacrificing their lives in the name of their country.

It is interesting to note, though, that the people who sacrificed their lives usually believed in the cause for which they were fighting. They died, believing in their cause or their country, even though others standing outside the actual conflict could see the error in the actions of those countries who were fighting.

Excuse For Much Evil

Patriotism, sometimes called Nationalism, has often been used as an excuse for much evil. When a country sets out to conquer another country, to enlarge its empire, to gain new possessions, the emotion of patriotism is often generated. You can kill for your country, you are told, because your country demands it. It is not your responsibility. You are only doing what is expected of you. You are fighting for your country.

Likewise, when a country is being attacked, the men and women of that country, who normally would not fight or kill anyone, unite together and are prepared to kill to defend it. They can now justify what, before, they would never have considered or approved of. Moreover, the few people who say they are not prepared to fight, the people whom you call conscientious objectors, people who are not prepared to kill, are despised and held up as objects of ridicule and, indeed, are usually imprisoned.

Level of Soul-evolution

You will judge patriotism according to the level of your soul-evolution. If you are truly an evolved soul and recognize the Earth as a whole and all the peoples on it as one, then you will not be influenced by that emotion. You will not be influenced by lower feelings of patriotism and nationalism, especially when they are used as a means of comparing one race with another, of placing one country above another, of dividing people, of creating hatred and distrust between them.

You will view the emotion of patriotism according to your level of consciousness. If you cannot identify with the Earth as a whole, with your Creator and with the Higher Beings who influence this Earth, then you will of course try to identify with your country. You will say that you are English, French, or American etc., and that will give you a feeling of security, of belonging. Yet, even within a country, you can still have people who regard themselves as not belonging to that country but only to a small part of it. They will say that they come from Wales or Scotland, from the Northern or the Southern States of America, from the East or the West coast. They will think of themselves as belonging only to the smaller unit and will not recognize the whole. You can also have people who regard themselves as belonging only to a city. You can even find people who will not identify beyond their own family.

The Greater Whole

So you see how important it is that, whilst recognizing the significance of the individuality of each and every being, you should also recognize that together you form a greater whole. Every one of you should look at what you consider to be the whole and then take one step further beyond that, for as you evolve you will realize that your concept of the whole is limited. As you advance so you will begin to think not of your town, of your state, of your country, of your race, but of your Earth, and when you think of your Earth then you will begin to think of the Solar System and of your Creator, and of Solar Systems beyond it.

Realize that World Government actually exists within your Solar Body. The other members of the Solar Body practise World Government. Because Humanity on the Earth has not yet evolved to the required state of consciousness it will not, and cannot, participate in such a government. Humanity is still struggling to identify as a one, to realize that it is a one. When that day comes when the Earth as a whole unites in one harmonious vibration and takes its seat in the Chamber of Representatives of the Solar Body, then it will be fulfilling the purpose which its Creator intended and will be displaying the power of its true vibration : Universal Love.

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.

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