by S. Poulos
for a human being to be balanced, the intellect and the spirit should cooperate on equal terms. It is for the spirit to inspire, to guide, and to aim for the real goal of his life, and for the intellect to execute, to tackle the daily problems arising for survival through the subtle guides he gets from the spirit, and to be diligent enough to hear the warnings from the imminent dangers that surround him."
"What is the difference when the two cooperate?"
"Man becomes a full human being. If a man relies on his intellect only, he is like a ship without radar; without maps, without destination, and although he has the steering wheel in his hands, the intellect, he is going around in cycles, because there is no one to guide it. The spirit that is supposed to guide, to inspire, and to warn, is suppressed by the intellect, so the ship is ungovernable. If a man relies on his intellect only, he misses the point for the purpose of his incarnation on this Earth." When man ignores his spirit, he is like an airplane with one wing only he will never take off.
"Can a man be only spiritual then? What would happen if a man disregards his intellect? That surely would not be the answer."
"If a man lives a spiritual life only, he lives in the clouds in a world of fantasy, with his feet not standing firm on the ground. Like a balloon the wind would blow him away aimlessly to nowhere. The intellect is material, so he is the master of material. That is why he is good with technology, because technology belongs also to the material. But man is not only material, he is also spiritual. This is his origin; he is only covered by material and that only in a very small part of his existence.'
"Do you blame technology too now? Aren't you going to leave someone out of your list of accusations unblemished? Don't you realize the significant role technology plays of facilitating man on this Earth?"
"As the Earth is governed by the intellectuals, no wander life became so much technologically oriented; thus, cold and uninspired. That is because technology is the product of the intellect, which is ephemeral. The products of the spirit, such as art, are full of life, inspiring, forever new, and permeating through the ages. That is why the majority of activities on this Earth are wrong and unsustainable; that is why the collapse and the destruction of anything perceived and thought by the intellectuals, is unavoidable."
A woman from the Pro-life Movement raised her hand and spoke to the Teacher. "The pro-abortion advocates like to call themselves pro-choice, for it sounds milder and more sophisticated. Nevertheless to me they are cold blooded pro-abortionists. Their slogan and excuse is that it is their body; therefore it is their right of how to use it as they feel fit. I must admit it is hard to repudiate this stance, although we tried hard all these years. I wander what you think about that and what you have to say about abortion."
"I have already stated that all abnormalities that happen in this world will be justified by the intellectuals, and this will not be an exception. In finding it hard to repudiate the charges and the slogans used by the intellectuals, you are not alone. In every issue, in every confrontation that is taking place on this Earth right now, the intellectuals have the upper hand. That is because it is their time; they have reached the zenith of their capabilities. The battle is taken on their turf, the material world, and they are masters in it."
"How should the rest of the people act? If we assume that this Earth is run by intellectuals."
"Simple people must not despair. I purposely use the word simple, as the opposite of it characterizes the intellectuals, for the intellectuals dislike this word immensely. They are incapable to understanding simple things. They consider it too 'simplistic'. The more complex, the more complicated, the more probing they get out of it, the more satisfied they are. Isn't it always the case that simple things are for kids, and complicated ones for the adults? Here I want to make a small detour, and hint, that man cannot even use the word simple any more without being pelted by the intellectuals, as being a simpleton, a layman a simple person, uncomplicated, and mundane. They have managed to twist this simple word, into a degrading one. Thus they characterize themselves as being too complicated, complex, and difficult and that they are unable to enjoy simple things in this life."
"There are simple people that are desperate about things going on this Earth. How can they facilitate things? What can they do about abortion for instance?"
"As I said simple people must not despair, for the answer will come from within. Everything that has been devised by the intellectuals will collapse in front of their eyes. The first signs are already visible now. The intellectuals already are losing their glitter, their prestige and soon, very soon they will run for cover."
"Can you come to the question of abortion please?"
"To go into the spiritual happenings of the act itself would be too much for many of you, and besides we don't have sufficient time. But I would like to mention something on some cases that, if used in courts, could put the intellectuals into the defense. I won't go into details here; I will only mention the moment a pregnant woman gets the first kicks of the fetus in her womb."
"Can you specify the moment man actually reincarnates on Earth?"
"That is the moment the soul from the beyond is reincarnated on Earth. From that moment onwards, the body in the woman's womb is autonomous, that is, its body functions by itself, and its heart is pumping by itself. The baby in the womb is an individual in his own right therefore the intellectual slogan 'it is my body and I do what I like with it' it does not apply here. In these cases, every time an abortion takes place, a murder has been committed, and the pro-life advocates should not have a problem to convince the courts that a first degree murder has been committed. The individual in the womb has the same rights as everybody else."
There were some skirmishes in the panel, and the chairman called for five minutes' break. They convened in a room quickly, and the chairman asked, "What is the problem?"
The vice-chairman took the stand and said, "We, the majority of this panel, do not approve the way this hearing is turning out. We feel that the accused is using this meeting for his own advancement, that we are giving him far too long to respond to the questions, and that it is time to be stricter and more formal with him."
The chairman replied, "Gentlemen, don't forget that we brought him here to find out what does this man represents. We are not a court. We can give only recommendations. If we don't hear his part of the story, we won't be doing our job. Besides, who prevented you from querying something?"
They let it go at that, and hurried back to the panel.
The chairman said that they were sorry for this small delay, and signed the hearing to start again.
"What is sin?" called someone. "It is a question that keeps me many nights awoke. Are there people in this Earth that do not sin? You for instance, are you a sinner?"
"Apart from a handful people who walk on this Earth with a specific mission, everyone more or less has sinned. The question is not whether we have sinned or not, but whether we understand what sin is. The moment we understand this we have already made an enormous step towards redeeming it. I'll tell you: Sin, is the repetitive action of wrongdoing.
During the time man wanders on this Earth, he comes face to face with opportunities to indulge on propensities that slumber in him, to betray a trust his fellow man placed in him, or to commit a criminal act towards his fellow man, or his environment."
"Are there differences of 'quality' of sins?"
"The sins that are calculated by the intellect are premeditated, and more serious, because they have been calculated in cold blood, in a sinister way by the intellect. Sins committed spontaneously, or in hot blood, are not so. Even the intellectuals who formed these laws committed by the intellect without knowing are more lenient with crimes committed spontaneously, than those that were committed premeditated.
"If a man materializes an idea by committing it physically, let's say a criminal act, the moment he honestly repents, this regret, brings its redemption."
"Does a sin apply, without being com
mitted physically on Earth?"
"I must stress that a sin is not committed only when it has been materialized visibly on Earth. In the laws of creation, the mere thought playing, or indulging on a sinful idea, is as sinful as those committed and materialized on Earth. Naturally the idea that has been materialized is more complicated, because binds the perpetrator with his victims.
As for me... if I am a sinner or not, I already stated that except a handful of great spirits that incarnated on this Earth for special missions, the rest of us are all sinners, and I am not exempt."
At this point someone shouted, "Is this not hypocrisy of the worst kind, when you admit that you are a sinner yourself, to preach us here about sin and redemption? That is outrageous."
There was a short pause, and then the Teacher spoke. "I would be a hypocrite if I did not admit that I also am a sinner. But it is more than that. Man believes that in order for a man to preach as you put it, to one other man, he first has to master himself. That is, whatever I know, and whatever I believe, I have no right to spread to others, as that would be hypocritical. So I should take it with me to my grave. I had lots of sleepless nights over it, and then the proverb of Jesus struck me about the man with the talent, that he buried it in order to save it, and