I WAS A HIDDEN TREASURE WHO WISHED TO BE KNOWN;

SO I CREATED THE WORLD IN ORDER THAT I MIGHT BE KNOWN"

Only when we realize through the Inner Witness that we are dependent on what we encounter in life, of what is happening in our physical body, are we ready to make efforts to build something permanent and independent as our identity: A soul that is free from the tides of transience. A soul, which is no longer trapped in the reaction patterns of the past but participates in the present in the creation and participates creatively. A soul that does not automatically open and run a computer program at every "mouse click". A soul that is free of life–and–death, who can create meaningful things out of freedom, from every impulse. Is not that the freedom for which a deep yearning awaits realization in us?

We need a new kind of orientation for our time. To find this orientation enormous efforts are required from each and every one. The generations living in our time have the task to work out this orientation. It is up to us to find a new orientation to replace the worn-out forms of the past and to build up a tradition for the coming generations.

Finding this orientation begins with the knowledge about the nature of human beings out of a cosmic view. Spiritual traditions teach that our inheritance is of two different sources. From the “mother´s side” we are products of the evolution. Since “Big Bang” the universe developed so far, that it is able to create the complexity of a creature which is an animal plus intellect. On our “father´s side” the inheritance comes directly from the Creator – often called God. In every human being, man and woman, these two, in a way opposite, aspects of Unity meet and come together.

What happened then was that I became instantly free. I felt a freedom, an openness and an easiness. I could breath and only then I knew in what kind of prison I had been. I understood what pride really is.

The essence of pride is feeling special. It does not matter where and in what one is special. This was then taken away; the pride was broken.

This was beautifully expressed by Karlfried von Durckheim. He said: when the devil is knock-ing at your door, do not resist. It is stronger. If you run away from it, it will catch you. It runs quicker than you. If you begin to argue or to justify or to try to win with intellectual arguments, you will find that it is more intelligent, and you lose in this way as well. What is the essence behind all his? It is attention. Attention is energy. What Durckheim concluded with was: just recognize the devil, but do not give him your attention; attention is the only thing he wants, and he will do all he can to get it.