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.

There is Sufi idée: “First the Crucifixion then the Birth of Christ.” We should take in us the SON-aspect of God from the cross of guilt. We should not martyr HIM with the thorn crone of the criss-cross of our associate thinking! We should not flagellate with the negative emotions of feeling inferior and superior! In this way can Christmas be prepared in us, the birth of Existence, as it is told in the story about Jesus of Nazareth. In everybody of us can it become a true story in the LIVING PRESENCE when we only recognise: Imperfection is not a guilt - Imperfection is a task

The Isenheim Altar is more than a great work of art by a brilliant artist, called Grünewald. The altar contains the information that awakens the inherent knowledge in us about the HUMAN as a cosmic being. The knowledge of our place in the universal happening is touched, as only in this, the dignity of the human being is rooted.

The scenes of the Isenheim Altar describe the inner states and processes of man, which are clothed in Christian images, based on a cosmological model. This model is much older than Christianity. Only through a knowledge that is confirmed by our heart, we can understand, classify and transform our concrete experiences to the substance of our being.

The scenes of the Altar of Isenheim describe the inner states and processes of man, clothed in Christian images, based on a cosmological model. This model is much older than Christianity.

This transformation takes time. We have been given time out of eternity so that it can happen. Metamorphosis happens within the individual circumstances of our life, and yet according to a clearly recognizable structure. This common structure of the path of transformation, which is valid for everyone, has always been represented or described in the spiritual traditions through the images of the respective culture. It is basically a triple transformation; its main characteristic is that it is not linear. In other words: One cannot recognize or derive from one state the next one in advance. That is why the process is also called the process of "Die and Become” (Goethe: “Stirb und werde”): The old identity must first dissolve before a new one can be built from its components.

There is a saying in the Sufi tradition: "First the crucifixion, then the birth of Jesus". This order corresponds to the inner experience: Mary goes the painful way of transformation from the crucifixion scene to the birth of Jesus. Her way is the way of the soul, which begins with the awakening from a cosmic enchantment, from the sleep of the sleeping beauty. She grows until she blooms as THE ROSE OF CREATION, the roots of which are rooted in the Father's vision of creation. This is how she becomes the BEARER OF GOD. This way of the soul, measured with time, is long. Let us not be afraid: We have received time as a gift from eternity, as a possibility for this way. We will have our time, the time we need for this way. No more and no less. Once the way starts, time no longer matters – whether we understand it or not.