"Thou shalt have no other gods!" - Many a man reads far too little into these words. He has made it too easy for himself! In the first place he probably thinks of idolaters only as those people who kneel before a row of wooden figures,each one of which represents a particular god; perhaps thinks also of demon-worshippers and others similarly gone astray,at best calling them to mind with pity,but he does not include himself among them. Just take a look at yourselves calmly for once,and examine yourselves as to whether perchance you belong to them after all! One has a child who really means more to him than anything,for whom he could make any sacrifice,forgetting all else. Another sets earthly pleasure far above everything,and with the best volition would in the end be absolutely incapable of renouncing this pleasure for anything,if he were faced with such a challenge as afforded him a voluntary decision. A third again loves money,a fourth power,a fifth a woman,another earthly distinction and again in all these things they all ultimately love only ...themselves! That is idolatry in the truest sense. The First Commandment warns against it,forbids it! And woe to him who does not obey it to the letter! This infringement avenges itself immediately,for such a person must always remain earthbound when he passes over into the Ethereal Realm. In reality however he has only bound himself to the earth through the propensity for something which is upon earth! He is thus held back from further ascent,loses the time given to him for it,and runs the risk of not emerging from the Ethereal Realm in time to rise therefrom to the Luminous Realm of the free spirits. He will then be swept along into the inevitable disintegration of all material substance,which serves to purify it for its resurrection and its new formation. But for the human soul this is spiritual death to all the personal consciousness it had developed,and therewith also the destruction of its form and its name for eternity! Obedience to this Commandment is meant to give protection from this terrible fate! It is the most exalted Commandment,because it remains the one most necessary to man!
Posted on: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 05:26:51 +0000
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