FOLLOWING THE LAWS

OF NATURE

 

 

At the ground floor are the elementals.  They are the basic components of spirit.  They are the starting point from which a spirit comes into being.  It is just like the elements, composed of neutrons, protons, and electrons from which the human body is formed.  Examine closely the composition of heavenly bodies and go down the basic unit which makes up matter, the atom.  You will have glimpsed at the composition of the spirit.  God, for' simplicity's sake, followed similar rules.  He formulated these laws to govern His creation so that there would be order and harmony.  Therefore, not following the order and harmony would result in disobedience to God's intention.  It would result in sin.  And a little voice inside the brain warns one that he is going to commit a sin and if he continues with the act, he feels uneasy, just like what Adam and Eve felt after eating the onions and procreating afterwards!

 

After having sex, nobody told them directly that they sinned.  But they knew.  Thus, they discovered the knowledge of good and evil.  The pleasure they experienced told them in effect that it was not sanctioned, that they had opened a gift which had not been given them yet.  They experienced release of libido, which is concentrated form of body energy, and this libido was supposed to develop further their physical and mental powers in the meantime.  Consider a teenager who marries early.  Most likely his growth would be stunted, his mental development hindered, and at age 20 he would look older than his contemporaries. It is all because of the release of his libido at an early age.  For those who play with themselves, they will notice that their strength diminishes; their mental power slackens.  For those who take drugs, their mental concentration is shattered, their reflexes slow down, and their attachment to material things becomes very strong.

 

Sin, therefore, is simply not following God's rules for His creation.  Sin is being in disharmony with nature.  If one follows the order and harmony, he reaps the benefits of his creations.

 

For example, if one plants rice during summer, the rice will dry up and the subsequent harvest will be poor.  But when he plants during the rainy season he can expect good harvest at the end.  He follows the universal order; he keeps himself in harmony with nature and therefore he reaps its benefits.

 

But when one does not follow the order he reaps the opposite effects. The ill results of his actions follow. By the principle of duality, the disorder will produce punishment or absence of benefits.

 

When one is in harmony with nature, he lives longer.  But if he does the reverse, his life is shortened.  Nature requires one to have a good night's sleep to rest the body and soul.  But if he goes out nights till the wee hours of the morning, the following day he feels sluggish.  If he does it day after day, eventually he gets sick.  That is why being in disharmony produces ill effects.

 

Karmic law is working.  If only a more accurate write-up on karma is made and widely disseminated, people will be encouraged to perfection.  It is better than the Christian idea of heaven and hell: that punishment is eternal and it is avoided if one repents at his last breath, in effect he attains heaven.  From logic alone, however, there appears an injustice.  Suppose somebody lives out all his life purely but he succumbs to a single temptation.  He meets a beautiful girl, falls in love, discovers she is married, but continues the relationship anyway.  He meets an accident and dies.  To some Christian interpretation, he goes to hell and is forever damned.

 

But applying karmic law, his being pure for many years earned him credits so much so that when he entered into a questionable relationship he incurred debits.  His karmic benefits were so great that death was the way out to save him from getting further debits.

 

God did not create sin.  Sin is being in disharmony with His creation.  Therefore, God cannot commit a sin.  To be with nature is to be in harmony with its laws.  To be in harmony with nature is to follow certain time, to be patient, and wait for cycles of nature.  Notice that when you were a child, you were very impatient.  You wanted something and wanted it right away.  But when one gets older, he tends to be more patient.  He has learned his lessons on Earth.  He has mellowed and become more perfect.

 

To be in harmony requires knowledge, knowledge of the workings of the body, mind, and the nature outside.  Adam lost this gift.  It is for man to reacquire it.  A guide is inside you --- your conscience.  It is your Guardian Angel whispering to you, warning you that what you are doing is in disharmony with nature.  But when you keep on indulging in vice, your capacity to receive messages from your Guardian Angel is stunted.  The signals become weak so that you do appear to be alright and become immune to a feeling of guilt even if you are committing a wrong.  But when you pray, contact is reestablished and again that guilt feeling comes back.  When you ask for forgiveness from the Lord, He pays for your karmic debts by withdrawing from His boundless Love the payment.  For spirit law decrees: something should be exchanged for something.  Imagine, you exchange your prayers in payment for karmic debts.  For prayer has the tendency of bringing one closer to his creator, of raising one's spirit to the ladder of perfection.  Prayer is drawing pranic energy from the infinite source God.

 

What is the effect of loving one's neighbor?  Of helping him?  Why will it lead to one's perfection?  When you helps you neighbor, when you love your neighbor, necessarily you forget yourself, you deny your carnal needs.  Your energy is focused on others.  The pull of gravity by the material things becomes weaker as your body becomes less charged when energies stored in you are directed toward others.  Since you become lighter you move up the ladder of spiritual perfection.  And to your surprise, the less you become tempted.  Your desires for material things: desire for gold, good name, unbridled sex, hunger for power, etc. are lessened if not totally eradicated.  You become more serene, less confused, and you acquire a sense of direction.  Love fills your heart.  It is easier for you to forgive and forget.  There is inner peace and contentment.  Happiness radiates from you.  People instinctively want your company.  Your body vibrations become attuned with nature. It is all because you helped and loved your neighbor.  When people with attuned body vibrations come together, their combined vibration is greater than the sum of the individual vibrations.  In a religious ceremony, when energy bodies are joined together and concentrated in prayer, heaven hears resounding thunder and God is pleased.