The Psalmist’s alleged conception of the “act of procreation” is what provoked the writing of this article.
The Psalmist wrote in the Book of Psalms in the Revised Standard Version (RSV) of the Bible: Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me” (Psalms 51:5). Some people, especially the so-called believers in God, have misconstrued and misinterpreted this verse and given it wide spread. They misinterpreted the verse to mean that the act of procreation itself is done in sin or that all human beings, having been born through the act of procreation, are born in sin. In other words they are saying that “children are being conceived in sin”.
What the Psalmist said in Psalms chapter 51, verse 5, is not what some of us have misinterpreted it to mean. What the Psalmist said only means that the act of procreation was entered into only out of lust for physical contact and exchange. In other words, sexual intercourse was not gone into prayerfully and worshipfully in the desire to use the gifts with which one has been given by God in the sense they were given by Him. And the sense with which the act of procreation was bestowed on man by God is to give opportunity for another human spirit to incarnate on earth to enable it fulfill its mission therein. Thus, the act of procreation would not be in sin when it is performed in order to give opportunity for another human spirit to incarnate on earth to fulfill its heart desire.
But is this the only purpose of sexual intercourse? No. this is not the entire purpose but it is the main purpose in Creation. Sexual intercourse should also be as natural as obeying another call of nature (like going to urinate). Which one then responds to in prayerful and worshipful appreciation of God’s Power which made it possible. It should not be engaged in just for mere physical attraction and lust or for the fun of it.
Before the advent of the Grail Message of Abd-ru-shin, man had thought of marriage as the formal and proper format within which one may experience sexual intercourse. But this is not right; it is only a delusion of man. One can be married and still have sexual intercourse or exchange in sin and lust.
Thus. one can be married and have sexual intercourse with the married partner. and yet be seen as a prostitute in accordance with the Laws of Nature. Love. is the essential thing which. in accordance with the Laws of Nature. justifies a man and woman coming together in sexual relationship. This love has to be true. It has to be pure unconditional love of the person per se and not that of his/her physical body endowment, and material wealth. This love is meant to come naturally from the depth of the heart - no conditionalities! In such love. both partners bare their inner-most selves to each other. They serve each other with joy and their whole hearts. thus giving-up themselves to each other. Both partners strive for noble ideals which are compatible with the Will of the Almighty. Each partner is concerned with what he gives and not what he receives from the other in the relationship. It is therefore in such home. where there is such harmony and love that allows for and justifies the coming together of a man and woman for an act of procreation.
One may point out the mentioning of “home” in the preceding sentence to challenge the earlier statement made to the effect that the framework of marriage need not exist for the corning together of the partners as husband and wife to take place. I reiterate, in accordance with the Laws of Nature, the framework of marriage does not even need to be in place for the corning together of a man and woman for an act of procreation. In other words, a man and woman may live together as husband and wife provided they do it in love and harmony, which would then be in accordance with the Laws of Nature. The society’s law or demand that a man and woman must be married before they start living together as husband and wife also compels one to go through the act of marriage in order to respect that norm. But whatever happens, the cohabitation should be bounded in love and harmony.
Like I said earlier, love is the essential ingredient that is needed for a harmonious relationship between a husband and his wife. What, then, is love? The greatest part of love is severity! Herbert Vollman, an adherent of The Grail Message, elaborated on this in his book, “A Gate Opens”, when he wrote that earthman’s perception of love today is “but a caricature of that ideal love which Christ taught men, that love which helps and supports, and does only what is of spiritual benefit to the other, even if it be just severity ...”
Genuine love will therefore not concern itself with what gratifies the other, of what gives him or her pleasure and joy or what he or shelikes, but will only concern itself with what will benefit him or her irrespective of whether it will give him or her pleasure or otherwise. That is what is called genuine love and service!
It is written in the scriptures: “Love your enemies”. This means: “Do that which will benefit them! Punish them if they cannot otherwise be made to understand!” By so doing, you are serving them! However, justice must reign because love and justice are one, they cannot be separated!
On the other hand, if you indulge your enemies in their vices you would therefore be encouraging their faults and allowing them to slide down further on their chosen path. Definitely, this cannot be called love! By encouraging them on their downward slide, you will be burdening yourself with guilt as well!
Again, it was asked in the scriptures: “Who among you will give his child a serpent if he ask for fish or stone instead of bread?” Of course you will give him what will be of benefit to him not what will harm him. Thus, we should likewise have this at the back of our minds in our interactions with our fellow human beings. Humanity should therefore heed the call of the teacher, Jesus Christ the Son of God, about the greatest love one can show to fellow human beings and which Abd-ru-shin has explained in his work, “In The Light of Truth The Grail Message” thus: “The Law of Almighty God for you is: You are permitted to wonder through Creation! Go in such a manner as to cause no harm to others in pursuit of your personal desires! Otherwise threads will be woven into the carpet of your paths which will hold you down and prevent you from ascending to the Luminous Heights of conscious and joyful activity in the gardens of all the Realms of your God!
That’s the basic law containing everything you need to know! If you follow this nothing can happen to you. You will only be led upwards by all the threads created by your thinking, volition and actions.
That is why the Son of God once said in all simplicity: “Love thy neighbour as thyself”! Fundamentally this has exactly the same meaning!” Human beings are allowed to wonder through Creations! “And during this wandering you shall not harm any others, who like you are also journeying through Creation, just to satisfy some personal desires!”
We are all born with certain qualities. The development or maturing of these qualities can only be achieved through those with similar qualities. Thus, when birds of like feathers flock together the colours of their feathers become more distinct and colourful than that of only one of them.
While an individual may have awakened or developed his inborn qualities, another may leave such qualities dormant within himself. The potentialities of couples with complementary qualities would b fully developed in a united and harmonious working together of all the abilities of both couples. These qualities are complementary, not the same as such.
Love and harmony reigns supreme in a well balanced marriage. This can be observed in the daily living and working together of such couples.
It therefore follows that two persons had already been destined to live together as husband and wife before or after their arrival from the Spiritual Realm (Paradise) to the earth. Thus, when we see how such couples match each other we say, “They are meant for each other”. That is why we were seriously reproved: “What God hath joined together, let not man put asunder”. Unfortunately, most of us have misinterpreted these words like we always do. In our ignorance, we refer to the marriage between couples itself as “what God hath joined”. But “what God hath joined” refers to the union where the qualities of the couples matched each other. And it is only such unions that are therefore said to have been made in Heaven. This is because they were contracted in accordance with the Laws of Nature instituted by the Most High.
The proposal of divorce in any union by one of the couples pre-supposes the lack of harmony in it This shows that their qualities are not matched. Therefore, such
marriages cannot be said to be united in love and harmony or have been made in Heaven.
The cohabitation of a man and woman as husband and wife, where love and harmony reigns supreme, might also provide the setting in which a child is born. It is therefore the duty and responsibility of the parents to ensure the child is given proper upbringing.
It is helpful for a child to be brought up by the father and mother. This is because a child who grows up with both parents would be able to develop strong character based on the best he has seen from the father and mother.
The child is a gift entrusted to the right mother, and also the father by God. It is therefore expected that the parents brings him up aright up to the age of maturity when he is expected to be independent and go his own way to sort out the threads of fate connected with him.
|
