In the Light of Truth (Abdrushin)

[Reefs]

In the Light of Truth is a really good book on deliberate creation and Law of Attraction (LOA). Abrushin doesn’t use the term LOA though, he prefers to talk about the 3 basic laws of creation, which IMO is making it more complicated than it actually is. Nevertheless, he gives one of the best explanations of the law of karma and reincarnation I’ve come across so far, and he also has a very interesting view on the 10 commandments.

To me, the most fascinating aspect of the book is how it mostly matches what Seth and Abraham-Hicks (A-H) have been teaching, long before Seth and Abraham made themselves known via Jane and Esther. Abdrushin just uses a different kind of language, the language of the occult and the Bible (mainly the New Testament).

The book was originally written in German and published almost exactly 100 years ago, in between world wars. I think this little fact has to be kept in mind because Abdrushin talks a lot about end times and Judgment Day and it seems he had his own times in mind.

He covers a lot of topics and answers the most common existential questions rather eloquently, given his conceptual framework. But mainly this book is about ethics, about how to live a good life, a fulfilling life – healthy, wealthy and wise so to speak. So this will probably be of immediate practical value.

Now, on that point, there is a theme one will encounter thru-out the book. Abdrushin wants us to realize that we are actually living in an upside down world, that we live in a way that is not in harmony with the laws of creation and that what we've been taught about life by our parents, our peers, culture and religion is mostly wrong and doesn't work. According to him, the reason we’ve lost sight of the natural order of things and our place in it is rather simple, it happened because we have put the intellect above spirit, which – in the greater scheme of things - is akin to the tail wagging the dog. Abdrushin’s mission then, so to speak, is to correct this error, to remind his fellow humans that in the natural order of things, spirit is above the intellect, not the other way around.

So in that sense, this book is a bit of an antidote to the current transhumanist mania, because science and postmodernism seem to have drained our world of meaning and life itself by replacing spirit with the intellect. Which, in Abdrushin’s view, is the actual original sin of man. And so he is quite outspoken about the need of putting the intellect and its obsession with conceptual knowledge in its proper place again, in order to find peace of mind. And this is where he touches upon a main theme of this forum.

A few more important points about the book. This book is actually a collection of essays or ‘lectures’ on numerous existential topics that only later have been edited and compiled into a book. It is written like a study course and therefore should be read in chronological order.

The first English translation can be read online. Although incomplete, it does contain the lectures on the 10 commandments at the very end, which I find very interesting. You can find it here:
www.abdrushin.us/in-the-light-of-truth/

The complete version of the book in 3 volumes you can read online here:
web.archive.org/web/20140705200103/http://grailmessage.com/en/contents/

I think what I am going to do is go thru the book in chronological order and post some of the more noteworthy quotes, especially as it relates to Seth and A-H because there are a some obvious difference in terms of level of understanding of these natural laws between Abdrushin, Seth and Abraham. Basically, Abraham look at the laws of creation from the non-physical, impersonal perspective; Seth from the non-physical, personal perspective and Abdrushin from the physical, personal perspective. So there will naturally be significant differences in understanding. It will be interesting to see where they all agree and where exactly they differ and why. I haven’t read the entire series of books though, only the first 2 volumes, which are quite good, so I’m curious what volume 3 has to offer.

The main value of the book I see is in showing people who live tumultuous times like Abdrushin's or ours that things and events don’t happen at random, they follow a certain order and to those who understand the laws of creation, they lead to predictable outcomes - and yet nothing is ever predetermined! That will become clear in his lecture(s) about karma. But before we get there, I think I have to lay a bit of a conceptual groundwork.

To be continued...

[Reefs]

1. What Seek Ye?


Abdrushin gets straight to the point with his first chapter. People are in great confusion, seeking guidance in all the wrong places. They get all excited about scriptures, books and teachings when in reality only the living truth matters:

Look at the innumerable books: They do not animate, they only weary the human spirit! And this is the proof of the barrenness of all they offer; for whatever wearies the spirit is never right. Spiritual bread immediately refreshes, Truth revitalizes and Light animates!

Abdrushin, In the Light of Truth, Volume I, Lecture 1

He wants to remind his readers that it doesn’t take a college degree to recognize God. We have a natural ability to recognize God. It is all very simple. God-realization does not take hard work, struggle and effort as myriads of highly decorated scholars and gurus may claim. The way to the light is not thru knowledge.

The quote below would fit perfectly into our scientism thread:

Thus turn away from all scientific knowledge, where it is a question of what is most sacred in man, which must be fully grasped! Leave it alone; for science, being a product of the human brain, is piecework and must remain piecework.

Consider, how should scientific knowledge, acquired by laborious study, lead to the Godhead? What, after all, is knowledge? Knowledge is what the brain can conceive. Yet how very limited is the perceptive capacity of the brain, which remains firmly bound to space and time. Even eternity and the meaning of infinity cannot be grasped by a human brain. Just that which is inseparably linked with the Godhead.

But the brain stands silent before the incomprehensible power streaming through all that exists, from which it derives its own activity. The power which everyone intuitively perceives as a matter of course every day, every hour, every moment, whose existence science too has always recognized; whereas with the brain, that is with the knowledge and intellect, one seeks in vain to grasp and comprehend it.

So inadequate is the activity of a brain, the basis and instrument of science, and this limitation naturally also affects what it produces, hence all science itself. Thus science does indeed subsequently help to elucidate, classify and arrange all that it receives ready-made from the creative power which precedes it; but when it seeks to assume leadership or offer criticism, it must inevitably fail so long as it binds itself so firmly to the intellect, that is, to the perceptive capacity of the brain, as it has done hitherto.

For this reason erudition, along with those who adjust themselves to it, always remains clinging to details; whereas each man carries within himself, as a gift, the great inconceivable whole, and is fully capable of attaining to the noblest and highest without laborious study!

Therefore away with this needless torture of spiritual enslavement! Not for nothing does the great Master exhort us: “Become like children!”

Abdrushin, In the Light of Truth, Volume I, Lecture 1

This is pretty clear. The intellect, conceptual thinking, which happens in the context of time and space, will never be able to transcend time and space and therefore will never be able to understand the mysteries of the universe, time and space. This is a point Seth will pick up years later when he talks about the "dream-art scientists" or "mental physicists" and "complete physicians" who are not bound by the intellect, time and space, and so are able to gain a much deeper and more accurate peek into the nature of the universe than our current scientists that are mostly driven by the intellect and the outer (physical) senses and their extensions (scientific instruments) - and ego, maybe.

There’s actually a special chapter on what ‘becoming like children’ means, about 'childlikeness' (Volume I, Lecture 10). So we'll get to that later.

[ouroboros]

Reefs

In the Light of Truth is a really good book on deliberate creation and Law of Attraction (LOA). Abrushin doesn’t use the term LOA though, he prefers to talk about the 3 basic laws of creation, which IMO is making it more complicated than it actually is. Nevertheless, he gives one of the best explanations of the law of karma and reincarnation I’ve come across so far, and he also has a very interesting view on the 10 commandments.

Id be especially interested to hear more about all that at some stage. If you get around to it. No rush at all though.

[Reefs]

May 30, 2022 8:32:42 GMT -5 ouroboros said:

Reefs

In the Light of Truth is a really good book on deliberate creation and Law of Attraction (LOA). Abrushin doesn’t use the term LOA though, he prefers to talk about the 3 basic laws of creation, which IMO is making it more complicated than it actually is. Nevertheless, he gives one of the best explanations of the law of karma and reincarnation I’ve come across so far, and he also has a very interesting view on the 10 commandments.

Id be especially interested to hear more about all that at some stage. If you get around to it. No rush at all though.

Yeah, I was actually thinking of you when I wrote this. You will find that very interesting. It may take a while until I get there, it's in the second book, lecture 1 (Responsibility) and lecture 2 (Fate), so I'll just give you the links:

web.archive.org/web/20150320215803/http://grailmessage.com/en/volume-two/responsibility
web.archive.org/web/20150320215735/http://grailmessage.com/en/volume-two/fate

[ouroboros]

May 30, 2022 9:15:51 GMT -5 Reefs said:

May 30, 2022 8:32:42 GMT -5 ouroboros said:

Reefs
Id be especially interested to hear more about all that at some stage. If you get around to it. No rush at all though.

Yeah, I was actually thinking of you when I wrote this. You will find that very interesting. It may take a while until I get there, it's in the second book, lecture 1 (Responsibility) and lecture 2 (Fate), so I'll just give you the links:

web.archive.org/web/20150320215803/http://grailmessage.com/en/volume-two/responsibility
web.archive.org/web/20150320215735/http://grailmessage.com/en/volume-two/fate

Thanks for that. I've only had a cursory read through so I won't offer too much in the way of commentary right now, but it's quite powerful stuff. You're right there's a lot in there I relate to! Quite poetic I thought, but with some strong points of fact as well. At least as far as I see things. Some real gems. The author is clearly very insightful and the work is imbued with the perennial philosophy. He writes with complete conviction and there's an overarching sense that it's a call to arms.

I can also understand how certain parts might generate some further questions though, and confess that for me these particular areas are still a work in progress. Especially when it comes identifying the proper points of transition in the context of 'the biggest picture'. Always good to have some known-unknowns in your sights though. Anyway, that's mostly about deepening insight and understanding. Because I share the authors conviction through a combination of the certain amount of insight I have gleaned and what might best be described in terms of a degree of faith. Thus I found it very relatable.

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web.archive.org/web/20150908002238/http://grailmessage.com/en/volume-three/woman-and-her-vocation

Interesting read. Thank you.

[unseekingseeker]

@ Reefs ~ thanks for sharing. I’ve downloaded the book, will take a while to go through it. I’m a slow reader 

We can of course discuss perspectives offered as you go along

[Reefs]

Jul 25, 2022 1:59:14 GMT -5 unseekingseeker said:

@ Reefs ~ thanks for sharing. I’ve downloaded the book, will take a while to go through it. I’m a slow reader 

We can of course discuss perspectives offered as you go along

Yes, take your time. Read one chapter and then give it some time to let it sink in. 

I'll be posting in this thread again soon. There's a lot to explore (and I promised Ouro, hehe).

Cheers!

[unseekingseeker]

@ Reefs … Enjoying a slow read. Is this work channelled?

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Aug 1, 2022 6:34:27 GMT -5 unseekingseeker said:

@ Reefs … Enjoying a slow read. Is this work channelled?

I don't know, could be channeled. It is very high quality and rather profound. And it also dovetails nicely with other high quality channeled material like Abraham-Hicks and Seth. The three books are supposed to be a collection of 'talks' or 'lectures'. But they are compiled in such a way that it is actually a study course in the laws of creation, tailored to people with a Christian background.

If you find something particularly interesting, post it and we can discuss it and see how it fits with similar concepts from Seth or Abraham.

[unseekingseeker]

An extract from chapter 12 ~

“The man who completely subjects himself to his intellect also subjects himself completely to the limitations of the intellect which, as a product of the gross material brain, is fast bound to space and time. In this way man chains himself exclusively to gross matter.

All that a man does issues from himself and his own free will. Thus he is not being fettered, but he fetters himself! He permits himself to be dominated by the intellect (this could never happen unless he desired it himself), which by its very nature binds him to space and time and prevents him from recognizing or understanding anything which lies beyond. A covering firmly bound to space and time is placed over the intuition which knows no limitation of space and time, thus drawing a line, and man no longer can hear anything whatever, his pure “inner voice” having been stifled, or he can only “hear” his feeling, which is closely connected to the intellect, instead of his intuition.”

[unseekingseeker]

From chapter 14 ~ “It was impossible for the Light Itself to descend so far into the mire unless a firm anchorage was offered to It. Consequently a mediator had to come. Only a messenger from the Luminous Heights could, by becoming human, break through the dark wall which men's volition had built and, in the midst of all the evil, create for the Divine Light that gross material foothold which would stand firm amid the heavy darkness. From this anchorage the pure rays of the Light would then be able to cleave through and disperse the dark layers so that humanity would not completely sink and suffocate in the Darkness.
Thus Jesus came for the sake of mankind and their sins!”

Now, this is difficult (for me) to accept since it presupposes limitation and God has no limitations. About light and darkness, there is this well known story, where a sinner asks a saint how long it will take him to redeem himself in view of his sins … the saint replied ‘instantly!’ citing that if a cave is in darkness for thousands of years, it is illumined instantly if a light is lit.

This is not to undermine the role of Jesus or any other teacher for that matter. Man being in a state of stupor needs a wake up call and a practical demonstration but to say that light cannot permeate the darkness …

Idle musings …

[unseekingseeker]

Taking a step back into chapter 13 for a moment, to quote ~ “If, therefore, it is written: “Love your enemies!” Then this means: “Do that which will benefit them! Discipline them if they cannot otherwise come to recognition!” That is serving them. But justice must prevail, for love cannot be separated from justice, they are one!”

Now this is debatable because to talk about justice is to judge and to discipline requires use of force. Love does neither.

Hmmm …

[unseekingseeker]

Onto chapter 17 - Spiritism, the book devotes considerable space to mediums and the dangers involved, including authenticity of messages received, in as what the medium relays.

I beg to differ, based on my interaction with a good friend, who is an advanced medium. He does not charge (it’s debatable whether one should charge or not).

How it works is like this ~ the ‘client’, who has a problem, maybe forgiveness issues, entity attachments or any other trauma, approaches the medium. Invariably, the medium ‘receives a message’ from universal consciousness whether to proceed or not. Anyway, the session, which is mostly done face to face (it can be over phone too, if the medium is so empowered), involves de-hypnotising the client (mistakenly taken as hypnosis ~ we are already hypnotised by the environment), so that the subconscious mind is connected with the superconscious while bypassing conscious mind.

The medium guides the process, connected to a higher guide in the ethereal domain, in the background. It is the client who interacts with the souls and spirits as may happen automatically, seeing a full visual. The spirit speaks through the client, not the medium. The medium interacts by voice asking questions respectfully, without judgment and using only love as a persuasive tool. In case things get out of hand, the higher self of the medium joins the interaction in the ethereal domain to reassure the client that he’s not alone.

In most cases, repeated sessions are needed to resolve trauma. For entity attachment (possession), the process remains the same. If the hostile spirit does not wish to leave, it has to be persuaded. In some cases, Shiva* (*part of the Trinity) takes away the hostile spirit if it insists on harassing the client (the hypnotised/de-hypnotised subject). There’s black magic and past life issues interwoven in some cases. Seems esoteric but once we understand the process, it’s simple really.

As such, this is how it is, since I know of this first hand. Before the pandemic, this medium I allude to, he received an ‘empowerment’ to do sessions over phone and was told a time would soon come when personal interactions would reduce, which is what happened during Covid. Now other mediums too have been graced to conduct telephonic sessions.

I’ve never undergone a session but a common friend has and with remarkable results, where his consciousness was propelled into different astral realms, meeting his twin flame and merging as Ardhnarishwar, encountering several sages including Sri Yukteswar Giri, Agastya Muni, Maha Avatar Babaji, Lord Shiva Himself, Vishnu (both part of the Trinity) and strangely* (*bcoz he’s not a Christian), Jesus as well. There’s more on Jesus and His role as son of God but that’s best left for later.

Now, there could be all sorts of mediums floating around but this is the one I know, clearly of highly evolved status, first hand, so well, it’s at variance with what the book says.

The sessions can be recorded, many are. The medium (friend) in question does not share easily, to protect the client’s identity. However, if the client is ‘unknown’ to us, a stranger, he shares some audio’s which offer high levels of wisdom. I particularly like the one where Buddha offered counsel (it was in an ashram where several ‘Absolutes’ were present, which is why the session may have been so graced). Here’s the link for those interested - www.spiritualforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=128587

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Aug 26, 2022 22:27:57 GMT -5 unseekingseeker said:

Taking a step back into chapter 13 for a moment, to quote ~ “If, therefore, it is written: “Love your enemies!” Then this means: “Do that which will benefit them! Discipline them if they cannot otherwise come to recognition!” That is serving them. But justice must prevail, for love cannot be separated from justice, they are one!”

Now this is debatable because to talk about justice is to judge and to discipline requires use of force. Love does neither.

Hmmm …

Love and truth are the same. Each is the same absence. The absence of separation. The absence of limitation. There's no way to limit Love, in this sense.