Secrets of Creation · Chapter 36 · The Time (August 7, 1872)

Chapter 36

The Time (August 7, 1872)

01] You also want this word to be explained - well, then write, since nothing more is wasted by you men than just time, that is to say, the time which is given to you as a life of trial.

02] See, you all do not know what time is, what it means and what value it has, otherwise you would all live differently than you really do. But to teach you nevertheless a concept of this word, which is worthy of a spiritual being as you men are to be, then I want to explain this concept to you as much as finite beings can grasp infinity.

03] So what is time? And how do you recognize that there really is a time? "Time is nothing more than a section of the thought of eternity, a small fragment of a great infinite whole!" You would not know what time is if you could not measure it by material things, where between coming and arising and disappearance and decay a period of time has passed which, as you do, can be measured or expressed in numbers.

04] Time can only be counted in the visible, in eternity, where space no longer has dimensions, where the measure of time has ceased, where concepts and ideas prevail that are not comprehensible to finite beings.

05] For this very reason a finite being can never comprehend Me, the timeless one; because even though eternal continuity is possible to think of, yet this is: to have never had a beginning, for created beings an absurdity, incomprehensible, unthinkable - and that is the difference between Me and all the spirit world. It is this word "time" which specifies My divinity more than anything else; for also space itself is not measurable without time, not comprehensible.

06] So time is actually symbolically the most suitable expression for My greatness; for time as a concept has always existed and will always exist, whether one wants to measure it or not. So see, if you look at this great factor - time - from this side, it is he alone who can give you an idea of Me and a concept of My creation. In time periods the creation took place, one from the other, one after the other, and in time periods these worlds created by Me will develop, perfect themselves, and in periods of time they will pass away again and make way for new forms, new worlds, new creations. So time is the only thing by which My creation can be judged; because time as size, time as distance and time as duration of a created object indicates its value, its content and its sphere of activity. What there in the infinite eternal ether in periods of time My worlds perform, that is again the case on a small scale with every created thing and with its duration. Only time gives the stone its strength, its duration, and with living beings it is again time that determines its life value.

07] So the term "time" cannot be eradicated from creation any more than I Myself. Without time there is no world, and without Me there is no time! - What is the period of human life from the cradle to the grave? It is nothing other than a section of infinity expressed only by numbers, which is visible in a recognizable, created being in its emergence, its development and its passing. Without these visible changes there would be no time to measure if you had not gained a timepiece by counting the change of days or the change between day and night.

08] Time has no beginning and has no end, it comes from infinity and flows back into it without a trace. Only visible creations testify to its coming and going, otherwise it would be immeasurable. So this time, which as a measure indicates its duration to every created thing, within which it must have been suitable to progress on the great step ladder to the spirit realm, this time is also the measure for spiritual beings, within which it is imposed on them to fulfil certain missions; for just as the great worlds and solar systems have their appropriate time of duration, so also all created beings have a certain number of periods of times, which determine their life until the next transformation.

09] The time for the great construction of the world is a certain time, for after its course other conditions occur which are now regulated by other worlds. This time, therefore, is measured, and it must be carried out during it, and what is necessary, which according to the plan of the whole is necessary for the preservation of the individual as well as the whole. What is now the case with the worlds, this also applies to every single creature, also to man; for he too, from birth to death, has a suitable period during which to complete his mission of his trial life!! But since man is a free being, and since he is also a complex of spiritual and material things, he alone is allowed to accomplish in the hereafter what he could not achieve here during his bodily earthly path of life; for man is a child of two worlds, the spiritual and the material. Precisely because of this relationship so many spaces in the ether are filled with immaturely deceased souls, who have to accomplish there what they could not here, otherwise a transition from the material world to the spiritual places of residence would be directly possible for them, which however cannot take place as the souls of men, unfortunately most of them, arrive immaturely in the other world.

10] But what does this demonstration shed light on? Look, it illuminates from this that men should use their life span, that is to say the time of their change on earth, as much as possible to make their spirit ready for the other world, so that they would be spared these intermediate realms. And that is why I give you this word about time so that you are to become aware how great the value of time is and that this wasted resource is eternally lost for you. You must take your lives far more seriously than before; you must attach far greater value to time than you have done so far; Let not the words like "pastime" come into your mouth, for beware, time drives you away, or: "kill time," for it is time that brings you death, not you of time! Time, decaying into small parcels, each of these parts should have a value as a spiritual building block for future life, no matter how small, it alone should not be worthless. Time is the strictest calculator of your deeds, and all the good and the bad, the deliberate and the ill-considered, the hasty - in time it finds its treasurer. Since time does not give back what has happened, you have to spend everything to see as little as possible written in these time registers what you would like to have back; for precisely because of its irretrievability it remains an eternal reproach, an eternal thorn - and thorns wound, prick. If it were not My Merciful Love, what would man have to do to blur the memory of many a deed that time persistently does not give back to him? - Only My Father's Hand can heal these wounds caused by the thorns of the past, the disapproved.

11] So use your time! Do not waste it, time is Me, time is the test given to you, the measure of life or change, which you, faithfully administering as a borrowed good, must one day give back to Me!! Time is the talent which I give to everyone at birth, do not bury it, but use this talent so that it throws you quite a lot and great interest in the hereafter. Remember, with everything you gain here, you shorten your wandering years beyond in the Middle Kingdom, where progression and the timepiece are far more difficult! It is true, I have prepared great blessings for My children; but only those who can get into the rooms will enjoy them, where they are offered, and which only they can bear who are only well there. As long as slackness of passions still clings to you, you cannot get to where time is not a strict judge, but a sweet friend who leads you slowly forward between blessed pleasures and joys, and where you will have little or nothing to regret, confidently looking backwards.

12] Take these words to heart! These are the words of a Father who wants His children to enjoy what He has reserved for them and therefore admonishes you: The time to use the outflow of His divinity, not too much for material things, but for spiritual pleasures, for time passes away, also leads you to passing away and transformation. - Bless you, when this transformation will lead you into spaces where He who has already given you so much can also be felt and not, as in the Middle Kingdom, can only be guessed! The time is the measure of the duration of the worlds, but it is also the measure of your deeds and works, so use it as it is befitting spiritual and not material men who want to become like me; because for this purpose I gave you this word. Amen!