Volume 11 · Chapter 3

MAN AS RULER OVER NATURE The innkeeper, whose name was Mucius, came immediately with glowing inner fury into our hall which was separated from the next room with a strong door so that we had not to be afraid of being taken by surprise, and he said, shaking from anger: “Lord and Master, this is just another clear proof that I was right when yesterday I called the Jerusalemites, and especially the temple servants, worse than the dirtiest pigs, for they cunningly try to draw me into the nets of the temple. I would have preferred to jump on them and let them taste the sharpness of my sword which is by far not rusted yet in its shaft, but then I felt Your calming word in my heart to which I listened I was even able to show a calm, indifferent face.”

[GGJ.11_003,02] I answered the excited Mucius: “You did very well, because the opposite would have destroyed a work for Me and for you for which sake I came here. So calm down, my dear Mucius, for it is very good the way it is.

[GGJ.11_003,03] But let us go outside now. Here next to your house you have a beautiful garden which is not too small. We will be less disturbed than here and can deliberate how we can best deal with these people who irritate you so much.”

[GGJ.11_003,04] When they all went into the garden, they were surprised how exceptionally tasteful it was laid out. Mucius knew how to plant with great care on a proportionally little piece of ground an abundance of all kinds of flowers and ornamental bushes that were picturesquely divided and gave the garden a very lovely view. The disciples praised our innkeeper exuberantly for that and were of the opinion that this garden was a true image of his inner being which also received great care of him as this was already obvious from his words.

[GGJ.11_003,05] Mucius explained to them that it always gave him much joy to spend quiet hours of meditation here and that his often too fierce and therefore hot-tempered mood always found rest and peace so that the pressure of life seemed to be less painful after he strengthened his mood by the view of the many wonders of nature and plants that are shown here. The climate in this region near the Jordan is very beneficial so that it often reminded him of the southern regions of Africa and Asia, for as a soldier he also had the opportunity to know these. Nevertheless, he always had the impression that there was something special regarding the blooming and growing of his little garden, for it never happened to him that a tree, bush or shrub had died while it happened to his neighbors, and everything that he planted and cared for bore the most abundant fruit. Also My disciples were surprised about that, and Peter asked Me for the reason.

[GGJ.11_003,06] On this I answered: “What man thinks, what he strives for and what he does, and his inner spiritual condition, are always in harmony with his outer environment so that immediate interactions will result from it. You know, as I told you already before, that every human being is surrounded by an outer sphere of life by which he sucks up spiritual influences from the air that surrounds him and which he uses for the nutrition and extension of the I of his soul.

[GGJ.11_003,07] So in turn he also beams out spiritualized particles which are then eagerly sucked up by the surrounding lower world. If a person is good, filled with a noble striving and love for Me, then those particles that flow out will have a good, mild and beneficial influence. If he is not, then the opposite is the case.

[GGJ.11_003,08] Here you can see now what kind of beneficial influence the outflowing sphere of life of Mucius has on all plants. Since he planted every plant in the ground himself and also takes constantly care of them, he repeatedly surrounds all plants in his sphere and they eagerly took the opportunity to suck up those beneficent influences. That is why everything is still blooming and growing here while in other gardens the late autumn is already strongly visible.

[GGJ.11_003,09] Man is a ruler over nature when he lives according to My Word and strives towards My Spirit, and in this capability which I explained to you, lies also the key by which he can be a ruler, for everything in the whole universe strives towards its form, to its completion, and tries as much as possible to come closer to it.

[GGJ.11_003,10] Therefore, in man lies the power to draw all creatures to him. And they also like to follow him because the urge for completion that is already present in all beings inspires them to this desire. Of course, only a perfected human being is able to conquer for instance the instincts of devouring animals in such a way that the wish for completion, which lies in their deepest inner being, will rule over their often cruel impulses and obey like lambs as they recognize the dominion, that means the already perfected form and spiritual power, in man.

[GGJ.11_003,11] Every striving man will notice how he gradually will become a little lord over nature, and the more the rebirth of the spirit will take place in him, he finally will grow to become a ruler over nature.

[GGJ.11_003,12] So continue, Mucius, to serve the highest God in your heart, then very different wonders will open up for you than these which you came to see in your garden up to now.”