It is the consciousness that differentiates the humans from the animals and gives them their rightful position in the history of the Universe.
A man is
not only his body, but he also has a soul that must develop in the best possible
way. In the plan, which out of love is prepared for a human being, also the
development of the soul is included. Every human accordingly has a twofold duty;
both to allow the body to grow and develop as intended, and to create such
conditions in life that also make the soul grow and
evolve.
To be
allowed to return home to one’s true family is the goal and great yearning of
every human. Life in the body is a wonder and a great gift, but it is not the
right dwelling-place of the human being. Man is a divine entity, an angel
fettered in a body. To free this Divine being is the great mission of man.
The human being is a
traveller in space. When all the paths of earth have been trodden the voyage
will continue outside of the room and the time. All senses have to be fully
developed to make this possible.
A perfect human, an equal of the Saviour in justness and love, can never be created in a short earthly life. The development of a human soul is immeasurable in its long-range. Every human has once been born as a small gleam in the Divine source, and the way that has begun can never lead elsewhere than back home to the Whole. Every human goes through the evolution in life after life, existence after existence.