Under Law

Dec. 19.

Today my sister would have turned 60. I'm filled with a deep grief. 

These are facts.

Some are aware that I’m working on a book about Metaphysical Humanism, which will, among other things, explore the metaphysical laws of the cosmos at some depth.

When Gurdjieff originally introduced to the idea of being "under" 48 laws to Ouspensky, he introduced a complex new cosmology unfamiliar to his contemporaries. The idea that we’re under 48 laws was presented as a burden; anyone who reads the material will come away with a bit of that impression.

I'd like you, however, to think about this a bit differently for a minute.

All of the laws that we are "under" are simply the natural conditions we inhabit. We aren't "under" anything. 

Rather, we embody all of the extant laws at the level we are on. 

Every law in question is a sacred law of creation; and it's our role to embody the laws of the level we live on. This means that we can live with honor under law, instead of seeing it as something that oppresses us. True, we may wish to come under the influence of one law or another more than we are now; yet we can’t do that without honoring all of the law as it is in the first place. 

Without respect for a given law, even the idea of getting free of that particular law is impossible. It may, in our eyes, be the most awful law in the whole world; yet we must respect it and work with it if we wish to come out from under its influence into a different one.

This idea has a great deal to do with obedience, which is an essential law of the angelic realms, most of which can be accurately identified. This since law is a reciprocal structure whose nature can be deduced by relationship and correspondence. (As you will eventually see.)

In any event, we embody the laws– all of them. Even, in our own way, the very highest laws. To ignore this is to live at our own peril. We’re representatives of the divine, and it’s our obligation and our duty to live within the law. It should not be seen as a burden, but, rather, a responsibility and an honor.

This is a particularly important time of year, because a great abundance of spiritual energy is conferred upon the planet between now and Christmas. If we embody the law and do our best to honor it through our spiritual senses, indispensable benefits may ensue.

We may even acquire a taste of true compassion and humility.

May your heart be close to God, 

and God close to your heart.

Lee

Lee van Laer is a Senior Editor at Parabola Magazine.