Temple. Fragment. Eleventh Image
Temple
BENEDICTUS:
O Light of Wisdom,
You my essence,
Illuminate a human path.
John, the awakened one,
He has connected himself to me.
I had to guide him
To the gate of the spiritual world.
It opened for him.
Through consecration, he was given spiritual experience
And self-knowledge through the power of destiny.
Temple
BENEDICTUS:
O Light of Wisdom,
You who sustain me,
Illuminate a human path.
THEODOSIUS:
You spirit of light,
You who warm me,
Enliven a human soul.
ROMANUS:
You power of the spirit,
You who move me,
Penetrate a human spirit.
RETARDUS:
You meaning of powers,
You who guide me,
Preserve a human form.
BENEDICTUS:
Where does wisdom live?
JOHN:
Within you.
BENEDICTUS:
Where do I live?
MARIA:
(pointing to John)
In his thoughts.
THEODOSIUS:
How does the light of the spirit shine?
JOHN:
It shines with your love.
THEODOSIUS:
Where should I kindle the light of my love?
MARY:
(pointing to John)
In his feelings.
ROMANUS:
How does the power of the spirit excite?
JOHN:
It makes you stronger.
ROMANUS:
Where do I send the strength?
MARIA:
(pointing to Johannes)
Into his will.
RETARDUS:
How long shall I work?
JOHANNES:
As long as man
Must wait for self-knowledge.
RETARDUS:
How long will that take?
MARY:
It will be over
as soon as man
recognizes the essence of your brothers.
BENEDICTUS:
How will man find me?
JOHN:
He will get to know you
As the ideal of his wisdom
And lives the ideal.
THEODOSIUS:
What can I do for man?
JOHN:
You stand by his side
And give him love
And wait until he returns love.
ROMANUS:
How should I work in people?
JOHN:
You let Benedictus rule
And give strength to the will;
But you yourself should not will...
Temple
BENEDICTUS:
A knot has formed in your circle
From the threads
That karma spins in the becoming of the world.
It will be untied
When you knowingly
Put the threads in order.
And to bring you knowledge,
You entered the temple.
We had to unite you,
Because no one can find the way to truth alone.
John and Mary had to find
The beings who are ready
To walk the path with them.
You have found us,
The brothers in the temple.
We place our being in your souls,
And as we work in the temple,
And as we work in the temple,
So will your highest powers
Work within you.
I, who am responsible for working the light of wisdom,
Will sacrifice one of my rays
And direct it into your souls.
And so within you
My own being will reign,
As I reign in this temple.
THEODOSIUS:
You have received the light of wisdom
From Benedictus, my younger brother.
He taught it to you in the realm of the senses,
He imparted it to you in the temple of the sun,
You followed his teachings,
So he was allowed to give you the source of the teachings.
What I have to give
Is of older origin.
You can recognize this
By the fact that I am still denied
What Benedictus has already become.
He can dwell as a human being in the realm of the senses
And people can see him as a human being.
Only in the future will I be able to take human form
In the land of the senses.
In this realm, you see of me
Only faint shadows.
It is people who, feeling only,
Want to attain the light of the spirit.
They want only with a gift of the soul
To find the height of the human soul.
They deny me entry into the earthly realm.
They prevent me from entering the earthly realm.
So I cannot place the image of my being
Into human souls myself.
I can only allow myself to be found in the temple.
As soon as my light falls into the sensory world,
Darkness mixes with it through those people
Who take my name,
But not the content of my being.
You recognized what Benedictus is
Before you were allowed to enter our temple.
Theodosius only comes to meet you here.
I can only place the ray of my being
In your souls
When another human being
Connects with its destiny.
THE OTHER MARY:
You, my higher sister, Mary,
The light of the spirit shines upon you.
I will joyfully bind my destiny
closely to yours.
MARY:
Mary, my sister in sacrifice,
I feel your gift
Living like fire in my own soul.
Thus we will serve the work of the world,
When my light illuminates your warmth,
When your warmth fertilizes my light.
PHILIA:
The gift can also make me happy;
I will be able to give it to my sister.
ASTRID:
The gift has also been given to me;
I must be able to prepare it for my sister.
LUNA:
The gift shall also be mine;
I will be able to preserve it for my sister.
MRS. BALDE:
I gladly give what I have:
It was worth so much to many,
Who are far from the temple,
So let it also be worth something to a temple servant.
JOHN:
Felicia, you enlightener,
Who spreads light from the depths of the soul,
I will seek your gift,
That my bright knowledge may always flow
From the source that lies in the unknown.
ROMANUS:
You have received the light of wisdom,
You have woven the threads of love's destiny
Into your souls.
You want to let light shine in deeds.
You want to turn love toward beings.
The highest light would have to go out,
All love would have to be consumed,
If will could not fuel them.
But I, too, can only work in the temple.
I will still have to bestow many a ray of will
To the seekers of the temple,
In order to acquire human form on earth.
Threads of destiny of a very special kind
Must intertwine in the becoming of the world,
If my gift is to bear fruit.
FELIX BALDE:
Your son stands before his Creator.
I want to bind my destiny to the two of them.
John and Mary, I carried within me
A knowledge that comes from will;
It can be transformed back into him with you.
JOHN:
In my will I feel
The vision that is yours.
And what shines nobly in you,
It becomes a force in my being.
MARY:
In my soul I can experience
The peace that...
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