Esoteric Lesson
Even now, the human physical body begins its existence in the mother's womb with a point, the germ cell. Thus, human beings began their cosmic existence with a spiritual point. The diversity of his limbs, with all the forces working within them, sprang from this point. All the characteristic properties of the mineral, plant, and animal worlds are present in human beings. These interact within the human being today. Although individual properties are more developed in animals than in humans, this is only the result of a one-sided development in animals, which has taken place at the expense of diversity. Human beings are versatile and diverse. The student reads this development toward versatility from the point when he looks at the point.
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