4. The Beings of the Astral World

Now consider that in the different successive cosmic states the beings have different tasks. To make these different tasks understandable, think of a piano maker and a piano player. The piano builder must devote himself with love and devotion to the construction of the piano, so he has a different task from the one who is to play on your piano. Both the piano builder and the piano player have their specific task, and both bring about good in their place. But if the builder of the piano also wanted to saw and plane and hammer in the concert hall, he would only have a destructive effect there. Yes, he is no good there, however great he may be as a master of piano construction.