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Disharmony at the physical, mental and soul level isrepaired by deliberate contact with the Cosmic.curiosities and even nervous disorders. We soonlearn to harness the life force and to transformthis wonderful energy into something practicaland useful in daily life. In fact we can becometransmitters of the life force too. Within each ofus is this dual urge to emit and absorb, to learnand to teach. Physically we express ourselvesand spiritually there is a craving for God, acontinual flow of energy, back and forth. Theseare symptoms of the same yearning; our urge toseek a union with the Cosmic, with the mind ofGod. This impelling urge is universal and basicto all forms of life and what’s more, it shouldbe respected, for it is a privilege to have thatgreat quality which surpasses all others, namely,consciousness.Why is it that we are so reluctant torecognise our fundamental need of a supremeCreator, a God that is greater than anythingwe can conceive? When we are physicallytired, we yield to the urge to rest. When wefeel the need of companionship, we seek outnew friends. We know what troubles us and wedo something about it. Yet it seems so much moredifficult to diagnose the “unrest of the soul.”If our body is out of harmony with itsenvironment, we become physically ill. If ourmental faculties are out of harmony with ourenvironment, we become neurotic or mentallyill. But when our soul is out of harmony withits environment, in other words, when we areattempting to pass beyond the bounds of thetemplate from which we were made, we don’tthink it abnormal. There are many individualswho have no idea what is wrong with them, yetfind the peace and harmony they seek in a returnto their God, without whom they can neverexperience the fullness of life and the purpose ofbeing.A friend once confided to me that therewere times in his life when he was overcomewith a feeling and keen awareness of the constantebb and flow of life within and around him.He was overwhelmed with the vastness of itall and later told me that he had found theanswer to his enquiries in the words of an ancientGreek philosopher: “all things are becoming.” Thischanged his ideas and he realised that the powerbehind the great movement throughout nature isthe spirit of the Cosmic, quietly impelling all oflife toward self-awareness. The voice that urgesus to satisfy the hunger of the soul calls to us inmany ways, not least of which is through scenesof beauty, words of beauty, music of beauty.The poet Wordsworth heard it and said, “I havefelt a presence that disturbs me with joy of elevatedthoughts.”Cosmic ImpulseIt will come to others, though not necessarily asit comes to a poet. In a thousand ways its serenecall may be heard: To the scientist it may bethrough a sudden and profound appreciation ofthe orderliness and symmetry of the universe, ora sudden revelation of some higher form of logic.To a doctor it may be through an influx of loveand compassion for the people s/he has attemptedto heal over the years. To others it may comeThe reality of God in our lives is inwhatever form most deeply inspires andmove us.through the love and caring one has for certainothers, a love greater than life, indeed a love thatalone makes life worth living. To another, it maycome not during “the golden moment of love’svacation” but in an hour of deep sorrow whena little life is released from its pain and borneback to the heart of God. And to others it maycome in the sunset years of life in a moment ofoverwhelming gratitude for the mere honour ofhaving been allowed to spend so many years inthis lovely world. And finally it may be in one ofthose never-to-be-forgotten moments of silencethat changes the whole course of one’s life.It will come to those who work in thehome, ministering to little children in the many8The Rosicrucian Beacon -- June 2009