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Chapter 36 - Humankind And Creation
1. It came to pass that Jmmanuel preached of humanity and of Creation as he went eastward with a caravan.
2. He said, "Humans should look upward to the stars, for majestic peace and grandeur rule there.
3. "As though by immutable law and order, the infinite and everlasting changes take place there over days, months, years and beyond for centuries, millennia and millions of years.
4. "Humans, however, should also look downward upon the Earth for there, as well, is Creational activity and endless becoming and passing away, and life and existence, toward ever newly developing forms.
5. "Greatness, excellence and beauty rule harmoniously where nature is left to itself.
6. "But where traces of human order are at work, there pettiness, disgrace and ugliness testify to alarming disharmony.
7. "With inflated chest, humankind calls itself the crown of creation, and yet it is not cognizant of Creation and sets persons on a level with it.
8. "But this humankind, which has tamed fire and rules the Earth, will not go far.
9. "Without a doubt, humans will learn to harness water and air, but in the process they will forget to be cognizant of Creation above them and of its laws.
10. "Thus they will also forget to seek truth, knowledge, love, respect, life, logic, true freedom and wisdom,
11. "and they will forget to live peacefully with each other.
12. "Their battle cry will be warfare, for they want to attain power through violence.
13. "But when they believe they have power in their hands, they will use it for enslavement and bloodshed, exploitation, brutality, crime, and degeneration.
14. "They will speak of honour, freedom and knowledge, but in truth these will be only hypocrisy, coercion and false teachings.
15. "Thus, in the future, humankind will lose its face and display an evil and false mask.
16. "Many will degenerate into beasts and spend their earthly days without knowledge and conscience.
17. "Human ambitions and desires will be directed only toward acquisition, power, lust, addiction and greed.
18. "With their intellect, humans will arrange the things of this world to make them subservient, regardless of the fact that in so doing they break the laws of nature and destroy nature itself in many ways.
19. "They will no longer trust in the eternal truths, which are anchored in the laws of nature.