Scientist's Conversations with the Teacher

The world is 'bigger' than it seems. Besides the world of things, which isthe coarsest,there are more subtle worlds. Just like the world of things, the subtleworlds are material:each one is formed by material of a particular subtlety. Each part of the World is a triad 'Idea (incarnated by a thing)-Thing-Being(that realizesthe idea and makes the thing).' Triads form the World Hierarchy ofideas-things-beings. Any triad develops. What is subtle develops into what is coarse, while whatis coarsedevelops into what is subtle. Each being works together with other beings. Being has instruments -bodies - forworking with materials of varying subtlety. Man has three bodies: a spiritual one, a mental one and a physical one. Man's task is torealize special 'human' ideas. This process culminates when ones comes tospiritualawareness. The development of man is a development of spiritual awareness. Man needs to purify himself, from time to time, from the by-products of therealization ofideas. This purification is death. Death turns man into another being, butit does not stopdevelopment. Man's fate provides him with the best conditions for working and developing.