Martinus: Livets Bog, vol. 4, sect. 1088

1088. What then is the "something" that sensory perception constitutes? From a certain, specific point of view it constitutes "happiness". "Happiness", which is thus the sight of the Godhead's consciousness (daily life), can thus be seen from various steps. From the lowest step one has of course the least possible overview of true "happiness"; indeed, one cannot even see that it is "happiness" (the Godhead's consciousness) that one is in the presence of. One cannot take in the details of what one is seeing and cannot therefore distinguish them either. And "happiness" or the Godhead must of course be coloured or characterised by this very limited vision. Examples of what we call this limited or insufficient overview or vision of "happiness" or the Godhead are "injustice", "suffering", "sorrow" and "sins". From the highest step, where one has a perfect overview of the phenomena and can therefore completely distinguish the individual threads or details, one sees that they are not "injustice", but the fulfilment of inevitable links in a planned guidance of the being upwards towards the fulfilment of its own innermost desire, the fulfilment of its innermost longing, that is, its meeting with the Godhead. As we see, the law of perspective holds true on the mental plane in exactly the same way as it does on the physical plane. The higher up one is on the mountain, the wider the view one has over the valley.