Martinus: Livets Bog, vol. 4, sect. 1361

1361. It stands to reason that wherever we are able to perceive what is ingenious or finished in life and existence, we regard this ingeniousness as an ideal, while, by contrast, we naturally reject everything that our senses perceive as primitive and imperfect. The problem is, then, to what extent we are able to distinguish between what is finished and what is unfinished, which thus means, between perfection and imperfection. And this is where terrestrial human beings' troubles pile up. To the extent that they themselves, which means, their organism, their mentality and sensory abilities, are unfinished, their ability to distinguish between what is finished and what is unfinished will thus also constitute an unfinished phenomenon. It is therefore not so surprising that we see that terrestrial human beings in a great many fields mistake what is unfinished in life for something that is finished, and regard this unfinished something as a model or an ideal.