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January 10th, 2003
Santa Cruz, California
Received by F.A.B.
I am here, Beethoven.
I come this evening to convey a message to you regarding the relationship
between the artistic and the spiritual. We see how you have hungered
for
clarity on this subject, even as you have grown in understanding.
Well, to begin with, you acknowledge that the artistic gift comes
from
God. As such, it has its own laws and rules, according to the gift
that is
bestowed. One of these laws is that the personality of the artist
is in
harmony with the gift, that is, the gift expresses itself through
how the
artistic personality manifests.
Another law, which you acknowledge, is that of free will, that
is, the
artist is at total liberty to choose how he or she will manifest
the desires
to express.
Of course, these laws are obvious. But in the case of an exceptional
work
of art, that is, one that is universally acknowledged to be great,
there are
other laws working. The law of universality says that each succeeding
generation will find meaning in the work, and will see it in a slightly
different way. This, too, is obvious.
Here in the spirit world, we don't have the passage of time, or
different
generations. We simply have the spirit artist and his/her work.
Now, in the
advanced spheres, EVERY work of art is great, because the soul development
of the spirit artist precludes failure or second-class art. So therefore,
for example, we have our equivalents of the Mona Lisa (that is,
artistic
icons) without the time-generation factor. That is, we have our
great art
without the change that comes, in the mortal life, with the passage
of time.
I elucidated some self-evident laws to explain that the relationship
between the spiritual and the artistic is subtle as well as obvious.
The
work of art which, in the mortal life, survives the test of time,
has its
equivalent here in the spirit world. As advanced spirits grow in
Divine
Love, they naturally leave behind certain perceptions and grow into
greater
perceptions. And so, a work of art, for example, produced by a
fifth-spherian, obviously won't have the same appeal for a seventh-spherian.
As with everything else, the soul development determines the insight
to be
found in the work, even as its artistic validity remains the same.
It is hard to discuss this subject in mortal words even though
I have an
advanced understanding of the subject, and this is because artistic
production in the higher soul spheres, operates in a different way
than in
the mortal life. For example, as you know, we create things with
our
thoughts, which are just as real as a painting or a sculpture in
the mortal
life.
I will conclude here. This message is prefatory to other messages
which
will go into more detail about this important subject. It was felt
that this
message may serve as an introduction to the subject.
You are wondering why I was chosen to discuss this subject. Well,
we are
all capable of this, but my gift lends itself more easily to interfacing
the
mortal-spirit divide.
Have a wonderful evening.
Love, Beethoven
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