Scientist's Conversations with the Teacher

The world is &quote;bigger&quote; 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 &quote;Idea (incarnated by a thing)-Thing-Being(that realizesthe idea and makes the thing).&quote; 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 &quote;human&quote; 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.