FIGU-Landesgruppe Canada

The association “FIGU Free Community of Interests Universal” is not affiliated with any secular or religious denomination and with its ‘Teaching of the Truth, Teaching of the Creation-energy, Teaching of the Life’, it is directed to help human beings on the Earth – if they wish to turn to the teaching of their own free will and by their own choice – to learn and follow it. This is done without indoctrination, any form of influence, persuasion and without any coercion to learn the truth and to be truly oneself.

This, with the consequence that every human being becomes fully aware of his/her own thoughts, controls his/her emotions, makes their own correct decisions and acts upon them. This, without the influence of secular or religious beliefs, without delusional belief-addiction and merely superficial thinking, but rather, in clear, conscious thoughts of one’s own, as also the resulting controlled feelings, decisions and actions. These values are only and absolutely personally learnable, and indeed in the form of the extensive values of ethics and morality, which alone ensure that peace, freedom, solidarity, compassion, respect, spontaneity, financial independence, trust, openness, fun, privacy, security, creativity, happiness, modesty, optimism, family values, health, kindness and friendship, perseverance, perfection, success, precision, modesty, loyalty and professionalism prevail – but never acts of Gewalt*, war, hatred or racism, never slander, lies or deception, nor revenge, retaliation, murder and manslaughter or other negative or unlawful acts.

*Gewalt: Beyond all might and violence; with all available forceful means, physical, psychical, mental and to use consciousness-based powers, abilities and skills in order to carry out and practise tremendous deeds and actions.]

The ‘Teaching of the Truth, Teaching of the Creation-energy, Teaching of the Life’, in contrast to any secular or religious belief, is not conceptualised for believing submissiveness. It is designed to generate unclouded, conscious, crystal-clear and genuine thoughts of one’s own through clear observation, self-reflection and personal realisation. From this, corresponding unclouded feelings form, which demonstrate, that the human being alone perceives reality and its truth at all times as the effective reality. This generally leads to the realisation of the *Lebensgefühl, true living and of standing at the heart of life, through which good and evil are recognised in their truth.

*Lebensgefühl: no direct translation into English, closest approximations would be ‘felt life-experience’; ‘sensation of/sense of/ attunement of/to life’. Billy explains more below.

All things considered, the Lebensgefühl is, generally speaking, not the term for one’s feeling towards life or for how a person can actually feel life. However, how one actually feels and experiences life in their daily lives, and how they actually perceive reality – be it negatively or pleasantly positively – is fundamentally determined by themselves. Life is, in and of itself, something positive. However, this does not apply to the life of every individual human being, and indeed because the majority of humanity associates their Lebensgefühl with a religious and, in so doing, also with a worldly belief.

Moreover, they do so with something, which for them is predominantly associated with things that are unattractive and negative, such as false views, perceptions and illusory thoughts, and indeed particularly when they concern themselves with religious platitudes, which generally amount to superficial thinking and senseless babblilng of thoughts and convey to the individual a ‘lively religious belief’ and a ‘feeling of religious happiness’ that they ‘experience’.

A genuine and true Lebensgefühl, which is not deceptively belief-based and therefore produced from the religious-worldly sphere, spontaneously bestows genuine joy, true peace, genuine and great energy and power, which actually results from true love of life and warmth, just as true life is radiated through this very experience in one’s active life. This self-education in the centrally sustainable and extra-fundamental, which is defined by the individual themselves and applied willingly and consciously, creates their true Lebensgefühl which suffices for their llife-conduct to such an extent that they really have such a true Lebensgefühl, which conveys the values of ethics and morality to them such that these become a natural life standing for them.

This state suffices one for a true, full and enjoyable as well as happy life; whereto, however, only the use of that which is beyond-fundamental and contributes in centrally-sustaining form, if it does not operate merely intermittently or partially, but consistently. Only through a true Lebensgefühl is one’s own environment significantly shaped. In fact, this true Lebensgefühl is inherent in every human being, yet everyone must first learn to awaken and understand it. It is naturally already instilled in them whilst still in the womb; after birth, they need only to extend and consolidate it. Through their curiosity, with love and by drawing on experiential values they can make it a conscious purpose in life, whereby it can spread as a part of their personal environment. Through their true Lebensgefühl, their immediate and wider surroundings are significantly influenced by their feelings; although this does not depend on them, it is nevertheless strikingly transformed for the better and cannot be clouded or suppressed.

It is therefore a completely thoughtless claim that the human beings always carries his/her problems around with them, for this is simply not true if they endeavour to determine their own thinking and lives, instead of allowing themselves to be indoctrinatedly influenced by the negativity of their fellow human beings and the environment. Therefore, they must not simply disregard and banish the positive Lebensgefühl with which they are naturally endowed, but must awaken it within themselves and learn to form and mould it so as not to expose it to the attacks of the environment. By ridding himself/herself of the negative – possibly stemming from upbringing – such as false self-education and the influences and indoctrinations of the entire environment, however, thereby correctly shaping everything in the depths of their character, they also give birth within themselves to the true Lebensgefühl.

When the human being learns to consciously defend himself/hersel against that which is negative, both in a thought and feeling-based manner, and in doing so utilises the full range of ethical and moral values to eliminate what is wrong and incorrect, they build within themselves a treasure chest of a positively connoted, that is, affirmative and beneficial Lebensgefühl. When a person who has hitherto simply been drifting through life sets out in search of the meaning of life, they can gently open themselves up by learning the true and comprehensive values of ethics and morality. These are not necessarily ever-present problems, but rather a cherished and secure treasure that conveys a positive, genuine and true outlook on life. This brings with it an immense amount of energy, strength, qualities, drive, joy, freedom, love, zest for life and passion, etc. This Lebensgefühl and the vitality associated with it can only be prevented from flowing if a person disregards them and does not consciously uphold them. The Lebensgefühl does not consist of self-sacrifice, but rather of the initiative to learn and apply the entire spectrum of ethical and moral values, at every conceivable level of life.

The treasure chest of all ethics and morality is filled with all the values essential for survival, yet it is an unnoticed treasure upon which humans sit, creeping through their existence in dissatisfaction.

A treasure chest full of money and jewellery does not represent the values that are recognised as such within the entirety of ethics and morality. These must, however, first be awakened and learnt by humans, for although they are given by nature, they lie dormant; they must first be made recognisable, learnt by the human being, and then applied in every respect.

What use is a hidden treasure to a person if they neither see nor use it, do not share it with their fellow human beings, and thereby suffer harm in life or constantly put it at risk? Spontaneously, he/she generally tends to want to share his/her life with someone, although it often seems as though one person needs the other just as much as the one who wishes to share needs themselves, particularly in terms of self-confidence and initiative. Yet the person who appears poorest very often carries the most valuable treasures within them; however, these are so well hidden to protect them from intruders that the latter cannot find or steal them. Nevertheless, it is a mammoth task for any righteous person to carry this inner treasure alone, which is why they cannot simply leave it behind. This leads them to often thoughtlessly give it away to their neighbour, only to be betrayed in return, especially when they give away sincere love and are explicitly hurt in this regard. Yet one’s own self has a need for love, just as it has a need for ‘likes’, that is, the need and will to live, which serves above all to satisfy the self-like, that is, the self-will in self-assured modesty.

If we now consider the rattling treasure chest of ethics and morality as a whole, which grows ever heavier in the course of life as part of the human condition because everything weighs ever more heavily upon it, this is because one does not follow the values of ethics and morality in their entirety.

All the good values of one’s Lebensgefühls, which are inherent by nature, must, however, be recognised, learnt and reflected upon, as well as applied and lived out, for only through this do they fulfil the purpose that the human being applies their humanity.

The true Lebensgefühl cannot therefore lie fallow and well-protected like an artefact in a museum, but must have a tangible effect inwardly – and also outwardly through all actions. It begins with the perception and truthful assessment of reality, with doing and workings as well as with the behaviour.

However, it also lies in the being of the human being themself, in their all-encompassing generosity, in emotional balance and happiness, in respect, in family orientation, spontaneity, openness, in joie de vivre, general knowledge and in independence. These values are also present in all areas of the private sphere, thus also in the financial security and health, as well as in the creativity, the compassion, the freedom, the friendship and kindness.

Among the very many values that belong without exception to the realm of ethics and morality are also perseverance and modesty, as well as optimism, trust, success, professionalism and perfection, precision and loyalty, etc. This means that the entirety of ethics and morality encompasses far more values than those mentioned, which become recognisable and visible to fellow human beings around the world through their application and practice. When the fellow human beings of the world observe these realities in action through individuals who embody these values, they learn from them, draw strength from them and admire them, accompanied by a growing urge to become like them, to learn and to act in the this wise. Yet caution is required regarding the pursuit of personal power and the danger of losing control, because human beings tend – as a result of long-standing indoctrination of this kind by their environment, which they do not consciously perceive – to consider themselves greater and wiser than they actually are, and to behave accordingly, rather than as is truly useful and beneficial to the development of the whole.

Moreover, an auctioning off the treasure is unworthy, for its true value as a whole is recognised only by those humans who take the trouble to learn the very heavy burden of ethical and moral values for themselves. However, those who believe they can easily acquire the same values through theft run the risk of failure and defeat if they do not realise that everything must be painstakingly learnt, as well as if they do not consciously decide and willingly make the effort to learn everything for themselves.

This must be approached with respect and care, for the use of Gewalt leads to destruction, which annihilates everything from the outset and makes learning impossible. Nor can anyone be found to help, for the treasure of values contained in the entirety of ethics and morality must be built up and shaped by the individual alone and independently. Yet he/she must do this alone in all things, and with the honourable intention of embracing the treasure he/she is to build to the best of his/her ability.

Only so does he/she one day rise above all that is negative and always remember to rise above much that is negative in a good form, throughout his/her entire life and existence, yet always in the awareness that he/she can lead a true life only to the extent that he/she has learnt from the full range of ethical and moral values and also practises them.

The human being must never regard himself/herself as completely satisfied with regard to the totality of ethical and moral values, for he/she can never complete the entirety of his/her own ethical-moral-treasure in his/her earthly life. This is because, throughout his/her life, he/she is surrounded by ignorant ones who, time and again, act unreasonably in this or that matter, in this or that event, etc., and who, with their illogical, lack of rationality and irresponsible actions, words and behaviour, etc., often—or sometimes —drive the person willing to learn to the limits of his/her self-control and patience.

The majority of humanity has never heard of this, nor, it seems, have the ‘scholars’ of psychology: how great, comprehensive and of the utmost importance the values of ethics and morality in general are for human beings, and how these are not simply limited to questions of behaviour and interaction with fellow human beings and society, etc. One’s own magnificent Lebensgefühl, characterised by happiness, freedom, peace and joy, is so distant for the vast majority of humanity that – as a result of their ignorance, indoctrination and many other forms of error and evil – they actually drag their lives along as highly vulnerable burden-bearers. In this wise, countless ones are unable to develop the true Lebensgefühl and consequently cannot perceive it; instead, they simply drift through existence without it. And it is exactly as if in a museum, where there is a silent and motionless existence, but no life, where no inspiration, no development and no evolution can be found.

For countless human beings, the Lebensgefühl is nothing more than a complexity, yet may YOU now find and cultivate yours, namely through the ‘Teaching of the Truth, Teaching of the Creation-energy, Teaching of the Life’. This is so that – like a sparkling crown – the realisation of reality and its truth, as well as the effective reality and the true Lebensgefühl, may become conscious and clear to you, together with all the concepts that reflect back the meaning of truth and the actuality of the reality to you.

You are no longer alone if you wish to consciously and willingly develop the true Lebensgefühl and want to become yourself, for in the FIGU writings you will find everything necessary for you and your learning. However, it is essential that you know that learning the whole is neither easy nor simple, and that it therefore inevitably involves freeing yourself from all religious and worldly beliefs and turning your mind and emotions in a completely neutral manner towards the diverse contents of the ‘Teaching of the Truth, Teaching of the Creation-energy, Teaching of the Life’, and dedicating yourself to them.

And only then, when you also consciously and clearly examine everything for yourself, independently contribute your own thoughts in order to personally explore, recognise and understand more of reality and its truth and therefore, the effective reality, will you be able to gain from this the cognitions and the knowledge and abilities that will help you to become a true human being.

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