The Law
- Chuma Ikenze
- Jan 29
- 6 min read
Updated: Feb 25
To the average person the word “Law” brings up concepts of justice, equity, balance or recompense. To the legal expert, laws are codifications of the social constructs of behavior agreed upon by the majority in the society. Constructs that are vital in order to maintain order and harmonious co-existence. In authoritarian societies those who are supposed to administer the laws often become themselves the embodiment of the law!
It is also not surprising that differences in values held by the various societies manifest in noticeable differences or nuances in the definition and interpretation, as well as implementation, of laws. Changes in values within the same society usually bring about changes in the letters of the laws, as well as in their administration. The sentiments and interpretation of the administrators’ also color the way in which the law is operated, even without a general change in values.
Those engaged in the sciences give an added meaning to the word Law. For such people, “a law is also a generalized rule to explain a body of observations in the form of a verbal or mathematical statement”. These laws imply a cause and effect between the observed elements and must always apply under the same conditions. Thus scientific laws[1] are arrived at by observations in nature and are therefore also known as natural laws.
The reader’s attention is drawn to the implications that natural laws are inviolable - must always apply under the same conditions – while human laws are malleable – subject to change in the values of the majority, or the sentiments of the administrator.
Although most of the well documented natural laws of science have to do with rules that govern inorganic interactions, advances in the field of biology, psychology, social and the environmental science have brought to our attention what appear to be rules that govern the behavior of living organisms i.e. plants, animals and man!
For example, there is the law of biological species, a concept that defines species in terms of interbreeding. Thus Ernst Mayr defined a species[2] as “groups of interbreeding natural populations that are reproductively isolated from other such groups”. "Survival of the fittest" is a phrase that originated from Darwinian evolutionary theory, as a way of describing the mechanism of natural selection which is widely accepted today as key to the evolutionary process. Indeed, the biological concept of fitness is defined as reproductive success, i.e. "Survival of the form that will leave the most copies of itself in successive generations”. It is interesting that Herbert Spencer, after reading Darwin’s book The Origin of Species saw parallels between his own economic theories ( a social science) and Darwin's biological ones. Therefore, he concluded from these parallels that: "This survival of the fittest, which I have here sought to express in mechanical terms, is that which Mr. Darwin has called 'natural selection', or the preservation of favored races in the struggle for life."[3]
All of the foregoing suggest that even in the affairs of man, there are silent efforts to identify the laws of nature that may apply here.
No doubt many people’s sensibilities today are offended by the terms “reproductive isolation” or “survival of the fittest”. This is not surprising because anyone who wishes to be honest will have to admit that indeed both concepts have been grossly abused wherever they have been incorporated into a society’s customs, belief systems or statutes. The horrors witnessed during the Nazi’s push for racial purity, the stifling enforcement of the caste system in many societies, the infamous institutions of race-based slavery in the Americas and the brutal and oppressive colonization of Africa, Asia, The Americas, Australia and New Zealand are just a few examples that need no further elaboration.
It is indeed a pity that the first scientific attempts to identify the laws of nature as they pertain to man and his activities appear to support man’s brutish tendencies. Although there are other common traits that the sciences have simply accepted as given and therefore are not bothering to identify as laws of nature. For example the saying that “birds of feather flock together”, or “as you make your bed so shall you lie on it”
Yet, the laws of nature MUST always take effect when the requisite conditions are met! And ignorance of the law does not offer any mitigation for the consequences!
The curious may perhaps ask, “how do we recognize when we have violated a law of nature so that we can take corrective measures”?
The consequence of a violation where inert interactions are concerned tend to be immediate. For example, an aircraft that fails to continuously maintain the laws that keep it aloft will plummet to the ground immediately. On the other hand, the result of the violation of the laws controlling the interactions of organic systems (e.g. ecological balance, evolution) tend to manifest gradually over a longer time frame. And because the slow pace of manifestation sometimes takes place across many generations it becomes a challenge for the observer to see the causal relationships. Nevertheless, a careful study of history will allow the keen investigator to see the links between cause and effect, in the affairs of man, if only he or she wants to see. For example, the well documented cycles of the rise and fall of various empires have common traits. First there is a coherent and tightly knit group with common values who gradually, by force or their superior way of life, influence their neighbors, and thus expand their sphere of operations. As they become more successful they become more tyrannical and, believing in their invincibility, become more brazen in their oppressive attitude towards their neighbors. The same attitude of the “power of the strong over the weak” becomes the norm even within their own ethnic group. Gradually the values that linked the initial group of people slowly changes, some will say because of the amalgamation of different peoples/cultures. Finally, the combination of change in values ,which usually manifests in irresolute behaviors, and the seething hatred of the oppressed within and without slowly lead to the disintegration of the society and makes it vulnerable to the new and rising cohesive group. The history of Egypt, Macedonia, Rome, Christianity, Islam are just a few that can be given as examples.
Although it appears that modern man is succeeding in building a “better and more noble society” does it not behoove us to identify the laws of nature that others have violated, even if these principles offend our modern day sensibilities. Besides, it is easy to conclude from the foregoing review of history that “survival of the fittest” as practiced by these societies did not guarantee their continued success. Yet, if this is indeed a principle of nature, could it then be that it is man’s misunderstanding of how to abide by this law that is the issue, and not the law itself. Could the same not be said for the way we have understood the law of species i.e. reproductive isolation?
Another point that becomes evident from the foregoing discourse is that what the common man generally refers to as laws (including the commandments to the faithful) are, at best, well-meant advice or guiding principles to avoid violating the real Laws. A violation of which would then invariably result in automatic consequences, no matter how long it may take.
In his works, Abdrushin explains in great detail the real Laws that operate in Creation (i.e. in this world and beyond). He explains that the earthly manifestations of some of these laws, as they relate to the inorganic environment, are what the sciences describe as the Laws of Nature.
Up to now, mankind has remained largely ignorant of the bulk of the laws that govern organic interactions, especially human behavior and activity. In the few instances where man stumbled upon them, we have misunderstood their real essence, and ended up misusing or abusing them. Nonetheless the Laws continue to operate! Therefore, he urges that Man, as an organism of creation, needs to make the effort to gain a better understanding of the laws that affect him, as an individual and collectively, if our species wishes to become truly successful.
The featured article has hopefully given the reader an overview of the all-important Creation Laws with which man needs to become acquainted.
A more comprehensive explanation, with examples of how these Laws operate in the life of every human being can be gleaned from reading the book, “In The Light of Truth” (The Grail Message) by Abdrushin.
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