Section 7
also has many positive functions. The first of these is to produce growth and transformation. The more something grows, the more it is changed, transformed. The growth of a carna tion flower illustrates this. The carnation begins as a small seed. But after the seed is sown into the soil, it begins to grow, first into a tender sprout and eventually into a full-grown blossoming car nation plant. When the carnation is still a sprout, it is difficult to distinguish it from other types of plants. But the more it grows, the more it changes and is transformed. It is transformed by growth.
In principle, the same kind of change takes place in children. As a child grows, his body assumes a certain shape. As the life-power trans forms, it also shapes. The more we grow, the more we are shaped. Hence, resurrection causes growth, change, and shaping.
Releasing the Positive Things
Resurrection also releases the positive things. Fruit-bearing is one kind of release brought about by the function of resurrection. In the bearing of fruit there is the release of the life-essence from within a certain tree. This indicates that through fruit-bearing the riches of the life within that tree are released. By the releasing function of the