THE GRAIL MOVEMENT
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In connection with the depiction of Creation transmitted in his Grail Message, Abd-ru-shin also established Grail Acts. They symbolize on the material plane a spiritual happening and are conducted by persons especially charged with the task, primarily during the three Grail Festivals. They include, above all, the Sealing as the definite expression of a desire consciously to live one's life according to the sense of In the Light of Truth: The Grail Message. In addition, other Acts include the Grail Marriage (for newlyweds), the Marriage Blessing (for couples who have been married for more than one year), and the Blessings for children and babies. The latter Blessings do not provide an "automatic belonging" to the Grail Movement, for, as stated in the Grail Message, only an adult can choose, through inner conviction, his or her own spiritual path.
A Grail Act which may also be carried out in public, in funeral homes or cemetaries, is the Grail Funeral. Abd-ru-shin gave this Act a form in which the words spoken and the actions performed are above all addressed to the person continuing on his way in the ethereal world. This act also gives comfort and help to those who are left behind.
All Grail Acts affect only the individual and his spiritual attitude. The request for a Grail Act is made voluntarily, and the blessing mediated corresponds to the recipient's inner conviction. No one is bound: if someone should someday question what the Grail Message has given him and wishes to depart from it; he is free to set forth on another spiritual path.
Any declaration of loyalty to the Grail Message binds the individual only to his Creator, and includes the personal obligation to develop true humanity. It is not necessary for a Sealed adherent to the Grail Message to leave his or her church.
