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0655 Connection with God necessary to receive the word of God and divine wisdom....

November 6, 1938: Book 14

The essence of the earthly path will always remain the union with God, everything else is void and improbable. And thus a person can be in full possession of all spiritual earthly abilities and yet not recognize the true reason for existence if he does not consider the whole of creation in the sense required in order to attain union with God. For nothing is more obstructive to man than to remain in the consciousness of his own ability and talent, which keeps him away from true realization.... For true knowledge is rooted solely in the feeling of nothingness towards the eternal deity. Only then does man seek a connection with the deity, and only then can the spiritual work on himself be tackled. Without this realization, however, man remains blind in the delusion of his value, and all his worldly wisdom is only a greater obstacle the more it strengthens him in his sublimity. If you want to recognize God, then look up to Him.... But you can only look up to Him in deep humility and realization of your vain ego.... And then the lord will lift you up.... for His wisdom is always and forever the same.... But what is human wisdom in comparison.... And he who thinks he possesses it is little wise before the lord. To awaken the divine spirit within oneself alone is wise and right before God, for only then can he make wisdom his own which God Himself imparts to him and which puts all earthly wisdom in the shade, and it will therefore be the only thing worth striving for in life to unite with God in spirit and then to be honoured by the eternal creator and heavenly father, the teacher of all divine truth, to receive it. And therefore only a complete devotion to Him is necessary in order to find oneself in the greatest wisdom and clearest realization. Thus all human knowledge will only be vain piecemeal, yet the knowledge of divine truths will be profound and unlimited where divine truth is offered to the earthly child in its purest form. And thus it can never be denied that every intervention by the eternal deity only ever aims to deepen humanity's knowledge.... The human being should, as it were, be placed in a position to increase his field of knowledge without earthly help, and this through divine help in order to awaken the desire in earthly people to likewise most eagerly strive for the connection with God, so that the knowledge of things which contribute to the realization of creation and thus also strengthen the faith in the eternal creator will likewise be made accessible to them. All life gains content as soon as man has a correct image of the eternal deity and His creation, and he now seeks to harmonize every action with divine wisdom.... he tries to live as far as possible in the right order according to the acknowledged will of God and fears and is afraid of a relapse into spiritual blindness, and he will now again turn to the eternal deity pleading for help, and the spiritual friends will hastily support the earthly child so that only the will and the desire for spiritual truth will always remain active and can again and again become fulfilment for him.... Thus such human being alone remains knowledgeable and truly wise who in all humility unites himself with the lord.... who, without having striven for this union, no longer begins anything and thus his whole being is permeated by love for God, which only ever expresses itself in the desire for finite union. And this is why people often go through life so completely uselessly because they do not recognize the essentials, for without this realization all thoughts and actions are worthless.... it only moves in an earthly direction and does not contribute in the slightest to the advancement of the soul.... That is why true wisdom is only to be sought where the connection with the lord is most intimately striven for, for there the heavenly father Himself instructs, and His teaching ministry is truly beyond all doubt.... He gives purest, most pure truth to people on earth who are of good will....

Amen

Translated by Doris Boekers