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1902 The struggle of the spiritual to guide people into realization....

April 30, 1941: Book 28

The broadcasts from above can only be grasped in their full depth when a certain spiritual aspiration of the human being becomes noticeable. There are an infinite number of people who are alienated from spiritual experience, and therefore an inner rejection of these messages will be the first manifestation, for two worlds are still wrestling against each other here. That is, the inhabitants of each world seek to gain supremacy over the human soul. Now this can be an easy struggle if the inclination towards one world is not very great, but it can also mean a tremendous inner struggle for the soul if the soul has certainly partly overcome the desire for the earthly world but the spiritual realm is still completely alien to it. Then the battle between the two realms is a very fierce one, for the soul itself is still too undecided. It does not want to make a complete decision for the earthly world because it recognizes the frailty, the transience of everything that surrounds it.... The spiritual kingdom, however, is not believable enough for it and God's adversary uses all means to strengthen its unbelief, for he will always harass the soul where it is weak and vulnerable. And therefore it will become difficult for those people to recognize, they will often not want to and not be able to find the transition from earthly to spiritual experience, for the evil power will deceive them with more appealing images which seem more desirable to them and they will overlook the narrow paths which lead to recognition. And then the transmissions from above are also powerless and ineffective, for spiritual things need to be seen with spiritual eyes, spiritual truths need to be received with the heart.... the spiritual ear.... if they are not to remain without impression. If a person wants to pray in his distress, if he wants to submit his inner doubts and questions to God for an answer, the decision would be easier for him, because then he grants access to those forces that guide him into realization and introduce him to spiritual experience. However, the human intellect alone is usually active and the heart is switched off. And now man sees through a fog.... a mirage is feigned to him by the forces of the underworld.... his power of judgement is weakened, he stretches out his hands longingly towards that illusion and passes by the fresh, clear source of knowledge without refreshing himself.... And man does not know what marvellous power this source contains. And he will not be able to feel this strength in himself until he desires to ascend of his own accord, until he recognizes everything earthly as void and worthless and leaves himself without resistance to those good forces which are from the spiritual realm and thus can only offer him spiritual gifts.... Only then will he pay attention to such gifts, only then will he be able to realize how mercifully God provides for people on earth in order to make their path upwards to eternal bliss easier....

Amen

Translated by Doris Boekers