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6612 Let the spirit work in you....

August 4, 1956: Book 71

You must not resist the spirit within you if it wants to express itself.... You must always be ready to listen to it, you must often go into silence and listen to what it wants to say to you. You must consciously open yourselves, for he will never force or try to penetrate too loudly but always wait for your willingness and then offer you delicious things. The spirit within you is the voice of My love which is always ready to sound for you, which constantly wants to speak to you but can only speak to you if you are also willing to listen to Me. And if you seriously consider what a great grace it is that you are privileged to hear My word, then you must only ever give thanks in profound humility for this gift of grace and never miss an opportunity to receive it. And thus the more often you open your heart the clearer you will hear My voice, and I will be able to impart inexhaustible wisdom to you which will make you profoundly happy.... And then you will soon be able to rise above all earthly things, you will learn to regard everything as a quickly passing final test and trial which will then be followed by an eternal, unclouded spiritual life.... Soon nothing will bother you anymore, because your soul will detach itself more and more from the material world and only longs to return home to its father's house. Only My spirit can convey this to you, and only your spiritual ear can receive it, but you yourselves can shape yourselves through your will such that you will become able to hear My voice, and My gifts will never be limited to you.... But you determine the measure yourselves. It is the law that free will is not ignored, that you must turn to Me yourselves if My ray of love is to affect you. But I do not restrict you, I do not withdraw from you but you yourselves give the reason when it seems to you as if I am not present to you, because a wall immediately pushes itself between us when your will is looking for another aim. And you must also remove this wall again yourselves and you will find Me again because I was never far away from you.... But that you are at a considerable advantage if My nearness is constantly proven to you through the receipt of My word need not be told to you, for your state of soul will prove it to you yourselves, you will feel an inner peace in My nearness and be full of strength because you receive it directly from Me. Let the spirit within you often have its say, just always create opportunities for it to express itself.... So often give yourselves over to inner contemplation, shut yourselves off from the noise of the world and listen to the subtle sound within you.... Want Me to speak to you and listen to Me.... And you will truly go through earthly life richly blessed and also be able to pass on much of the blessing.... For you all need strength and light.... which My spirit gives to everyone who opens himself to it....

Amen

Translated by Doris Boekers