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Fulfilment of duty.... voluntary or compulsory....
Only that is of value for the higher development of the soul which is striven for and realized of one's own free will. People can be urged to live a life that in itself corresponds to God's will. However, they only act under a certain amount of compulsion. If their own will is not involved, the deeds are invalid, i.e. worthless before God. Every fulfilment of duty certainly means a correct life on earth, but no particular merit for eternity. For what is valued in eternity must have emerged from free will. It is not enough to fulfil certain commandments which are given great importance on earth but which have little or no divine will in them. To fulfil the divine commandment of love from the innermost drive.... this includes everything that is beneficial for the soul's development. You will often be required to fulfil the commandment of love out of necessity.... you will be prompted to do deeds which in themselves correspond to God's will if they are carried out of your own free will. However, the human being should not give himself over to the belief that he has fulfilled the lord's will through these deeds and is absorbed in active neighbourly love.... Only his own will is decisive, and it is only judged to what extent he feels lovingly urged to do it. And that is why people are very often honoured by their fellow human beings for their actions or regarded as pious if their inner thoughts do not correspond to their outer actions. A person can only ever do what is required of him according to human laws, but without being in contact with God. A certain ambition and the desire for recognition are the driving force for the greatest fulfilment of duty, but the development of the soul is called into question, for the innermost instinct of the heart alone is decisive. What the world demands must always serve the preservation of worldly power to a certain degree; however, if it is left to man's discretion, then the purpose is also a noble one. For then their own will can become active. Thus, all coercive measures that have the appearance of charity, as well as the compulsory fulfilment of ecclesiastical commandments, have only the least value before God, but every voluntary compliance with them increases the value....
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ISPUNJAVANJE OBAVEZE.... DRAGOVOLJNO ILI PRISILNO....
Jedino ono čemu se stremi i što se izvađa slobodnom voljom, služi razvoju duše. Ljudi mogu biti navedeni na život koji sam po sebi odgovara Božjoj volji. No oni djeluju jedino pod određenom prisilom. Ako njihova vlastita volja ne sudjeluje, djela su beskorisna, tj. beznačajna pred Bogom. Svako ispunjavanje obaveze doduše znači ispravan zemaljski život, ali ne predstavlja nikakvu posebnu zaslugu za Vječnost. Jer ono što se u Vječnosti cijeni, moralo je proizići iz vlastite volje. Nije dovoljno da se ispunjavaju određene zapovijedi kojima se na Zemlji pridaje velika važnost, a koje međutim u sebi nose malo ili ništa Božje volje.
Ispunjavati Božansku zapovijed Ljubavi iz najunutarnijeg poticaja.... obuhvaća sve što potiče razvoj duše. Od vas se često traži da ispunjavate zapovijed Ljubavi pod prisilom.... potiče vas se na djela koja sama po sebi odgovaraju Božjoj volji ako se izvađaju u slobodnoj volji. No čovjek se ne treba prepuštati vjerovanju da je putem njih ispunio volju Gospodara i postao čista Ljubav prema bližnjemu.... Jedino je njegova vlastita volja presudna, i cijeni se samo stupanj ljubavi kojom se osjeća potican na svoje djelovanje.
I stoga je vrlo često, od strane njegovih bližnjih, radi njegovih postupaka poštovan ili smatran pobožnim onaj čovjek čije unutarnje razmišljanje ne odgovara njegovim vanjskim postupcima. Čovjek može ono što se od njega traži samo po ljudskim zakonima uvijek činiti i bez da je povezan sa Bogom. Radi se o određenoj ambicioznosti i ovisnosti o priznanju koje su pokretač maksimalnog ispunjavanja obaveza, no duševni razvoj je upitan pošto je presudna jedino najunutarnija pobuda srca.
Ono što svijet zahtijeva, mora uvijek do jednog određenog stupnja služiti održanju svjetovne vlasti; no ako se ljudima da sloboda, onda je i svrha plemenitija. Jer tada se može aktivirati vlastita volja. Time sve prisilne mjere koje imaju privid Ljubavi prema bližnjemu, kao i prisilno ispunjavanje crkvenih zapovijedi, pred Bogom imaju samo najmanju vrijednost, a svako slobodno ispunjavanje istih uvećava vrijednost....
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