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Inner rebellion against God.... secret resistance....

The inability to judge spiritual results is again a consequence of inner rebellion against God.... A person need not be a public denier of God, and yet his inner feelings can be directed against everything that reminds him to believe in Him. For if his soul is still at the furthest distance from God it still harbours secret resistance, even though it entered embodiment on earth with the will to free itself from every form. This soul is still too much controlled by the demon, by its greatest enemy, who wants to win the being back for his kingdom. He rebels against the soul, as it were, against everything divine, he holds the dazzling work of earthly life against it, and he tries to present the earthly path to it as the last stage of existence. And now the soul wants to utilize everything for earthly enjoyment. But knowledge of God can only be gained by putting earthly enjoyment to one side. Man must despise the latter, and he must not become a slave to that which is part of God's counter-power. He must be able to detach himself from everything he holds dear and convey this to his fellow human being in willingness, if the latter lacks it; only then will the influence of evil diminish and thus also the aversion to the divine. An open denier of God can be confronted even more easily by speaking openly about something he rejects. However, it is difficult to give instruction to those who do not openly show their rejection, but carry it all the more stubbornly in their hearts, for they will only rarely respond to it, will neither affirm nor deny it, they will also, being under bad influence, think little about it. And for the sake of such people God expresses Himself clearly, albeit in a way that is not very favourable to them. A natural event often gives even worldly-minded people cause for reflection. They then sometimes begin to visualize the end result of their way of life and the question arises in them: What is everything for?.... Without purpose there is nothing.... What is the purpose of life on earth?.... And then a change of thinking can set in, because at the same time the inclination towards earthly good has become weaker through the realization of the transience of that which the work of destruction has brought to them. For God's love seeks to win all His living creations for Himself and His kingdom, and anyone who does not recognize God's love in a carefree earthly existence has to experience hardship and sorrow in order to come to the realization of what he has neglected.... He must transform himself and his thinking, he must become love in order to be able to recognize the highest love....

Amen

UNUTARNJE OPIRANJE BOGU.... SKRIVENI OTPOR....

Nemogućnost prosuđivanja duhovnih doživljaja opet je posljedica unutarnjeg opiranja protiv Boga .... Čovjek nipošto ne mora biti otvoreni ateista (nijekalac Boga), pa i pored toga njegovo unutarnje osjećanje može se protiviti svemu što ga opominje i sijeća na vjerovanje u Njega. Jer, dok je duša još u najvećoj udaljenosti od Boga, ona u sebi nosi još i skriveni otpor, iako je pristala na utjelovljenje na Zemlji s ciljem oslobađanja od svake forme. Ta duša još je jako opsjednuta zloduhom, njezinim najvećim neprijateljom, koji dušu opet želi pridobiti za svoje područje.

On dušu kao da buni protiv svega Božanskoga, on je zasljepljuje zemaljskim životom, i on joj zemaljski put želi predstaviti kao zadnju etapu postojanja. Tako da duša pokušava iskoristiti sve u svrhu zemaljskog užitka. No spoznaja Boga može se jedino zadobiti stavljanjem zemaljskog užitka u drugi plan. Čovjek ga mora prezreti, ne smije postati njegovim slugom, što je interes sile protivne Bogu. On se mora biti u stanju osloboditi od svega što mu je drago, i to rado 'posredovati' (prenijeti) svom bližnjemu u slučaju da mu to nedostaje; tek tada utjecaj zla biti će smanjen a time i odbojnost prema svemu Božanskome.

Otvorenom ateisti (nijekaocu Boga) još se lakše može pristupiti time što se može javno pričati o nečemu što ovaj odbija. Ali onima koji odbojnost ne prikazuju javno, ali to utoliko tvrdoglavije nose u srcu, teško je dati pouku, jer oni će se samo rijetko upustiti u to da se izjasne za ili protiv, i oni će pod lošim utjecajem slabo o tome razmišljati. A radi takvih ljudi Bog se javlja primjetno, iako na način koji njima slabo odgovara. Prirodni događaj često i svjetovno nastrojenim ljudima daje povod za razmišljanje. Oni onda ponekad počinju promatrati krajnji proizvod njihovog načina života, i tad se u njima uzdiže pitanje: čemu sve ovo? .... ništa ne postoji bez namjene .... Što je svrha zemaljskog života? ....

I tad može doći do promjene razmišljanja, jer istovremeno je oslabila sklonost ka zemaljskim dobrima, putem spoznaje prolaznosti istoga, koju je donijelo djelo uništenja. Jer Božja Ljubav pokušava zadobiti sva svoja stvorenja za Sebe i Svoje kraljevstvo, i tko Božju Ljubav ne prepozna prilikom bezbrižnog zemaljskog života, on mora iskusiti patnju i brige, kako bi baš putem njih došao do spoznaje onoga što je propustio .... On mora sebe i svoje razmišljanje preurediti, on se mora pretvoriti u Ljubav, kako bi mogao prepoznati najvišu Ljubav.

AMEN