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The spirit of lies and its instruments....

The spirit of lies rules the world, and anyone who desires the world and its goods is enslaved by this spirit of lies. For only there can he assert himself, only there will homage be paid to him by being listened to and affirmed. In contrast, the spirit of truth will only find admission among people who try to detach themselves from the world and its goods, who have no desire for them whatsoever but turn themselves and their thoughts towards divine things, who consider their actual purpose and affirm a spiritual life. That is where the lying spirit is denied access. For God Himself will grant his protection to these people, and He wrests them from the one who brings lies into the world. People who hold on to the world thereby profess their affiliation to the one to whom the world is his power, for they desire that which is still his share.... unredeemed matter.... which still shelters much of the evil spirit within itself. And since he wants to win the world entirely for himself he uses every opportunity to increase people's greed for matter, hence he presents himself in a desirable way.... He uses lies to do so, for the truth would enlighten people and make them lose the longing for earthly possessions. And thus he aims to intersperse every truth with error, he tries to lead people into erroneous thinking, he seeks to obscure their spirit, that is, to entangle it in earthly passions and cravings, so that the spirit within themselves is surrounded by the most dense layers and unable to offer the soul the slightest clarification. And he aims to pull down everything divine, stifle everything noble, obscure the truth, eradicate love, spread hatred and strife and gradually shape people such that they become like him; that they will adopt all those qualities which characterise evil.

The love for truth dwells only in very few people, and they despise the world. However, their goal is God, Who is the Truth, and they seek to obtain spiritual values which last for eternity. And thus they lift themselves above the world and the prince of lies has no more influence on them. And yet he wants to oppress them and to this end uses those who, on the surface, also strive for the truth, that is, who appear to look for truth but inwardly are devoted to the price of lies.... who love themselves and their life and try to make it as comfortable as possible, who live in the midst of the world and yet try to deny their connection with it.... who, without the inner urge to renounce the world, pretend to live a life of self-denial before the eyes of their fellow human beings and thus are fond of lies. These are used by the opponent as his instruments, by letting them speak under the cover of truth, as the prince of lies wants. And thus lies are mixed with truth, and humanity accepts everything that is presented as truth and yet is the greatest untruth, for it cannot recognise it because it doesn't desire the truth, and since the lie corresponds to their desire more it is accepted without hesitation. Yet the spirit of truth will establish itself as soon as people willingly separate themselves from matter.... as soon as they desire spiritual wealth and strive towards God.... And he will defeat the spirit of lies, for anyone who recognises the truth will stand up for it and try to spread it, and the lie will be displaced and with it the one who came into the world through the lie will be overcome....

Amen

DUH LAŽI I NJEGOVI INSTRUMENTI....

Duh laži vlada svijetom, i tko žudi za svijetom i njenim dobrima, pod tim je duhom laži. Jer jedino tako on se može postići svoj cilj, jedino tako će ga se služiti, time što je slušan i priznat, što se uz njega pristaje. S druge strane, Duh Istine jedino će naći pristup kod onih ljudi koji se trude osloboditi i odvojiti od svijeta i njegovih dobara, koji nemaju nikakvu ‘potragu’ za tim, nego sebe i svoje razmišljanje okreću Božanskim stvarima, koji se bave svojim stvarnim određenjem i koji ‘priznaju’ duhovni život.

Tu je duhu laži pristup uskraćen. Jer tim ljudima Sâm Bog pruža Njegovu zaštitu, i On ih otima vlasti onoga koji u svijet donosi laž. Ljudi, koji su prionuti uz svijet, priznaju svoju pripadnost onome koji u svijetu ima svoju vlast, pošto oni žude to što je još njegovo.... neoslobođenu materiju.... koja u sebi krije još puno zlog duha. I kako on želi svijet potpuno zadobiti za sebe, koristi svaku priliku kako bi u ljudima povećao lakomost za materijom, kako bi ju njima dakle predstavio kao poželjnu.... pritom se služi elementom laži, jer Istina bi ljude prosvijetlila i učinila bi da izgube potrebu za zemaljskim blagom. Tako da on nastoji svaku Istinu prožeti neistinom, nastoji ljude navesti na krivo razmišljanje, nastoji im pomutiti duh, znači uplesti ih u zemaljske strasti i požude, kako bi duh u njima bio obavijen najgušćim omotačem i duši ne može pružiti nikakvo prosvjećenje. I nastoji srozati sve Božansko, ugušiti sve plemenito, pomutiti Istinu, zatrti Ljubav, sijati mržnju i nezadovoljstvo, i postupno ljude oblikovati tako da mu postanu slični; da poprime sva ona svojstva koja odlikuju zlo.

Ljubav ka Istini nalazi se samo u malom broju ljudi, a to su oni koji preziru ono što je od svijeta. A njihov cilj je Bog, Koji je Istina, i oni se trude steći duhovno blago, koje ima postojanost za u vječnost. I na taj način se dakle izdižu iznad svijeta, i knez laži nema više utjecaja na njih. No i pored toga on ih želi tlačiti i pritom se služi onima koji na van isto tako teže Istini, što znači koji vanjski izgledaju kao da traže Istinu, no iznutra su podani knezu laži.... Koji ljube sebe i svoj život i koji se trude urediti ga što ugodnijim, koji su centrirani u svijetu i pored toga se trude zanijekati svoju vezanost za njega.... koji bez unutarnjeg poriva da se odreknu svijeta, svojim bližnjima simuliraju život pun odricanja čime su dakle odani laži. Njih protivnik koristi kao svoje alatke, time što čini da govore tobože Istinu, onako kako to želi knez laži.

I tako se laž miješa sa Istinom, i čovječanstvo prihvata sve što mu je servirano kao Istina a i pored toga je najveća neistina, jer ono ne može spoznati pošto za Istinom ne žudi, i neistina više odgovara njegovim zemaljskim željama, te stoga ona bez oklijevanja biva prihvaćena.

No Duh Istine otvorit će sebi slobodan put samo kad se ljudi voljno odvoje od materije.... Kad žude duhovno blago i streme Bogu.... A On će pobijediti duha laži, jer tko spozna Istinu, on će se za nju zauzimati i truditi će se širiti Ju, i neistina će biti potisnuta i s njom prevaziđen onaj kroz kojega je laž došla na svijet.

AMEN