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Ceremonies and outward appearances are a hindrance....

It is a purely spiritual process when the human being's soul unites with its spirit, and therefore this process need not be outwardly marked by gestures or ceremonial actions in any way. As soon as the soul seeks union with the spiritual kingdom, as soon as it unites with God in prayer or tries to make contact with the beings of light through thoughts which it sends into the spiritual kingdom, it detaches itself from the earthly environment, it no longer pays attention to the body and thus frees itself from everything earthly, because this is an obstacle to an intimate union. And so every external action, every ceremony, must also be regarded as an obstacle that impairs the intimate connection with God or the spiritual world. For as soon as it is performed purely mechanically, it is worthless and unnecessary, but if the human being's thought is involved, then the spiritual connection loses its depth. The will may be good, but the human being himself reduces the supply of strength which arises from this connection. The spiritual does not tolerate earthly inhibitions, i.e., the spiritual effects are corresponding. Man never needs to make known to the outside that he establishes the spiritual connection; it is enough that the fellow human being knows about his striving and tries to follow him again in such a way that he quietly goes into himself and communes with God or the spiritual beings. For he must know that the spiritual world only finds pleasure in spiritual actions, that even the physical ceremony of kneeling down is meaningless to the spiritual world, because it is not the sign of humility before God but humility itself which pleases Him and also earns the person His grace. God, however, does not need external proof but He looks into the heart, and the external actions often lack the inner life; but people themselves are often satisfied with these ceremonies and have only performed them for their fellow human being, which does not bring any spiritual advantage to the soul. And therefore the human being should always make an effort to completely detach himself from earthly customs and forms, he should use every free minute to establish intimate contact with the spiritual world, he should leave the earthly world outside and not take anything over from it, but only the soul should wander into the spiritual kingdom so that divine gifts of grace can flow to it through this union at any time....

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CEREMONIJE (OBREDI) I IZVANJSKO PRIJEČE...

To je jedino duhovan proces kada se duša čovjeka sjedinjuje sa njenim duhom, i stoga ovaj proces ne treba ni na koji način biti izvanjski obilježen kroz geste ili obredne postupke. Čim duša traži združivanje s duhovnim kraljevstvom, čim se ona u molitvi povezuje s Bogom, ili nastoji stupiti u doticaj sa svjetlosnim bićima, kroz misli koje ona šalje u duhovno kraljevstvo, ona se odvezuje od zemaljskog okruženja, ona više ne poklanja nikakvu pažnju tijelu, i tako se oslobađa od svega zemaljskog, budući ovo priječi iskrenu (duboku, prisnu) povezanost. Pa tako i svaki izvanjski postupak, svaki obred (ceremonija), mora biti smatran preprekom koja slabi (narušava) iskrenu povezanost s Bogom ili sa duhovnim svijetom. Jer, čim je on izvršen čisto mehanički (nesvjesno), bezvrijedan je i nepotreban, ako je međutim prisutna misao čovjeka, onda duhovna povezanost gubi na dubini. Volja bi pri tom mogla biti dobra, ali sam čovjek smanjuje dotok snage koja proizlazi iz ove povezanosti. Duhovno ne trpi zemaljske zapreke, odnosno, odgovarajući su duhovni rezultati. Čovjek nikada ne treba učiniti na vani prepoznatljivim da on uspostavlja duhovnu povezanost; dovoljno je da bližnji zna o njegovom stremljenju, i iznova ga nastoji slijediti na način da u u svoj tišini (miru) ulazi u sebe, i razgovara s Bogom ili s duhovnim bićima. Jer, on mora znati da duhovni svijet nalazi užitak jedino u duhovnim postupcima, da je sama fizička ceremonija (obred) klečanja beznačajna za duhovni svijet jer, ne znak poniznosti pred Bogom, nego sama poniznost, nalazi Njegovo zadovoljstvo, i čovjeku također donosi Njegovu milost. Bog, međutim, ne treba nikakav izvanjski dokaz, nego On gleda u srce, a izvanjskim postupcima često može nedostajati unutarnji život, no sami ljudi se često puštaju zadovoljiti ovim ceremonijama (obredima) i vrše ih samo poradi bližnjih, što duši ne donosi nikakvu duhovnu korist. I stoga se čovjek uvijek treba truditi, sebe u potpunosti odvojiti (odvezati, osloboditi) od zemaljskih običaja i formi, on treba koristiti svaki slobodni minut da uspostavi unutarnji kontakt sa duhovnim svijetom, on treba zemaljski svijet ostaviti izvana, i ne ništa od njega ne ponijeti prijeko, nego jedino duša treba otploviti u duhovno kraljevstvo, tako da joj kroz ovo sjedinjenje u svako doba može pritjecati Božanski dar milosti._>AMEN