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Divine commandments - guidelines....

By virtue of the guidelines given to the human being through the divine commandments he can also exercise spiritual control over his thoughts, words and actions at any time. And this is necessary if he wants to constantly progress in his development, for he can very easily fall into the error of becoming sluggish and neglecting the work on his soul as soon as he believes to live in accordance with God's will. Then there is always the danger of stagnation which he can very easily avert as soon as he exercises strict self-criticism and accounts for every thought, every word and every deed as to whether they are good, i.e. whether they correspond to God's commandments, Who only demands love. For God's adversary does not rest, he seeks to gain influence over the soul, over the human being's will, until the last hour. And therefore the human being is never out of danger of falling prey to him if he is not mindful and always takes God's commandments as a guideline for his way of life. Self-knowledge is the first thing a person needs if he wants to change from the bottom of his soul, for he will only strive for an improvement, a change for the better, if he discovers deficiencies in himself. In all humility he should ask God for the grace of self-knowledge, he should often hold up the mirror of his soul to himself and fight against everything impure, he should practice gentleness, peaceableness, patience and mercy, he should serve with love and be of an humble spirit, then he will also receive the strength to recognize his faults and correct them. For the human being cannot do anything without God's support, his will and strength are too weak if they are not strengthened by divine love. Yet the human being should muster the will to make himself worthy of divine strength of love. And thus he should work on himself and constantly think about his faults and weaknesses, only then will he be able to get rid of them, because with good will he will also receive the strength to fight against them. The divine commandments only demand love, and therefore it is easy to check how far one's thinking, speaking and acting corresponds to love of God and neighbour. And if this standard is applied the human being will exercise strict criticism of himself, he will not be negligent in his soul's work, he will wrestle and pray and thereby also gain possession of grace, he will unite with God ever more intimately through his prayer, and he will mature in his soul. For then he will live his earthly life consciously, he will try to shape himself according to God's will.... he takes God's commandments as a guideline and thus acts according to His word.... And he will never ever remain at a standstill but travel the constant path of ascent until he reaches the aim.... the union with God.... which can only be achieved if the human being changes to love, if he aligns himself with the nature of eternal love, which is supremely perfect, and if he thus strives to become perfect....

Amen

BOŽANSKE ZAPOVEDI.... SMERNICE....

S pomočjo smernic, ki so dane človeku preko Božanskih zapovedi, lahko on ravno tako vedno izvaja duhovno kontrolo nad svojimi mislimi, besedami in dejanji. To je namreč nujno, če človek želi nenehno napredovati v svojem razvoju; on namreč lahko zelo hitro zaide v zablodo, da postane len in da zanemari delo na svoji duši, čim on verjame, da živi v skladu z Božjo voljo. Potem vedno obstaja nevarnost pred zastojem, katero pa on lahko z lahkoto odpravi, čim on na sebi izvaja zelo ostro samokritičnost in je pozoren na vsako svojo misel, vsako besedo in vsako dejanje, ali so le ti v skladu z Božanskimi zapovedmi, katere zahtevajo edino Ljubezen.... Božji nasprotnik namreč ne počiva; on želi vse do poslednjega trenutka vplivati na dušo, na človekovo voljo. In zaradi tega človek ni nikoli izven nevarnosti, da ne bi mogel pasti pod njegov vpliv, če on ni pazljiv in če Božjih zapovedi ne vzame kot vodečo linijo njegovega načina življenja. Samospoznanje je prvo, če človek želi iz temelja spremeniti svojo dušo; on bo namreč edino tedaj stremel k izboljšanju, k spremembi na bolje, če on v sebi opazi pomanjkljivosti. On mora v vsej ponižnosti prositi Boga za milost, da spozna samega sebe; on se mora pogosto postaviti pred ogledalo svoje duše in se zoperstaviti vsemu, kar je nečisto (Jakob 1:25). On mora sebe trenirati v blagosti, miroljubnosti, potrpežljivosti in usmiljenju. On mora služiti v Ljubezni in ne biti v prevzetnem duhu; potem pa bo ravno tako prejel tudi moč, da prepozna svoje napake (slabosti) in da jih odstrani. Človek namreč ne more ničesar storiti brez Božje podpore; njegova volja in njegova moč sta prešibki, če on ne prejema okrepitve preko Božanske Ljubezni. Vendar pa mora človek, da bi postal dostojen Božanske Ljubezen-ske moči, pokazati voljo. In zato mora najprej delati na sebi in nenehno premišljati o svojih napakah teh slabostih, ker jih edino tedaj lahko odstrani, ker mu z dobro vojo priteka tudi moč, da se bori proti njih. Božanske zapovedi zahtevajo edino Ljubezen, in zato je lahko preveriti, v kolikšni meri so razmišljanje, govorjenje in delovanje v skladu z Ljubeznijo do Boga in do bližnjega. In če se postavi to merilo, potem človek na sebi izvaja strogo kritiko. On ne bo malomaren pri svojem delu na duši; on se bo boril in molil ter preko tega obenem tudi prišel do posedovanja milosti. On se bo preko svoje molitve vedno znova povezoval z Bogom in bo dozoreval v svoji duši. On namreč tedaj zavestno živi svoje zemeljsko življenje; želi se oblikovati v skladu z Božjo voljo.... on kot vodečo linijo jemlje Božje zapovedi in zaradi tega deluje glede na (v skladu z) Njegovo Besedo.... in on ne bo nikoli več zastal v stagnaciji, ampak bo nenehno šel po poti višjega razvoja, vse dokler ne doseže cilj.... zedinjenje z Bogom.... kar pa lahko stori edino na način, da se človek spremeni v Ljubezen, da se uskladi z Bitjem večne Ljubezni, Katero je nadvse popolno, in če si on prizadeva biti popoln (Matej 5:48).

AMEN