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What is faith?....

The human being shall become blessed through his faith.... But what is faith? When can a human being rightly claim that he believes? If spiritual doctrines are presented to him he will never be able to demand or produce the evidence for them, for spiritual matters are beyond his intellectual activity and can never be verified. Hence the human being, if he believes, must deem something to be true which cannot be proven. And yet, if he wants to become blessed, more is expected of him than blind faith, which consists of the fact that the human being will not argue against it, that he thus seemingly accepts the doctrines he is offered.... It is demanded of him that he unreservedly affirms it inwardly, that he accepts a teaching because he is inwardly convinced of it even without proof. This inner conviction, however, will always be the product of mental activity, the forming of an opinion about that which he is expected to believe. And this forming of opinion must be initiated by him without external coercion, a doctrine must, in a manner of speaking, keep him occupied, he must consider the pros and cons, until he has finally reached a point of view, but then he will also be able to uphold it if a statement is requested of him. The religious doctrine needs to be thought through before it can become actual mental knowledge, otherwise one has to speak of mere blind faith, which is completely worthless before God. The result of his deliberation depends on his will for truth and his desire for God, which unconsciously also impels him into action of love. God will truly not leave a serious seeker of truth in error if through his conduct in life he makes himself worthy of receiving the truth. However, since error is spread all over the world, since the prince of lies tries to spread darkness everywhere and would like to extinguish all light, it is understandable that erroneous belief has become established among the human race, since God respects every person’s free will and even His sacred Word, which guarantees purest truth, is at the mercy of people’s free will; consequently, it must also be left up to the human being’s will to believe or not to believe, if he scrutinises the individual doctrines and forms an opinion about them....

But in order to be convinced of the latter it is imperative that he scrutinises them, i.e., he must spend thought on them, and if his desire is serious and he fulfils the conditions set by God in order to bestow spiritual knowledge he will become intellectually enlightened, and it will be clear and plausible to him what his heart affirms. And then he can also convincingly say without proof: I believe.... How else would it be possible to recognise misguided teaching, and how could God demand accountability from people if it were His will that people should exclude mental activity and replace it with unconditional blind faith? In that case people would not be responsible apart from the few who try to spread this teaching and want to prevent all opposition by demanding blind faith. Yet this is not God’s will, after all, the psychological work only starts after the mental activity which, in the former case, usually remains ignored. Only mental activity establishes the connection with the spiritual kingdom, then the beings of light will be able to step into action and start their actual work of teaching, this, however, is impossible if the human being believes blindly. And he will assuredly come to a satisfactory conclusion if he is serious regarding the true knowledge, regarding his opinion about God and about his soul. For God will not leave those in darkness who seek the light, and a person will always find the mental conclusion satisfactory if he gained it after faithful prayer to God Who alone can enlighten him as to whether and when he thinks correctly. If you believe in a God of love, wisdom and omnipotence then it will fully suffice to gain a convinced faith through teachings which originated from God as well as to recognise human additions and to what extent they correspond to the truth. For God, the eternal Truth, will always help the person and straighten his thinking, He will give him power of judgment if only he is willing to recognise what is right and to stand up for what he recognises as truth towards his fellow human beings.... for it is God’s will that the truth shall be spread, because only truth leads to ascent and blissful happiness....

Amen

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Translated by: Heidi Hanna

KAJ JE VERA?

Človeško bitje mora preko njegove vere postati blaženo.... Toda kaj je vera? Ko človeško bitje lahko upravičeno trdi, da on veruje? Če so mu predstavljene duhovne doktrine, potem on ne bo nikoli sposoben zahtevati ali pa za njih pridobiti dokaza, ker so duhovne stvari iznad razumske dejavnosti in ne morejo biti nikoli preverjene. Zato, če človeško bitje veruje, mora smatrati, da je resničnonekaj, kar ne more biti dokazano....

Toda če on želi postati blažen, se od njega pričakuje več kot le slepo vero, katera pa se kaže v dejstvu, dačloveško bitje ne bo nasprotovalotemu,da on tako navidezno sprejema doktrine, ki so mu ponujene.... Od njega se zahteva, da on tonavzvenodkrito potrdi; da sprejme učenje, ker je znotraj sebe v njega prepričan celo brez dokaza. To notranje prepričanje pa bo vedno proizvod mentalnedejavnosti, formiranja nekega mišljenja glede tega, kar se od njega pričakuje, da veruje. To formiranje mišljenja mora biti vedno sproženo s strani njega, brez zunanje prisile. Doktrina ga mora tako rekoč držati (v razmišljanju); on mora upoštevati dobre in slabe strani, vse dokler ne pride do končnega stališča, katerega pa mora potem tudi podpreti, če se od njega zahteva izjava. Glede religijske doktrine je potrebno temeljitorazmisliti, preden to lahko postane resnično mentalno znanje, ker je tu drugače govora samo o slepi veri, ki pa je pred Bogom popolnoma brezkoristna. Rezultat njegovega razmišljanja je odvisen od njegove željepo Resnici in od njegovega hrepenenja po Bogu, kar pa ga obenem tudi spodbudi na delovanje v Ljubezni. Bog dejansko ne bo pustil v zmoti (zablodi) tistega, ki resno išče Resnico, če je on z njegovim obnašanjem v življenju dostojen za prejemanje Resnice. Ker pa je zmota razširjena po celem svetu in ker princ laži (Janez 8:44) poizkuša povsod razprostreti temo, ker bi želel ugasniti vso svetlobo, je razumljivo, da je bilo med človeško raso uveljavljenozmotno verovanje; Bog namreč spoštuje svobodno voljo vsakega bitja in celo Njegova Beseda, kizagotavlja najčistejšo Resnico, je prepuščena na milost in nemilost človeški svobodni volji. Zato mora biti volji človeškega bitja ravno tako prepuščeno, da veruje ali pa ne veruje, če on podrobno preuči posamezne doktrine in o njih formira mišljenje....

Da pa bi bil v slednje prepričan, je nujno, da jih on podrobno preuči oz. on mora o njih razmišljati. In če je njegovo hrepenenje resno; če on izpolni pogoje, katere je Bog postavil, da bi podaril duhovno znanje, bo on razumsko vse bolj prosvetljen. Njemuse bo zdelo, da je jasno in mogoče vse, kar potrjuje njegovo srce. Potem pa on obenem tudi lahko v prepričanju in brez dokaza izjavi: Jaz verujem.... Kako drugače bi bilo lahko mogoče prepoznati zavajajoče učenje in kako bi Bog lahko od ljudi zahteval odgovornost, če bi bila Njegova volja, da morajo ljudje izključitimentalnodejavnost in jo nadomestiti z brezpogojno slepo vero? V tem primeru pa ljudje ne bi bili odgovorni razen nekaterih, ki poizkušajo razširiti takšno učenje in želijo preprečiti vsakršno nasprotovanje tako, da zahtevajo slepo vero.Vendar pa to ni Božja volja, ker se psihološko delo navsezadnje začne edinolezmentalno dejavnostjo, ki pa v prejšnjem primeru po navadi ostaja zanemarjena. Edinomentalna dejavnost vzpostavlja vezo z duhovnim kraljestvom;potem pa bodo svetlobna bitja lahko začela delovati in začela z njihovimdejanskim delom poučevanja, kar pa je nemogoče, če človeško bitje verjame na slepo. In on bo zagotovo prišel do zadovoljujočega zaključka, če je resen, kar se tiče resničnega znanja in njegovega mišljenja o Bogu ter o njegovi duši. Bog namreč ne bo pustil v temi tistih, ki iščejo svetlobo; in oseba bo vedno našla zadovoljujoč mentalni zaključek, če ga jedosegel z zvesto molitvijo k Bogu, Kateri ga edini lahko prosvetli glede tega, ali on razmišlja pravilno ali pa ne. Če verujete v Boga Ljubezni, modrosti in vsemogočnosti, potem bo to povsem dovolj, da dosežete prepričljivo vero preko učenj, ki so prišla iz Boga, kakor boste obenemtudi prepoznali človeške dodatke in koliko so oniv skladu z Resnico. Namreč Bog, večna Resnica, boosebi vedno pomagal, da popravi njegovo razmišljanje; On mu bo dal moč, da presodi(oceni), če je le voljan prepoznati to, kar je pravilno in se pred bližnjimi človeškimi bitji zavzemati za to, kar prepozna kot Resnico.... Božja volja je namrečta, da mora biti Resnica razširjena, ker edino Resnica vodi do vzpona in do blažene sreče.

AMEN

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Translated by: Lorens Novosel