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Vegetarian food?.... killing the animals....

You can ask Me as your teacher for everything and I will answer you. I will give you the right understanding for what is unclear to you and it will be easy for you to grasp. Whom I give the ability to penetrate spiritual knowledge, whose spirit I thus enlighten so that he shall instruct his fellow human beings with the same spiritual knowledge, must have been found suitable by Me, he must have developed spiritually such that I Myself can enter into contact with him through his will. But a connection with Me presupposes an inner complete devotion to Me which alone attracts Me, because whatever longs for Me is also seized by Me. Now I have by no means imposed restrictions on people, just as I never make demands on people to mortify themselves in order to reach the kingdom of God. I created everything, and when I placed you on earth I also gave you the right to make use of the earth and everything on it. When I handed over the earth to you as masters of creation, it was up to you which relationship you wanted to create between yourselves and the created beings which surrounded you. I gave you no commandments, I left you complete freedom, I stepped back, I left you alone with My works, so to speak. For you were meant to test your will. You were meant to enter My divine order of your own accord, you were meant to remain within it and thus had to think and act uninfluenced by Me. And thus you had to create your own relationship with everything that surrounded you.

My works of creation, however, are all spiritually enlivened, that which you can behold you have already overcome yourselves, i.e., your soul has gone through every work of creation which signified a state of compulsion for it, and this until the material external form released it. The escape of the spiritual from the form was always an act of redemption, for the following form was always softer and more yielding until, after an infinitely long time, the soul was allowed to occupy its last form on this earth. The good human being now unconsciously does what helps the spiritual being, which is still bound in the form, to ascend, because his soul knows the state of torment and wants to reduce it out of his love. And thus an act of liberation can be perpetrated which appears cruel and yet cannot be judged as cruelty....

(14.10.1949) A distinction must be made between an act which merely aims at destruction out of evil will and one which is intended to fulfil a purpose which appears good to the human being.... Furthermore, a distinction must be made between the human being and the animal insofar as that the human being may never take the life of another human being because there is no further embodiment for him on earth, because earthly life signifies the last station for the maturing of the spiritual, whereas the spiritual in the animal has not yet reached the final deformation, thus a transition into a new form in the bound state or into the human being is the result of killing and can therefore be called progress. Furthermore, the circumstance in which the animal's life is taken is decisive. It has to be an act of love insofar as that the animal is spared pain and agony, for it must always be seen as a divine creature which possesses My love and therefore already has to be treated with care, so that the spirit in it will feel love on the part of people and be willing to sacrifice its life for the benefit of people. Since it now serves people in truth, it fulfils its earthly task and gains a higher degree of maturity which secures its embodiment as a human being or also a higher level of development in another living being. The killing of an animal out of wantonness is a sin, for it prematurely breaks off a stage of development. But the same deed can never be regarded as a sin if its motive is to help a fellow human being. The extent to which this assistance corresponds to My will shall also be explained.... (15.10.1949) Everything you eat is blessed by Me if you are of a believing heart and strive to reach Me. A person who consciously strives towards Me or unconsciously works in love and is thereby close to Me cannot sin. Whatever he does will be right in My sight because he is willing to live to please Me. Thus he will also be able to consume what he deems good without harming himself physically or spiritually. He should only consider that he consumes spiritual substances with every food, it will be understandable to him that fleshly food has its effect on the human being's soul according to the nature of the animal and that therefore the gentle animal is preferable if the human being has the choice. However, if the human being wants to refrain from eating meat he will also find enough substitutes in the plant kingdom, yet he should always be free to choose his physical nourishment, for I will bless his every nourishment if he asks Me for the blessing. However, excess is by no means good because then the human being's self will be displaced, because an increase of spiritual substances will take place which the human being sufficiently possesses from previous embodiments and which can signify an obstacle to his development. In a just measure, however, the human being need not fear any unfavourable influence. A just measure, however, is guaranteed by the fish, which does not contain any substances detrimental to the soul and is therefore the most beneficial food for the soul. I do not command you a certain food, just as I do not forbid you any food. You should only always pay attention to the preparation so that the bodily nourishment adapts to the human being's nature, so that particularly harmful substances are excreted and can no longer come into contact with the human being's soul. The human being will make such preparations himself because he has received the feeling for it from Me and, as soon as he strives towards Me, he will be taught by Me what is right and pleasing to Me....

Amen

VEGETARIJANSKA HRANA?... UBIJANJE ŽIVALI...

Kot svojega učitelja Me lahko vprašate o čemerkoli in odgovoril vam bom. Dal vam bom pravo razumevanje tistega, kar vam je nejasno, in zlahka boste razumeli. Komur dam sposobnost, da prodre v duhovno spoznanje, čigar duha tako razsvetlim, da bo z enakim duhovnim spoznajem poučeval svoje soljudi, za tega sem gotovo menil, da je primeren. Duhovno se je moral razviti tako, da lahko Jaz sam po njegovi volji stopim v stik z njim. Toda povezanost z Menoj predpostavlja popolno notranjo predanost Meni, ki me edina pritegne, saj vse, kar hrepeni po Meni, Jaz tudi prevzamem. Ljudem nikakor ne postavljam omejitev, tako kot od njih nikoli ne zahtevam, naj se trpinčijo, da bi dosegli Božje kraljestvo. Vse sem Jaz ustvaril, in ko sem vas postavil na Zemljo, sem vam dal tudi pravico, da uporabljate Zemljo in vse, kar je na njej. Ko sem vam kot gospodarjem stvarstva predal Zemljo, je bilo od vas odvisno, kakšen odnos želite ustvariti med seboj in ustvarjenimi bitji, ki vas obkrožajo. Nisem vam dal nobene zapovedi, dal sem vam popolno svobodo, umaknil sem se, pustil sem vas tako rekoč same s svojimi deli. Kajti morali ste preizkusiti svojo voljo. V Moj božanski red ste morali vstopiti po lastni volji, bilo vam je namenjeno, da ostanete v njem in zato ste morali razmišljati in delovati brez Mojega vpliva. Tako ste si morali do vsega, kar vas je obdajalo, ustvariti svoj lasten odnos. Toda moja dela stvarjenja so vsa duhovno oživljena, vi to že obvladate, kar lahko sami vidite; to pomeni, da je vaša duša šla skozi vsa dela stvarjenja, ki so zanjo pomenila prisilno stanje, in to vse dokler je materialna zunanja oblika ni sprostila. Beg duhovnega iz forme je bilo vedno dejanje odrešitve, saj je bila naslednja oblika vedno mehkejša in bolj voljna, dokler duša po neskončno dolgem času ni smela prevzeti svoje zadnje oblike na tej Zemlji. Dober človek zdaj nezavedno počne tisto, kar pomaga duhovnemu bitju, ki je še vedno vezano na obliko, da se povzpne, saj njegova duša pozna stanje trpljenja in ga iz svoje ljubezni želi zmanjšati. In tako je mogoče izvesti dejanje osvoboditve, ki se zdi kruto, pa vendar ga ni mogoče obsoditi kot krutost.... Razlikovati je treba med dejanjem, katerega cilj je zgolj uničenje zaradi hudobne volje in dejanjem, katerega namen je izpolniti namen, ki se človeku zdi dober.... Poleg tega je treba razlikovati med ljudmi in živalmi, ker človek zato, ker zanj ni več utelešenja na zemlji, ne sme nikoli vzeti življenja drugemu človeku. Življenje na Zemlji je zadnja stopnja zorenja duhovnega, medtem ko duhovno v živali še ni doseglo svoje končne oblike, zato je prehod v novo obliko v vezanem stanju ali v človeka posledica ubijanja in ga zato lahko imenujemo napredek. Poleg tega je odločilen način, kako se živali vzame življenje. To mora biti dejanje ljubezni, da je živali prihranjena bolečina in muka. Potreba jo je vedno obravnavati kot božansko bitje, ki ima mojo ljubezen, zato je treba z njo ravnati skrbno, da bo duh v njej začutil ljubezen ljudi in bo pripravljena žrtvovati svoje življenje v korist ljudi.

Ker zdaj služi ljudem v resnici, izpolnjuje svojo zemeljsko nalogo in dosega višjo stopnjo zrelosti, ki ji zagotavlja utelešenje v človeku ali višjo stopnjo razvoja v drugem živem bitju. Ubijanje živali iz brezobzirnosti je greh, ker se s tem predčasno prekine stopnja razvojna. Vendar istega dejanja ne moremo šteti za greh, če je njegov motiv pomoč sočloveku. V kolikšni meri ta pomoč ustreza moji volji, bo prav tako pojasnjeno....

(15.10.1949) Vse, kar jeste, Jaz blagoslavljam, zato ste tudi vi vernega srca in si prizadevate, da bi Me dosegli. Človek, ki si za Mene zavestno prizadeva ali nezavedno deluje v ljubezni in se mi s tem približa, ne more grešiti. Vse, kar bo storil, bo v mojih očeh pravilno, ker je pripravljen živeti, da bi mi ugajal. Tako bo tudi lahko zaužil tisto, kar se mu zdi dobro, ne da bi si fizično ali duhovno škodoval. Če bo upošteval, da z vsako hrano zaužije tudi duhovne snovi, bo razumel, da telesna prehrana vpliva na človekovo dušo v skladu z naravo živali in da je zato treba dati prednost nežni živali, človek ima torej možnost izbire (glej Prehranjevanje). Če pa se človek želi vzdržati uživanja mesa, bo tudi v rastlinskem kraljestvu našel dovolj nadomestkov, vendar mora vedno svobodno izbirati svojo telesno hrano, saj bom Jaz blagoslovil vsako njegovo hrano, če me bo prosil za blagoslov. Presežek pa nikakor ni dober, ker bo takrat človekov jaz izpodrinjen, ker bo prišlo do povečanja duhovnih substanc, ki jih človek poseduje dovolj iz prejšnjih utelešenj in ki lahko pomenijo oviro njegovemu razvoju (glej Izvor duš). Toda v pravi meri se človeku ni treba bati nobenih neugodnih vplivov. Riba pa zagotavlja pošteno mero, ki ne vsebuje nezdravih snovi za dušo in je zato najbolj zdrava hrana za dušo in telo. Jaz vam določene hrane ne zapovedujem, kot vam tudi nobene hrane ne prepovedujem, vedno pa je treba paziti na pripravo, da bo telesna hrana usklajena s človekovo naravo, da se posebno škodljive snovi izločijo in ne morejo več priti v stik s človeško dušo. Človek bo takšne priprave opravil sam, ker je čut za to prejel od Mene, in takoj ko si bo prizadeval za Mene, ga bom naučil, kaj je prav in kaj je Meni všeč.... 

Amen