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Free will.... (after talking about "fasting and praying"....)

A community can lead to great blessings but it can also easily fall flat, the will of the individual is always decisive as to whether spiritual success is achieved. Anyone who voluntarily tries to shape himself in such a way that I Myself can take abode in him, I will also always reveal Myself to him for the blessing of those around him who have the same will to make contact with Me again. Each person is solely responsible for himself, for his soul, and therefore no person can be spared the work on his soul, and this work consists of discarding faults and weaknesses and acquiring the virtues which stamp him into a divine being. This work of the soul cannot be done mechanically through the performance of formal actions which, for example, lack love.... On the other hand, success can be increased if the human being carries out planned self-education, if he consciously fights against all kinds of cravings and vices, if he renounces everything that is a danger to him and does that which brings him closer to Me, if he is celibate and avoids that which, as part of My adversary, can also hand him over to the adversary. Anyone who has much cause to sin should avoid these occasions; anyone who fears danger should avoid it if he feels too weak to be able to offer resistance.... But anyone who only practices love again and again will become strong in spirit and also be able to cope with every temptation. For love cannot be replaced, no matter how much a person mortifies himself.... Love is the solvent of the spirit and its strength, and where love is present every desire is also displaced, the 'ego' recedes and the fellow human being comes to the fore, and the strength of love works miracles which now understandably also have the strength of faith as their reason, which can be so great in people of open will that My spirit is prompted to express strength in excess. Everything is good that leads to self-shaping towards love.... The person who can renounce himself fights his self-love and transforms it into love for his fellow human being, to whom he would like to supply that which he renounces himself in order to help him.... Then love underlies self-emptying, and then it is beneficial for the individual's spiritual development, then the human being lives in love, then he voluntarily renounces that which is still indispensable to the other. And I bless him for it.... but I also bless every spiritual striving, every proof of will to live to please Me. For anyone who strives towards Me will also irrevocably reach Me, no matter which path he takes. The will towards Me is the guarantee that he will reach Me. Therefore it is up to every person in which way he fulfils My commandments of love for Me and his neighbour if only his firm will is to fulfil them and he therefore unites with Me in prayer.... Then I will always meet the supplicant, then My spirit will be active in him and his activity will always be recognizable according to the degree of love, according to the strength of love which fills the person who wants to work for Me and for My kingdom....

Amen

SLOBODNA VOLJA.... (NAKON RAZGOVORA O "POSTU I MOLITVI"....)

Zajednica može voditi do velikog blagoslova, no također može lako zapasti u površnost, a uvijek je volja pojedinca odlučujuća za to da li će biti postignut duhovni uspjeh. Tko sebe sada dobrovoljno nastoji tako oblikovati, da Ja Sam u njemu mogu uzeti prebivalište, Njemu ću Ja Sebe također uvijek očitovati na blagoslov onih koji su u njegovom okruženju, i opet imaju istu volju da stupe u vezu sa Mnom. Svatko je za sebe, za svoju dušu, sam odgovoran, i zato ni jedan čovjek ne može ostati pošteđen rada na svojoj duši, a ovaj rad se sastoji u odlaganju nedostataka i slabosti, i u prisvajanju vrlina koje njega čine (karakteriziraju) Božanskim bićem. Ovaj rad na duši također ne može biti obavljan mehanički, izvršavanjem formalnih postupaka, kojima nedostaje primjerice Ljubav.... S druge strane, uspjeh može biti povećan, kada čovjek sustavno poduzima samo-discipliniranje, kada se on svjesno bori protiv požuda i poroka svake vrste, kada se on odriče svega onoga što za njega znači opasnost, i čini sve što ga približava Meni, kada je on suzdržljiv, i izbjegava ono što, kao udio Mojega protivnika, njega također može izručiti protivniku. Tko ima puno povoda (prilika) za grijeh, treba se kloniti tih povoda; tko se boji neke opasnosti, treba ju izbjegavati, ako se on osjeća preslabim da bi mogao pružiti otpor.... Ali, tko uvijek i uvijek iznova prakticira jedino Ljubav, postat će snažan u duhu, i također dorastao svakoj kušnji. Jer, Ljubav ne može biti nadomještena, ma koliko puno čovjek sebe umrtvljivao (mučio tijelo, kažnjavao). Ljubav je sredstvo oslobađanja duha i njegova snaga, a gdje je Ljubav, također će biti istisnuta svaka žudnja, „ja“ se povlači nazad i bližnji stupa u prvi plan, a snaga Ljubavi izvodi čuda koja sada, razumljivo, imaju za temelj i snagu vjere, koja u ljudima otvorene volje može biti tako velika, da je Moj Duh potaknut na izražavanje snage u izobilju. Sve je dobro, što vodi samo-oblikovanju u Ljubav.... Čovjek koji sam može odstupiti (odreći se), bori se protiv svoga samoljublja, i mijenja ga u Ljubav za bližnjega, kojemu on želi dovesti ono čega se on sam odriče, kako bi mu pomogao.... Tada u temelju samoodricanja leži Ljubav, i onda je ono blagotvorno za duhovni razvoj pojedinca, onda čovjek živi u Ljubavi, onda se on dobrovoljno odriče onoga što je drugome još uvijek nužno. I zbog ovoga ga Ja blagoslivljam.... kao što međutim blagoslivljam i svako duhovno nastojanje, svaki dokaz volje da se živi Meni na zadovoljstvo. Jer, tko teži Meni, on također neopozivo stiže do Mene, kojim god on putem koračao. Volja za Mnom je jamstvo da će on Mene dosegnuti. Zato je svakom čovjeku prepušteno to na koji način on ispunjava Moje Zapovijedi Ljubavi za Mene i za bližnjega, samo ako je njegova čvrsta volja da ih ispuni, i on se zato povezuje sa Mnom u molitvi.... Onda Ja uvijek dolazim ususret molitelju, onda će Moj Duh u njemu biti aktivan, i njegovo djelovanje će uvijek biti prepoznatljivo prema stupnju Ljubavi, prema snazi Ljubavi koja ispunja čovjeka koji želi djelovati za Mene i za Moje kraljevstvo.

AMEN