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Voluntarily being of service.... Selfish love....

Anyone who knows the spirits' process of development, who is informed of Creation's meaning and purpose, also knows that the human being as the most perfect work of creation forms the closing stage of an infinitely long process of development which has taken place on this earth. He knows that this will irrevocably be followed by his stay in the kingdom of the beyond where material creations no longer exist, where development can certainly continue under incredibly difficult conditions yet in an entirely different way than in the material world.... if the process of development on earth has not been completed to a point that the soul will be able to enter the kingdom of light. But only the least people on earth realise this, for it first requires the will to know this in order to be able to understand and believe it and this is only rarely present in people. In contrast, people's will is extremely strongly inclined to utilise the works of creation such that they will benefit their physical life.... Admittedly, by doing so people unconsciously help the bound spiritual substances in the creations to progress, because it is of service to them, although in the law of compulsion.... A great deal of matter is being dissolved through human will, it is reshaped into constantly new creations all of which are assigned useful functions, which necessarily results in the spirits' progress.... Yet the human being himself can thereby also come to a standstill or even regress in his development if he is not helpful himself at the same time, since he is no longer subject to the law of compulsion and therefore has to push his own higher development forward.... As soon as he does everything consciously, always with the intention of helping his fellow human being, his earthly work can derive inconceivable blessings for his soul.... even if he has no idea about the spirits' process of development, even if he is without all knowledge about the meaning and purpose of earthly life and the creations of this Earth.... He does not need to know it if only he voluntarily helps with love.... Yet usually he is indeed impelled by love to work but only by the love for himself.... In that case his activity can also have a detrimental effect on his fellow human beings, for the less he considers his fellow human being the more his selfish love will be satisfied.... But selfish love also has an unfavourable effect on the works of creations which were assigned to the person's field of activity, insofar as that the spirit's development in such works of creation will often be prematurely interrupted for the sake of his own advantage, because selfish love contradicts divine order and thus the person's conduct is also totally contradictory to divine order.... Even if such people knew the meaning and purpose of the creation and of earthly life they would not stop their wrong way of life and their actions against the divine order, because they are utterly controlled by selfish love and completely unapproachable by other ideas. And these humans enter the spiritual kingdom in an absolutely dreadful state, for they can no longer satisfy their selfish love like on earth, and the path to the right love, to love for their neighbour, is infinitely far away and often cannot be found at all....

Hence, a person who only loves himself takes his love for matter along into the other world, and release from it is extremely difficult, for things he desired with all his senses constantly appear before his eyes which are acutely tempting to him only to instantly disappear when he wants to satisfy his cravings.... inciting his cravings even more, and these are dreadful torments which the soul has to suffer until it starts to fight its craving with the result that the temptations gradually weaken. People have no idea of the benefits they create for themselves in the beyond if they try to overcome matter while they are still on earth, if they become its master and not its slave.... The human being can make use of everything on earth for his advantage, for the purpose of all creations is to serve the human being as well as every creature.... because being of service signifies redemption for the bound spirits within.... Consequently, the human being himself contributes a lot towards this if he offers matter the opportunity to help, if he creates things for himself which fulfil a useful purpose, in which he can certainly take pleasure again as a gift from God, yet he should always remember the spiritual purpose of material things and not tie himself to it such that all his thoughts and intentions apply to the gain of material goods in order to create a comfortable life for himself and to descend increasingly lower than things which are far less developed than him.... which signifies spiritual regression for him.... The development must always be a progressive one, and the human being's goal in earthly life is the complete release from the material shell, the rise above the latter, for then the soul will be able to leave the physical body as a free and unburdened being and soar into higher spheres.... Then it will not be held back by matter and forced to remain in earthly spheres although it no longer lives on earth.... You humans don't know how grateful a soul is which can detach itself from these spheres, but take it for granted that that which you strive for on earth with all your senses is your biggest enemy.... For your bliss rests in freedom, but you remain enslaved for as long as matter still holds you captive, and it will hold you captive for as long as you are still governed by selfish love, as long as you don't liberate yourselves through helpful love.... Only the one who is of service will be liberated.... And your existence as a human being constantly provides you with the opportunity to be of loving service....

However, you have free will and, unlike in your preliminary stage of development, are not forced to be of service. Love must impel you to do so, and helpful love will only be practiced by a person who suppresses his selfish love, who does not want to take but to give. He will indeed learn to despise matter; he will detach himself from it and liberate himself completely.... His process of development on earth will be successfully concluded with the complete spiritualisation of his soul, which subsequently will be able to be active in the spiritual kingdom with an abundance of light and strength and in helpful love take care of those souls which still linger in slavery and darkness and require help in order to finally be able to also let go of their chains....

Amen

U SLUŽENJU PO VLASTITOJ VOLJI.... SEBICNA LJUBAV....

Svatko tko je upoznat sa procesom razvoja duhova, tko je obaviješten o znacenju i svrsi Stvaranja, takoder zna da ljudsko bice kao najsavršenije djelo stvaranja formira završni stadij jednog beskonacno dugog procesa razvoja koji se odvijao na ovoj Zemlji. On zna da ce ovaj neopozivo biti popracen sa njegovim boravkom u kraljevstvu onostranog gdje materijalne tvorevine više ne postoje, gdje se razvoj može zasigurno nastaviti pod nevjerojatno teškim uvjetima ipak na jedan sasvim drugaciji nacin nego u materijalnom svijetu.... ako proces razvoja na Zemlji nije bio kompletiran do tocke da ce duša biti sposobna uci u kraljevstvo svjetla. Ali jedino jako jako mali broj ljudi na ovoj Zemlji ovo shvaca, jer najprije je potrebna volja da bi se ovo znalo kako bi se bilo sposobnim razumjeti i u to vjerovati a ova je jedino rijetko prisutna u ljudima. Tome nasuprot, ljudska je volja iznimno snažno naklonjena da iskoristi djela stvaranja tako da ce ona koristiti njihovom fizickom životu.... Treba priznati, cineci tako ljudi nesvjesno pomažu zavezanim duhovnim supstancama u stvaranju napredovati, buduci to njima služi, premda u zakonu prisile.... Veliki dio materije je bio razložen kroz ljudsku volju, on je preoblikovan u neprestano nove tvorevine kojima su svima dodijeljene korisne funkcije, što nužno rezultira u napretku duhova.... Ipak sâmo ljudsko bice može pri tome takoder doci do zastoja ili cak nazadovati u njegovom razvoju ako on sam nije pomocan u isto vrijeme, buduci on više nije predmetom zakona prisile i prema tome treba sam pogurati naprijed njegov viši razvoj.... Sve dok on cini sve savjesno, uvijek sa namjerom pomoci njegovom bližnjem ljudskom bicu, njegov zemaljski hod može poluciti nezamislive blagoslove za njegovu dušu.... pak cak ako on nema nikakve ideje o procesu razvoja duhova, cak ako je on bez ikakvog znanja o znacenju i svrsi zemaljskog života i tvorevina ove Zemlje.... On to ne treba znati samo ako dobrovoljno pomaže sa Ljubavlju.... Ipak obicno je on doista nagnan raditi od strane ljubavi ali jedino od strane ljubavi spram sebe.... U tom slucaju njegova aktivnost može takoder imati uništavajuci ucinak na njegova bližnja ljudska bica, jer što manje on uzme u obzir njegova bližnja ljudska bica to ce više njegova sebicna ljubav biti zadovoljena.... Ali sebicna ljubav takoder ima nepovoljan ucinak na djela stvaranja koja su bila dodijeljena covjekovu polju aktivnosti, utoliko što ce proces razvoja duha u takvim djelima stvaranja biti cesto prijevremeno prekinut poradi njegovog vlastitog probitka, jer sebicna ljubav proturjeci Božanskom Redu i stoga je ponašanje osobe takoder totalno protivno Božanskom Redu.... Cak ako bi takvi ljudi znali znacenje i svrhu stvaranja i zemaljskog života oni ne bi prekinuli njihov pogrešan nacin života i njihove akcije protiv Božanskog Reda, buduci su oni u potpunosti kontrolirani od strane sebicne ljubavi i kompletno nepristupacni od strane drugih ideja. I ovi ljudi ulaze u kraljevstvo onostranog u apsolutno groznom stanju, jer oni više ne mogu zadovoljiti njihovu sebicnu ljubav kao na Zemlji, a staza do ispravne Ljubavi, do Ljubavi spram bližnjega, je beskonacno daleko i cesto se uopce ne može pronaci....

Otud, osoba koja jedino ljubi sebe samoga uzima ljubav spram materije sa sobom u drugi svijet, i oslobadanje od nje je iznimno teško, jer stvari koje je žudio sa svim njegovim osjetilima se pojavljuju pred njegovim ocima i one su za njega izrazito primamljujuce da bi onda trenutno nestale kada želi zadovoljiti njegove žudnje.... pobudujuci njegove žudnje još više, i ovo su užasne muke koje duša treba trpjeti sve dok se ne pocne boriti sa svojim žudnjama sa rezultatom da iskušenja postepeno slabe. Ljudi nemaju ideju koje koristi oni stvaraju za sebe u onostranom ako pokušaju nadvladati materiju dok su i dalje na Zemlji, ako postanu njezin gospodar a ne njezin rob.... Ljudsko bice može iskoristiti sve na Zemlji za njegov probitak, jer svrha svih tvorevina je služiti ljudskom bicu baš kao i svakom stvorenju.... buduci služiti predstavlja iskupljenje za zavezane duhove unutra.... Posljedicno tome, samo ljudsko bice doprinosi puno spram ovog ako on nudi materiji priliku pomagati, ako on stvara stvari za sebe koje ispunjavaju korisnu svrhu, u kojima on zasigurno može iznova uživati kao Božjem daru, ipak on bi uvijek trebao zapamtiti duhovnu svrhu materijalnih stvari a ne sebe privezati za njih tako da se njegove misli i namjere usmjeravaju da stekne materijalna dobra kako bi stvorio udoban život za sebe i da se spusti rastuce niže nego stvari koje su daleko manje razvijene nego on.... što za njega predstavlja duhovno nazadovanje.... Razvoj uvijek mora biti progresivan, a cilj zemaljskog života ljudskog bica je kompletno oslobadanje od materijalne cahure, da se izdigne iznad potonje, jer onda ce duša biti sposobna napustiti fizicko tijelo kao slobodno i neoptereceno bice i vinuti se u više sfere.... Onda ona nece biti zadržavana od strane materije i prisiljena ostati u zemaljskim sferama premda ona više ne živi na Zemlji.... Vi ljudi ne znate kako je zahvalna duša koja sebe može razdvojiti od ovih sfera, ali uzmite zdravo za gotovo da je ono za cime stremite na Zemlji sa svim vašim osjetilima vaš najveci neprijatelj.... jer vaše blaženstvo pociva u slobodi, ali vi ostajete porobljeni sve dok vas materija i dalje drži zarobljenima, a ona ce vas držati zarobljenima sve dok ste i dalje vodeni sebicnom ljubavlju, sve dok sebe ne oslobodite kroz pomocnu Ljubav.... Jedino onaj koji služi ce biti osloboden.... A vaše postojanje kao ljudsko bice neprestano vam nudi prilike da služite u Ljubavi.... Medutim, vi imate slobodnu volju i, za razliku od vašeg prethodnog stadija razvoja, vi niste prisiljeni služiti. Ljubav vas mora nagnati to ciniti, i pomocna Ljubav ce jedino biti prakticirana od strane covjeka koji potisne njegovu sebicnu ljubav, koji ne želi uzeti nego dati. On ce doista nauciti prezirati materiju; on ce sebe razdvojiti od nje i osloboditi sebe kompletno.... Njegov proces razvoja na Zemlji ce biti uspješno zakljucen sa kompletnim produhovljavanjem njegove duše, koja ce naknadno biti sposobna biti aktivna u duhovnom kraljevstvu sa obiljem svjetla i snage i u pomocnoj Ljubavi se brinuti za one duše koje i dalje venu u ropstvu i tami i potrebuju pomoc kako bi se konacno bile sposobne osloboditi njihovih okova.

AMEN