The spiritual flattening has taken on frightening proportions and people themselves are not aware of it, precisely because they do not take the maturing of their souls seriously. They live and everything happens according to the worldly point of view, i.e. impressions are only ever received and utilized from outside, and what should happen inside a person remains unnoticed because it cannot be seen by fellow human beings. People don't take their own spiritual development seriously but they are so overwhelmed with external impressions that they don't notice their spiritual deficiency and rather believe that they live correctly and in accordance with God's will because they are taught in this way. And this spiritual shallowness is such a great evil, for countless people suffer from it who are satisfied with customs and traditions, with ceremonies and ostentation which only keep the soul in ever denser darkness. But all of these people have been given the gift of understanding by God, all of these people can think in quiet hours about what is prescribed to them as alleged 'means for the salvation of the soul'. All these people have the opportunity to approach the father in silent childlike prayer for the right knowledge, for doubts will creep into all these people from time to time as to whether they are serious about fulfilling God's will.... Yet only a few use their intellect and with God's help also attain the right knowledge.... The majority, however, let others think for them and blindly and unthinkingly follow the leaders who act just as conscienceless and live a superficial christianity devoid of all seriousness. But one day people will not be able to pass on the responsibility to their 'leaders', everyone will have to answer for himself, for every human being will be shown ways and means to tread the right path which, however, can only ever be found if a person is truly serious and calls upon God for truth, light, i.e. true knowledge. The spiritual shallowness is already so deep that people are no longer able to recognize the thickest nonsense as such or that they feel comfortable to move in it. And this spiritual flattening could only come about because God's adversary was able to force his way in wherever there was a lack of prayers in spirit and in truth.... He succeeded in building up an illusory world which seemed to people to be a fully adequate substitute, into which they preferred to take refuge rather than into their 'quiet chamber' where they could have prayed in 'spirit and in truth'.... People seek pomp and splendour and do not know that satan is always hiding behind it.... People enjoy what they can offer to the eye but they do not look inwards into their heart where they could truly discover far more of the glories in intimate union with their God and father, Who only wants this intimate union with Him in order to then pour out His gifts of grace in abundance. And this intimate connection can be established everywhere but will never take place where the eye is directed towards earthly objects of all kinds.... You humans should make better use of your intellect, you should turn away in disgust from the works of satan who seeks to blind people and who has also succeeded in making them unreceptive to a true light, because the dazzling light has taken away their ability to recognize a gentle light.... You should only ever call upon God for true light, but do so by praying in spirit and in truth, which He will truly also answer and no longer let the person walk in darkness who earnestly desires light....
Amen
TranslatorDuhovna ravnodušnost je poprimila zastrašujuće razmjere, a sami ljudi toga nisu svjesni, baš zato što oni ne uzimaju za ozbiljno sazrijevanje njihovih duša. Oni žive, i sve se odigrava prema svjetovnom gledištu, odnosno, prihvaćeni su i cijenjeni jedino utisci izvana, a ono što se treba odigrati u unutrašnjosti čovjeka ostaje zanemareno, jer ne može biti viđeno od strane bližnjih. Ljudi ne uzimaju za ozbiljno njihov vlastiti duhovni razvoj, nego su tako preplavljeni izvanjskim utiscima, da oni ne primjećuju svoje duhovne nedostatke, i radije vjeruju da žive ispravno i u skladu s Božjom voljom... jer su oni bili tako podučeni. A ova duhovna ravnodušnost je tako veliko zlo, jer od toga trpe (boluju) bezbrojni ljudi, koji se zadovoljavaju običajima i tradicijama, obredima i izvanjskim blještavilom, koje drži duše samo u sve gušćoj tami. No, svim tim ljudima je od Boga dan dar razuma, svi ti ljudi u tihim satima mogu promisliti o onome što je njima propisano navodno „sredstvo iscjeljenja duše“... Svi ti ljudi imaju mogućnost u tihoj, djetinjoj molitvi pristupiti Ocu za ispravnu spoznaju, budući se u sve te ljude ponekad uvuku sumnje, čim oni ozbiljno nastoje ispuniti Božju volju... Ali tek nekolicina koristi razum i također s Božjom pomoći dolazi do ispravne spoznaje... Većina međutim prepušta drugima da misle za njih, i slijedi slijepo i bez razmišljanja vođe koji također postupaju nesavjesno, i žive površno kršćanstvo, bez ikakve ozbiljnosti. No, ljudi jednom neće moći prebaciti odgovornost na njihove „vođe“. Svatko će morati za sebe samoga odgovarati, budući su svakom čovjeku pokazana sredstva i načini da ide pravim putem, koji međutim uvijek može biti pronađen tek onda kada istinska ozbiljnost čovjeka čini da zazove Boga za Istinu, svjetlo, odnosno ispravnu spoznaju. Duhovna ravnodušnost je već tako duboka, da ljudi više nisu u stanju prepoznati najveću besmislicu kao takvu, ili da se oni osjećaju dobro krećući se u tome. A do ove duhovne ravnodušnosti je moglo doći samo zbog toga što se Božji protivnik mogao ugurati gdje god su nedostajale molitve u Duhu i u Istini... Njemu je uspjelo izgraditi iluzorni svijet, koji je ljudima izgledao potpuno valjani nadomjestak, u kojeg su oni bježali radije nego u „tihu sobicu“ gdje su mogli moliti „u Duhu i u Istini“... Ljudi traže raskoš i blještavilo, i ne znaju da se iza toga uvijek krije Sotona... Ljudi se raduju onome što oni mogu ponuditi oku, no oni ne gledaju prema unutra, u njihovo srce, gdje bi oni uistinu mogli otkriti daleko više veličanstvenosti u prisnom povezivanju s njihovim Bogom i Ocem, Koji jedino želi ovu duboku i iskrenu povezanost s Njime, kako bi potom mogao izliti Njegove darove milosti u bogatijoj mjeri. A ova prisna povezanost može biti uspostavljena posvuda, ali nikada neće nastupiti tamo gdje je oko usmjereno na spektakularne zemaljske oblike svake vrste... Vi ljudi bi trebali bolje koristiti vaš razum, trebali bi se puni gađenja odvratiti od djela Sotone, koji nastoji ljude zaslijepiti, i kojemu je također uspjelo učiniti ih neprijemčivima za pravo svjetlo, budući im je zasljepljujuće svjetlo oduzelo sposobnost da prepoznaju blago svjetlo... Vi samo trebate uvijek pozvati Boga za ispravno svjetlo, no to činiti kroz molitvu u Duhu i u Istini, koju će On zaista i uslišiti, i neće više dugo ostaviti da hoda u tami čovjeka koji ozbiljno žudi za svjetlom.
AMEN
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