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Purification of the soul through love....
It contributes a lot to your purification if you only keep reminding yourselves of the commandments of love for God and your neighbour and ask yourselves how far you comply with these commandments. For if you are honest with yourselves you will never be satisfied with yourselves and your way of life, because you could always be more eager in your activity of love and often miss an opportunity. But already the will to act right and already the fact to carry out this self-examination is an advantage for your soul, for every good will has a beneficial effect. And during such a serious examination you will also become aware of your weaknesses, which every person still has, even if his will is good, until he is so eagerly active in love that he is now filled by the strength of love which also gives the will the right strengthening. Just never believe that you no longer need to purify your soul; never believe that you have already reached the degree which secures your entry into the kingdom of light. You must strive and work on yourselves as long as you live on earth, and you will only do well if you often devote yourselves to such inner reflections and try to fathom your faults and weaknesses. And your will will also be strengthened to constantly carry out the work on your soul, because such introspections already testify to your serious will to become perfect. Every omission of a good deed will come to your mind during self-examination, every failure or disregard of the divine commandments of love will come to your mind, and then you should only ever firmly resolve to improve yourselves and use every opportunity to make up for what you have neglected, and it will only result in a blessing for you that you will always fulfil the commandments of love for God and your neighbour more easily, because you will receive strength if your will is serious. The human being should once consider his duties towards his neighbour if he wants to fulfil this very commandment.... He should always remind himself that he should help his neighbour in every adversity and distress, be it of an earthly or spiritual nature.... And therefore he should not close his eyes to his neighbour's adversity, he should always remember how helpful help would be to him in the same adversity and how gratefully he would accept it. And he should always consider what his fellow human being is in need of, be it spiritually or physically.... For he should also try to remedy spiritual hardship where possible, because this is a work of love with a special effect on his fellow human being's soul. For this reason the human being cannot go into himself often enough and think about everything God requires of him through His commandments of love, for these are always the guideline for a correctly lived earthly change, he can always keep to these commandments if he wants to live his earthly life correctly and according to God's will, always as a blessing for himself and his fellow human beings.... For God requires nothing else of the human being than that he change into love, He only requires that he fulfils His commandments in order to grant him a blissful life in light and strength and freedom, which, however, is inconceivable without love.... And all perfection of the soul solely depends on the transformation (of selfish love) into unselfish love, which then also guarantees love for God and establishes the union with Him, on which all beatitude in the spiritual kingdom depends....
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La purificación del alma por el amor....
Ayuda mucho en vuestra purificación si reflejais una y otra vez los mandamientos del amor hacia Dios y al semejante y preguntad hasta qué punto estáis cumpliendo con estos mandamientos. Mientras estéis honestos contra vosotros mismos, nunca vais a ser contentos con el discurso de vuestra vida, porque siempre podrías ser más trabajoso en la realización de las obras de amor y porque perdéis a menudo una ocasión. Pero ya la voluntad para reaccionar bien o ya el hecho de la contemplación ya es una ventaja para vuestro alma, porque cada buena voluntad es beneficioso. Y con una crítica seria vais a detectar vuestras debilidades que cada hombre las tiene todavía, aunque su voluntad es buena, hasta que sólo la caridad le llena con fuerza de amor y que fortalece bien a su voluntad. Nunca pensad que una mejora del alma ya no sea necesario para vosotros; nunca pensad que ya habéis conseguido un nivel suficientemente alto que os asegurará la entrada al reino de la luz.... tenéis que esforzaros y trabajar en vosotros mientras estéis en la tierra y vais a estar bien si os contemplais a menudo por dentro a buscar vuestros fallos y debilidades. Y vuestra voluntad se fortalecerá para trabajar más en el alma , porque aquellas contemplaciones de sí mismo ya son prueba para una voluntad seria para ser perfecto. Cada impedimento de un acto bueno se os vendrá a la memoria mirándose a sí mismo, cada fracaso o desecho del mandamiento divino del amor se os vendrá a la memoria, y entonces debéis tener la intención de mejorar y aprovechar cada oportunidad de recuperar lo perdido, y os vendrá una bendición que cada vez podéis cumplir más fácil los mandamientos del amor a Dios y al semejante, porque estáis recibiendo fuerza si vuestra voluntad va en serio. El hombre debe enfrentarse con sus obligaciones frente a su próximo si quiere cumplir justamente con estos mandamientos.... Debe tener siempre presente que tiene que ayudar en cada penuria y angustia, sea terrestre o de forma espiritual.... Y no debe cerrar los ojos ante su pena, debe pensar siempre cómo se sentiría él en esta situación y con qué agradecido estaría aceptando una ayuda. Y debe pensar siempre lo que haga falta al otro en espíritu o de cuerpo.... Porque debe aliviar igualmente penuria espiritual donde sea posible, porque es una obra de amor con un efecto especial para el alma del semejante. Por eso el hombre no puede pensar lo suficientemente sobre sí mismo, lo que Dios le pida a través del mandamiento del amor, porque son línea recta para una vida terrestre correcta, siempre puede mantenerse a estos mandamientos para seguir viviendo en tierra según la voluntad divina, siempre pensando en el bien del semejante a sí mismo.... Porque Dios no pide otra cosa del hombre, solo que cambie al amor, Él solo pide que se cumplan Sus mandamientos para regalar una vida llena de luz y fuerza y libertad y que sin amor no es pensable.... Y cada perfección del alma sólo es posible de la transformación( del auto egoísmo) al amor altruista que garantiza el amor de Dios y que establece la unión con Él y de que depende toda la felicidad del reino espiritual....
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