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Sense of good and evil....

Everyone is able to distinguish right from wrong if he only considers the effect on himself, if he considers what serves his own well-being or creates open discomfort for him.... quite apart from those procedures which obviously cause damage or great suffering. The human being will always know what serves him for the best, what he wishes for himself or what he would ward off if he were the target of attacks or also of good actions by a fellow human being. The human being knows quite well what is right or wrong, which is why he was also given the commandments of love which once again require him to do what is quietly hidden in the human being as a feeling but which he does not always pay attention to. Therefore, the divine commandments of love should make him aware of his duties towards God and his neighbour.... He should learn to live consciously, always with the measure of the divine commandments in his conduct of life. Emotionally he knows that his neighbour demands the same from him as he demands from himself: loving accommodation and respect for what belongs to him.... as well as help when his neighbour needs it, because in the same situation he would also be grateful for the same, for the same consideration he finds in him as well as for the understanding for his own needs. Man need only ever put himself in his neighbour's place, and then he will know what is right in every case. But now the degree of self-love which still controls the human being is decisive, for although he knows what he should do and what is good in God's eyes, his self-love can nevertheless be so strong that he is incapable of making a sacrifice for the benefit of his neighbour.... Then he must use great force to overcome his self-love in favour of the neighbour, but it cannot be said that he is incapable of distinguishing good from evil, that he does not know that he is obliged towards the neighbour.... but precisely his knowledge increases the sin of omission he commits when he does not relieve his neighbour's distress, although he is capable of doing so.... For only his excessive self-love prevents him from carrying out a work of help, but he knows that he should do it according to God's will and His commandments of love. He knows what it is like to be in need himself and is then grateful for every help. And so he should also think of his neighbour in his adversity and not deny him help, even if it costs him a sacrifice of overcoming.... But the more his work of love will be valued and he will be rewarded for what he has done out of love for his neighbour. Every person will therefore be able to understand the divine commandments of love, for the feeling for right and wrong, for good and evil, is present in every human being, just as he will therefore not be able to 'sin with impunity' because he will always recognize his wrongdoing towards his neighbour.... Therefore, love for his neighbour should first prevent him from sinful actions against him, he should fight unkindness.... then the path to practicing love for his neighbour will not be far away. For the spark of love is within him and will also easily ignite if the person is of good will.... which he proves when he refrains from all sinful actions against his neighbour and thus wants to protect him from all kinds of harm. Then it is no longer far to render him services of love, because he puts himself in the place of the neighbour who is in need and now also wants to help him.... Good and evil, right and wrong, must be consciously separated.... fight the one, strive for the other.... Then the path is no longer far to unselfish activity of love, for then the human being is of good will and will act according to God's will.... he will act, think and speak according to the commandments of love for God and neighbour....

Amen

OBČUTEK ZA DOBRO IN ZLO.... (Matej 7:12)

Vsak ima sposobnost razlikovati dobro od zla, če on le opazuje učinek na sebi samemu, če on misli o tem, kar njemu samemu prinaša koristi ali pa mu to odkrito (na očiten način) povzroča neprijetnost.... brez da je govora o dejanjih, ki na očiten način škodujejo ali povzročajo veliko trpljenje. Človek bo vedno vedel, kaj je koristno za njega samega, kaj bi on želel za samega sebe ali kaj bi on odstranil od sebe, če bi bil tarča napada, kakor tudi o dobrih dejanjih bližnjih. Človek zelo dobro ve to, kar je pravilno ali nepravilno (pravično ali nepravično), zaradi česar so mu tudi dane zapovedi Ljubezni, katere ponovno zahtevajo, da on stori to, kar je v človeku tiho skrito kot občutek, na katerega pa on vedno usmerja pozornost. Zaradi tega mu morajo Božanske zapovedi Ljubezni priklicati (usmeriti) pozornost na njegove obveznosti do Boga in do bližnjega....On se mora naučiti, da zavestno živi in da so mu Božanske zapovedi vedno kot merilo za življenje. On po občutku zagotovo ve, da bližnji od njega želi enako, kot on sam od bližnjega: da k njemu pristopi z Ljubeznijo in da spoštuje to, kar mu pripada.... kakor tudi da pomaga, ko bližnji potrebuje pomoč, ker bi bil on, da je v enaki situaciji, ravno tako hvaležen za to isto, za to isto obzirnost, katero on prejme od njega, kakor tudi za razumevanje lastnih težav. Človek se mora vedno samo postaviti v položaj bližnjega; on bo namreč potem ravno tako vedel to, kar je v vsaki situaciji pravilno (pravično). Torej sedaj je mera samoljubja, ki še vedno vlada v človeku, odločilna. Čeprav on ve to, kar bi moral storiti in kar je pred Bogom dobro, pa je njegovo samoljubje še toliko močno, da se on ni sposoben žrtvovati v korist bližnjega.... Potem pa mora on uporabiti veliko sile, da bi premagal svoje samoljubje v korist bližnjega; toda ne more se reči, da on ni sposoben razlikovati dobrega od zla, da on ne ve, da ima obveznosti do bližnjega.... in ravno njegovo znanje povečuje greh za to, česar ni storil (Jakob: 4:17), ko on svojemu bližnjemu ne pomaga ublažiti težave, četudi bi to lahko storil.... Njemu namreč edino njegovo samoljubje preprečuje, da stori delo pomoči; torej on ve, da bi moral to narediti v skladu z Božjo voljo in z Njegovo zapovedjo Ljubezni. On ve, kako je to, ko se sam nahaja v težavi, in potem je hvaležen za vsakršno pomoč. In on mora ravno tako misliti na bližnjega, ki je v težavi, in ga ne sme prikrajšati za pomoč, celo ko je cena za to žrtev zaradi premagovanja (nadvladovanja).... Njegovo delo Ljubezni bo tako bolj cenjeno (vrednoteno) in on bo prejel nadomestilo za to, kar je on storil iz Ljubezni do bližnjega. Torej vsak človek bo lahko razumel Božanske zapovedi Ljubezni, ker ima vsak človek občutek za to, kar je pravično in nepravično, kar je dobro in zlo, kakor on zaradi tega ne bo mogel »nekaznovano grešiti«, ker bo na bližnjemu vedno prepoznal svojo nepravičnost. Ljubezen mu mora najprej preprečiti to, da bi z grehom deloval proti njemu; on se mora boriti proti temu, da bi bil neljubeč (neusmiljenju).... in potem ne bo več daleč od tega, da začne prakticirati Ljubezen do bližnjega. V njemu je namreč iskra Ljubezni, katera se bo ravno tako zlahka prižgala, če ima človek dobro voljo.... kar pa on dokazuje, če se on drži stran od vseh grešnih del proti bližnjemu, katerega želi zaščititi pred vsakovrstnim oškodovanjem. Potem on ni več daleč od tega, da mu služi v Ljubezni, ker se on postavlja v položaj bližnjega, ki je v stiski, in mu sedaj tudi želi pomagati.... Dobro in zlo, pravično in nepravično je potrebno zavestno ločiti.... za prvo si prizadevati in drugo premagati. Potem pa pot do nesebične dejavnosti v Ljubezni ni več dolga, ker ima človek potem dobro voljo in bo deloval glede na Božjo voljo.... on bo deloval, razmišljal in govoril glede na zapovedi Ljubezni do Boga in do bližnjega.

AMEN