Svaka se misao uzdiže iz dubine srca i sada tek (pod)uzima svoj put u za to određene organe, iz kojih se opaža kao misao i izražava. Jer, prije nego misao dođe u svijest čovjeka, ona mora biti rođena u srcu, odnosno u najunutarnjijem (od) čovjeka. Ono što njega duboko pokreće, to on osjeća u srcu, i ovaj osjećaj omogućava da se pojavi misao, iako nije primjetna srcem, ipak je rođena iz života osjećaja, i tek sada prenesena mozgu, koji prihvaća misao i na neki način ju čvrsto drži, dok to čovjeku dođe u svijest. Čovjek vjeruje da misao proizlazi iz mozga, da se ona tamo pojavljuje kroz organsku aktivnost.... jer on ne zna ništa o prirodi misli. I stoga mu nije uvjerljivo objašnjenje da misao ima svoje porijeklo u srcu. No, njemu će biti razumljivo, ako on srce smatra centrom svojih osjećaja.... ako se on potrudi i misao gledati kao osjećaj. No, najjednostavnije rješenje je da se munjevite duhovne struje ulijevaju u primajuću posudu, i od volje čovjeka su zadržane. Stoga je misao duhovna snaga, koja je putem srca preusmjerena na mozak, tamo zadržana, ili je, tamo gdje je volja preslaba, odmah odbačena, bez da prodre u svijest čovjeka. A uvijek ovisi o volji da li je misao uhvaćena od za to određenih organa, jer čim čovjek želi, oni istom stupe u funkciju i prime iz srca uzdižuću misao, te ju obrađuju, odnosno, pridodaju već postojećim mislima, ona je stoga razvrstana (klasificirana) u već postojeće ideje, i sada može po volji biti isključena ili uključena, već prema volji čovjeka. Jer, misaoni organi čovjeka su tako sastavljeni, da se svaki osjećaj srca odražava poput slike.... (13 Listopada 1941) A čim je sada voljom čovjeka obraćena pažnja na sliku, ona se zadržava, odnosno, utiskuje se u baš za to određene najfinije retine (mrežnice), i tako je čovjeku vidljiva u bilo kojem trenutku, stoga ju on sebi može predočiti kada želi.... To je takozvana sposobnost sjećanja. Ako su utisci ili slike nakon dugo vremena iznova dovedeni u svijest čovjeka, onda su misaoni organi aktivni.... Među nebrojenim slikama pokrivenim retinama (retinama koje su prekrivene slikama) pronalazi se ono što ljudska volja želi predočiti, i tako davno iščezli utisci, koji su prvo pokrenuli srce čovjeka, prije nego su bili oblikovani u misli, mogu u svako vrijeme biti dovedeni u sjećanje, jer oni, jednom preuzeti od volje čovjeka, opstaju kao utisak, sve dok nebrojeni utisci sliku ne učine nejasnom.... pa sposobnost sjećanja postane tako slaba, da oni više ne mogu biti jasno dovedeni u svijest. Duhovni utisci će sada istisnuti zemaljske utiske i slike.... Ako je dakle srce spremno primiti strujanja snage iz duhovnog kraljevstva, onda je i ljudska volja spremna sada rođene misli prenijeti mozgu i zadržati ih. Jer ona blagotvorno osjeća strujanje snage, i njeno je nastojanje da prilično često i jasno vidi kroz to nastale slike. Kao rezultat će se ove slike posebno oštro urezati, tako da će one uskoro ispuniti sve čovjekove misli. Snaga i misao su stoga jedan pojam, jedino je različito da li je porijeklo misli samo čovjeku pristigla životna snaga ili snaga prenesena iz duhovnog kraljevstva.... No, uvijek je misao rođena u srcu, jer sva snaga najprije pritječe srcu i od tamo se prenosi dalje. Ipak, kroz ljudsku volju može biti spriječeno prenošenje prema mozgu ili misao može biti odbačena, prije nego se mogla slikovito izraziti.... A otuda je čovjek i odgovoran za svoje misli, jer njegova volja određuje koje se misli jasno pamte (urezuju, utiskuju), i njegova volja određuje koje će misli uvijek iznova biti dovedene u svijest.
AMEN
TranslatorEvery thought emerges from the depths of the heart and only then makes its way into the organs intended for it, by which it is perceived and expressed as a thought. For before the thought becomes conscious to man, it must be born in the heart, i.e. in the innermost part of man. What moves him deeply, he feels in his heart, and this feeling gives rise to the thought, although it cannot be felt with the heart, but it is born out of the life of feeling and is only now transmitted to the brain, which receives the thought and holds it, so to speak, until it comes to the person's consciousness. Man believes that thought originates in the brain, that it arises there through organic activity.... because he knows nothing of the nature of thought. And therefore the explanation that thought originates in the heart will not be credible to him. But it will become more comprehensible to him if he regards the heart as the centre of his feeling.... if he also endeavours to regard the thought as a feeling. The simplest solution, however, is that spiritual currents pour like lightning into a receptacle and are held by the human will.... Thus the thought is spiritual power that is diverted to the brain via the heart, held there, or where the will is too weak, immediately dropped again without having penetrated the human being's consciousness. And it always depends on the will whether a thought is seized by the organs intended for this purpose, for as soon as the human being is willing they first come into function and receive the thought emerging from the heart and process it, that is, it is added to the already existing thoughts, thus it is, as it were, incorporated into already existing thought material and can now be switched off or switched on at will, depending on the human being's will. For man's organs of thought are so constructed that every feeling of the heart is reflected like an image.... (13.10.1941) And as soon as the human being's will pays attention to the image it will be retained, i.e., it will be imprinted into the finest retinas especially intended for this purpose and thus be visible to the human being at all times, that is, he will be able to visualize it if he wants to.... This is the so-called memory. When impressions or images are brought back to a person's consciousness a long time later, then the organs of thought are active.... Among the innumerable retinas covered with images, they find out what the human will wants to imagine, and thus impressions long past, which first moved the heart of man before they were formed into thoughts, can be brought back to memory at any time, because once they have been received by the will of man, they remain as impressions until innumerable impressions make the images unclear.... that is, the memory becomes so weak that they no longer come clearly to consciousness. Spiritual impressions will now displace earthly impressions and images.... If the heart is receptive to currents of power from the spiritual realm, the human will is also ready to convey and retain the thoughts that are now born in the brain. For it feels the stream of power favourably, and it strives to see the resulting images quite often and clearly. As a result, these images will become particularly sharply engraved, so that they soon fill the person's entire mind. power and thought are thus one concept, except that it differs whether only the life force flowing to the human being or the power conveyed from the spiritual realm is the origin of the thought.... But the thought is always born in the heart, because all power first flows to the heart and is transmitted from there. However, the human will can prevent the transmission to the brain or the thought can be pushed back before it can express itself visually.... And therefore the human being is also responsible for his thoughts, for his will determines which thoughts are clearly memorized and his will determines which thoughts are repeatedly brought to consciousness....
Amen
Translator