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DUH I TIJELO NASTOJE PRIDOBITI DUŠU…

Duh i tijelo imaju jedno zajednicko, da oni žele posjedovati dušu, da oni nju nastoje oblikovati, ali na razlicit nacin. Tijelo nastoji dušu oblikovati sukladno svijetu, buduci njemu samome svijet izgleda kao jedino vrijedno stremljenja, i ono tako nastoji prenijeti svoju žudnju na dušu. Duh naprotiv, ima drugi cilj vrijedan stremljenja; on želi duhovno kraljevstvo, i on nastoji oblikovati dušu sukladno ovom kraljevstvu; tako ju on nastoji oblikovati na drugi nacin… u skladu sa Božanskom voljom. Tako je Božanska volja suprotna žudnji tijela… Tijelo teži materiji, namjesto toga, Duh je sasvim otuden od materije.... Njegovo htijenje i nastojanje se odnosi jedino na uskladivanje sa vjecnim Božanstvom, on poznaje samo jednu žudnju, sjedinjenje s Bogom, i vjecno stanje ispunjeno svjetlom. Stoga on takoder nastoji opredijeliti dušu da se pridruži njegovoj žudnji, nastoji ju potaknuti na istu volju, on na izvjestan nacin privlaci dušu preko, k Sebi, i stoga ju odvaja od svijeta, što za tijelo znaci odustajanje od svojih želja, stoga prevladavanje materije, svijeta, koji je protivan duhovnom svijetu. Uspije li Duhu pridobiti dušu za duhovno kraljevstvo, onda je duša savladala ispit njenog zemaljskog života, buduci ovo znaci okretanje volje Bogu, i odvracanje od onoga koji je gospodar svijeta. Tijelo zaista još pripada ovome svijetu, ali, ako se ono pridruži žudnji duše, dakle, dobrovoljno se preda ako se ova žudi sjediniti sa Duhom, onda su i duhovne supstance od kojih je sacinjeno tijelo, zrele za naredno preoblikovanje, i one prolaze razvojni put u formi znatno brže, jer su se odrekle njihovog otpora. Duh u covjeku je nadvladao tijelo, a ono se proglasilo poraženim.... Tijelo je prepustilo dušu Duhu, stoga je Duh potpuno uzeo dušu u posjed, duša se sjedinila s Duhom. I sada ce svo razmišljanje, osjecanje i htijenje biti odredeno jedino Duhom, i posljedicno to mora biti ispravno, buduci je Duh udio Boga, i on ce uvijek dušu opredijeliti tako da cini i misli ono što odgovara Božjoj volji. A, to je stanje kojem duša treba težiti… prema sjedinjenju s Božjim Duhom, te stremiti povezivanju s Njime, kako bi u promatranju (kontemplaciji) Boga tražila i našla vjecno blaženstvo.

Mind and body seek to win the soul....

Spirit and body have one thing in common, that they want to possess the soul, that they seek to mould it, but in different ways. The body tries to mould the soul according to the world because the world itself seems to be the only thing worth striving for and therefore it tries to transfer its desire to the soul. The spirit, on the other hand, has a different desirable goal; it wants to occupy the spiritual realm and seeks to mould the soul according to this realm; it therefore seeks to shape it in a different way.... according to the divine will. Thus the divine will is opposed to the desire of the body.... The body strives for matter, whereas the spirit is completely removed from matter.... Its will and endeavours are only aimed at aligning itself with the eternal divinity, it only knows one desire, the union with God and the eternally light-filled state. Thus it also tries to determine the soul to join its desire, it tries to induce it to the same will, it draws the soul to itself, so to speak, and thus detaches it from the world, which for the body means giving up its desires, thus overcoming matter, the world, which is the opposite of the spiritual world. If the spirit succeeds in winning the soul for the spiritual kingdom, then the soul has passed its test of earthly life, for this means a turning of the will towards God and a turning away from the one who is lord of the world. The body still belongs to this world but if it joins the desire of the soul, thus willingly yields, if it wants to unite with the spirit, the spiritual substances, of which the body consists, are also ripe for the next moulding, and they cover the course of development in form considerably faster because they have given up their resistance. The spirit in man has overcome the body, and the body has declared itself defeated.... The body has left the soul to the spirit, thus the spirit has taken complete possession of the soul, the soul has united with the spirit. And now all thinking, feeling and willing is only determined by the spirit, and it must therefore be right, for the spirit is part of God and it will always determine the soul to do and think that which corresponds to God's will. And this is the state the soul should strive for.... in union with the spirit towards God and strive for union with Him in order to seek and find eternal bliss in the contemplation of God....

Amen