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KUŠNJA U OBLIKU SVJETOVNIH ZABAVA (RAZONODI)....

Ne bi trebali misliti kako će vas protivnik mimoići čak ako i stremite k Bogu.... Njegov utjecaj je neograničen sve dok je volja ljudskog bića slaba. Jedino snažna volja mu može pružiti otpor kojeg on ne može nadvladati. Volja je uvijek odlučujuća u pogledu toga da li on zadobija kontrolu nad čovjekom. Ali ako volja slabi njegov utjecaj postaje ponovno snažniji, i kušnje prilaze osobi na najrazličitije načine. Iz tog razloga se on mora neprestano boriti, on mora neprestano apelirati za snagu i milost, za snaženje njegove volje, on mora neprestano biti na oprezu da ne bi podlijegao kušnjama zloga, on mora biti budan i moliti.... jer nagrada je vrijedna borbe.... Svijet i njegove privlačnosti stalno pristupaju ljudskom biću, to je neprijateljevo najučinkovitije sredstvo za prouzročiti propast ljudskog bića, jer sve što pripada svijetu razdvaja ljudsko biće od Boga. On ne može posjedovati Boga i svijet u isto vrijeme (Matej 6:24), on mora žrtvovati jedno ako želi zadobiti drugo. Svijet, međutim, jedino nudi obmanjujuća dobra koja su fantomi koji osobu čine samo privremeno sretnom i koji se raspadaju u ništavilo. Oni nemaju trajnu vrijednost ali ipak uništavaju duhovne vrijednosti, to jest, oni odvraćaju ljudsko biće od duhovnog stremljenja, a to je nazadovanje na razvojnom putu. Protivnik neprestano namjerava razdvojiti ljudsko biće od Boga, prema tome mu on opetovano pristupa u obliku svjetovne zabave/razonode. Tijelo ljudskog bića uživa u doživljajima ali duša zapada u poteškoće, jer u istoj mjeri u kojoj čovjek uživa svjetovna zadovoljstva duša mora biti uskraćena. Ako duša može postati snažnija od tijela onda će joj poći za rukom učiniti da se čovjek osjeća nezadovoljno; to su unutarnja opominjanja i upozorenja koja su čovjeku prenijeta kroz unutarnji glas, samo ako on na njih obrati pažnju. Onda će on dati sve od sebe da prevlada svoju naklonost k svijetu i sa povećanom odlučnošću ponovno težiti k duhovnosti. I ova odlučnost će mu također dati snagu i milost da ju bude sposoban postići.

Ali glas svijeta je često snažniji od unutarnjeg glasa, u tom slučaju će potonji postepeno iščezavati nesaslušan, čovjek će sebe bacati sve dublje i dublje u vrtlog svjetovnih užitaka, on želi uživati i zapliće se u mrežu laži neprijatelja, koji će čovjeka privezati k sebi sve čvršće nudeći mu zadovoljstva svijeta i čineći ga potpuno neprijemčivim za duhovna vlasništva. On je okovao njegovu volju i čovjek će otkriti kako je jako teško sebe osloboditi od njega, jer čovjek se najprije sam od svoje volje mora okrenuti od njega i žudjeti za Bogom prije nego snaga i milost mogu postati djelotvorni u njemu. I stoga čuvajte se svjetovnih kušnji!.... Imajte u vidu da će vam Božji protivnik opet i iznova prilaziti te da ga je jedino vaša volja u stanju protjerati. A kako bi ta volja postala dovoljno snažna, vi morate biti budni i moliti.... Obratite pažnju na opasnost koja neprestano vreba na vas u obliku svjetovnih kušnji, i neprestano potražujte snagu od Boga da im se oduprete, jer svaki pad je duhovno nazadovanje, a svako će vas nadvladavanje dovesti bliže k cilju. Što vam Bog nudi je neusporedivo više vrijedno i nikad ne može biti nadomješteno svjetovnim dobrima, svjetovnim zadovoljstvima, koja su numljena uzrokovati vaš pad.... Prema tome apelirajte Bogu za snagu i snaženje vaše volje tako da se možete oduprijeti svakoj kušnji.

AMEN

Temptation in form of earthly amusements....

You should not think that the opponent will bypass you even if you strive towards God.... His influence is unrestricted as long as the human being's will is weak. Only a strong will can offer him the resistance which he cannot overcome. The will is always decisive as to whether he gains control over a person. But if the will weakens his influence becomes stronger again, and the temptations approach a person in the most varied of ways. For this reason he must constantly struggle, he must constantly appeal for strength and grace, for strengthening of his will, he must constantly be on his guard so as not to succumb to the temptations of evil, he must watch and pray.... for the prize is worth the battle.... The world and its enticements approach the human being time and again, it is the adversary's most effective means to cause the human being's downfall, for everything which belongs to the world separates the human being from God. He cannot possess God and the world at the same time, he must sacrifice one if he wants to win the other. The world, however, only offers illusive goods which are phantoms that make a person only temporarily happy and which crumble into nothingness. They have no lasting value but still destroy spiritual values, that is, they distract the human being from spiritual striving, and this is a regression on the path of development. The opponent constantly intends to detach the human being from God, therefore he repeatedly approaches him in the form of worldly amusements, he entices him with worldly pleasures, he tries to turn his mind to them and thereby desert God. And if a person does not oppose him with a firm will he will succumb, and the opponent will have won his game. The human being's body enjoys the experiences but the soul gets into difficulties, for to the same extent as the person enjoys earthly pleasures the soul has to go short. If the soul can become stronger than the body then it will succeed in making the person feel discontented; these are the inner admonitions and warnings which are imparted to the person through the inner voice, if only he pays attention to them. Then he will make every effort to overcome his inclination for the world and with increased determination strive spiritually again. And this determination will also give him the strength and the grace of being able to achieve it.

But the voice of the world is frequently stronger than the inner voice, in that case the latter will fade away unheard, he will throw himself increasingly deeper into the whirlpool of worldly pleasures, he wants to enjoy himself and gets caught in the opponent's nets of lies, who will tie the human to himself ever more firmly by offering him the pleasures of the world and making him totally unreceptive to spiritual possessions. He has bound his will and the person will find it very difficult to release himself from him, for the human must turn away from him of his own accord and desire God before the strength and grace can take effect in him. And therefore beware of the temptations by the world!.... Consider that God's adversary will approach you time and again and that only your will is able to banish him. And in order for this will to become strong enough, you must watch and pray.... Pay attention to the danger which constantly lies in wait for you in the shape of worldly temptation, and constantly request the strength from God to withstand them, for every fall is a spiritual regression, and every overcoming will bring you closer to the goal. What God offers you is incomparably more valuable and can never ever be compensated by worldly goods, worldly pleasures or amusements. Be vigilant and know that you are constantly put under pressure by God's adversary, who intends to make you fall.... Therefore appeal to God for strength and strengthening of your will so that you can resist every temptation....

Amen