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DUHOVNI NAPREDAK - STALNA BORBA I NASTOJANJE....

Svaki duhovni napredak mora se izboriti.... uvijek mora prethoditi prevladavanje sebe samoga, treba li duša sazrjeti i moći zabilježiti duhovni uspjeh. Stoga uvijek mora biti aktivna volja, čovjek neće biti prisiljen na to, nego on mora razmišljati i postupati u potpunoj slobodi volje.... I stoga će mu često biti otežano, tako da se njegova volja iskuša, na put će mu biti položene prepreke, pristupat će mu iskušenja svake vrste, kojima on može pružiti otpor jedino sa najiznimnijom snagom volje, i ako on to čini, onda neminovno napreduje naviše. Sudbina čovjeka na Zemlji je stoga stalna borba i samo-prevladavanje, jer drugačije on ne može stići naviše. Zemaljski život je ispit, u kojem se čovjek treba dokazati, i on će podbaciti ako se neprestano ne bori i ne nastoji. Jer, Bog želi u čovjeku zapaliti žudnju za Sobom, On ju želi kroz svaki otpor osnažiti, tako da čovjek uvijek više nastoji, i kroz to Mu se sve više približava. Nema napretka bez borbe, jer čak i čovjek voljan ljubiti, mora se protiv samoga sebe boriti, on mora suzbiti svako samoljublje, on mora sebi uskratiti ono što želi učiniti bližnjemu, i to je uvijek unutarnja borba, prije nego on dosegne stupanj savršenosti, koji mu omogućava da zaboravi sebe samoga. Dok god zemaljska materija okružuje čovjeka, on mora voditi borbu protiv ove, a to zahtjeva veliku snagu volje, sebe potpuno osloboditi od žudnje za njom, budući je tijelo još uvijek s njim pretijesno povezano. Čovjek koji stremi Bogu međutim, sve više zapostavlja materiju, i kada on bude postavljen pred izbor, odriče se laka srca, budući mu Bog pomaže u ovoj borbi, čim On vidi njegovu volju, stoga će borba biti to lakša, što čežnjivije čovjek stremi Bogu. Jer, sada će se i Ljubav u njemu aktivirati, a ona se mnogo radije odriče onoga što čovjeka priječi uvis. Tko ima Ljubav, već je prošao put borbe, i on je iz nje izišao kao pobjednik, duhovno je napredovao, i sada će njegov život biti lakši, jer on sada služi, i stoga se više ne treba boriti.... A, svako služenje u Ljubavi je duhovni napredak, svako služenje u Ljubavi je prevladavanje sebe samoga iz slobodne volje, čemu je prethodila borba, kada je čovjek bio u niskom stupnju zrelosti.... On se ne smije obeshrabriti, jer visoki cilj kruni njegovo gorljivo nastojanje. On mora uvijek promišljati na to, da on zbog ovog cilja hoda zemaljskim putem, i da je od njega zahtijevano samo jedno.... podlaganje Božjoj volji.... kojoj se on do sada opirao....To zahtijeva prevladavanje i borbu, sve dok on ne postane Ljubav, i bez opiranja (oklijevanja) bude vršio Božju volju, sve dok on ne bude imao istu volju, i Bog mu Se kroz to približi.

AMEN

Spiritual progress - constant struggle and fight....

All spiritual progress must be fought for.... must always be preceded by an overcoming of oneself if the soul is to mature and achieve spiritual success. And therefore the will always has to become active, the human being is not forced to do so but has to think and act in complete freedom of will.... And therefore it is often made difficult for him to test his will, obstacles are placed in his path, temptations of all kinds approach him which he can only resist with utmost strength of will, and if he does so then he will inevitably ascend. A constant struggle and overcoming is therefore man's lot on earth, because otherwise he cannot reach the heights. Life on earth is a test in which the human being has to prove himself and he will fail if he does not constantly struggle and strive. For God wants to kindle the desire for Himself in the human being, He wants to strengthen it through every resistance so that the human being strives ever more and thereby comes ever closer to Him. There is no ascent without a fight, for even the person who is willing to love has to fight against himself, he has to suppress all self-love, he has to deny himself what he wants to do to his fellow human being, and this is always an inner battle before he has reached that degree of perfection which makes him forget himself. As long as earthly matter surrounds the human being he has to fight against it, and it requires a lot of willpower to completely free himself from the desire for it because the body is still too closely connected to it. But the human being who strives towards God increasingly puts matter aside, and when he is faced with the choice he gives it up with a light heart because God helps him in this battle as soon as He recognizes his will, thus the battle will be easier the more the human being strives towards God. For now love also becomes active in him, and this renounces far sooner everything that hinders man from ascending. Anyone who has love has already travelled the path of battle and emerged victorious, he has progressed spiritually and now his life will be easier, for he is now serving and therefore no longer needs to fight.... And every service in love is spiritual progress, every service in love is an overcoming of oneself of one's own free will, which was preceded by a struggle as soon as the human being was in a low degree of maturity.... He must not become discouraged, for a high goal crowns his eager endeavour. He must always be mindful that he walks the earth for the sake of this goal and that only one thing is required of him.... submission to the divine will.... which he has so far resisted.... This requires overcoming and struggle until he has become love and fulfils the divine will without resistance.... until he has the same will and has thereby come close to God....

amen