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ISPUNJAVANJE BOŽANSKIH ZAPOVIJEDI.... SVJETOVNE KUŠNJE....

Daleko je lakše podrediti se svijetu (uklopiti se u svijet), nego ispunjavati Božanske zapovijedi, jer ono što svijet od čovjeka traži je i želja samog čovjeka, tj. to pogoduje tijelu čovjeka pa on tome i teži. Božanske zapovijedi zahtijevaju odustajanje od onoga što tijelo žudi, a u korist bližnjega koji je u nevolji. Dakle želje tijela moraju biti stavljene u drugi plan, ono mora odustajati duše radi, tada čovjek na Zemlji živi svoj život u skladu sa Božanskom voljom i to mu donosi duhovni uspjeh.

Ispunjavanje Božanskih zapovijedi je dakle prevazilaženje samoga sebe, prevazilaženje svih tjelesnih žudnji i neprestano žrtvovanje onoga što je samome čovjeku milo i bitno.... To nije lako, tj. to zahtjeva neprestanu dostavu snage, pošto se čovjek za ispitivanje svoje slobodne volje mora oduprijeti kušnjama, jer žudnja tijela uvijek nanovo prijeti poremetiti ga i on neprestano treba snagu kako bi mu se (tijelu) odupro. No bez unutarnje borbe ne može se doći do duhovnog napretka, i bez iskušavanja se ne može niti ostati postojan.

Tako da će se svijet uvijek htjeti nametati, Božanske zapovijedi uvijek će zahtijevati požrtvovnost, dok se pak svijet trudi uživanje svjetovnih radosti ljudima učiniti sadržajem života, i potrebna je snažna volja, duboka vjera i svjesno stremljenje k Bogu za to da bi se odustalo od svijeta i da bi se u ispunjavanju Božanskih zapovjedi pronašlo bezrezervno zadovoljstvo. Snaga iz Boga čovjeka mora osposobljavati za potonje, ona ga mora prožimati i mora omogućavati da čovjek osjeti Ljubav Božju, onda će i njegovo djelovanje u Ljubavi rasti, i čovjeka će činiti sretnim, on se više neće osjećati žrtvom, nego će ga nesebična Ljubav prema bližnjemu činiti sretnim, i njemu svjetovne stvari više neće nedostajati, nego će od njih voljno odustajati radi onoga što je za to zamijenio.... Ljubav Božju, Koja mu tada u obliku snage dotječe i koja sve zemaljske radosti po vrijednosti višestruko nadmašuje.

Tad niti tijelo više neće žudjeti za svijetom, nego će ono sudjelovati u duševnom radu i naći će svoje zadovoljenje u tome, jer duša koja ljubi nadvladala je tijelo, ona je dominirana od duha u sebi, a i tijelo se podlaže njegovim zahtjevima, ono se produhovljava isto kao i duša, ako Ljubav Božja u njemu može biti aktivna putem nesebične Ljubavi prema bližnjemu....

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Fulfilling the divine commandments.... temptations of the world....

It is much easier to submit to the desires of the world than to fulfill the divine commandments, because what the world demands of people is also the desire of man himself, i.e. it appeals to the body of man and is now also sought by him. The divine commandments, however, demand renunciation of what the body desires in favor of the neighbor who is now in need. Thus the body's desire has to be put aside, it has to renounce for the sake of the soul, then the human being lives his life on earth in accordance with divine will, which brings him spiritual success. The fulfillment of the divine commandments is therefore an overcoming of oneself, an overcoming of all bodily desires and a constant sacrifice of what is dear and valuable to oneself.... It is not easy, i.e., it requires a constant supply of strength, because man must resist temptations in order to test his free will, because the body's desires threaten to make him fickle again and again and he constantly needs strength to resist them. But without inner struggle no spiritual progress can be achieved, and without temptation there is no merit in remaining steadfast. And so the world will always want to push itself forward, the divine commandments will always demand a willingness to sacrifice, while the world tries to make the enjoyment of earthly pleasures the human being's purpose in life, and it takes a strong will, a deep faith and a conscious striving towards God to surrender the world and to find complete satisfaction in the fulfillment of the divine commandments. The strength from God must enable the human being to do the latter, it must permeate him and make him feel God's love, then his activity of love will also increase, it will make the human being himself happy, he will no longer feel it as a sacrifice but unselfish neighbourly love will make him happy, and he will no longer miss the world but willingly give it up for what he exchanges for it.... for the love of God, which now flows to him in the form of strength and which surpasses all earthly pleasures many times over in value. Then the body will no longer desire the world either, but it will participate in the soul's work and find satisfaction in it, for a loving soul has conquered its body, it is dominated by the spirit within itself, and the body also submits to its desire, it spiritualizes itself like the soul, as soon as God's love can become effective in it through unselfish neighbourly love....

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