Bit će vam dano jasno svjetlo ako vi imate volju, omogućiti mu da blista... Vrijeme pomutnje (zbrke), zbunjuje i razmišljanje ljudi, oslabljuje sposobnost mišljenja, pa oni više ne mogu prepoznati duhovnu Istinu kao takvu, zbog čega je potrebno njeno neprestano dostavljanje, a ovo traži ljude voljne primiti, kroz koje takvo duhovno znanje može biti preneseno tragateljima. Takva poduka se sada može događati na razne načine, može nadopuniti već postojeće znanje, ona može biti ponuđena kao potpuno novo znanje, ako je čovjek prije stajao u pogrešnom mišljenju (zabludi), ona međutim također može, kao opovrgavanje obmanjujućeg nauka, razjasniti jedno područje nad kojim još vlada nejasnoća među ljudima. No, uvijek je uvjet, da snage okrenute Bogu posreduju ideje čovjeku koji je pristao biti primajuća posuda Božanskog Duha, kako bi služio Bogu razdjeljivanjem Istine. A, ovaj uvjet je zadovoljen čim svakoj duhovnoj poduci prethodi iskrena i žarka molitva za dostavljanje Čiste Istine... Sve dobre duhovne snage imaju samo jedan cilj.... na Zemlji utjelovljenu bit (postojanje) sjediniti s Bogom, odnosno, biti mu od pomoći u tome. Duhovno sjedinjenje postoji, ali samo u stanju svjetla, odnosno, u stanju spoznaje koja je posljedica života u Ljubavi. Da bi se doseglo ovo stanje, čovjeku je dan zemaljski život u kojem on može izgraditi svoje sposobnosti, koje su na početku njegovog utjelovljenja tek slabo razvijene, ali sukladno njegovoj volji mogu doživjeti uzlazni ili silazni razvoj. Tijek njegovog života mu daje dovoljno prilika za taj razvoj, ali on ne ovisi o manje ili više razvijenim darovima razuma, nego jedino o volji za dobro, o stavu prema Bogu, i stoga o djelovanju u Ljubavi.... o stremljenju prema sjedinjenju s Bogom kroz dobra djela.... Jedino kroz to čovjek može doseći tako visoki stupanj duhovnog razvoja, da on već na Zemlji uđe u stanje svjetla, odnosno, da dođe do spoznaje.... Onda se već dogodilo usklađivanje s Bogom, i ovo stanje duši čovjeka po njegovoj smrti osigurava ulazak u kraljevstvo svjetla, u sfere gdje ona može sudjelovati u Kristovom djelu otkupljenja, gdje je ona sposobna drugim dušama ponovno pomagati do znanja, do svjetla, tako da ona podučava Ljubav, i na taj način je iskupiteljski aktivna. Stoga ovaj stupanj savršenstva mogu s lakoćom postići oni ljudi, koji samo imaju volju za dobro, i koji uspostavljaju vezu s Bogom kroz iskrenu molitvu.... Da ljudi imaju različite sposobnosti shvaćanja, da su oni više ili manje inteligentni, nije na nijedan način odlučujuće za ovu volju za dobro. Jer, duhovna iskra u čovjeku će se kroz Ljubav dovesti do buđenja. Ali, Ljubav se rađa u srcu, i može biti iznimno živa u čovjeku čija aktivnost razuma znatno zaostaje za onom kod nekog drugog čovjeka. A čak i tamo gdje se svjetlo, spoznaja Istine, ne pojavljuje izvanredno tijekom zemaljskog života, duša na ulasku u kraljevstvo onostranog može biti obuzeta svjetlom, odnosno, spoznaja joj može doći munjevito brzo, i prekomjerno obilno znanje ju sada čini sposobnom za gorljivu Ljubavnu aktivnost u onostranom. I stoga je bespredmetna zabrinutost da bi manje razvijeno razumsko razmišljanje moglo utjecati na duševnu zrelost, da bi stoga svakoj duši jednom trebala biti ponuđena prilika, da iskoristi napredne tjelesne sposobnosti kako bi dosegla visoku zrelost na Zemlji. Takve duše uistinu mogu nadasve blagotvorno djelovati na Zemlji, ukoliko svoje izvanredne sposobnosti razuma stave u službu bližnjemu kako bi mu prenijele duhovno znanje i time ih potakle na višu aktivnost Ljubavi. Ali, čovjek isto tako može dovesti Ljubav do najvišeg razvoja bez posebnog poticaja, i ovaj čovjek će nesumnjivo dosegnuti najvišu zrelost. Njegovo razmišljanje može međutim biti sasvim ne-komplicirano, ne mora nužno biti prepoznatljivo više znanje, a unatoč tome je on vođen u svome razmišljanju i djelovanju od dobrih duhovnih snaga, koje ga opskrbljuju sukladno njegovom daru shvaćanja, i stalno ga potiču na povećano Ljubavno djelovanje, kako bi postigao svoje sjedinjenje s Bogom. Stoga je Ljubav prva, iz nje se najprije rađa mudrost, a ova mudrost je udio duše, čim ona uđe u duhovno kraljevstvo. Ali, jedno jedino utjelovljenje na Zemlji može dovesti Ljubav do punog razvoja, jer Ljubav može biti prakticirana u svakoj životnoj situaciji, u svakoj životnoj sudbini, u svakom tjelesnom i duhovnom stanju, budući onajedino ima za preduvjet, da se zapali Božanska iskra u čovjeku, i razbukta u najviši plamen, a to može učiniti čovjek najprimitivnijeg razmišljanja, ako on samo ima volju da bude dobar. Ali, u njemu je spoznaja dobra i zla, jer se obje snage, dobre i zle, bore za njegovu dušu, i stoga je njegovo mišljenje pod utjecajem obje duhovne snage, a pobjedu nad njim nose snage kojima se okrene njegova slobodna volja. Kako se međutim odlučuje njegova volja, do određene mjere ovisi o njegovoj vjeri, o njegovom stavu prema Bogu i prema Kristovom djelu otkupljenja, čim on ima znanje o tome. Isus Krist je umro na Križu za slabe, koji sami od sebe nisu bili u stanju namaknuti volju za dobro. Ali, neka nitko ne misli da je jak.... Iako je on dokazao visoke umne sposobnosti, on još uvijek potrebuje milosti djela otkupljenja, od Isusa Krista otkupljeno osnaženje volje, kako bi mogao sazrjeti u svjetlosno biće, za vrijeme njegovog zemaljskog života.... I stoga je Isus Krist napravio naknadu, tako da mogu postati blaženi svi koji su dobre volje.... (13 Kolovoza 1944) Čovječanstvo je zaista veoma zaostalo u svom duhovnom razvoju, i ono se ne osvrće na nikakvu mogućnost napretka. Ovo je neosporno proces hlađenja, koji svoj uzrok ima u slobodnoj volji čovjeka, a za koju on također mora odgovarati. Zato čovjek ne može očekivati nikakvu podršku za nešto što je nastupilo vlastitom krivnjom. No, bila bi to podrška, ako bi on, vlastitom krivnjom propušteni ili zanemareni razvoj mogao svojevoljno nadoknaditi u ponovljenom utjelovljenju na Zemlji. Jer on svoju slobodnu volju nije ispravno iskoristio, za što je međutim u svakoj životnoj situaciji bio sposoban kroz otkupljujuće djelo Krista, Koji je Svojom smrću na Križu slomio nadmoć Njegovog protivnika nad ljudskom voljom. Stoga nema nikakvog opravdanja za ponovljeni prelazak zemaljskog života jedne nesavršene duše, koje bi se moglo zasnivati na Božanskoj pravednosti, jer čim je čovjek podbacio unatoč priljevu milosti, on ne može zahtijevati samovoljno ponavljanje jednog utjelovljenja na Zemlji, kako bi postigao isti stupanj zrelosti, kojeg čovjek s dobrom voljom može postići za vrijeme svoga zemaljskog života, nego on sada treba ponovo prevaliti daleko teži uspon u onostranom, kao pravično poravnanje za njegovu pogrešnu volju. Ljudi imaju sasvim različita znanja i različite zemaljske sposobnosti, i ovo ih često dovodi do pogrešnog shvaćanja, da se sazrijevanje duše odvija primjereno ovim sposobnostima. Ali onda ostaje nesagledano da je odlučujuća jedino Ljubavna aktivnost, dakle, jedino Ljubavno djelovanje potpomaže razvoj naviše. Ali, svaki čovjek može prakticirati Ljubav, budući je za to potrebna jedino volja čovjeka, to je nagonjenje srca, koje nije u nikakvoj povezanosti sa nekim određenim stupnjem znanja, ili sa posebno razvijenom aktivnošću razuma. Da hlađenje Ljubavi naravno povlači za sobom i smanjenje znanja, neosporno je, pa stoga i mračno duhovno stanje izrazito izlazi na vidjelo, budući je ono posljedica nedostatka Ljubavi (neljubaznosti, nemilosrdnosti), za kojeg će duša jednom morati odgovarati.... (14 Kolovoza 1944) O višem razvoju se može govoriti jedino onda, kada se duša povezala s Duhom, kada ona dakle prakticira Ljubav, i kroz to je probudila u život duhovnu iskru u sebi, koja sada ostaje u postojanoj aktivnosti, odnosno, pokreće dušu na neprestano Ljubavno djelovanje. Posljedično, bez Ljubavnog djelovanja se mora zabilježiti zastoj razvoja, ili čak nazadovanje kod očitog nedostatka Ljubavi. Ali, svakom je čovjeku na raspolaganju jednaka mjera milosti i dane su mu iste mogućnosti za sazrijevanje duše. Ako ih sada on ne koristi, i također ostavlja neuvažene milosti, tako da one ne mogu postati učinkoviti na njemu, onda on također mora, sukladno Božanskoj pravednosti, uzeti na sebe i posljedice, odnosno, on se u onostranom sam mora nositi sa stanjem, u koje je dospio vlastitom krivnjom, stoga zasluženo.... Sada bi na izvjestan način bilo nepravedno, ako bi njemu, koji veliku milost utjelovljenja nije iskoristio za spasenje svoje duše, još jednom bila ponuđena ista prilika, da nadoknadi ono što je propustio... To bi bila nepravda naspram onih koji su u potpunosti iskoristili njihov zemaljski život, ne ne uvažavajući svoje tijelo, u odricanju, i stalnom suzdržavanju od radosti svijeta. Dublje znanje zaista nije apsolutno potrebno, jedino aktivnost Ljubavi, i stoga se i najneukiji čovjek može razvijati naviše, ako je on samo Ljubavno aktivan, jer mu znanje prilazi čim mu je ono potrebno za njegove bližnje, ili kada on uđe u duhovno kraljevstvo. Jer onda on može usrećivati duše u onostranom svojim znanjem, koje će mu sada biti preneseno munjevito brzo, tako da on kao nositelj svjetla može opet djelovati u Ljubavi u duhovnom kraljevstvu.
AMEN
TranslatorA bright light is given to you if you have the will to let it shine.... A time of confusion also confuses people's thinking, their ability to think becomes weaker and they can no longer recognize spiritual truths as such, which is why a constant supply of them is necessary and this requires people who are willing to receive them, through whom spiritual knowledge can be conveyed to the seekers. Such instruction can take place in various ways, it can supplement knowledge which already exists, it can be offered as completely new knowledge if the human being had previously thought wrongly, but it can also clarify an area as a refutation of wrong teachings about which people are still unclear. But the prerequisite is always that God-oriented forces convey the spiritual thought material to the human being who, as a receptacle of the divine spirit, declares himself willing to serve God by spreading the truth. And this prerequisite is given as soon as heartfelt prayer for the supply of pure truth precedes every spiritual instruction.... All good spiritual forces only have one aim.... to unite the embodied being on earth with God, i.e. to help him to do so. However, spiritual unification only exists in the state of light, i.e. in the state of realization, which is the result of a life of love. In order to reach this state the human being is given earthly life in which he can develop his abilities, which are only weakly developed at the beginning of his embodiment but can experience an ascending or also descending development according to his will. His course of life gives him every opportunity for this development, but it does not depend on more or less developed gifts of intellect but solely on the will for good, on the attitude towards God and thus the activity in love.... the striving for connection with God through good works.... Only through this can the human being reach such a high level of spiritual development that he enters a stage of light already on earth, i.e. that he attains realization.... Then the alignment with God has already taken place, and this state ensures the human being's soul's entrance into the kingdom of light at his death, into spheres where it can participate in Christ's act of salvation, where it is able to help other souls into wisdom, into light again, by teaching love and thus being active in redemption. Thus people can easily reach this degree of perfection if they only have the will to do good and establish contact with God through heartfelt prayer.... The fact that people have different faculties of perception, that they are more or less intelligent, is by no means decisive for this will for good. For the spiritual spark in the human being is awakened through love. But love is born in the heart, and it can be exceedingly active in a person whose intellectual activity is considerably behind that of another person. And even if the light, the realization of truth, does not become extraordinarily apparent during earthly life, the soul can be flooded with light upon entering the kingdom of the beyond, i.e., the realization can come to it in a flash and an abundance of knowledge can enable it to be eagerly active in love in the beyond. And therefore the concerns that a less developed intellectual thinking could impair the soul's maturing are invalid, that therefore every soul once has to be offered the opportunity to make use of advanced physical abilities in order to attain increased maturity on earth. Such souls can indeed work extremely beneficially on earth insofar as they place their extraordinary intellectual abilities at the service of their fellow human being in order to impart spiritual knowledge to him and thereby stimulate him into increased activity of love. But a person can also develop love to the highest degree without any special stimulation, and this person will undoubtedly reach the highest level of maturity. But his thinking can be completely uncomplicated, it need not reveal higher wisdom, and yet his thinking and actions are guided by good spiritual forces which consider him according to his perceptive faculty and constantly impel him to increase his activity of love in order to achieve his union with God. For love is the first thing, wisdom is only born from it, and this wisdom is the soul's share as soon as it enters the spiritual kingdom. But love can fully develop a unique embodiment on earth, because love can be practiced in every situation of life, in every fate of life, in every physical and spiritual condition, because this only requires that the divine spark in the human being is ignited and kindled into the highest flame, and this can be done by the most primitive human being in thought if only he has the will to be good. But the knowledge of good and evil is in him because both forces, good and evil, fight for his soul and thus his thinking is influenced by both spiritual forces and the forces to which his free will turns bear the victory over him. But how his will decides depends to a certain extent on his faith, on his attitude towards God and Christ's act of salvation, as soon as he has knowledge of it. Jesus Christ died on the cross for the weak who were not able of themselves to muster the will for good. But no one thins himself to be strong.... Although he has high spiritual abilities he nevertheless requires the grace of the act of salvation, the strong will purchased by Jesus Christ, in order to be able to mature into a being of light during his earthly life.... And for this reason Jesus Christ created the compensation, so that all who are of good will can become blessed....
(13.8.1944) Humanity is indeed very backward in its spiritual development and pays no attention to any possibilities of progress. This is an unmistakable process of development which, however, has its cause in the human being's free will and for which he also has to answer. Consequently, man cannot expect any benefit for something that has occurred through his own fault. But it would be a benefit if he could make up for the development he missed or neglected through his own fault in a renewed embodiment on earth. For he did not use his free will in the right way, but he was capable of doing so in every situation of life due to Christ's act of salvation, Who broke His adversary's supremacy over people's will through His death on the cross. Therefore, there is no justification for an imperfect soul's repeated life on earth which could be based on divine justice, for as soon as the human being has failed despite the granting of grace he cannot claim any repetition of an embodiment on earth in order to reach the same degree of maturity which a person of good will can achieve during his life on earth, instead, he must then cover the far more difficult ascent in the beyond as just compensation for his wrong will. People certainly have different realizations, different knowledge and different earthly abilities, and this often leads them to the erroneous opinion that the maturing of the soul takes place according to these abilities. But then it is disregarded that only the activity of love is decisive, thus only the activity of love promotes the upward development. But love can be practiced by every human being, because only the human being's will is necessary for this, it is an instinct of the heart, which is in no way connected with (dependent on?) a certain degree of knowledge or a particularly developed intellectual activity. That the cooling of love understandably also results in reduced knowledge is indisputable, and therefore the dark spiritual state also appears particularly, because it is the consequence of unkindness, for which the soul therefore has to answer....
(8/14/1944) Higher development can only be spoken of when the soul has united with the spirit, when it therefore practices love and thereby awakens the spiritual spark in itself to life, which now remains in constant activity, i.e. stimulates the soul to everlasting loving activity. Consequently, without love activity a standstill of development or even a decline in the case of obvious lack of love is to be recorded. However, the same measure of grace is available to every human being and the same opportunities are given to him for the maturing of the soul. If he does not make use of them and does not take advantage of the graces because they cannot take effect in him, he must also accept the consequences according to divine justice, i.e. he must himself deal with the state in the beyond into which he has fallen through his own fault, i.e. deservedly.... It would then be an injustice, so to speak, if he, who has not utilized the great grace of embodiment for the salvation of his soul, were offered the same opportunity again to make up for what he has neglected.... This would be an injustice to those who made full use of their earthly life by disregarding their body, by renouncing and constantly abstaining from the pleasures of the world. Deeper knowledge is not absolutely necessary but loving activity is, and therefore even the most ignorant person can develop upwards if only he is lovingly active, for knowledge will then come to him as soon as he needs it for his fellow human beings or he enters the spiritual kingdom. For then he will be able to delight the souls in the beyond with his knowledge, which will then be imparted to him in a flash, so that he can work in love again as a bearer of light in the spiritual kingdom....
Amen
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