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SLUŽENJE ILI BORBA.... RAZLIČITI CILJEVI/NAMJENE PATNJE

U fazi slobodne volje stvorenje ne bi trebalo strepiti od Božjeg protivnika, samo kada bi živjelo u ljubavi. Tada ga je svladalo, jer Božji protivnik je potpuno nemoćan protiv ljubavi. Dakle, čovjek bi se mogao riješiti kušnji i napasti, jer one nemaju utjecaja na njega jedino ako je aktivan u ljubavi. A ovo ovisi o čovjekovoj slobodnoj volji, i zbog toga se čovjek u životu mora sâm opredjeliti, za život koji je neprestana borba ili za život služenja u ljubavi.

Bog providi srce svakog pojedinca i On čini/dozvoljava da mu se dogodi ono što mu je potrebno, kao i što dozvoljava da ‘gladuje’ onaj koji ne treba Njegovu pomoć, Njegovu utjehu i Njegovu podršku, jer je iznutra protiv Njega, ne djelujući dakle u ljubavi koja bi svjedočila o njegovoj volji usmjerenoj ka Bogu.

Ljubav i Bog su jedno/isto, i time je čovjek u ljubavi spojen sa Bogom čime je nesumnjivo moćniji od Božjeg protivnika. Ako je čovjek voljan aktivirati se u pružanju ljubavi bližnjemu, neće ga spopadati napasti ovoga svijeta; iste je na izvjestan način već prevladao, što opet ne isključuje podnošenje patnje, jer patnja ne služi samo privođenju Bogu čovjeka koji je još Bogu nasuprotne volje, nego isto tako treba pročistiti i čovjeka koji stremi Bogu.

Međutim, u te dvije faze patnja se doživljava različito. Prva se tome opire jer se ne želi prepustiti sili koja ga ograničava u životnim užicima/nasladama/slastima.... On još traži svijet [[-ske užitke]] i svaku patnju doživljava kao poniženje i kao nedostatak životnih užitaka i time kao prisilu koju ne želi uvažiti/prihvatiti. I eventualno je potrebno dosta patnje dok se ne preda, a takva jedna borba djelo je protivnika koji još uvijek uz pomoć svijeta i njegovih užitaka pokušava zadobiti čovjeka, mameći ga istima kako bi mu pojačao čežnju/žudnju za svijetom i time ga okrenuo od Boga.

Ali ako je čovjek aktivan u ljubavi, tada mu patnja samo koristi pri usavršavanju, pri sazrijevanju du­še, tada Božji protivnik ima slabu moć nad njim, tada se on okreće od svijeta, i putem patnje sve se intimnije povezuje s Bogom. Ta razlika mora biti shvaćena kad se razmišlja o različitosti patnje, kojom su pogođeni dobri i loši ljudi.... Ljudi koji su još skroz okrenuti od Boga, i oni koji očigledno patnju više ne trebaju kako bi Boga pronašli.... Tako da patnja ima različite ciljeve, ali krajnja svrha joj je potpuno povezivanje s Bogom.

Najveća opasnost za čovjeka je privrženost svijetu i njegov nedostatak ljubavi, jer tada se on još uvijek nalazi u vlasti onoga koji ga želi upropastiti. A tada su mu potrebne oštre odgojne mjere kako bi se obratio. Tek kad se privrženost svijetu smanji, u njemu se može upaliti ljubav, i tek tada patnja može poprimiti druge oblike, kojih međutim [[on]] ne ostaje skroz pošteđen sve dok nije potpuno pročišćen [[literalno: očišćen od šljake]]. Zato je činiti djela ljubavi prema bližnjemu odlučujuće/presudno za stupanj čovjekovog razvoja, presudno je za dubinu patnje, jer gdje se djeluje u ljubavi i gdje je dakle Bog i Sâm prisutan, tamo će i patnju biti lakše podnijeti, jer čovjek je time u stanju primiti zračenje Božje ljubavi tako da ga patnja toliko ne pritišće. On se više ne mora boriti, već samo istrpjeti i izdržati do pomoći Božje, koja će ga osloboditi sve patnje, samo kad za to dođe vrijeme.

Čovjek mora ili služiti ili se boriti, i to u zavisnosti od svoje volje i u zavisnosti od svoje ljubavne sposobnosti.... Služenje će mu lakše padati, dok će mu borba zahtjevati puno snage ne želi li podleći sili koja pokušava sve kako bi mu dušu uvukla u mrak, i koja ima utjecaj na čovjeka sve dok ovaj živi bez ljubavi, jer je time još jako udaljen od Boga. Tek ljubav ga oslobađa od te sile, tek ga ljubav čini jakim, jer čovjek koji voli se nalazi u uniji sa Bogom i od Njega dobiva snagu za prevazilaženje Božjeg protivnika.

AMEN

Helping or fighting.... Different purposes for suffering....

In the state of freedom of will the being would not have to fear God's adversary if only it would live in love. Then it will have defeated him, because God's adversary is utterly defenceless against love. Hence, the human being would also be able to free himself from temptations and challenges, for they have no influence on him as soon as he acts with love. The latter, however, depends on a person's free will, and therefore the human being himself is the reason for an earthly existence which is either a constant battle or helpful love.... God knows every person's heart and gives the human being what he needs, but He also lets a person go short if he does not require His help, His comfort and His counsel because he inwardly opposes Him and therefore does not exercise love, which demonstrates his God-devoted will.... God and love are one and the same, and therefore a loving human being is also united with God and thus has to be superior to God's adversary. If the human being is willing to actively engage himself in neighbourly love he will not be quite so besieged by the temptations of the world; he effectively has already overcome them which, however, does not rule out that he will have to endure suffering, because suffering is not only intended to lead a person to God whose will is still turned away from God but it shall also purify the person who strives towards God. However, the suffering in these two stages is experienced differently. The former revolts against it because he does not want to bow down to a Power Which restricts his enjoyment of life.... He still desires the world and experiences all suffering as disadvantage, as an inadequate enjoyment of life and thus a constraint he refuses to accept. And it can require a lot of suffering before he has surrendered, and this kind of battle is the adversary's work, who still uses the world and its pleasures to gain the human being for himself, who continues to place all these before his eyes in order to intensify his desire and thereby alienate him from God. But if the human being is actively helpful, then the suffering will merely serve him to become perfect, to achieve maturity of his soul, then God's adversary will have little control over him, then he will turn away from the world and due to his suffering join God ever more closely.

This difference has to be recognised when the disparity of suffering is being considered, when good and bad people are affected by it.... people, who are still completely averted from God and those who seemingly no longer require suffering in order to find Him.... Each time the suffering serves a different purpose, yet the final purpose is the complete union with God. The greatest danger for the human being is his inclination towards the world and his lack of love, for then he will still be wholly enslaved by the one who wants to ruin him. And then he will need strict teaching methods in order to change. Only when his inclination towards the world subsides can love ignite in him, and then the suffering can take on different characteristics, yet it cannot be entirely spared to him as long as the soul is not totally purified. Practising neighbourly love is therefore a decisive factor for his degree of development, it is a decisive factor for the intensity of his suffering, for wherever love is practised, and thus where God is present Himself, the suffering will be more bearable because the human being will be able to receive God's emanation of strength and therefore the suffering will not depress him as much. He need not fight anymore but only bear it and wait for God's help which will remove all suffering from him when the time is right. The human being must be helpful or fight, and namely in accordance with his will and his ability to love.... Being helpful will come easily to him, yet fighting will require great strength if he does not want to succumb to the power which will use whatever it takes to pull him into darkness and which will continue to exert an influence on the human being as long as he lives without love, for then he is still far removed from God. Only love sets him free from this power, only love makes him strong, for the loving human being is united with God and receives his strength from Him in order to defeat the adversary....

Amen