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ZAPOVIJED LJUBAVI PREMA BLIŽNJEM.... SAMOLJUBLJE....

Kroz zapovijed Ljubavi prema bližnjemu, treba biti zaustavljeno samoljublje, jer ono je smrt duše. Čovjek treba ljubiti sebe tek u maloj mjeri, odnosno, on treba u tom pogledu pažljivo postupati s darom Božje milosti, tako da on štiti svoj život od namjerne ozljede, i čini sve da sačuva ovaj život, budući mu nije dan bez razloga. Ali, čim on sebe samoga prekomjerno ljubi, on ne ostvaruje stvarnu svrhu zemaljskog života, jer samoljublje ne oplemenjuje čovjeka, nego ga povlači nadolje. Ljubav prema bližnjemu međutim, neizbježno mora umanjiti samoljublje, i to u istoj mjeri u kojoj je Ljubav prema bližnjemu prakticirana. A, budući da čovjek ima mogućnost prakticirati Ljubav prema bližnjemu na najopsežniji način, on bi ubrzo mogao višestruko nadmašiti samoljublje, ali je uvijek potrebno nadvladavanje kako bi se činilo dobro bližnjemu, kada Ljubav u srcu čovjeka još nije zapaljena u jasan plamen. Stoga je Bog dao zapovijed Ljubavi prema bližnjemu, budući čovjeku koji u sebi ima Ljubav, nije potrebna zapovijed. Ali, gdje još prevladava samoljublje, čovjek mora biti potican kroz zapovijedi, da bi pobijedio ovo prvo, i mora na neki način najprije sebe naviknuti da se manje osvrće na sebe, zbog bližnjega. Ako on sam sebe prisili na aktivnu Ljubav prema bližnjemu, čak i ako je to u početku bez unutarnjeg poticaja, ipak će se uskoro u njemu zapaliti Ljubav, i on će onda vršiti djela Ljubavi potaknut iznutra, kako bi pomogao i obradovao.... Onda se smanjuje samoljublje, a ipak on na sebi ostvaruje najveće djelo Ljubavi, jer spašava svoju dušu, no bez sebičnih misli, budući prakticira Ljubav poradi Ljubavi i poradi dobra.... A tako u njemu raste i Ljubav prema Bogu, koja u Ljubavi prema bližnjemu dolazi do izražaja.... Jer, ljubiti Boga svim srcem, znači čuvati Njegove zapovijedi, a Njegove zapovijedi zahtijevaju Ljubav.... Ljubav prema svemu što je stvoreno od Boga, ali na nesebičan način, jer Ja-ljubav uvijek traži vlastitu korist, i prema tome nije Božanska Ljubav. Ako se čovjek ne bori protiv samoljublja, on će stalno nazadovati u razvoju, budući će mu Božanska Ljubav ostati strana (nepoznata), međutim, jedino ona mu donosi otkupljenje. Ja-ljubav želi sve posjedovati, ipak, ona teži samo zemaljskim dobrima, i stoga sprječava duševni razvoj, jer jedino darivatelj će također moći i primiti. No, tko ljubi sebe samoga više nego bližnjega, on neće ništa željeti podijeliti, i zato neće moći ni primiti. Ali, budući da Bog mjeri u skladu sa čovjekovom voljom za davanjem, onda ovaj najprije treba biti zapovijedima potican na davanje, a kako on sada slijedi zapovijedi, tako će on također biti uzet u obzir (opskrbljen) od Boga. I kroz to će on polako biti naučen na aktivnost Ljubavi, koja onda također može postati sve više nesebična, što više čovjek nadvladava samoljublje. Tek onda on također prepoznaje blagoslov Ljubavi prema bližnjemu, budući ga ona čini to sretnijim, što je više potaknuta iz srca. I to više se čovjek budi u život, dok samoljublje čini da padne u duhovnu smrt.... Ljubav mora biti prakticirana, ako duh u čovjeku treba postati živ. I zato mu je Bog dao zapovijedi, jer čovjek je uvijek u opasnosti da se izgubi na protivnoj strani, ako prevladava samoljublje, dok se on sve više približava Bogu, što više se odriče sebe samoga, tako nadvlada samoljublje, budući mu Ljubav prema bližnjemu donosi nepodijeljenu Božju Ljubav, koja ga zahvaća, i sjedinjuje se s njim, te ga čini najblaženijim bićem na Zemlji, i jednom u vječnosti.

AMEN

Commandment to love one's neighbour.... self-love....

The commandment of neighbourly love should put a stop to self-love, for this is the death of the soul. A person is only allowed to love himself to a small degree, i.e. he should be careful with God's gift of grace insofar as he protects his life from wanton harm and does everything that preserves this life, because it is not given to him without purpose. However, as soon as he loves himself excessively he does not fulfil his actual purpose of earthly life, for self-love does not ennoble the human being but degrades him. But love for one's neighbour must inevitably reduce self-love, and that in the same measure as love is practiced for one's neighbour. And since the human being has the opportunity to practice neighbourly love in the most extensive way, he will soon be able to surpass self-love many times over, yet it always requires an overcoming to do good to the neighbour if love has not yet kindled into a bright flame in the human being's heart. And that is why God gave the commandment of neighbourly love, because the person who has love within himself does not need the commandment. But where self-love still predominates, man must be stimulated by the commandments to fight against the former, he must first be accustomed, so to speak, to pay less attention to himself for the sake of his fellow human beings. If he forces himself into active neighbourly love, even if initially without an inner drive, love will nevertheless soon ignite in him and he will then carry out the works of love out of an inner drive to help and please.... And then self-love diminishes and yet he does the greatest work of love in himself, for he saves his soul without selfish thoughts, for he practices love for the sake of love and goodness.... And thus love for God also grows in him, which is expressed in love for his neighbour.... For loving God with all your heart means keeping His commandments, and His commandments demand love.... love for everything God has created, but in an unselfish way, for selfish love only seeks self-interest and is therefore not divine love. And if the human being does not fight selfish love he will constantly go backwards in his development, for divine love will then remain alien to him, but this alone will bring him redemption. Ego love wants to possess everything, however, it only seeks earthly goods and thus hinders the development of the soul, for only the giver will also be allowed to receive. But anyone who loves himself more than his neighbour will not want to hand out anything and therefore will not be able to receive anything either. But since God measures according to the human being's will to give, he must first be urged to give through commandments, and as he now complies with the commandments he will also be considered by God. And thereby he is slowly educated to love activity, which can then also become more and more unselfish the more the human being fights self-love. And only then will he also recognize the blessing of neighbourly love, because it makes him all the more happy the more it is the instinct of his heart. And the more the human being awakens to life, whereas self-love causes him to fall prey to spiritual death.... Love must be practiced if the spirit is to come alive in the human being. And this is why God gave him the commandments, for the human being is constantly in danger of losing himself to the opposing force if love for himself prevails, whereas he comes ever closer to God the more he gives himself up, thus overcomes self-love, for love for his neighbour earns him God's undivided love which seizes him and unites with him and makes him the most blissful being on earth and one day in eternity....

Amen