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UZROK I SVRHA PATNJE.... MATERIJALNA PROLAZNOST

Svjetovni ljudi su toliko odvojeni od istine da ne (po)znaju snagu vjere ili pak što znači biti privučen u blisko sjedinjenje sa Bogom, i prema tome oni promatraju samo svjetovne događaje i ne spoznaju da je neispravan odnos prema Bogu ono što uzrokuje svaki svjetovni događaj, i uzrokuje ljudsku patnju.

Sve dok čovječanstvu nedostaje ovo znanje njihovo mučno stanje se neće promijeniti. Patnja će neprestano uzimati druge oblike tako da kroz njihove mnoge i različite nevolje i boli mogu jednog dana steći razumijevanje da druga sila, koja nije ljudska, stoji iza svih nevoljâ – da njihov autor nije samo ljudska već da istovremeno djeluje i volja Više Sile, i da oni moraju zauzeti određeni stav u odnosu na tu Višu Silu.

Znanje o čistoj istini objašnjava sve, i čini veliku izopačenost razumljivom, pošto su uzrok, posljedica i cilj prepoznatljivi. I stoga je promjena moguća jedino kada se ljudi prilagode toj svrsi i cilju i potom nastoje otkloniti uzrok patnje i nevolje, što za svjetovne ljude jeste a i ostaje nerazumljivo sve dok smatraju da je svijet najvažniji, sve dok svojim tijelima daju prioritet, puštajući dušu da gladuje.

Međutim, istinsko znanje se može dati samo onome koji se odvojio od svijeta, jer kada se znanje daje svjetovnim ljudima oni ga neće prepoznati kao istinu i prema tome će ga odbaciti. Zato se takav čovjek mora učiniti prijemčivim za istinu, kroz patnje i nevolje ga se mora naučiti da prepozna bezvrijednost svjetovnih dobara, umanjujući tako njegovu žudnju za njima.

I tako se njegova želja za istinom povećava pod pretpostavkom da nije pod utjecajem zlih sila koje u potpunosti zbunjuju njegove misli, odvraćaju ga od istine i izazivaju u čovjeku mržnju, kako mu svijet zajedno sa njegovim zadovoljstvima počne pružati razočaranje. Takav onda više ne pronalazi vezu sa Bogom dok je na Zemlji, i svako sredstvo koje Bog upotrebljava je uzaludno. Za čovjekovu dušu je ipak korisno prepoznati kratkotrajnost svjetovnih vrijednosti dok je još na Zemlji, i naučiti kako ih prezirati te ne biti sa njima isuviše vezan za Zemlju u trenutku njezinog napuštanja, čak i ako prelazi u drugi svijet ne-dovoljno razvijen.

Prevladavanje materije u duhovnom carstvu onda nije toliko teško i proces višeg razvoja se, kada je ušao u duhovno carstvo, može puno brže dogoditi. Takva duša u duhovnom carstvu puno spremnije prihvaća ponuđenu istinu i ne odupire se Bogu toliko kao na zemlji. I zato sudbina umrlih duša nije toliko beznadežna, tamo gdje su na Zemlji kroz veliku patnju prepoznali prolaznu prirodu zemaljskih dobara, čak i tamo gdje su, izgubiviši svoje zemaljske živote, naizgled postali žrtve nesreće.

I stoga je čak i bol i patnja koju je uzrokovala volja zlih ljudi korisna za dušu koja je još jako daleko od Boga. I zato Bog dozvoljava da ljudi u slobodnoj volji bijesne jedni protiv drugih dok On to ne zaustavi kada se to poklapa sa Njegovim vječnim namjerama. A sve dok ljudi žive u neznanju, sve dok zatvaraju svoje uši za istinu, On im dozvoljava da dozrijevaju kroz svoje vlastite akcije i da iskuse neizrecive patnje i nevolje, pošto oni to sami žele i stoga su sami uzročnici svojih patnji.

AMEN

Cause, purpose and aim of suffering.... Awareness.... Transience....

Worldly minded people are so far removed from the truth that they are unaware of how much strength they can draw from faith and a heartfelt bond with God, and thus they only ever take notice of world events and do not realise that this wrong attitude towards God is the cause of every world event which results in human suffering. And as long as human beings lack this insight, the state of suffering cannot change either. Time and again the suffering will merely adopt different shapes, so that the diversity of their hardship and sorrow will eventually make people understand that a power other than human will is behind the sorrow, that human will alone is not the cause but that the will of a higher power simultaneously steps into action, and that they will develop a certain opinion about this higher power. The knowledge of pure truth explains everything; it makes the immense hardship comprehensible because its cause, purpose and objective are identifiable. Change is only possible when people adapt themselves to the purpose and objective, i.e. when they try to solve the cause of sorrow and hardship which, however, is and remains incomprehensible to the worldly minded person as long as the world is his priority, as long as he provides his body with all privileges and starves the soul.

The knowledge of truth can only be given to the person who detaches himself from the world, for if the knowledge is conveyed to the worldly minded person he will not recognise it as truth and reject it. Thus increased suffering will put him into a situation which will make him receptive to truth.... by learning to understand through suffering and hardship the worthlessness of worldly goods and reducing the longing for those same goods.... The desire for truth will increase accordingly, providing he is not influenced by negative forces who completely confuse his reasoning and attempt to divert him from the truth, who incite hatred in the person the more the world and its joys disappoint him. But such people will not find the connection to God on earth anymore, and every means employed by God is in vain. Nevertheless it is an advantage for the human soul to recognise the transience of earthly values while it is still on earth, where it can learn to despise them and is no longer excessively bound by them to earth when it departs, even if it enters the beyond with a low degree of maturity. In that case, overcoming matter in the spiritual kingdom will not be quite so difficult and the process of higher development in the spiritual kingdom can progress faster once it has finally started. The soul will then accept the truth more readily in the spiritual kingdom, it will not oppose God as much as on earth.

Consequently, the fate of the departed souls is not as hopeless if intense suffering on earth had made them aware of the transience of earthly possessions even if they lose their earthly lives as apparent victims in times of hardship. And thus even suffering and hardship caused by evil human will is of benefit for the souls who are still very distant from God, hence God allows human beings to rage against each other of their own free will until He Himself commands an end when it fulfils His plan of eternity. And as long as people live in ignorance, as long as they do not want to hear the truth, He will allow them to mature through their own actions and experience untold perils and suffering, because this is what they want and therefore they are the instigators of their own suffering....

Amen