Vi se ne bi trebali odupirati duhu ako on sebe želi izraziti.... a on vam želi govoriti ako ste iznutra nagnani/potaknuti imati/podržavati duhovne misli, ako vaše misli sebe nastavljaju okupirati sa onim što se ne tiče vašeg tijela nego duše.... ako morate razmišljati o smrti, o nastavku života nakon smrti, o Bogu, o vašoj odgovornosti prema Njemu, o vašim vlastitim nedostacima, o greškama i slabostima, koje vi sami doživljavate kao takve i koje vam uzrokuju da se iznutra osjećate nezadovoljni i tjeskobni. Sve ove su izražaji duha u vama koji bi želio da se njegov glas čuje, koji zahtjeva vašu pažnju što se tiče svih ovih stvari, budući su one jedine od važnosti za vječnost.... Sve ove misli se ne bave zemaljskim svijetom nego upućuju na duhovno kraljevstvo, i na te misli treba obratiti pažnju, jer one se ne pojavljuju u ljudskom biću bez razloga. One su blage opomene i upozorenja, to je unutarnji glas kojeg čovjek jedino ne prepoznaje kao glas i koji mu govori isto, da se čovjek treba kritički ispitati [[ili 'dobrano zamisliti']] i ne živjeti ravnodušno, da on ne bi trebao živjeti samo zemaljski život pošto on na taj način uzrokuje neopisivu štetu svojoj duši. Koritelj unutar osobe neće šutjeti ali će jako često on biti ignoriran, jer glas koji dolazi izvani je glasniji i potiskuje/potapa unutarnji glas ako je čovjek previše svjetovno orijentiran. Onda će on postati neosjetljiv na nježan glas koji zvuči u njemu, on će jedino imati oči i uši za svijet i biti će u velikoj opasnosti u potpunosti izgubiti sposobnost čuti ovaj glas.... gubeći na taj način svu vjeru i nesposoban više kontemplirati duhovne misli.
Svaki čovjek, čak svjetovan čovjek usljed života, ima trenutke spokojnosti kada sebe može kritički sagledati ako to želi.... Svaki će čovjek povremeno biti povučen u razgovore koji se odnose na duhovne probleme; u svakom čovjeku duh, koji je dio Boga, pokušava sebe izraziti.... Jer Bog dodiruje sve ljude, i On to čini opet i iznova, pošto ih želi odvratiti od čisto zemaljskih stvari prema duhovnima. Pa ipak svatko tko se odupire duhu, tko tjera sve misli, tko ostaje neprijemčiv za sve unutarnje instrukcije, spriječava djelovanje unutarnjeg duha na svoju vlastitu pogibelj. Jer on gubi sav kontakt sa Božanskim, on sam uništava most.... on ostaje na Zemlji i nikad neće biti sposoban ući u duhovne sfere čak kada je njegov zemaljski život završio.... Jer njegova je duša toliko materijalistički naklonjena da će biti nesposobna napustiti zemaljsku sferu.... ona je otvrdnuta baš kao i materija, koja je jedina zaokupljala njegove misli i namjere u zemaljskom životu.... I zato će dušin put biti beskonačno dug prije nego dosegne sferu duha.... jer njime je znatno mukotrpnije putovati nego na Zemlji.
AMEN
TranslatorYou should not resist the spirit if it wants to express itself.... and it wants to speak if you are inwardly urged to entertain spiritual thoughts, if your thoughts keep occupying themselves with that which does not concern your body but the soul.... if you have to think of death, of a continuation of life after death, of God, of your responsibility towards Him, of your own shortcomings, of mistakes and weaknesses, which you yourselves experience as such and which cause you to feel inwardly dissatisfied and anxious. All these are expressions of the spirit in you which would like its voice to be heard, which demands your attention regarding all these things, as they alone are of importance for eternity.... All these thoughts don't deal with the earthly world but point to the spiritual kingdom, and these thoughts ought to be heeded, for they don't arise in the human being for no reason. They are gentle admonitions and warnings, it is the inner voice which is just not recognised by a person as a voice and which tells him the same, that the person should take stock of himself and not live indifferently, that he should not merely live an earthly life because he thereby causes indescribable damage to his soul. The admonisher within the person will not keep silent but very often will be ignored, for the voice from outside is louder and drowns out the inner voice if a person is too worldly minded. Then he will become insensitive to the subtle voice which sounds in him, he will only have eyes and ears for the world and be in great danger of entirely losing the ability to hear this voice.... thereby losing all faith and no longer being capable of contemplating spiritual thoughts.
Every person, even a worldly person in the midst of life, has moments of calm when he can take stock of himself if he wants.... Every person will occasionally be drawn into conversations pertaining to spiritual problems; in every person the spirit, which is part of God, tries to express itself.... For God touches all people, and He does so time and time again, because He wants to divert them from purely earthly matters towards spiritual ones. Yet anyone who resists the spirit, who pushes all thoughts away, who remains unreceptive to all inward instructions, prevents the working of the inner spirit at his own peril. For he loses all contact with the Divine, he himself destroys the bridge.... he remains on earth and will never be able to enter spiritual spheres even when his earthly life has ended.... For his soul is so materialistically inclined that it will be unable to leave the earthly sphere.... it is hardened just like matter, which occupied its sole thoughts and intentions in earthly life.... And for this soul the path will be an infinitely long one before it reaches the sphere of the spirit.... for it is considerably more arduous to travel than on earth....
Amen
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