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ZLO I NEVOLJA.... BOŽJA VOLJA ILI DOPUŠTENJE....

Svjetovni čovjek se pušta zadovoljiti onim što godi njegovim tjelesnim osjetilima, i ništa mu ne nedostaje, ako je to ispunjenje njegovim osjetilima, čak i ako on vjeruje da se naslađuje „duhovnim“ užicima, a pod tim podrazumijeva samo razumski stečeno dobro, kada se on bavi znanjem koje se opet tiče samo zemaljskih stvari. On se, dakle, osjeća dobro, i ništa mu ne nedostaje, jer se njegova duša ne probija sa svojim željama, a ne može se ni probiti, budući tijelo ima nadmoć. No, ovo stanje zadovoljstva ne traje, ili tek rijetko traje do smrti, jer takav čovjek ponajčešće sebe tjelesno uništava, jer bolest ili poodmakla dob brane te zemaljske užitke ili ispunjenje tjelesnih žudnji, i čovjek je sada često prisiljen promišljati [[(4 Rujan 1956)]] nad sobom samim, nad svojim životom i svrhom postojanja. A onda se uvijek iznova Božja Ljubav njemu približava, i nastoji ga odvratiti od svijeta, On nastoji duši posredovati snagu, koja iznutra utječe na čovjeka, da se odvoji od dotadašnje težnje, i oslobodi se svjetovnih misli.... No, duša je prožeta tek onda, ako ona ima određenu snagu, koja joj međutim mora doći izvana.... kroz pomoć, koja se može sastojati u dobrom razgovoru, u duhovnom dijalogu ili prenošenju Božanske Riječi kroz dobre knjige ili kroz Ljubav-ni zagovor nekog čovjeka.... Otuda sada duši prilazi snaga da sada djeluje i na tijelo, te onda može nastupiti polagana promjena razmišljanja, i ostatak zemaljskog života ipak može biti iskorišten za sazrijevanje duše.... Bolest, nesreća i zemaljske nevolje su stoga neizbježni za ljude koji se presnažno predaju svijetu, te su često najbolje i jedino sredstvo da se prepozna glupost svijeta. A ta sredstva će zato uvijek iznova biti primjenjivana, i to više će se pojavljivati, što više čovječanstvo okreće pogled na svijet. I zato su povećani životni užici, pretjerane zemaljske radosti i pružanje naslade osjetilima od strane svijeta, uvijek praćeni događajima negativne vrste, nezgodama, bolestima i pojavom krajnje [[(ekstremne)]] nevolje, kojima u temelju leže pretjerani životni užici. Ljudi trebaju na neki način na vlastitom tijelu već doživjeti razorne učinke, koje pobuđuju težnja za užitkom i neumjerenost, te oni kroz to trebaju naučiti prepoznati što je uistinu tijelo, i što im je donio dotadašnji život. Jer druga sredstva su bez uspjeha kod takvih svjetovnih ljudi, ova međutim još mogu postići ono što predočivanje i dobri govori nisu mogli.... da se oni odmaknu od svijeta, i izbjegnu najvećoj opasnosti, da od njega budu progutani. Stoga i svaku prividnu nesreću u posljednjem vremenu treba smatrati Božanskom voljom ili dopuštenjem, koje također još može imati blagotvoran učinak, čak i ako ima zlonamjerni povod ili također svjedoči protivničko djelovanje.... To također čovjeka uvijek može dovesti do svjesnosti, i imati za posljedicu odvraćanje od svijeta, a onda je duša spašena od daleko gore sudbine po njenom opozivu od ovoga svijeta.

AMEN

Mischief and misery.... God's will or permission....

The worldly man is satisfied with what satisfies his bodily senses and does not deprive himself of anything that satisfies his senses, even if he believes that he is indulging in 'spiritual' pleasures and only understands this to mean intellectually acquired goods, if he occupies himself with knowledge which again only concerns earthly things. Thus he feels good and does not deprive himself of anything because his soul does not push itself forward with its desire and cannot push itself forward either, since the body has the upper hand. But this state of contentment does not last until death, or only very rarely, because such a person usually ruins himself physically, because illnesses or increasing age prohibit those earthly pleasures or the fulfilment of bodily desires and the person is then often forced to think about himself, about his life and about the purpose of existence. And then God's love approaches him again and again and tries to hold him back from the world, He tries to impart strength to the soul that it influences the human being from within to detach himself from the previous striving and to free himself from worldly thoughts.... But the soul will only penetrate if it has a certain amount of strength which, however, must come to it from outside.... through help which can consist of good conversation, spiritual conversations or transmission of the divine word, through good books or through loving intercession of a fellow human being.... From this the soul receives the strength to also influence the body, and then a slow change of thinking can occur, and the rest of earthly life can still be used well for the maturing of the soul. Illness, misfortune and earthly hardship are therefore indispensable for people who give themselves too much to the world and are often the best and only means to learn to recognize the world's staleness. And these means are therefore used again and again and become ever more apparent the more humanity turns its gaze to the world. And that is why increased enjoyment of life, excessive earthly pleasures and the sensual performances of the worldly side will always be accompanied by phenomena of a negative kind, by misfortunes, illnesses and blatant misery, which is based on excessive enjoyment of life. People should, as it were, already experience in their own bodies the devastating effects which hedonism and intemperance produce, and they should thereby learn to recognize what the body actually is and what the life they have led up to now has brought them. For other means are unsuccessful with such worldly people, but these can still achieve what ideas and good speeches could not.... that they distance themselves from the world and escape the greatest danger of being devoured by it. For this reason, all apparent disaster in the last days should be regarded as divine will or permission which can also still have a beneficial effect, even if it is caused maliciously or also testifies to adversarial activity.... It can always bring people to their senses and result in a turning away from the world, and then their soul will be saved from a far worse fate after its recall from this world....

Amen