0545 Voice of conscience.... warning spirits.... rejection in danger....

August 14, 1938: Book 12

The purpose of all worldly endeavours is to remedy the hardships of life, to lead an orderly, carefree life and to do the body every conceivable favour and thus turn life on earth into a life full of joy and pleasure.... But what seems beneficial to the body is true death for the soul. No force on earth is able to save the soul from this danger, only the human being alone must ensure that the world does not have a fatal effect on the soul. There are so many opportunities which give man a hint that he himself has to take responsibility for all actions and omissions. He is also given intellect and will so that he can consider everything and can also avert danger of his own accord if only he summons the will. Quietly and almost imperceptibly the voice in his heart stirs, which sounds louder and louder the more attention is paid to it. This voice is the vigilant warning signal that always alerts a person to danger, and if he heeds this secret admonition from his heart, his soul will be grateful to him for protecting it from danger.... In cases of great adversity the voice is so strong that a restlessness seizes the whole person and he will not attain peace until he has heeded this voice, for everything that is good in man seeks connection with good spiritual strength, and this in turn seeks to make itself heard in the human heart, so that the intellect stimulates the will to be active.... Thus all people receive daily warnings and admonitions from above, and anyone who understands them correctly and obeys them need not fear falling prey to spiritual death, but if the human being isolates himself and silences this voice by constantly rejecting it then the support of the warning spiritual beings will become less and less, the inner ear will not hear the voice, the outside world will drown it out with its call, the temptations will be followed and the soul will suffer unspeakable hardship as a result.... For the shell which surrounds it and from which it strives to detach itself will become ever denser and more impenetrable, soon not a single thought will apply to the spiritual world and the path on earth will be devoid of light despite all the glistening splendour from outside. For the soul's core will remain untouched by spiritual nourishment and will only ever have to fulfil the body's desire, and thus the human being will distance himself ever further from the truth and soon no longer have any connection with everything that is purely spiritual and could contribute towards the soul's upliftment into regions of light. The human body shell has become materialistic through and through, it seeks finery and trinkets, is addicted to pleasure and tries to gain attractions from everything in life, arouses the spirits of pride, wants to rule and is always averse to the true task. Its behaviour can put it in an agitated state, it finds all words of rejection and tends to erect a wall between every spiritual demand made of it and the earthly desire.... which man much prefers to fulfil because it seems beneficial to the body. And he only ever has the one will to deny the soul's survival in order to be relieved of all responsibility for the time of earthly life and to have an even greater right to the pleasures of the world. And countless people today have fallen prey to such erroneous views.... all attempts to convince them and to turn their mind towards eternity fail, and only a great adversity can still have a fruitful effect if it does not even then rather drive people to obstinacy and let them drift towards the abyss completely without will. You must recognize by the oppression of individuals which path some have to take so that they become soft and submissive and humbly submit to the creator. All suffering will be taken away from them if they entrust themselves to the father's care with deep faith, but they will be increasingly burdened by their earthly lot if they remain obstinate and do not want to take hold of the father's merciful hand. Only suffering makes people compliant, and only through suffering will they come to their senses, for all fulfilment of longing only leads them away from the path that alone leads to the father.... Man should bow down and look up to the heavenly father in deepest humility, only then can he partake of the grace that leads him towards the father.... For God wants to give everyone.... if only he has the desire to receive the gifts of the lord.

Amen

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