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0577 Soul chooses its own whereabouts as a human being.... people as creating power....

September 10, 1938: Book 12

The path that the soul has to travel before it is worthy of the lord's presence in its mature state is endlessly long. Regardless of this, however, the soul takes this fate upon itself, initially without its own will, only obeying the will of God, but before the birth of the human being it chooses its place of residence in free and clear realization of the environment in which it is most likely to reach its state of maturity. Although this is also an order from God, she submits to it with full will and without hesitation it now takes the path which brings it final liberation from the rigid form, matter, and this in a time which it can determine itself.... depending on how it fulfils its earthly task. To an indescribable extent, it now has the opportunity to live only the liberation from it last shell.... It only needs to will and submit to God's instructions, which it can also resist by virtue of its free will. And its state becomes ever lighter and purer and moves towards spiritualization. Where the soul now faces resistance, God's help will not fail to materialize by strengthening its will, which demands upwards. Only the completely unwilling.... who have not the slightest will to reach upwards.... cannot receive this power, since it arises from love for God.... but love for God also triggers the will to come closer to Him....

Thus the human being only ever needs to recognize the greatness, omnipotence and goodness of God, then love will also take root in him and this will again generate the firm will to ascend to the proximity of the heavenly father. Thus all endeavours in the world beyond will always first aim to make the miracle of creation clear to the earthly child.... and through this he will enter into living contact with the creator, then a deep reverence will take hold of the human being and creation will teach him ever more thoroughly.... For everything in the world happens only for the sake of man and exists only for the sake of man.... Thus the eternal deity is also prepared at all times to allow the earthly child to participate in the work of creation, for it also gave man the power, in a small measure, to create on earth and to bring things into being.... and this power should already allow the ignorant human being to recognize his relationship to the divine creator, that he is in the smallest detail the same as the eternal elemental force from Whom he emanated. The power of creation is inherent in every human being, even the unrecognizing one. Everyone has a different ability and can thus work completely independently on earth, partly creating.... partly by fathoming cause and effect and utilizing his knowledge for the creator. Thus divine power dwells in every human being, only how he utilizes it is up to him. The presence of God's power in man should lead to the realization of whose creation he actually is.

But anyone who blindly passes by all that is wonderful and believes in self-conceit that he has placed himself on the level of earthly existence through his own strength, his soul will still have to walk the path of embodiment or bondage for a long time, for matter will hold it captive until it has recognized it. God always presents man with new questions, events and decisions, and innumerable possibilities are given to him where he can find the connection to eternity, to the heavenly father. When he has to recognize in his weakness that his power alone is no longer enough.... All resistance would then have to be broken if man would humbly bow his will before Him to Whom all power belongs.... It is man's boundless self-love that makes the path to the father so difficult to find.... man always wants to make himself the centre of attention, and everything around him should serve him to fulfil his wishes. Instead of serving the lord and creator of heaven and earth with everything that is his.... This will one day bring him greater reward than he can ever achieve with all his endeavours on earth and will return him to his original state, which will make him free and infinitely happy for all eternity....

Amen

Translated by Doris Boekers