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0586 Banished powers.... matter carrier of spiritual substance....

September 17, 1938: Book 13

All the forces of heaven and earth are held under the spell of My will, as it were, for if they were to express themselves completely and freely, people would freeze in horror. Everything that exists on and above the earth would have to fall victim to a single moment of unhindered unfolding of the forces of nature. But the effect of the evil spiritual power would be even more devastating if it had unrestricted influence on people. But there is a limit to these powers where the soul decides in favour of the good. Thus, those souls also remain untouched by the constantly lurking danger of losing themselves into the boundless.... i.e. they are not exposed to the forces whose endeavour is to dissuade the soul from the intention once it has taken hold and to become unfaithful to itself. Anyone who has not yet recognized the power of such hostile forces in the maelstrom of life has not yet penetrated the world that bears witness to God's greatness and omnipotence. Good and evil forces fight against each other, each allows its power to come into its own.... every being feels the influence of both, and yet people move away from believing in such supernatural powers.... They attach too much importance to their earthly life and have thus become completely incapable of distinguishing between the concepts of creation.... They completely misjudge the purpose of life, they remain in no way creatively active when they deny that every matter in the space of creation has the task of being the bearer of a spiritual power, for without this prerequisite they can never contribute to its higher development, but they are like a plant, which means that the outer shell of a plant, according to God's will, often only serves as a feast for the eyes of people but otherwise does not fit into God's work of creation in any useful or fruitful way.... In the same way, such people would certainly enliven the valley of the earth, but in complete ignorance of their task they would be like those plants, merely a witness to God's will to create, but without any appreciable benefit for themselves or their fellow human beings. And such a person could also never be spiritually active, he would be deprived of every ability since he would not utilize such an ability in the creator's will. All matter is a carrier of spiritual substance.... and everything that arises on earth only ever has the purpose of higher development, but it is never up to the human being to arbitrarily deprive matter of this spiritual strength.... Only those people would always lose divine grace who regard God's creation as so imperfect that they deny the smallest being in nature the divine power.... the soul.... They do not consider the close connection between themselves and those small beings.... They are only convinced of their mission on earth when they recognize the same in all other creatures, and this cannot be made credible to them.... According to their concept, all the value of life lies only in the fulfilment of their earthly activity. They prioritize this and henceforth remain anxiously concerned about the well-being and woe of the body.... This, My child, should make your endeavours easier and give you new nourishment, so that your will does not falter and you continue to devote yourself joyfully to your spiritual work. Faith shall revitalize you and strengthen every deed of love, and My love shall be bestowed upon you at all times.... for in love for Me you will find everything that is beneficial for your senses and your spirit.... it brings you into a state of ever more ardent desire, and this will be fulfilled through your lord and saviour Himself....

Amen

Translated by Doris Boekers