1424 Spiritual connections dependent on the will of man....

May 18, 1940: Book 23

It is unmistakable that spiritual forces can only be active where a direct connection is established with them. The will of both sides must always meet; in this case the will to give and the will to receive.... A gift that is not received can never fulfil its purpose. Spiritual mediations that are neither desired nor accepted can therefore not penetrate a person's heart and thus remain without effect. Contact must be established, without which a transfer of spiritual power is inconceivable. Since both the spiritual giving being as well as the earth being must agree in their will, but the giving being is always prepared to hand out spiritual gifts, the imparting of these is therefore only dependent on the will of the earth being. And again, this will cannot be forced to receive spiritual gifts. And thus this is the explanation for the fact that so few people are mentally instructed by spiritual beings.... that the working of spiritual strength is so rarely visibly evident and that this working is therefore always doubted despite the obvious evidence which consists of the fact that a person has acquired knowledge without any other means than the inner connection with good spiritual strength. Only the person who wants to receive can acquire such knowledge, provided he also fulfils the conditions which result in divine spiritual work. However, the preconditions alone are not sufficient for the acquisition of knowledge if the will to receive is missing.... for only the will establishes the connection, the will enables the earthly being to listen to the voice instructing it.... the will opens its heart, it declares itself willing, and only then will the gifts of the spirit flow to it. Only now does the spirit of God in man.... the divine spark of the spirit.... unite with spiritually perfect beings.... Spirit strives for spirit.... The spiritual in man seeks to increase through union with likewise spiritual beings. Knowledge and realization will therefore be the result of this union of the spiritual, for the spiritual will try to impart knowledge to the soul. The soul of the one who has shaped his will in such a way that he declares himself ready to receive the teachings from above will regocnize its goal in the union with the spiritual, and it will now not oppose the striving of the spirit towards each other by determining the will to listen inwards. This is by no means a mechanical activity, but the will has to give its consent again and again anew if the spirit in man wants to unite with the spiritual carriers of light and power. The one-time will is not enough, but every reception of spiritual power from the will of man must be striven for, and that again requires power, which man can only request in prayer and which now comes to him in rich measure. The prayer for the strengthening of the will, for strength to fulfil divine will, will always be answered, for God Himself wants to convey the truth to people, thus He will also give every possible help to the human being so that he will increase in knowledge and the right realization.... No earthly child need fear to be too weak to receive the divine word, for what he lacks will be given to him through God's love if only he sincerely asks for it.... and likewise the willpower will also be increased if the human being uses it to do justice to divine will....

Amen

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