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1486 Releasing from earthboundness.... task....

June 23, 1940: Book 24

A person's will is extremely strong when it comes to resisting something as long as he regocnizes that it is not to his liking, but very weak when it seems doubtful to him what is good or bad for him. Therefore, in order to overcome all dangers, it is also necessary to regocnize them, because then the will also becomes correspondingly stronger. The human being has certain inhibitions that come to the fore precisely when he is required to put up full resistance or full commitment. And this is always the influence of an evil power that wants to prevent the human being from resisting. And to fight such inhibitions is man's constant task, then the supply of strength from God is not hindered or interrupted and the will will be strengthened again and again to carry out what is God's will.

The problem of detaching yourself from earth-boundness when receiving the word is still troubling you. Too many impressions of earthly life still hinder you and these do not allow the spirit to soar. The world of the pure-spiritual regocnizes your will and your effort and is willing to help you, but they cannot influence this will and must therefore now wait patiently until you detach your thoughts from all earthly things and willingly abandon yourself to them. The will upwards is certainly strong, but it does not yet completely separate itself from the earthly and is therefore an obstacle to effortless receiving. The lord has set you a great task which requires an extremely strong will to accomplish. And therefore a constant battle must be waged against everything that could weaken your will. Only that which serves this task should be important to you. Your spirit should continue to strive upwards and seek to unite with the spirit from God, for in this way alone you prove your love for Him Who has given you this task. Earthly children who want to serve God are no longer allowed to cling to earth, they must willingly detach themselves and give up everything that seems desirable to them, they are not allowed to divide themselves into service to God and service to man, insofar as the latter corresponds to their self-love.... but they should give everything in order to gain the fullest love of God.... Give everything.... in order to possess far more marvellous things than the world can ever offer. Every thought turned towards God gives man the strength to fight against earthly desires; the will turned towards God earns him grace upon grace. And he will now also be able to easily detach himself from earth and easily and effortlessly find the connection with the world beyond if he completely disregards the world and only desires God and His love. For this is man's greatest danger, that he divides his love with the world and its pleasures. The one must be overcome in order to possess the other. For by loving the world, man gives in to the temptations of satan, who uses all means to turn him away from God again. It therefore requires a strong will to resist, and the stronger the temptation, the better. Then the person must not hesitate for long, he must be aware of the great danger that losing this battle means for him, he must try to remind himself of the preciousness of what he can lose for the sake of this temptation and this must prompt him to put up extreme resistance.... and he must not forget to pray, for when he prays he expresses his will to do what is God's will....

Amen

Translated by Doris Boekers