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1509 Exploring and affirming the powers of the mind....

July 7, 1940: Book 24

Do not reject what seems incomprehensible to you. And if the working of the spiritual power seems doubtful to you, nevertheless withhold your judgement until you have informed yourselves thoroughly and that again with the help of divine power, which you should implore in prayer. For the human mind is truly not sufficient, and without prayer only the human mind is active. There are so many things that you will not be able to fathom intellectually, and yet you cannot claim that there is no explanation for them.... It must only be sought there, which lies outside the human intellect.... in the spiritual working of those forces which exist just like you, only not visible or tangible to you. However, the latter does not exclude the existence of those beings, for to see with bodily eyes and to hear with bodily ears is also only something earthly conditioned which comes to an end when you leave this earth. spiritual vision, however, is a result of spiritual endeavour, thus it presupposes a certain degree of spiritual maturity, consequently these beings and their activity cannot be visibly perceived. But to want to reject them completely is human error. Those spiritual powers can only be affirmed when the human being has the will to be enlightened about them. This will already makes something appear more credible to him which he otherwise cannot accept as truth, whereas an immediate rejection characterizes that he is not at all willing to fathom something supersensible. The will to know also influences the ability to believe.... However, the will to investigate these spiritual forces is now very minimal amongst people, and the consequence of this is that these forces can only rarely express themselves in such a way that these expressions could be given to them as evidence. Hence the knowledge about these powers is becoming less and less and the willingness to accept them therefore increasingly rarer.... For people always try to explain all extraordinary phenomena intellectually and thereby make the working of the beings impossible. spiritual things want to be researched spiritually.... but intellectual research demands tangible evidence.... The spiritual, however, cannot be proven tangibly. But insofar as the human being uses his intellect less and sincerely asks God for enlightenment and now emotionally expects the answer, it will come to him and no longer appear unacceptable to him, and this is already the working of those spiritual beings which cannot be regocnized in any other way than through the willingness of the will.... through faith....

Amen

Translated by Doris Boekers