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1512 Union with God on earth.... overcoming all desires....

July 9, 1940: Book 24

The being united with God regocnizes its destiny, for it is aware of its origin and strives towards the final goal, the union with God. It is therefore already willing in the last stage to give up its resistance against God, and this will earns it the fullest love of God, which now expresses itself in such a way that man is directed towards the last aim, that it can cover the way upwards unhindered. Such a path of earthly life is not so arduous, for since the will pushes towards God and the being is willing to serve, the struggle is no longer necessary, which is actually only intended to direct the will towards God. But if the human being now seeks union with God on earth it has given up all resistance and therefore never needs to fight against the adversary's attempts to regain the will. He has now returned to God and only lives life in order to completely purge himself of what is still earthly about him. For the will to God can certainly be very strong, but the world can also still take a person captive. But the desire for it must be completely overcome before the complete union with God can take place. And therefore earthly life must be used to free oneself from all desire. If the desire for God is predominant then it will not cost much effort, but if the desire for the world is still strong then the human being will still have to struggle and therefore he will have to suffer who is not yet closely enough united with God and will be allowed to walk the earthly path quietly and peacefully, whose desire is only for God and the union with Him. And so the state of suffering is at the same time the best control for one's own desire.... If a person still has to suffer, he is not yet completely purified. But God helps him to free himself from earthly desires and, through suffering, points out to him the wrongness of his desires. He wants to make it easy for the human being to still eradicate the last earthly desire, He wants to direct the human being's thoughts towards Himself through suffering so that soon only spiritual thoughts will move him and there will no longer be any obstacle to the final union with God. And thus you will only be able to ascend if you frequently unite with the heavenly father, if you long for Him above all earthly things and desire nothing but His love and grace in order to be allowed to dwell in His presence from then on. Then this will be granted to you to such an extent that you can become what your destiny is.... true children of God who carry His will within themselves and thus have shaped themselves according to God's will.... you will unite with the most perfect and highest being from Whom you once emanated....

Amen

Translated by Doris Boekers