Every thought which turns towards the spiritual is an overflow of divine flow of strength onto the human being, which is channelled through countless spiritually mature beings and conveyed to people by them. It is furthermore spiritual work insofar as the beings in the beyond fulfil their activity of love by passing on light and knowledge, that they therefore endeavour to impart to the still ignorant human being in the form of thoughts what they themselves possess in abundance but which the human being still lacks. These currents of strength do not reach people arbitrarily but always only as a result of the human will to receive them, i.e....... the human being's will shapes the direction of thought, thus it can desire spiritual knowledge but it can also only respond to earthly questions, and accordingly the human being will now be considered by spiritual strength or give himself the desired answer. Self-thinking is merely a function of the organs intended for this purpose, it is a utilization of the life force that is available to every human being, which he can use as he pleases, but which does not benefit him if he uses it for worthless things.... for things that are worthless for eternity. If he now uses the strength in order to increase the wealth of his soul, in order to thus receive information about his spiritual life, his destiny and his task in life, then spiritual strength will also be added and these currents of strength, which he himself had to be active to receive through his will, will be imparted to him. But then the success is unimaginable, for the human being is, as it were, drawn into that world. If he gives in to those thoughts he is also himself in the realm of the spiritual, his thoughts are far removed from the earthly, for they go back to where they started. The earthly-minded person will never receive this strength, for this would make him knowledgeable against his will.... The power from God is synonymous with light and knowledge. Whoever receives it must also increase in knowledge. But if knowledge were imparted to a person against his will he would not be able to grasp it, and this explains why even the word received from above, which provides the human being with information about every question, remains incomprehensible to the person who does not desire knowledge and is therefore also rejected, for it only comes to him as a mere word but not as divine revelation, and he only hears this word with his ears but not with his heart. So his train of thought is only focussed on earthly things. He is therefore purely intellectually active, i.e. only the power that was given to him to exist, to live, is at work in him, but it is not sufficient to grasp divine wisdom. If this is to become comprehensible to him, he must make contact with spiritual forces consciously or unconsciously.... He must ask them for their assistance or want other, i.e. spiritual areas to be opened up to him.... This will is an unconscious request for spiritual strength, and it will be complied with by his thoughts now taking that direction which leads to truth....
Amen