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2060 Partition.... spiritual battle.... temptations....

September 7, 1941: Book 30

It is like a dividing wall that the good builds around itself when its desire is directed towards God. Evil tries to tear down this partition and uses unfair means to do so.... It fights in secret and often under the guise of goodness and piety. And then it is necessary to be doubly vigilant so that it is recognized as evil. Forces turned away from God remain close to the person striving towards God and perceive the slightest lukewarmness on his part to direct his thoughts towards things that lie beyond the divine. And now the human being only needs to be weak, then he will take in the thoughts which are whispered to him and his thinking will no longer exclusively move along a spiritual path. And then the human being has to fight with himself again in order to overcome those thoughts. Only then will his heart drive him more powerfully towards God, for the soul senses the apostasy as something burdensome and seeks to be free of it again. However, every spiritual battle manifests itself depending on the victor.... If the adversary has the upper hand, then the person will strive for external things and strive for earthly success.... He will interrupt his spiritual endeavours and thus pay tribute to the world.... But if the power of the spirit is active in him, earthly temptations cannot change his will.... He is inwardly calm and purposeful; he despises what approaches him and would like to cause him to think in an earthly way; he remains faithful to God and therefore there are no distractions for him, his will is always and constantly directed towards union with God.... And it means spiritual progress to have withstood the temptations and to have an increased desire for God. He has therefore erected the wall of partition that prevents evil from reaching him. He is immune to temptation and also recognizes the forces that seek to oppress him in the mask of goodness. For his feelings are mimosa-like.... he will always sense the impure and defend himself against it; but those who allow themselves to be taken captive by it are still impure themselves, in their hearts the desire for the world is still too great and what approaches them with beautiful words and expressions they do not realize as bad and wrong, and so the adversary has an easy game. But if a person is vigilant and asks God for help, his eyes will be sharpened and he will act in accordance with God's will. It remains a constant battle for him, only less noticeable, as his desire for God applies.... Yet the battle is permitted by God so that the human being himself will test his strength in it, so that he will ask God for the strength he lacks and thus take refuge in Him.... And thus his attitude towards God will always be decisive as to who remains victorious, the good or the evil....

Amen

Translated by Doris Boekers