2131 Belief in survival.... working of love.... recognize....

October 28, 1941: Book 30

The belief that life ends with bodily death renders the human being incapable of spiritual endeavour, for he will then always focus his attention on worldly demands and their fulfilment. This is then his only endeavour and it is understandable that his spiritual higher development is then called into question. Spiritual knowledge, which should motivate a person to work on his soul, can indeed be replaced by extraordinary loving activity, for anyone who practices this will soon come to recognize the truth and also to believe. This is the inevitable consequence of eager labour of love. As soon as a person is serious about improving his character, about transforming his nature, he is also on the right path without faith in survival, for love has a redeeming effect and redemption is the only purpose of life. But again, every work of love must be carried out in free will. It cannot be effective if a certain influencing of the will has preceded it. Spiritual freedom is a precondition for spiritual success. And that is why a reorganization of thinking and acting cannot be carried out by force, and that is why divine love must be presented to men, which can certainly influence man to strive in itself, but never touches him as spiritual compulsion. Evidence of life after death is required, and this can be recognized with little attention, for the influx of spiritual strength alone is proof that forces beyond earthly life are active, and this certainty should give rise to the belief that life will continue. Yet the fact that people lack precisely this faith is simultaneously proof of the fact that people's activity of love is also very limited and is often merely a mechanical performance of a labour of love as a result of earthly laws or demands which, however, are devoid of all inner love. For only that is true love which comes from the heart and which drives the heart to ever new activity of love. This love will have a redeeming effect and the human being will be led to believe in a continuation of life after death and also recognize a spiritual working if he is in this love. For he will unite himself with God through the activity of love and God will guide him into realizing....

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