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2198 Unification of the soul with the spirit act of grace....

December 30, 1941: Book 31

The fact that the soul can unite with the spirit is an act of grace of the greatest significance. It is the spiritual spark, which God has put into every man, divine share, it is a spark of divine love, which for the time being still lacks the soul and now establishes the connection between that, what was begotten by the opponent of God in the wrong will, and the giver of the power, which was needed for the begetting. It is God's share of the spark of love, but it can also be misused by the human being by turning the love towards the one who has begotten the being. But it can also develop into a brightly blazing flame of love when the spark of love strives back to God. When the soul unites with the spirit within itself, then all of the human being's thinking, feeling and willing is directed towards making contact with divine love itself. Soul and spirit then strive back to eternal love, to the spirit of God. If the soul had not been joined by the divine spiritual spark, it would hardly pass its last test of life on earth. It would inevitably fall back again and strive towards the one to whom it was in bondage for endless times, as it would lack the knowledge of what is God's share. But the spirit within it seeks to turn it towards the eternal divine. It therefore wrestles with God's adversary for the soul, although it does not force it to join him. But he does have an influence on the soul if it is not completely resistant. God thus helps the weak by giving him a strength which he only needs to utilize. For the divine spiritual spark in every human heart is strength, just as God Himself is strength in Himself. It is now an incomparable blessing when the soul unites with the spirit, i.e. utilizes the strength it is entitled to through God's great love. For to unite with the spirit means to be relieved of all responsibility for the soul, for then the spark of the spirit, the strength from God, will guide the human being's thoughts, and whatever he now begins will find the approval of the heavenly father. And thus the union of the spiritual spark with the soul is the certainty for the final return to God, for the divine spiritual spark radiates from God and also back to Him again. And it draws the soul with it, as it were. But the divine spiritual spark is love, it will teach love, and therefore the human being, whose soul unites with the spirit, must completely shape himself into love, he must overcome the love for matter and ignite in ardent love for God, and the soul is regained by God, it has become one with the one Who is love Itself....

Amen

Translated by Doris Boekers