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2556 Preconditions for entering the realm of light....

November 20, 1942: Book 33

Only the soul enters the kingdom of light which has made the divine will the guiding principle of its way of life on earth in intimate union with God, which has purified itself of all impurities through this way of life and has worked in love on earth. The gates of paradise have been opened to it, the goal of its longing has become of it in the most radiant fullness of light, it is united with God.... This state requires a way of life that is pleasing to God, it requires the human being's full will to reach God. And as soon as this will moves the human being his life will also be such that it corresponds to divine will, for a will devoted to Him is reluctant to do anything that is not good, and thus the human being matures in his soul.... The soul assimilates itself to the eternal deity, and this signifies the worthiness to dwell close to God and to receive His emanation of love. This blissful state can be bestowed upon a person when he dies on earth. The soul can be raptured from the heaviness of earth and taken up into the heavenly realms if it was serious on earth about the soul's higher development.... if the person's life corresponded to the divine commandments.... if he has practiced love, i.e. if his earthly life can be called a labour of love. The degree of man's love also determines the degree of happiness in the hereafter, for just as he has measured out to his neighbour, so will God measure out to him. Only that person can receive God's emanation of love whose heart is capable of love itself, who has therefore likewise given love. Without loving activity on earth there is no bliss, for God's love only floods the soul which has shaped itself through loving activity in such a way that it can receive God's emanation of love, which presupposes a soul capable of love and active in love. Lack of love is also lack of bliss and therefore a state of darkness, because bliss consists of the soul being flooded by the brightest light. People on earth are no longer aware of their lightless state, for the degree of maturity of their souls is so low that they are unaware of a state of light, which signifies a state of bliss for them, and therefore they do not consciously strive for this state either. They live well but have no desire to ascend. And thus they do not know the benefits of light either, but they do feel comfortable in the state of darkness. And therefore they also do not know about the strength and power of love, which can bring them unspeakably great happiness in the beyond. And without this knowledge they will not transform their life into a life of love and thus never be honoured with God's radiance. Consequently, these souls come away empty-handed and they cannot attain eternal bliss in the beyond until the spark of love has become a flame within them and thus a bright light shines in the darkness of the spirit. Only then does the soul come to know the happiness of eternal bliss, which increases according to the soul's will to love, which is expressed in diligent loving activity towards the needy souls in the beyond....

Amen

Translated by Doris Boekers