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2910 Reshaping matter.... dissolve.... development process....

October 5, 1943: Book 37

The transformation of matter often takes an infinitely long time, for only when it dissolves does it release the spiritual substance which is banished within it. The human will can accelerate the dissolving of matter, but only a small part of it is at its disposal, namely the shell of the spiritual, which is not in stubborn resistance against God. God knows about the resistance as well as about its abandonment since eternity and has also instructed the spiritual to stay where it will be redeemed according to his will. And this again explains the different nature of the earth's surface and its vegetation, the duration of some creations, the frequent eruptions in certain parts of land, the possibilities of utilizing earth treasures and the different creative power and ability of men. The spiritual, which is willing to give up its resistance and to serve, must always be given the opportunity in the same proportion to dwell in a matter that fulfills a serving purpose. Furthermore, the will of men must also be stimulated to produce useful objects from hard matter. Thus men must need such objects and accordingly live again in conditions where they are necessary. There must be a constant balance between forces that want to be active and needs.... Matter must therefore be needed for creations of a serving, i.e. purpose-fulfilling nature. Only then is a perpetual transformation of the outer form of the spiritual possible. However, an immeasurable amount of spiritual substance is banished into creations in the most solid form as well as in the already mature plant world.... which remains unchanged for an unthinkably long time, i.e. only undergoes minimal changes in itself, which does not fulfill a serving purpose that is recognizable to people but is not without significance for other works of creation and their development. This matter harbors the most resistant spiritual substance and has been destined to be its shell since eternity in recognition of its stubbornness. It probably also undergoes the process of development, only in a slower form. Human hands contribute little to the transformation of such matter and it is mostly only changed by divine intervention, by forces of nature, storms, heat and rain and eruptions, which bring about a dissolving or changing of the outer forms over long periods of time. And that is why earth upheavals have to take place again and again, the earth has to be reshaped in its outer form as well as the spiritual within the earth has to be given the opportunity from time to time to come to the earth's surface in order to be able to start its course of development there. And this is why the earth can never remain unchanged, for it is matter whose final goal is dissolution, which indeed takes eternities but happens again and again in certain periods of time as a compelling necessity for the spiritual substance bound in the solid form, which has to be set free one day in order to be able to develop upwards....

And now the path of earthly life begins for the spiritual substance through countless external forms, each of which it has to overcome through serving activity until the dissolution of this form. And even if thousands of years pass over it, the process of development on earth still comes to an end once, because nothing on earth is permanent, because everything has to change and experiences a change partly through human, partly through divine will. Certain laws must indeed prevail, i.e., nothing may be destroyed unlawfully, just as the creations which have come into being through human hands may not harm the next person, otherwise the spiritual in matter will be forced into unkindness and this will have an effect on the people themselves who have caused it to be so active. The will to serve is the beginning of ascent, and the spiritual must testify to this will again and again by willingly fulfilling its earthly task in every form, which it certainly complies with in the law of compulsion, but through its willingness to serve significantly shortens the time of stay in the respective form and can now change it all the quicker. The course of development of the spiritual is therefore an endless chain of deformations of the most varied kind, and the willingness of the spiritual therein determines the duration of each individual form. And that is why the whole creation must change in itself; nothing can remain as it is, but it must constantly take on new forms. And every form has to fulfill a serving purpose, otherwise the spiritual in it cannot mature to the last outer form, to man, who then has to pass the last earth life test in free will to now become free of every outer form and to be able to enter the spiritual kingdom as free being....

amen

Translated by Doris Boekers