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3152 Love and suffering purifiers....

June 7, 1944: Book 41

The soul has to be purified on earth or in the beyond before it can enter the kingdom of light after its earthly demise. The soul must lose all impurity, it must be clear and pure, as it once emerged from God's strength, so that it is once again receptive for the light radiation from God, which a stained soul cannot receive. And this purification takes place on earth through love or suffering.... Love is a voluntary and suffering an involuntary means of purifying the souls, and the degree of both determines the soul's degree of light at the time of its physical death. Love and suffering together increase the degree of light, for if a loving soul has to bear suffering and affliction, it will become free of all dross, it will become what it should be in order to be able to join the eternal Godhead. A loving soul shapes itself according to God's will, for love does not allow anything impure to arise in it, it gives birth to good and noble thoughts, words and works, and where there is still a hint of impurity, of unfairness and lack of clarity, suffering helps and changes the soul so that the divine light can shine through it unhindered.... And that is why suffering is also imposed on people who live in a God-focused will and therefore seemingly no longer need suffering in order to attain knowledge. However, no soul is so bright and clear and has such a high degree of maturity that it no longer needs suffering, as this is then no longer intended to convert it but only to purify it. Suffering should first lead the human being to God but then crystallize his soul so that it is clear and transparent and receptive to every ray of light that touches it from the spiritual kingdom. As long as the human being dwells on earth, temptations will also approach him, and every temptation means a blurred spot on the soul if it does not offer stubborn resistance. Such a temptation often has to be rendered harmless through suffering, i.e. the human being has to remain completely unaffected by what suffering usually brings about, be it that the human being finds it easier to renounce or that he overcomes himself in order not to be exposed to greater suffering.... He has to fight against himself, he often gets tired of the world and its attractions, and his soul slowly reaches the state that it desires nothing more on earth than just the closeness of God.... that it only carries out works of love and is also grateful for the suffering because it noticeably earns it the closeness of God, for in suffering it takes refuge in Him and receives His strength which now completely permeates the soul, expels all impurities from it and places it into the degree of maturity which results in entering the kingdom of light. This is a process of purification which is painful but which will certainly lead to the goal if the human being is of God's will. For then the suffering will only allow him to make contact with Him all the more intimately, and every contact with God signifies an influx of strength, it signifies a radiance of love, and the fire of divine love is a further means of purification which is likewise used through the person's own activity of love.... For love dissolves everything, it purifies and radiates through everything, and in connection with suffering it must spiritualize the soul and make it a bearer of light, because it is now free of all dross and it achieves a high degree of maturity which secures its entry into the kingdom of light in the beyond....

amen

Translated by Doris Boekers