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4349 Oppression by earth-bound spiritual....

June 23, 1948: Book 51

The still earth-bound spiritual in the beyond continues to press people and impels them to actions according to their nature. But it is only earthbound when it is still earthly materially minded, when it cannot detach itself from the things it strove for in earthly life, when the earth, so to speak, does not let go of it and again and again confronts the being with its goods. These beings now look for a possibility to carry out their will in people of the same mind. They press him and exert great influence on him if the human being does not defend himself or asks spiritual beings for help to protect him from this influence. But mostly they are people who have the same urges themselves, and then they are willing objects for the spiritual oppressors who now want and act like them. God warns people of such spiritual seducers and advises them to always take refuge in Him and ask for protection and help. A pleading thought is already enough that beings of light stand by him, that he soon recognizes the evil influence and withdraws from it. The human being's soul must try to fly over these spheres in order to come into contact with beings of light, then it will be able to resist these powers, for then it will find support and also have increased strength at its disposal, it can even help earthbound souls to likewise ascend into other spheres, and the souls' distress will subside if they are prayed for. If the human being's will is recognizable, an earthbound being will stay close to the human being through the benefit of prayer and, through the latter's striving towards light and ascent, recognize its own wrong idea and seek to change. This is why such earthbound souls can also be helped through silent intercession and mental instructions which will not go unheard in the kingdom of the beyond, as soon as a person remembers the souls languishing in darkness and wants to help them....

Amen

Translated by Doris Boekers