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5489 Awakening to life....

September 17, 1952: Book 60

I want to awaken you to life.... My spirit shall come alive in you, then a rebirth is accomplished, the soul has entered a new stage of consciousness, it starts to work on itself, to dissolve its outer cover always in communion with My spirit, which gives it the guidance for it, which imparts strength to it and to which it now subordinates itself and seeks to shape itself according to My will.... Look at the little plants on earth, how they unfold and spread as soon as a ray of sunlight touches them, how they strive towards this light, open up and grow and flourish.... In the same way the soul is touched by the ray of My spiritual sun and surrenders to its effect, it unfolds, all forces within it are awakened and active, for My spirit will now never let it go, My ray of love touches it as soon as it only turns to Me as the eternal light.... it bursts the shackle, the coverings which still surround it, it frees itself from everything which could prevent the influx of My light of love, it works on itself and crystallises as it were with My support, it also knows that I Myself guide and lead it, for My spirit within it instructs it correctly.... And it shapes itself into love.... As a result, the strength from Me also becomes overwhelming in it, it is filled by My spirit to the same extent as it is filled by love for Me and for its neighbour, it has awakened to life and will never die for eternity, for the soul, once it has entered into real life, can no longer sink back into the death of the spirit, My strength works too powerfully in it and this strength keeps flowing back to Me. At the beginning of your embodiment as a human being you are still dead in spirit, the soul is still inactive, it only pays attention to bodily life, it has only directed its senses towards the world, and the spiritual spark in you rests in complete inactivity. It is indeed a part of Me, and what comes from Me is life.... My spirit never rests and yet I do not influence a person's soul against his will, thus My spirit only touches his soul when it becomes active with love through its will, thus it opens itself to My emanation of love, which causes the part of Myself, the spiritual spark in the human being, to become active, which he then no longer relinquishes. For once My radiation of love has been able to touch the soul it has already entered the stage of life, and it rejoices in its life and no longer gives it up. What I have created will not cease to exist but there is a state of death which is extremely agonising for the spiritual substance.... This is why I want to awaken it to life so that it can enjoy its existence, so that it experiences life as bliss, so that it can be active with light and strength. This alone means life, the utilisation of the strength from Me with love and wisdom, and you humans shall all gain this life.... I Myself will bring you life if you want to accept it from Me.... Therefore be willing and you will live for eternity....

Amen

Translated by Sven Immecke