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6004 Source of life....

July 17, 1954: Book 65

Finding the source of life, where the soul can truly refresh itself, is possible for every person who seeks it.... But the soul must feel hunger and thirst before it seeks the spring where it hopes to find refreshment. A person who does not feel miserable and hungry will never desire true refreshment.... and he will not feel hunger and thirst as long as he satisfies himself otherwise.... as long as he moves in the whirlpool of the world and withdraws from the world what gives him comfort. And this is the majority of people who are anchored in the world and don't walk up into bright heights where fresh water of life would truly bring them unusual refreshment which is gratefully felt by the soul. Man must walk upwards.... The spring which gives life to the soul will never be discovered in the depths.... Man must remove himself from the depths, he must turn his back on the world and ascend to the heights of light, then he will find the fountain of life from which the most delicious water of life flows.... Anyone who seeks God and wants to receive the word from Him, which is nourishment for the soul, will not find Him in the world, yet away from the world he will feel His nearness, and the quieter it becomes in and around him, the clearer he will hear His word and the more he will become aware of the nearness of the one Who gave him life and Who also wants to continue to feed and water him in order to awaken him to spiritual life in earthly life. The gaze of the person who seeks God must continue to turn upwards, for the light He radiates comes from above.... from above comes everything good, everything worth striving for, and from above also comes the word, the living water which flows from the source... of God's eternal love.... flows forth. God will allow Himself to be found by anyone who seeks Him, and God will also make Himself known.... He will invite everyone on his earthly path of life to receive refreshment and refreshment from the source which His love opens up for him. He will point everyone to the right path which leads to the font of life and gently urge them towards it.... yet He will let the reluctant wanderer go his way, for he will turn to the abyss, he will seek the world and want to become intoxicated, he will seek sin and thereby find death.... But he who strives upwards, he strives towards life, and he will find life and never lose it again....

Amen

Translated by Doris Boekers