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Redemption of matter.... idleness.... activity....

What serves the body for its preservation will at the same time mature spiritually, for it fulfils its assigned purpose and thus follows the course of ascent development. And that is why every object, every matter, is assigned a task, and this task must be a useful one, it must signify a work of love for the work of creation to which the object is applied, the latter must require precisely these things for its preservation, then one can speak of a serving purpose of matter. And the human being should promote the maturing of the spiritual in matter by contributing to the transformation of it into useful objects, by creating and shaping according to his ability, by producing things which serve fellow human beings or other works of creation according to their nature. The human being himself should be active in serving neighbourly love, and he should also help matter to serve, so that a general process of redemption takes place, which always presupposes a serving activity. And love must underlie everything. For as soon as something is created to the detriment of fellow human beings or other works of creation, the spiritual substance will not be redeemed but forced into God-opposing actions, and it can never develop upwards but, after its release from the form, it has to animate the same form again until this form has fulfilled its serving purpose.... This means a prolonged stay in a shell which becomes a torment for the spiritual. And the spiritual takes revenge on the human being who let the form come into being in order to harm his fellow human beings; it takes revenge in the most diverse ways, however it will always afflict the soul more than the body, the human being will spiritually sink into the depths of darkness, just as conversely a human being who helps a lot of matter to be of service and thus contributes towards its redemption will be supported in his spiritual striving by the spiritual which has been released through human help. The human being can contribute a great deal to the redemption of matter, but he also finds support himself through it in his ascent development. For a great deal of matter is dependent on human help, it is waiting to be processed, to be transformed into useful objects in which the spiritual can now fulfil its serving task, as is its destiny. For this reason a regulated activity, a constant utilization of matter, will always carry its blessing, just as idleness does not correspond to God's will, for the human being does not fulfil his purpose, he does not serve in love.... An idler will also not feel love within himself, otherwise love would drive him to activity. He will also not achieve spiritual success because the latter only causes love.... love for his fellow human being, which expresses itself in service. A serving task is inherent in every work of creation, even if the spiritual serves it in a state of compulsion; but the human being is free to be active in a serving way, yet he has countless opportunities to contribute to the preservation of the works of creation, just as he also has countless opportunities to prove himself useful to his fellow human being. And thus he can express his love, he can be active in creating and shaping and create countless things which fulfil a serving purpose.... He can contribute to the higher development of the spiritual, which is embodied in the forms his hands have created, and this spiritual will thank him eternally....

Amen

OSVOBODITEV IZ MATERIJE.... LENOST.... DEJAVNOST....

To, kar telesu služi za vzdrževanje, bo obenem tudi duševno dozorevalo, ker izpolnjuje njemu določen namen (funkcijo) in tako napreduje v svojem razvoju. Zato je vsaki stvari, vsej materiji dana določena naloga; in ta naloga mora biti koristna, ona mora za to delo stvarstva predstavljati delo Ljubezni, ki pride do izraza na tem predmetu. To (duhovno v materiji), da bi se obdržalo, mora biti odvisno ravno o teh stvareh; tedaj se lahko govori o funkciji služenja materije. In človek mora spodbujati to dozorevanje duhovnega v materiji tako, ko doprinaša k preoblikovanju le te v koristne predmete tako, ko ustvarja in oblikuje po svoji sposobnosti, ko izdeluje stvari, ki bližnjim ali drugim delom stvarstva služijo v skladu z njihovo naravo.

Sam človek mora biti dejaven v služenju bližnjim, kakor mora tudi materiji pomagati, da služi, da se tako odvija celoten proces osvobajanja, ki pa vadno predpostavlja dejavnost služenja. Vse to mora biti vedno utemeljeno na Ljubezni. Ko je namreč nekaj ustvarjeno na škodo bližnjega ali drugih delov stvarstva, tedaj duhovno ni osvobojeno, temveč je prisiljeno na Bogu-nasprotno delovanje; in nikoli se ne more razvijati navzgor, temveč se mora potem, ko je osvobojeno iz forme, ponovno nastaniti v enako formo, vse dokler forma ni izpolnila njenega namena....

To predstavlja podaljšano bivanje v nekem ovoju, zaradi česar to duhovno trpi. Toda duhovno se maščuje človeku, ki je povzročil, da je ta forma nastala, da bi oškodovala bližnjega; maščuje se na najrazličnejše načine, toda vedno bolj tlači dušo kot pa telo; človek se bo duhovno pogrezal v globino teme, kakor bo tudi obratno človek, ki je veliko materiji pomagal, da služi in tako pripomogel pri njenem osvobajanju, pri svojem prizadevanju prejel podporo s strani duhovnega, ki se je osvobodilo s človekovo pomočjo.

Človek lahko zelo veliko pripomore pri osvobajanju materije, kakor tudi on sam pri svojem razvoju navzgor prejme pomoč od nje. Veliko je namreč materije, ki je odvisna od človekove pomoči. Ona čaka, da bo preoblikovana v koristne predmete, v katerih potem duhovno lahko izpolni svojo nalogo služenja, kar je za njega tudi naravna stvar. Zato neka urejena dejavnost, nenehna uporaba materije v sebi vedno prinaša blagoslov, medtem ko lenost ni v skladu z Božjo voljo, ker človek ne izpolnjuje svojega namena, ne služi v Ljubezni.... Len človek ne bo čutil Ljubezni v sebi, ker bi ga drugače Ljubezen spodbujala na dejavnost. On ravno tako ne bo dosegal duhovnih uspehov, ker to slednje lahko doseže edino Ljubezen.... Ljubezen do bližnjega, ki se izraža v služenju.

Za vsako delo stvarstva je značilna neka naloga služenja, celo ko duhovno v njemu služi v stanju prisile. Torej človek ima svobodo glede delovanja v služenju, pri čemer ima on brezštevilne priložnosti, da (po)streže bližnjemu. Tako da on lahko izrazi svojo Ljubezen, z ustvarjanjem in oblikovanjem je lahko dejaven ter ustvarja brezštevilne stvari, ki izpolnjujejo namen služenja.... On lahko pripomore pri razvoju duhovnega (na višje), ki je utelešeno v formah (razne stvari-predmeti), ki so jih ustvarile njegove roke, pri čemer mu bo to duhovno hvaležno....

AMEN