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OPASNOST OD SEBIČNOSTI.... LJUBAV PREMA BOGU I ČOVJEKOVOM BLIŽNJEMU

Bog, Gospod, je uvijek spreman utješiti vas, i On će to obilno i učiniti ako Mu se okrenete sa vjerom/povjerenjem. Gdje se Gospod Osobno brine o svakom biću na ovaj način vi ćete Njegovu milost iskusiti svakog dana.... On će stalno/vjerno voditi vaša srca prema Vječnome samo ako težite za njime. Međutim, čak će i sićušna količina sebičnosti oslabiti veliku milost snage koja vam je dana od strane Gospoda, jer netko tko svoj vlastiti ego postavi naprijed (= na prvo mjesto) će teško stupiti na ispravan put ili ostati na njemu. Pošto je ljubav prema Bogu i čovjekovom bližnjemu najveća zapovijed koja sve obuhvaća (Matej 22:36-40; Marko 12:28-33).... Zar ne bi najprije trebali pokušati ispuniti ovu zapovijed?.... U tom slučaju, međutim, vi ne bi sebe trebali postaviti na prvo mjesto.... Sve što posjedujete i što jeste vam je bilo dano od strane Boga, i u istoj mjeri/opsegu vi trebate dati vašim bližnjim ljudskim bićima.... vi im trebate dati sve što sami smatrate vrijednim prije nego sebe uzmete u obzir i tako ljubiti osobu do vas kao sebe samoga. Na ovaj način, vi primate istu mjeru Božanske milosti od Gospoda kojom ste mjerili davanje vašem bližnjemu. Ako prakticirate ovu najvišu dužnost, vaš život na Zemlji će vam još ponuditi neusporedivo prekrasne stvari.... utoliko što će vaš put ka Ocu učiniti lakšim a vi ćete, dok neprestano stojite unutar zračenja Božanske ljubavi, biti sposobni sebe educirati za vječnost.... Kratka molitva da bi primili snagu za sve pravedne akcije će učiniti da vam čak i ova zapovijed izgleda laganom za ostvariti, i u živahnoj komunikaciji sa vašim duhovnim prijateljima vi ćete prodrijeti sve dublje u ljubav i mudrost Božju i naučiti na sve gledati s duhovnog stajališta.... Zapovijed ljubavi će vas stimulirati na neprestanu aktivnost sve do kraja vašeg života, i onda niste živjeli vaš zemaljski život uzalud već ste potpomogli napredak vaše duše. Ono što činite vašem bližnjemu iz ljubavi će vam biti izobilno vraćeno ako ste na taj način dosegnuli stanje većeg savršenstva i ostvarili nagradu neba.

AMEN

Danger of self-love.... Love for God and neighbour....

In every time the Lord God has consolations ready for you, which He then gives you in full measure when you turn to Him in trust. Where the Lord Himself takes care of every being in this way, you experience his grace daily.... He directs your hearts steadfastly towards the Eternal when you strive only for this. But a tiny measure of self-love already weakens the great power of grace that the Lord conveys to you. For if one puts his own ego first, he will hardly enter the right way or remain on it. For love of God and of neighbor is the highest commandment that encompasses everything.... should you not first try to fulfill this commandment?....

But then you must not put yourself in the foreground.... All you have and are is given to you by God; and in the same measure you are to give back to your fellow men.... you are to consider them with all that you value yourself, before you think of yourself, and thus love your neighbor as yourself. In the same way, you also have a share in the divine grace to the same extent which the Lord attributes to you as you have equally attributed to your neighbor. Try yourselves in this highest duty; life on earth will then still offer you such incomparably beautiful things.... in that the way to the Father becomes easy for you and you, always standing in the circle of light of divine love, can form yourselves for eternity....

A short prayer for strength for all right actions will also make this commandment appear easily executable to you, and in a lively exchange of ideas with your spiritual friends, you will penetrate deeper and deeper into the love and wisdom of God, and you will learn to look at everything on earth with spiritual eyes.... The commandment of love will stimulate you to utmost activity until the end of your life, and then you have not uselessly walked the way on earth, but you have helped your soul to advance. What you have done to your neighbor in love, has already been richly rewarded to you in yourselves, so that through this you have reached a more perfect state and have earned the reward of heaven....

Amen.