Čistost srca je zagotovilo, da je človek v Resnici. Kdor dela hudo, misli hudo; kdor pa za Boga poskuša ostati jasen in čist, mora biti njegovo mišljenje v skladu s tem. Človeku čistega srca se bo vedno gnusilo tisto, kar je v nasprotju z Božanskim, sposoben bo iskati v globini srca kjer ni smeti, ki bi mu zakrivale pogled, in od tam se bo dvignila modrost, kajti ne naleti na ovire. Čistega srca bo vsak, ki živi v Bogu in z Bogom, kdor z Njim ostaja povezan, kdor živi svoje življenje zavestno, se pravi, kdor spozna svojo zemeljsko nalogo, kdor se izroča Bogu in si vedno prizadeva izpolniti njegovo voljo, ta bo čistega srca. Brez Boga ne bo niti hotel niti mogel več živeti in vsaka nečista misel bo daleč od njega; tak človek, če kdaj postane šibek, bo iskreno prosil Boga odpuščanja, saj njegovo srce prepozna krivico in noče zavestno delati, kar ni prav.... Trudil se bo hoditi po pravi poti in molil bo k Bogu za moč in milost.
Čistost srca mora torej imeti za posledico, da se človek nahaja v pravilnem razmišljanju, kajti tako kot je srce posoda za sprejemanje Resnice od Boga, če se človek trudi, da bi ga oblikoval tako, da je in ostane vreden sprejema, v njem neresnica ni več tolerirana, gnusi se mu tako kot vse nečisto in jo zato zavrača, saj človek, ki je čistega srca, hrepeni po Resnici.
In izpolnitev je tudi želja po Resnici... želja po Resnici je tudi hrepenenje po Bogu, ki je Resnica sama... in želja po Resnici izključuje delovanje protisile. Tisti, ki so čistega srca prepoznajo laž, zato jih ni več mogoče zavajati, torej iz nevednosti sprejeti kot resnico nekaj, kar ji nasprotuje... zavrnili jo bodo tudi takrat, ko to razumsko ne bodo mogli pojasniti. Toda njihovo srce se temu upira, saj ima skozi čistost mimozno (kot mimoza, torej tako občutljivo in prefinjeno) zaznavo in moč razločiti duhovno dobro, ki išče vstop.
Nečiste misli in dejanja otoplijo zmožnost zaznavanja srca in zato tisti, ki se vdaja svetu in njegovim užitkom, ne bo v Resnici, saj stremljenje k temu rojeva tudi misli in želje, ki niso usmerjene izključno k Bogu, ampak k tistemu, čigar področje je svet...
In te misli ne bodo krepostne in čiste, prebujale in spodbujale bodo tiste nagone, ki bi jih človek moral premagati, in tako bodo in ostale samo nevarnost za čistost srca in tudi ovira za prejemanje čiste Resnice od Bog... In tistim, ki nimajo Resnice, jim manjka tudi svetlobe in ne hodijo po poti, ki vodi k Bogu....
AMEN
PrevajalciPurity of heart is the guarantee that a person is in the truth. He who does evil also thinks evil; but he who endeavours to remain clear and pure for God must also think accordingly. The man who is pure of heart will always abhor everything that is contrary to the divine, he will be able to search in the depths of the heart because no filth prevents him from seeing, and wisdom will likewise rise up to him because it finds no obstacle. And everyone will be pure of heart who lives in and with God, who remains connected to Him, who lives his life consciously, i.e., who recognizes his earthly task, gives himself to God and always endeavours to fulfil His will. He will no longer want to and be able to live without God and every dishonest thought will stay away from him; if he has become weak he will sincerely ask God for forgiveness because his heart recognizes the wrong and does not consciously want to do wrong.... He will endeavour to take the right path and pray to God for strength and grace. Purity of heart must therefore also result in a person's correct thinking, for since the heart is the receptacle of truth from God, as soon as a person endeavours to shape and maintain it in a pure and receptive state, untruth will no longer be tolerated in it, it will be abhorred like all impurities and therefore rejected, because a person who is pure of heart has a desire for truth. And the desire for truth is also fulfilment.... Desire for truth is also desire for God, Who is truth Himself.... Desire for God, however, eliminates the work of the opposing power. Those who are pure of heart recognize the lie, they can therefore also no longer be misled, i.e. out of ignorance accept something as truth which contradicts it.... They will reject it, even if they cannot justify it intellectually. But their heart resists it because, due to its purity, it has a mimosa-like feeling and judgement for the spiritual good that seeks entrance. Unfair thoughts and actions dull the heart's sensitivity, and therefore those who profess the world and its pleasures will not stand in the truth either, for the desire for it also gives rise to thoughts and desires that are not exclusively for God, but for the one whose kingdom is the world.... And these thoughts will not be truthful and pure, they will awaken and favour those instincts which man is supposed to overcome, and thus will only be and remain a danger to the purity of the heart and an obstacle to receiving the pure truth from God.... But those who lack the truth also lack the light, and they do not find the path that leads to God....
Amen
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