Truth is what is good, and a loving person will precisely know how to differentiate between good and bad, whereas a heartless person still steeped in selfish love only deems what is useful to him and what gives him an advantage to be good. He does not distinguish between good and bad and therefore not between truth and error either. He does not recognise the Divine or the truth since he does not strive for them as a result of his unkindness. Therefore, where love is revealed, love for God and one’s neighbour, the truth is also advocated. So the characteristic of truth is that it breathes love and emanates love; that it teaches love and leads to God, for everything that is good and noble must unite people with God. Consequently, the truth can never be identified by the meaning of the letter but only by its effect …. If it nurtures love, it can only come from God; if knowledge, however, encourages selfish love then it is the work of God’s adversary who seeks to alienate people from God and can never provide truth. This is the guideline you must use if you want to check the information …. if you are unable to recognise what is offered to you. If you are able to love and be helpful your heart will educate you, providing you don’t resist this voice of the heart through previous intellectually accepted knowledge. The truth is not academically conveyed to a person, instead it is dictated to him by the spirit, and your indwelling spirit enlightens you so that you are able to recognise the pure truth no matter where and how it is offered to you. Yet the heart’s ability and willingness to love is the first condition if the spirit is to take effect in you. But then you will brightly and clearly recognise that everything good and referring to God must be the truth which originates from God Himself. Then you will not doubt anymore because the truth will make you happy once you have penetrated it with help of the divine spirit, which will guide your thinking towards the right realisation.

Therefore, let the spirit become active in you; don’t forestall its working by trying to scrutinise intellectually what can only be done by your heart. Pay attention to your feeling; accept the effect of what is offered to you as truth without resistance. And you will affirm what is good and reject what is bad, thus you will be able to discern truth from error. Yet do not consult your book knowledge. If the latter was not offered to you by spiritually enlightened people, by people who were likewise able and willing to love, you only received the information of letters which lack inner life. Life, however, is only awakened by love. Thus only a loving person is capable of grasping the true meaning of letters. And this will always concur with the eternal Truth which God conveys to earth when the pure truth is no longer endorsed by it. God’s love and goodness truly knows how to protect His truth and to offer it in an unspoilt form to a truth desiring person, but if a person’s desire is not exclusively inclined towards the truth then his ability to scrutinise it will also wane; then he will hardly be able to distinguish truth from error. And every weakness of will, all lack of desire for truth is used by God’s adversary in order to reinforce error in a person, in order to make him doubt and to undermine the truth, because it is the adversary’s endeavour to displace the truth which leads to God …. And you can only withdraw from this power by sincerely appealing to God for spiritual enlightenment if you confront Him as weak and ignorant little children who plead for strength and grace and for recognition of the pure truth …. God will truly not leave this prayer unanswered; He will strengthen you and enable you to distinguish the truth from error ….

Amen

Drop all doubts and believe without doubt what I announce to you through My word. It is of utmost importance that you, who are to pass on My word, are fully convinced of the truth yourselves, for only then can you stand up for it if there is no doubt in you, if you yourselves have profound faith in Me and My word. What I make known to you is intended for the whole of humanity, for I do not want to warn and admonish the individual person but through one person I want to speak to everyone and point out to them the time of the approaching end; I want to make known to them what I have planned since eternity; I want to give them time and opportunity to prepare themselves for this end, and therefore I send My messengers to meet them who shall announce to people what I have decided. And thus I also have to mention the forthcoming event, I have to predict to people the change in their living conditions and therefore give individual people the ability to see into the future and to announce what is to come, because I want people to keep the near end in mind and then diligently work on their souls, i.e. strive for their perfection through a way of life which is pleasing to Me. And therefore I give through My word, through the voice of the spirit, a description of what is to come, I announce a natural disaster, the extent of which signifies a complete change of living conditions and which will therefore have an unimaginable effect. And those to whom I announce it are to pass it on, they are to speak about it to everyone without shyness and without hesitation, they are to urgently remind everyone that every day can bring the event and that people are facing a great experience, they are no longer to give them much time but announce the disaster as imminent, they are to keep themselves ready daily and hourly so that they are able to take up their teaching ministry at any time when the great upheaval of the earth has taken place; and they should not shy away from threats of whatever kind, for it is My will that humanity should receive the news, it is My will that people should declare themselves willing to point this out to their fellow human beings. And therefore I instruct My servants truthfully so that they can commit themselves to it with profound faith, and therefore I do not speak to them in images but I give a clear and comprehensible description of the events which can be passed on just as clearly and understandably as soon as the person has the right faith who is assigned the task of conveying My proclamations to his fellow human beings. For it is My will that it should be spoken of openly, since only in this way can humanity be informed of what is to come, which is inevitable because humanity’s spiritual hardship necessitates it ….

Faith in My word must be deep and unshakeable in you so that I Myself can speak through you. For if you have faith you will only speak what My spirit imparts to you and thus I Myself can speak through you. But if your faith is shallow you will only speak timidly and then it will also have no effect on those who hear you. But they shall be warned by you, they shall think about it and reflect on themselves, they shall consider the possibility of a natural disaster even if they are not convinced of it, so that, if it occurs, they will turn their thoughts to Me and recognize Me in it. I want you to speak and point it out to people, I want you to drop all doubts, I want you to adhere to My words yourselves and believe them, for only a deeply believing person can stand up for what My spirit has inspired in him with real zeal. But faith has to be gained through prayer, it has to be striven for with a firm will; the human being has to completely surrender his heart to Me without any resistance so that I can work in him. The human being has to feel My love, he has to know that I will not mislead people but want to bring them the truth and that I will protect anyone who desires to come to Me from error. And I am only anxious to pull humanity out of error and to convey the truth to them in return. But the thinking of those who believe that they can continue their earthly life unhindered without faith in Me and without faith in a future responsibility before Me is misguided. I seek to correct this error and therefore I send admonishers to humanity who are to draw their attention and announce to them proof of My strength and power but also of My love. For only what was previously proclaimed to them can then persuade them to believe in Me …. And therefore the coming must be mentioned, again and again you are to speak about the fact that I will express Myself through a natural disaster as proof that I am and direct all people’s destiny so that they will come to recognize Me Myself if they are not stubborn and incorrigible. My love determines Me to draw humanity’s attention to this, yet for the latter I have to make use of willing people in order not to restrict people’s freedom of faith. But these shall speak instead of Me, they shall listen to Me and then pass on My word, for I impart the truth to them which is to be conveyed to their fellow human beings through them ….

amen

All results of spiritual research must be recognized if they are subjected to a serious examination and if the examiner himself has the desire to recognize the pure truth. For if he seeks the truth then he also seeks God. But if the will for truth is weak, then a serious examination is also questionable as soon as he is presented with spiritual goods. Then even the most convincing evidence can be given to him, it will not persuade him to acknowledge something because he will oppose it with his intellectual thinking, which moves in erroneous directions. And therefore the human being is then deprived of deeper knowledge, he lacks all truth, he has no understanding for the spiritual world, he does not respect the laws of the inhabitants of the spiritual world, that is, he does nothing to allow those forces to have an effect on him because he does not acknowledge them. And yet he is considered worldly wise …. He transfers his conviction to people of the same spirit without encountering the resistance to which the bearers of truth are exposed. Error asserts itself and truth finds little recognition. And this is brought about by the free will of man, on whom God imposes no constraint and allows him to use his intellect as he sees fit. However, due to the freedom of will he is also responsible for his thinking, for just as he lets the opportunity pass by which would bring him the recognition of truth, he could also make use of it …. For the thinking person should use his intellect in the right way, he should weigh up all pros and cons and then make a decision; he should not remain one-sided as long as he is not inwardly convinced that he is knowledgeable. And he will lack this conviction as long as he is still in error. Only the pure truth gives him the innermost conviction of being knowledgeable. The human being as such knows about the limitation of his knowledge, and he must therefore evaluate all results of human intellectual thinking as deficient knowledge, consequently he cannot defend the unconditional truth of these with full conviction. Deeper knowledge has to be gained in a way that excludes intellectual thinking, although it then has to be absorbed and processed with the intellect in order to become the human being’s spiritual property. And this knowledge, which comes from the heart, which is imparted to him by the spirit in the human being who, as a part of God, knows everything, also gives the human being the conviction that he knows the truth, and then he need never surrender it again, he need not fear his fellow human being’s intellectual research, for this will not be able to refute or weaken his findings …. …. once the truth has been gained and has become spiritual property it can no longer be suppressed. But error is changeable, and yet it remains error until pure truth has displaced it …. until the human being’s free will earnestly desires the truth and accepts it without resistance ….

amen

The state which the spiritual has to endure in the solid form is indescribably agonizing, and it is also of endless duration. It is a stage of being bound which no being would take upon itself with will. But free will is taken from it, and its course of development is determined for it by God, i.e., it is a certain mandatory state against which the spiritual cannot rebel. And since it was originally created free, it perceives every compulsion as torment. It was previously unhindered, it was able to will and carry out because it was a recipient of strength through the will of the one Who let it come into being, but which it used in a God-opposing sense, that is, it used it for creations again with a will opposed to God. These creations are not material things but spiritual creations which flow through the spiritual kingdom like thoughts and have an effect contrary to God. The influence of these currents is again felt by the beings which strive towards God, and that is why the spiritual is prevented from it, and at the same time the possibility is given to it to change its God-opposing will. It is bound by God’s will in the solid form, in a cover, which it cannot penetrate because this cover again consists of still harder spiritual substance, which makes every escape impossible for the spiritual in it. The outer shell now encloses the originally free spiritual substance ever more firmly and presses it immensely, all strength is withdrawn from it, it is powerlessly exposed to this oppression, no matter how much it rebels against it …. Hence it begins its course of development on earth under these torments, after it has either previously covered such a course on earth without success or it has proven itself to be a pest in the spiritual kingdom, that it therefore tried to influence the spiritual substance, which is supposed to freely determine itself, into apostasy from God. Then all freedom of will has to be taken from this spiritual being because every open fight against God is a sin which now earns it bondage. Its will will be bound for a long time so that it will slowly turn to God again, but this is again only the result of torments from which it can only escape through a changed will …. by submitting to divine will, by the spiritual substance declaring itself willing to serve, thus by beginning to give up its resistance against God. Only extreme torments achieve this, and therefore even the most agonizing external form is still to be regarded as a means of grace, for it is a means of redemption, of ascending development, even if this often takes a long time, since all periods require a certain amount of time in order to further develop the spiritual substance in constant change until the final stage, which then allows the embodiment as a human being, where free will is given back to the spiritual substance, which the human being now has to use correctly in order to become free of every external form and thus also of the associated torments.

amen

What has emerged from God’s strength is indestructible. But if human will nevertheless accomplishes a work of destruction, then this is only a non-recognition of the divine power, which now has the effect that God withdraws the visible characteristic of His power, but not the power itself, for this is invisible and eternally unchangeable. The human will constantly changes the things that surround it. He therefore makes use of God’s expression of power, the visible works of creation, in order to reshape them according to his own will, which is also permissible before God, because no limits are set to the free will of man, and which is also pleasing to him, if the purpose of the reshaping is the well-being of the neighbor, therefore man is active in serving love. Against the divine will and the divine order, however, is an activity of man that merely testifies to the will to destroy. The power that now becomes free, the invisible, which has its origin in God, now does not remain inactive, because power must always express itself somehow. It is no longer bound by the shell which imposed a certain activity on it, but it is unhindered and can therefore also unfold without restraint. And then this unrestrained activity again has an effect on people, not only on those who accomplished such works of destruction, but on all people who are within the range of these powers. Furthermore, other creations of nature are also affected by the contrary development of power, so that changes take place in them which are likewise contrary to divine order. But what is contrary to divine order is not construction, but destruction …. a destruction that is not directly but indirectly caused by human will ….

Consequently, the human being must also take responsibility for his will as soon as he is responsible for works of destruction or has approved of them, because the released forces can also cause great devastation. God’s will must now come into action again, which once more gives these forces new coverings that prevent them from unfolding without restraint. Yet this process requires a period of development because of the imperfect human being, thus a new creation cannot arise suddenly, which would certainly be possible for God’s omnipotence but would be detrimental to the human being’s freedom of faith and will. A constructive activity of men is therefore necessary, so that things arise again, which grant stay to the escaped spiritual. And likewise the possibility of growth must be created again in nature on the part of man, only then will the chaos be reduced, the unfavorable effects of the forces hindered and the God-willed order restored. For even if earthly creations disintegrate, the spiritual strength concealed therein is indestructible and will always require material creations again, and as long as it is still imperfect it will have to be bound, because immature spiritual substances in a free state disregard divine order and this must end in chaos ….

amen

It is extremely important in which spiritual condition a person departs from life, for this alone determines his life in eternity. And that is why every thought should only be directed towards spiritual perfection, which is the ultimate purpose of life on earth. However, if the striving for perfection is disregarded during earthly life then the whole of earthly life also loses its significance, thus it has effectively become unnecessary, indeed, it is even a great danger for the souls of people who no longer strive towards God but towards His opposite pole due to their desire for earthly possessions, for matter, which they should have overcome long ago and which has now gained increased influence again. Consequently the soul of such people strives more and more away from God if this is not made impossible by the fact that the death of the body concludes their life on earth. The spiritual state achieved at the death of the body now determines its fate in the beyond. The soul must take this fate upon itself, but it still has the opportunity to improve it as soon as its will changes and longs for God, for ascent. But it will lose its childship to God, which can only be acquired on earth, which already requires a will turned towards God on earth and which can no longer be made up for in the beyond. Every human being should strive to achieve the highest possible degree of maturity while still on earth, only then will he live his earthly life consciously and it will bring him spiritual success. Yet precisely this striving for perfection is disregarded because no one believes in the effect of the earthly change in the beyond, and where faith is lacking there is no spiritual striving either. And this is why the highest goal, childship to God, is only achieved by very few people, and only by those who only live towards this goal, i.e. who put God and His will before everything else and always and constantly fulfill the commandment of neighbourly love, thus constantly practicing love. They are already so intimately united with God on earth that they also have the right knowledge and therefore know the meaning and purpose of earthly life and pay no attention to earthly possessions. Thus they have already completely overcome matter and can enter the spiritual kingdom without any obstacle when they depart from earth, they can see God face to face and God’s strength and love floods through them …. An unimaginable bliss is their lot in the spiritual realm, to be able to create and shape for their own happiness, as was once the original state, which all beings are to reach again ….

amen

This is My will that you enlighten your fellow human beings, that you proclaim the gospel to them, that you preach love to them and show them the path which leads to Me, that you teach them My commandments which only demand a life of love, so that they will attain wisdom through love, so that they will enter a state full of light, a state of knowledge and strength …. People only lack the knowledge of pure truth, but this lack has a disastrous effect, both spiritually and earthly. As long as humanity is not in the truth, it moves in a state of darkness, which causes confusion, chaos and misses the right path …. It no longer recognizes the goal and pursues paths that lead far from the goal. People fall into emotional distress, which they try to numb with earthly pleasures and indulgences. Their souls are in need and hunger for strengthening, for guidance and the right direction, for they realize very well that they are taking the wrong path as soon as they seriously reflect on their lives. And you shall bring them strength, you shall draw their attention to their state of darkness, you shall try to kindle a ray of light in them, to make My word accessible to them and point out to them the real purpose of earthly life. You should try to make My teaching of love accessible to them, to determine them to practice love in order to be able to feel its effect. You should make use of every opportunity to present their earthly task to them and to make My will known to them, which only consists of their submission to My will, that they prove their love for Me through their love for their neighbor and that they strive towards Me and thus towards the right goal. This is your task which I entrust to you, for you can cause infinite blessings through it, you can help many people in their spiritual adversity, even if it depends on their will whether your mission is successful. Nevertheless, for the time being it is necessary to inform them of My will so that they can make up their own minds about it. In the dark spiritual night a little light is truly needed to illuminate the night, and anyone who eagerly accepts the ray of light, who allows it to take effect on him, will also feel the benefit of it and desire an increased abundance of light …. I send a ray of light to all people through My messengers, and wherever My word is proclaimed My messengers are active …. the more successful the more willing they are to serve Me and the more loving their hearts are to alleviate the hardship of their fellow human beings. I am constantly anxious to help people and to show them the only practicable path which leads upwards; My love constantly seeks to bring them help and therefore I need you, My servants on earth, to lend Me your hearts and your mouths so that I can speak to people through you. And that is why you are not allowed to oppose My will with your will; you must always and constantly be willing to be of service, you must receive My word from Me and pass it on, you must always regard yourselves as My organs which work for Me and only ever want to carry out My will. And you have to consider that time is pressing, that you are not allowed to be lukewarm and lazy, that the adversity is unspeakably great and that your will helps to reduce this adversity. And thus you must constantly place yourselves at My disposal, you must allow yourselves to be guided by Me, by the inner voice which urges you to do or not to do something. You have to give in to this urging within you, always with your eyes turned towards Me, always asking for My protection and My guidance …. And you will receive the strength to fulfill My will, you will be able to work beneficially for Me and My word, you will bring help to countless souls in spiritual adversity. And My grace and strength will flow to you so that you will be able to accomplish what you otherwise would not be able to achieve as a human being. And My love will put into your mouth what you should say so that your work will be successful and blessed ….

amen

The adversary works against God in many ways, and in many ways he tries to undermine Christ’s teaching of love. He sows hatred and discord wherever the ground is suitable, and he uses every opportunity to incite people against each other and to encourage them in unkindness. For he seeks to supplant God; he seeks to fragment all good and slowly turn it into evil; he seeks to eradicate all sense of truth and to spread views among humanity which are completely opposed to Jesus Christ’s teaching of love. And thus he tries to displace Jesus Christ Himself, for the knowledge of the greatest bearer of truth on earth will also be taken away from humanity along with the truth, and this is what God’s adversary aims to achieve, for then people will also lose the blessings of the act of salvation as soon as the human being no longer knows about it and therefore no longer consciously desires the grace of it. But Jesus Christ has to be acknowledged as the son of God and redeemer of the world, only then can He bestow the blessings of His act of salvation upon people, and only then is it possible for him to become free from the power of God’s adversary. Yet people’s will itself gives the adversary this excessive power, for if people were to defend themselves, if they wanted to give their will to God, the adversary’s power would be broken and the knowledge of the act of salvation and faith in it could not be taken away from people who strive towards God. Nevertheless, God likewise allows His strength to flow to earth so that people will be able to recognize the adversary’s activity and resist him. And thus there is a battle between the good and the evil spiritual world, it is a constant struggle to gain influence over people’s thinking and to lead them onto the right path. For only when a person’s thinking is right will he recognize the truth and desire it. Yet the good forces have little success …. people are devoid of all love. Consequently, God’s adversary has an easy time winning them over and they yield to his influence without resistance …. And thus they deprive themselves of all faith and all grace because their will is prepared to deny the greatest work of love, since they themselves are incapable of practicing love and therefore cannot grasp Christ’s work of love either. And thus countless people will fall victim to the adversary’s activities ….

But God, in His infinite love and mercy, will only tolerate his activities to a certain extent, for as soon as his actions are directed against God Himself, as soon as, due to his influence, open action is taken against every person who still recognizes Jesus Christ, this is an open battle against God which He will not leave unhonoured. For now it will be an unequal battle in that the human being will no longer be left free to decide for God or for His adversary but will have no choice but to unreservedly confess God’s adversary …. People are forced to surrender their faith, but only those who still want to hold on to it, for the others have already voluntarily surrendered their faith beforehand. Yet God will never allow His adversary to gain the power to oust Him, and His final intervention will take away all power and strength …. But before He binds him He stands by the believers in an extraordinary way, because for the sake of the unbelievers the fierce battle for faith has to break out, because they are to recognize the power of faith and because the extraordinary work of the believers can still lead them back to faith if they are not completely in the power of the adversary. But in the end it will become unbearable for the believers whom satan tries to force to be in bondage to him. And then the hour will have come that his power will break …. that God will put an end to his activities, that He will humiliate him and snatch all power out of his hands …. And all those who paid homage to him will be powerless, powerless they will be exposed to the hand of God, who now judges and separates the spirits from each other, who completely destroys everything that has not fought under His banner and rewards the few who have surrendered to Him, as He has promised. And no matter how much the adversary rages beforehand, the hour will come when his goings-on will come to an end and this hour is not far away. And by this you will recognize the end, that satan rages without mercy, that he incites people against each other, that he gives them thoughts which testify to unheard-of cruelty and unkindness, and that he will determine them to tear each other apart. Then the world will also be ripe for destruction, i.e. the earth and everything existing on it will be reshaped and destroyed by God’s will after God has fetched the people who are loyal to Him to Himself so that they will be snatched away from satan’s power ….

amen

A continual change of the outer form brings about that the spiritual within comes to maturity, i.e. constantly develops further. And this is the reason for the constant becoming and passing away of all works of creation. The process of higher development is therefore the cause, as well as the purpose of creation. Through the grace of inner enlightenment, the human being is aware of this and now regards creation as a means to the perfection of the spiritual …. However, the meaning and purpose of creation is incomprehensible to people who lack knowledge of it, for countless things exist in creation which appear without meaning and purpose because they do not carry out any apparent purposeful activity or reveal any benefit. The consequence of this lack of knowledge is that the eternal deity is not properly recognized in Its greatness, in Its love, wisdom and omnipotence …. it has the consequence that man cannot feel the love for It which the recognition of Its perfection must trigger. It also means that the desire for God cannot be so deep because only love for God drives people to strive towards Him, to conform to Him. Such love will never be kindled in a person if all of God’s reign and activity remains hidden from him, thus he is completely ignorant of the meaning and purpose of creation, of the connection between the individual works of creation and God. The knowing state is indisputably more valuable for man than living in ignorance. The knowing state is a sign of upward development, it is spiritual progress, a state of light, which is understandably preferable to the state of ignorance, of darkness. To know the meaning and purpose of creation must contribute to the necessary degree of maturity, which is the purpose and goal of life on earth. creation itself now helps man to the right knowledge as soon as he pays attention to it and sends questioning thoughts out into the universe and opens himself to the mental answer now flowing towards him …. For it is God’s will that man should become knowledgeable, that he should gain insight into His reign and activity insofar as this is permissible on earth. But people themselves determine the limits of their knowledge through their will as soon as the latter refuses to accept knowledge offered to him without seriously examining the extent to which he can convincingly accept it into his thoughts. The human being’s will is free, consequently knowledge has to be offered to him such that he is not forced to accept it, but this would be the case if such knowledge could be proven or the human being would be convinced by a miracle of the truth of what is offered to him as truth. Rather, the human being must mentally take a stand on it in all freedom of faith and will and decide for or against it without being influenced. And he must also re-examine the knowledge he has previously received to see how far it can stand up to what is newly offered. Only the person who seriously desires the truth will also recognize the truth as such, and the truth will only be where it is seriously desired.

amen

Those who have My word will not be lonely and forsaken, for with the word I Myself am with them and thus their constant companion, I am their protection and shield, their comforter and helper in every trouble, as I have promised you who love Me and keep My commandments. I am with My own and My own recognize Me by My voice, they hear My word and know that I am close to them. And that is why they believe in Me with all steadfastness which nothing can shake …. But anyone who has My word also has a task …. to stand up for this word to the world, to spread My word and to inform all those who still walk in error, who still lack the pure truth. For whoever has My word is the bearer of pure truth because I, as the truth Myself, convey the truth to him through My word. And you humans should listen to these bearers of truth, you should allow yourselves to be imparted what they have received from My hand, for you all need the truth if you want to mature spiritually, if you want to recognize Me and learn to love Me. love for Me has to come from the heart, and if you want to love Me dearly then you have to recognize Me first, you have to know about My love and wisdom and strive to be accepted by Me as children in order to partake of My love. And this knowledge is conveyed to you by My word alone, which I convey to you as a pledge of My love …. With My word I Myself am with you, as I have promised you. As soon as you have prepared your heart as a dwelling place for Me, I will take up residence in it and never leave you again. For now you are in truth My children, whom I consider like a father and whom I will never leave alone in adversity. I reward your love for Me with My love by speaking to you as a father speaks to his children and by introducing you to the truth, by giving you the light of knowledge and imparting knowledge to you which illustrates My love, wisdom and omnipotence to you, so that your love for Me becomes deeper and more intimate and I can provide you with spiritual gifts according to this love, with treasures which will last for eternity …. so that My word can always and constantly reach you and you become aware of My greater than great love for you through My word. For My word is light and strength, wisdom and power …. And whoever has My word is Mine; he serves Me in time and eternity, for he has chosen Me and prepared his heart to receive Me ….

amen

Seek strength from God when you are weary and burdened. He has also given you this promise, that He will refresh you if you take refuge in Him and bring all your troubles to His heart. He is the comforter of all who are afflicted, the father of all orphans, He is your friend and brother and helper in every need. “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest ….” His words are comforting if only you have deep faith. And whatever hardship you find yourselves in, you know of one Who will help you carry it, Who is always ready to take it off your hands as soon as you believe in Him. People’s earthly life would be much easier if they kept Jesus’ promise, yet they usually lack faith or they would trustingly present all their worries to Him and ask Him for help. How little you use the power of prayer and how little you make use of the grace of the divine promise. Everything that weighs you down loses its significance as soon as you lay it on His heart so that He may help you carry it. And He will not leave your prayer unanswered, for His words are truth: “I will refresh you ….” He will give you the strength, whatever comes upon you, so that you can master everything and your heart will become free and light. Yet as long as a person lacks trust in His willingness to help, in His love, which God bestows upon all the oppressed and afflicted, he will not come before Him in prayer and obtain the strength God has promised him. And his path on earth is much more difficult and painful. He does not seek contact with God, Who alone can help him in every need, and Jesus’ promise can never be fulfilled in him ….

amen

Everything that God has created is spiritual power and as such is imperishable. Nevertheless, the visible creations are subject to constant change, thus they do not completely cease to exist but merely change within themselves, and even if it is no longer visible it nevertheless does not cease to exist, because God only temporarily dissolves matter until the spiritual substance therein requires a new external form again. This change now also contributes to the fact that the spiritual develops further, that it therefore never remains in the same stage, but that it reaches an ever higher degree of maturity, until it can enter its last embodiment as man. The human being, too, is to a certain extent transient, but again only the external form, whereas the soul, the spiritual substance in the human being, also outlasts the final external form and enters eternity as a disembodied being. To man on earth this spiritual, the soul, is not visible; and nevertheless it is the actual being, which only needs the bodily cover for the purpose of the last maturing on earth. But after the death of the body the soul continues its life without any cover and therefore also only visible to the spiritual beings, which are completely independent of earth and every earthly substance. What God has created remains eternally, yet the form of existence, the state of that which was created through God’s will, can be very different …. accordingly also more or less visible, although it cannot pass away eternally. The human being with his bodily eyes is only able to see everything created in the stage where it has material shells, for only these are visible to the bodily eye since it can only see the spiritual in its external form in a high degree of maturity. And this is why the immortality of the human soul is usually doubted because the human being only wants to believe what he sees and what he can prove. However, after some reflection he comes to the realization that everything originated from God and therefore cannot be transient, even though it loses its earthly shell. Only when he has recognized the spiritual in himself, when he leads a spiritual life alongside his earthly, external life, does he regard matter as a shell necessary for development, which is only a means to an end for the spiritual. Then he also knows that there is no end for the spiritual, but that the outer cover is only of limited duration and remains as long as it is divine will, which then releases the spiritual for a life outside of earth, outside of matter, which never ever ends but lasts forever. Earthly life can therefore only be regarded as a transitional stage in which the spiritual, the soul, has to overcome its last external form so that it can then enter a sphere completely uncovered where its actual life begins …. in freedom and in the awareness of its strength, which it lacked on earth as long as it had not yet attained the necessary maturity …. where it is aware that it lives eternally, that it can never ever perish because that which is of God is imperishable ….

amen

It is a higher power that decides world events, even if human will intends to bring about a decisive change. People can never determine with certainty the effect of what their will causes and thus also never determine the outcome of a struggle between nations which they themselves have to a certain extent started. divine will alone decides, and indeed in such a way as is beneficial for spiritual higher development, even if this outcome is not very beneficial for earthly life. For what people consider to be right and good need not be beneficial for the soul, and therefore people must also be prepared for an outcome which does not at all correspond to their will and expectation. It is not the earthly well-being of the individual that is decisive but only the spiritual development of people. However, this would be called into question if the outcome of world events were as desired, and God knows this and therefore intervenes Himself. He brings it to an end, i.e., He directs world events into completely different directions, He ends it in a way which will not be very pleasant for people who hope for great earthly success. People will be disappointed in every way because everything will turn out differently than it seems and because life will now be much easier and more renunciate and the improvement people expect will fail to materialize. Human will would never agree to this if a higher power did not clearly and unambiguously make its will known and man as such is powerless against it. There is only a short period of time left before world events undergo a sudden transformation which is of the greatest significance both spiritually and earthly. For this turning point lays the foundation for the later events, for the battle of faith, which is the result of divine intervention, because after it people are required to behave in a way that is completely contrary to faith and divine teaching. People believe that they can restore the old conditions through such demands and therefore proceed rigorously, they show no consideration for people’s faith but try to completely eliminate it and make people apostate from it. And the adversity will not stop, it will just be different than before; world events will certainly be over but humanity will not be released from tribulation because it still needs it for its spiritual development and God Himself will therefore assert His power and His will so that humanity will recognize Him and His working ….

amen

Anyone who makes an effort to live a life of love will also find My grace and My pleasure, and consequently he will also be acknowledged as having received wisdom from Me. And therefore the knowledge a person acquires intellectually is not decisive but only the knowledge he has received from Me Myself as an emanation of My love and grace. Yet as long as they live without love or do not yet correctly recognize My love they also lack faith and the knowledge of My working in those who are devoted to Me and prove this through active neighbourly love. Consequently, they are also unaware of the direct communication of My word, of the transmission of truth which transfers My love to a willing person in order to make it accessible to their fellow human beings through him. It is an act of grace which people would have to recognize if they seriously want to examine and imagine My love for them, and yet they don’t want to accept this grace, they want to deny such an act of love on My part because they themselves are unable to recognize My fatherly love due to their lack of love, because they are also unaware of people’s adversity and how urgently they need help. People themselves are indifferent to the spiritual hardship of their fellow human beings, and they apply the same standard to My love that it idly watches people take wrong paths which lead ever further away from Me. And they don’t want to believe that I make use of a person in order to lead them out of error by conveying the truth to him, which can bring them salvation in the soul’s adversity. For only the truth is necessary for the souls to recover, the truth is the only means to find Me and to escape the great spiritual hardship. And because I know about the error and its consequences I take pity on humanity which no longer recognizes Me if I let it feel My love. For only love recognizes Me and My working, only the loving person feels My strength and My grace, and only the loving person consciously receives My strength and grace …. But My working remains hidden from the others because I cannot work in them Myself as long as they do not believe that eternal love embodies itself in a loving heart and that it teaches all wisdom, that it descends to people in the word as soon as a person offers himself to God in love for service and is willing to spread the received divine word amongst people, which My greater than great love conveys to earth for this purpose ….

amen

In every phase of earthly life My will guides you and My grace flows to you unstoppably …. For your embodiment on earth in every form is a grace which I grant you in order to help you to ascend again from the abyss. Through your own will you deprived yourselves of power and strength and were therefore only able to dwell in the depths, in darkness, where powerlessness and ignorance turned you into unfree creatures who now became painfully aware of their existence. And I want to liberate you from this imperfect state because My love still applies to you, who voluntarily tried to separate yourselves from Me. And therefore I give you the opportunity to ascend again by letting you take a path by virtue of My will which reduces the distance from Me again, even though it takes endless times until you have reached your goal. Nevertheless, you have to recognize every possibility of ascent as grace, for you yourselves, that is, your own will has taken the path downwards, towards the abyss from which My love wants to lead you back again. And since your will earned you complete ignorance and spiritual darkness you are also incapable of returning upwards of your own accord, and therefore I have seized you completely and subordinated you to My will again until you regain the ability to continue this process of higher development of your own free will and to strive for your liberation, your former perfection again. My love and grace will take pity on your weakness and lead you towards the light again in the infinitely long earthly path, yet then I will have to give you the freedom of will again so that you can take your last test of earthly life, where I will indeed provide you with My grace without measure but you will have to freely decide whether you want to accept and utilize this grace or leave it unused …. My will now seemingly withdraws from you, yet I still direct your course of life such that it can bring you the highest spiritual successes if you have the will to ascend, for I do not force this …. I leave you complete freedom but shape your earthly life such that you can always and everywhere recognize Me, and My love and grace will guide you if you don’t oppose Me, for I want you to become again what you were from the start ….

amen

divine inspirations are usually not evaluated according to their origin, but are rather seen as the product of human reasoning. An obvious and convincing proof of the divine origin cannot be brought to people, and therefore the will of man itself determines their value. Doubting thoughts lower the value, and only undoubted faith brings spiritual success to man. But he cannot be forced to believe …. It is therefore no easy task to inform people of knowledge that only faith accepts without contradiction. Nevertheless, this knowledge cannot be countered by any other knowledge which is more credible and therefore every opportunity should be used to invalidate the latter, only then will the human being be more receptive to spiritual truth and mentally take a stand on it. The uninterrupted state of suffering on earth deprives many people of their weak faith precisely because it is weak. They do not want to acknowledge God because He has beaten them Himself and it is, so to speak, a last gasp in the feeling of powerlessness in the face of a higher power. They believe that they can detach themselves from Him by not acknowledging Him, but they have no valid reason to deny an omnipotent deity, even if this deity does not intervene in the plans of human will. As long as they recognize the free will of man, they must also regard man himself as the author of excessive suffering. In the belief that the soul lives on, they find the explanation for why everything that happens in the world remains incomprehensible to them. And that is why God tries to enlighten people that earthly life is only a means to an end and not an end in itself, that it is a time of preparation for the actual life. And He cannot convey this enlightenment to people in any other way than through inner enlightenment; however, He can never force people to believe in it, instead, the willing human being has to work on himself so that he will be able to understand these proclamations for what they are …. as transmissions from the spiritual kingdom, where the perfect beings stand in light and truth and also hand them out to those people who desire light and truth. If the human being desires to know the truth then he is already receptive to it, for then human knowledge is no longer certain enough for him and he will adhere to what is revealed to him through the mouth of those who have received it in an extraordinary way ….

amen

Where divine will expresses itself, human will is unable to assert itself as soon as it is directed against it. God knows whose will submits itself to Him and He will only call upon such a person who turns to Him for a task, that is, He will obviously express Himself through him. But then there is also no longer any serious resistance to be feared which could be directed against the divine will. The human being’s will is free, God does not force him at all, yet God’s grace flows through such a person who is turned towards Him, it strengthens his will and also enables him to recognize God’s great love, and the more joyfully the human being’s will now strives towards God. And now God can take possession of the human being’s will without infringing on his freedom, for the human being has given himself to Him. If a weakness of will now occurs, God nevertheless prevents the complete relapse because the human being himself has given Him the right to do so through his voluntary surrender, for thereby God regards him as His property, which He will no longer allow to be disputed. A person who was once permeated by God’s strength, through whom God Himself worked because he gave himself to Him, has become a bearer of strength and will never again lose this strength, it can only become less apparent to him because the world tries to turn his will away from God and he does not offer enough resistance. But God will never let the human being fall victim to the world. The power from God, which has expressed itself through him, protects him from this, for man no longer wants to do without it, and he is much more likely to give up the world if he is faced with the choice. For God continues to work in him and also gives him the right knowledge when he is in danger. And then willing and accomplishing is the working of God, then God also directs the will of man, He no longer lets him fall back into the wrong will. But the first surrender to God must have taken place through the human being’s will itself, otherwise God cannot take possession of him, otherwise He cannot express Himself, thus God’s strength cannot obviously flow over to him. And therefore the human being can be unconcerned, for God’s love protects him from complete apostasy …. God’s love does not let the human being who is in danger of becoming weak perish but He gives him new strength, He obviously works and directs the will towards Himself because He knows that the human being is grateful to Him, who has already given himself to Him of his own free will ….

amen

There is a constant spiritual decline, and this is not least due to the teaching of Christ which has been misrepresented to people, which has undergone many additions and thus has become untrustworthy to people. The divine teaching of love as such would be acceptable to people; even if they are unwilling to follow it, they cannot provide any valid reasons for rejecting it as a teaching that does not have an ennobling effect. The human additions, however, find little favor; the right-thinking man rejects them because he does not regard them as divine will; the worldly man, however, also rejects the whole divine teaching with them, because he also transfers the human origin of those additional teachings to the former. To a certain extent this is a justification for him to deny divine origin, thus he does not pay attention to the divine teaching of love, and this results in a spiritual decline which is extremely significant. love alone is spiritual progress, the human being redeems himself through loving activity, and loving activity is constantly preached to him as soon as he allows himself to be taught by those who try to spread Christ’s teaching of love in the world. For Christ taught nothing else than that people should live in love, that they should develop themselves upwards by serving in love, thus gaining God’s pleasure, so that God’s love will flow to all those who respect His teaching of love and thus seek and find union with God, Who is eternal love Himself. But as soon as man believes to be able to live without love he takes a course on earth which leads downwards. He does not strive for spiritual perfection and also does not remain on the same level of development, but his desire, his love, does not turn to the neighbor but to dead things; and therefore it is not a redeeming but an again binding love, which pulls man further and further down, chains him ever more firmly to matter and finally leads to another walk through the whole works of creation. At present, humanity has reached a spiritual level that cannot be emphasized enough as a spiritual regression because humanity no longer has faith in what Jesus Christ taught on earth. It pays more attention to the additional works of men than to His teachings and has thus strayed from the right path …. from the path of active charity …. or it has detached itself from the demands made on humanity by man …. from actions that were made obligatory for people as divine commandments and recognized by them as erroneous. With this human work, the pure teaching of Christ has also been rejected and frowned upon, and people have completely strayed from their mission in life. They live their earthly life without knowledge and consequently also without any success. Love has to be practiced if the human being is to progress in his development, and thus love also has to be taught …. And thus Christ’s teaching of love must also be acknowledged and followed, otherwise the human being’s development will come to a standstill, a standstill which will gradually lead to spiritual decline. Spiritually and earthly, however, a spiritual decline entails the most evil consequences, which is why God in His love leaves no stone unturned to stop it and to make people realize that they have to strive and that their higher development is extremely endangered …. that they are in danger of sliding down to the abyss, from which they can only develop upwards again under dreadful torments until they are allowed to fulfil the law of love again in free will ….

amen

Pray to the working of the Spirit, who introduces you to all truth …. And where a doubt oppresses your heart, where a question arises in you, there consult the spirit within you …. i.e., ask God for enlightenment through the power of His spirit, and you will receive clarification and be instructed according to the truth …. The hardship on earth is indescribably great, there is almost no human being who remains untouched by it; however, earthly hardship is only minor compared to spiritual hardship, the effects of which are not obvious to people and which they therefore take little or no account of. Earthly hardship is limited because every person’s earthly life is only of very short duration as soon as the standard is applied to the infinitely long time in eternity, where an imperfect soul languishes in the bonds of darkness. And God wants to avert these torments from the soul through earthly hardship, He wants to purify the soul while it is still on earth in order to spare it the much more bitter suffering in the beyond. God can certainly spare humanity on earth, but this would be a lack of love which the souls would feel painfully in the beyond, just as, conversely, the souls will one day look back with gratitude on the time of suffering on earth which spared them unspeakable suffering in the beyond. For suffering on earth should lead people to knowledge, suffering on earth should make people seek contact with God and cause their will to lead their life on earth in a way that is pleasing to God …. Only then can the suffering be removed from them. The spiritual adversity must therefore first be remedied before God can avert the earthly adversity from people. And this spiritual hardship must be the reason for intercession …. Recognizing this spiritual adversity and its consequences people have to pray for misguided people; they have to ask God for strength and grace for them so that they come to recognize their plight and strive towards the light of their own free will. For earthly adversity is a grace for these people which is intended to bring about this very realization. People are easily inclined to believe that earthly suffering is a punishment for people who do not live in accordance with God’s will. And this is why they ask God for mercy, they ask for an end to their earthly hardship, for a shortening of their state of suffering and thus, to a certain extent, for averting the means of grace which, after all, are intended to help people achieve spiritual maturity. Admittedly, their love for their fellow human beings determines them to make such intercession, yet this should only apply to people’s spiritual well-being, then they will prove their profound love for them, and then God can also answer the prayer by sending them more graces so that they can gain knowledge more easily. But He cannot eliminate the freedom of will. People themselves must have the will to take the right path before God, only then will intercession bring them the blessing that they will be enlightened and that their suffering on earth will not be in vain ….

amen

As soon as people pray for each other their hearts are capable of love, and since love is strength, this strength flows over to the person to whom love applies …. Prayer now has an effect in that the person to whom the intercession is directed noticeably feels the flow of strength, in that he now either feels relief from his earthly hardship or is now able to cope with it due to the strength flowing towards him. And thus God already fulfills a prayer addressed to Him in love for his fellow human being purely earthly …. Far more blessed, however, is prayer which is only directed towards spiritual perfection, recognition and the striving for light and truth. Then, too, prayer has an effect in the form of strength, which the fellow human being only needs to willingly accept in order to be able to book the greatest spiritual success and thereby, understandably, also reduces the earthly hardship, which is only intended to fulfill the same purpose …. to bring about spiritual maturation. However, as soon as a person ignores the power given to him through intercession, God cannot reduce the suffering for the sake of this person whose soul He wants to save and who will be completely lost without it. Man wants to help his fellow human being who is in need …. But God is love …. and this also wants to come to man’s aid. And His love and wisdom recognizes suffering as the only means to win the human being for eternity, and this love and wisdom must understandably leave the prayer for the suffering fellow human being unanswered if it questions the maturity of the soul, which is the purpose and goal of earthly life. And this is why the fulfillment of prayer should always be left to God’s will, for God truly knows best by which a soul will gain the greatest spiritual advantage. Although God acknowledges love, if this love, in human ignorance, wants to end a suffering which God’s love imposes on the human being, He will certainly acknowledge the former but, at His discretion, will not answer the prayer in order to bring redemption to the soul and thus seemingly disregard the human will. Yet the power of intercession will benefit them by making it easier for their thoughts to turn to God as soon as the human being’s will does not completely resist Him. And therefore everything, sorrow or joy, should be left to God and everything should be accepted from His hand with submission and gratitude, for He truly knows best what serves people and He directs everything such that it will benefit the soul and the human being can attain spiritual maturity if he has the will to do so ….

amen

God only demands of you unconditional submission to His will, and this demand is truly not difficult to fulfill if you love Him with all the sincerity of your heart. For love voluntarily submits itself, love tries to adapt itself, i.e. to do justice to the will of the one to Whom it applies. The human being should not be forced to align his will with the divine will, but love for God should determine him to merge with His will, then the human being gives nothing but receives …. Through the God-like will the strength now flows to him to also let his will be carried out and he becomes an aspirant of the spiritual kingdom, which means as much as that he can also enjoy the glories and delights of this kingdom; that he is blessed and the promise of Christ is fulfilled in him: “What no man’s eye has ever seen and no man’s ear has ever heard, I have prepared for those who love Me ….” Man must not put up the slightest resistance to God if he wants to be flooded by the power of God, and full of love he must turn to the one Whose will brought him into being, from Whose love he emerged …. And thus his love must impel him to completely give himself to Him; his love must determine him to give up his own will and only want that which corresponds to God’s will, thus to be of the same will as Him. He then gives up his own will but receives infinitely more in return …. he becomes free and strong …. He is previously weak and powerless with his own will as soon as this will is directed against God; but if he subordinates his will to God then he has reached his earthly goal; he has decided for Him of his own accord and this has been brought about by his love for Him. And God likewise rewards this free decision with His love, and He floods it with His strength. The human being has fulfilled God’s requirements, he has overcome the separation from God, he has joined God by submitting his will and can now want nothing else but God Himself, and this harmony of will makes him happy and blessed because he feels connected to God for eternity ….

amen

The final purpose of life on earth is to achieve the degree of maturity which earns the human being childship to God. But few people live so consciously that their whole striving is only directed towards this final goal. For continued service in love has to shape the human being such that he can also continue to receive God’s emanation of love, which guarantees the soul’s constant progress and finally earns it that degree of maturity that it can enter the spiritual kingdom as a true child of God, that it is now entitled to all childlike rights and that it can create and shape in God-like will for its own happiness. Childship to God is the highest goal, and every human being is given the opportunity to reach this goal, but it requires the human being’s whole will, which must be turned towards God; It requires a setting aside of all earthly wishes, an overcoming of all earthly desires, it requires a constant union with God through active neighborly love and a perpetual longing for Him, which drives the human being to diligent soul work, to a pleasing way of life and which makes his heart receptive for the deepest wisdom from God. It requires an uninterrupted activity of love which shapes his heart in such a way that God Himself can take up residence in him and the most intimate union with Him already takes place on earth. Becoming a child of God triggers an ineffable feeling of happiness in the soul, it is the most glorious thing a person can achieve. And yet it is striven for so little because renouncing earthly goods and pleasures is the first condition, but a person’s strength and will are often insufficient and he makes too little use of the power of prayer. What he earnestly wants, he can also achieve as soon as he fervently asks for it and does not let up in his prayer. The supply of strength will never be denied to him as long as his will earnestly strives for it. In order to attain childship to God it is also necessary to be in contact with the God-connected forces, i.e. the human being must willingly open himself to all good spiritual currents, he must be in a constant state of readiness to receive, thus he must allow the thought currents from the spiritual kingdom to take effect on him through thinking turned towards God, as a result of which he will receive increased strength and light, which will result in a certain maturing. The will to come close to God detaches the soul from earth, from matter, and gives it free development, it is not hindered on its flight upwards, and this is already a connection to spiritual light bearers. The soul often sojourns in the spiritual kingdom and the desire for God becomes ever stronger in it. And its activity of love on earth is now correspondingly …. Consciously striving upwards and deep, heartfelt love for God shape the human being’s soul on earth such that it can leave it as a child of God in order to take up the father’s inheritance …. to be able to see God face to face ….

amen

Countless threads run from the beyond to earth, and depending on the willingness of the hearts, on the ability to love and the desire for truth, the spiritual beings can let light flow to people on earth, thus hand out knowledge which corresponds to the truth. For only truth is light, but all error is darkness of spirit. In order to be able to receive the pure truth, however, profound faith in God’s love is a prerequisite, that it carefully watches over the fact that only spiritual powers have access, which are bearers of truth and instruct people on God’s behalf. Anyone who acknowledges God as the giver of truth and also recognizes God as the source of knowledge, as the center where the spiritual transmissions originate, will also have the firm confidence that he can never ever be offered error if he is united with God through heartfelt prayer and loving activity. And that is why he will never allow erring forces access to himself, because prayer to God erects an insurmountable wall against every intrusive ignorant force. God will never let anyone walk in error who desires the truth from Him …. However, there are also forces at work between heaven and earth, between the beyond and this world, which seize every opportunity to make themselves heard and which are uncontrollable because they make use of a human form which gives them their will …. Both good and bad forces can express themselves through such a form, but the latter will also disguise themselves as figures of light in order to find full faith in what they make known to people. In a conscious state the human form can indeed be truth-seeking and of God-focused will, but it renounces its own will in a medial state, which every spiritual power can then occupy depending on the desire for truth and the state of maturity of those who receive the proclamations. And therefore truth and error will exist side by side without the latter being recognized. And the reason for this is that the working of the spirit is unknown to such people, that they do not try to listen within themselves in an awake state …. that they lack the knowledge that God Himself speaks to people who want to hear Him …. that they can be introduced to the most profound wisdom by Him and that He conveys this wisdom to people through His word or allows it to be conveyed to people through His spiritual bearers of truth. But they must always listen inwards, they must try to develop the ability to hear the voice of God ….

amen

Listening inwards is a conscious expression of will, it is not a switching off of one’s own will, it is not a weakness, not a surrender to another will, but a strengthened will to hear the expression of the divine will within oneself. And that is why God will now also make Himself known, because the human being desires God and His eternal truth. But if the human being relinquishes his will then he gives himself over to forces which now use his weakness of will in order to express themselves. The desire for God protects him from forces which are not permeated by God, and yet the danger is obvious that he will not turn to God Himself in a conscious state but only call upon the spiritual forces in the beyond, that a kind of craving for knowledge will develop in him which aims at otherworldly states, and that spiritual beings will then express themselves in an unconscious state which want to express their thoughts and are not yet in truth, in the light. For in the unconscious state the human being can no longer control himself as to whether and to what extent he is connected to God. Although the will in the conscious state is good and turned towards God, the answer from God should also be expected in the conscious state, for the spirit in the human being should express itself. And by this it can be recognized whether the emanations of God touch him, whether the spirit of God itself becomes effective in man. Announcements from the beyond, received in an unconscious state, are always external mediations, whereas the working of the spirit expresses itself such that it conveys the truth to the person from within, that the person is able to hear the voice himself in a conscious state. An erroneous being cannot express itself from within because this is a process of emanation of strength …. but power is only there where light …. i.e. the pure truth, whereas with a human being who surrenders his own will by putting himself into a state of sleep, an immature, i.e. ignorant being makes use of the human being’s strength in order to make itself known, and the human being himself does not put up any resistance through the conscious desire for the pure truth, which such a being would immediately repel. And once a misguided opinion could be conveyed to people in this way they will then hold on to it with such tenacity that it is difficult for the beings of light to invalidate this body of thought, which is why a cleansing has to be carried out time and again because misguided teachings are spread time and again which signify a spiritual danger for people ….

amen

The divine laws are eternally unchanging, and all higher development in the physical as well as in the spiritual kingdom takes place in accordance with these laws. Physical and spiritual creations of the most diverse variety exist. And their only purpose is to guide the spirit which is distant from God back to Him. Yet every stage of development is as different as are the individual creations. Thus they will always be inhabited by spirits whose degree of maturity matches their nature. There will always be a progressive development as long as the spirit moves through the physical creation in a compulsory state …. However, a standstill or decline of development can occur during the final stage of the physical creation as human being …. but at the end of human life the spirit will irrevocably enter the beyond where no further physical creations exist. But even in the spiritual realm a standstill or decline can occur because the being retains its free will which is, however, considerably weakened if it has only achieved a low degree of maturity. Similar to earthly life, higher development in the spiritual realm also depends on activity, and this activity is and has to remain completely ambiguous to people on earth as they cannot comprehend its significance but which, on the other hand, depends on earthly creations.

In effect, people believe that every activity necessitates earthly, i.e. physical, creations. Consequently they support the view that the soul will return to the realm where it formerly had neglected its higher development, that it will return to earth to carry on where it had left off …. that it can repeat its interrupted progress of development anytime until final perfection …. And this assumption leads to a teaching which does not comply with the truth but which finds approval everywhere and is therefore widespread …. to the teaching of re-incarnation on earth …. Only few people understand the disastrous effects of this teaching for humanity if it is not disproved and corrected. This teaching, in a way, overrules the divine law that, in accordance with the plan of divine wisdom, everything must advance if it wants to progress. Re-incarnation on earth would be a regression for the soul approved by God, thus it would completely contradict the divine law which commands and demonstrates consistent progress. Although the being itself can indeed voluntarily descend but God’s will would never return it to a state which it had already overcome once before. And it will never be permitted to arbitrarily repeat a course of action which it had previously failed. For it still has thousands upon thousands of opportunities to develop further but they always take place on different creations and under completely different conditions ….

Amen

In the spiritual realm the soul is the creator of its own surroundings. It lives in a region created by its own wishes and desires, by its thoughts and its will. Although the objects are no longer of a physical nature they are not spiritually eternal either: they are, in fact, illusions, they are desired ideals which disappear as soon as the soul’s longing for them increases. And in this self-created world the soul, as on earth, can oppose and overcome or succumb and add to its longing for matter which, in its state of darkness, it imagines to be real. Thus the soul can believe to live on earth and for an infinitely long time remain subject to this delusion until it either gradually becomes aware of its imperfect state and gives up its longing for earthly goods or it gets more and more involved with them, which is comparable to spiritual regression and finally results in its banishment into the solid form; because the soul’s desire will always be fulfilled in so far as the matter, which the being longs for, becomes its outer cover. Thus the soul’s degeneration in the beyond results in its re-incarnation, it has to repeat the long process of earthly development again and, thousands of years later, as a human being, take its last earthly test of life once more ….

Whereas higher development in the spiritual kingdom is independent from physical surroundings because the soul only ascends when it has liberated itself from its earthly desires. In that case, however, earthly life is no longer necessary because it has the same opportunity for loving service in the beyond; in a manner of speaking it becomes part of a spiritual working group which is incredibly active in a way that is not yet comprehensible to human beings. All beings in the beyond have the opportunity to progress further and in the state of awareness these opportunities are used with great enthusiasm. However, the souls which are still in darkness have to strive towards God of their own free will. And to activate this will is the work of the beings of light whose perfection has resulted in knowledge, which they now lovingly try to impart on those who are as yet dark in spirit. Thus the spiritual kingdom offers many opportunities to help souls attain spiritual maturity ….

Amen

Each phase of the soul’s development occurs only once during a period of salvation even if it neglects to utilise the state of free will. In that case the phase of development passes without effect for the soul and it has to accept the consequences of this in the spiritual realm. But the completely God-opposing spirit, whose resistance could not be broken during its infinitely long earthly progress, is given the opportunity again in a new period of creation; where it can, embodied within a solid form, live through a new phase of development in a newly beginning earthly period. And then the spiritual substances which, in a compulsory state, have to develop into a human soul again, are permitted to occupy a human body once more for its final test of will. This re-incarnation can indeed take place but the process has such enormous implications that it should be explained to people as something extremely frightening, albeit it is also an act of God’s mercy for the release of the spirit after its endless time of captivity.

However, the idea that the soul re-incarnates onto the same earth again for the purpose of finishing its development is misguided …. If God returns a soul from the spiritual realm of light to earth it is merely an act of kindness because this soul has to fulfil a task of liberating the constrained spirit on earth …. Hence an already fully matured being of light incarnates on earth to spiritually help others while it apparently has to advance on the path of spiritual development like any other human being. A return to earth for the purpose of achieving complete maturity, to make up for the neglect of a past earthly life, does not correspond to God’s wisdom because it would interrupt the progressive development; a return from the spiritual into the physical state would be a regression and thus a sign of the soul’s intention to distance itself from God, thus it does not indicate spiritual aspiration. Those who strive towards God truly have enough opportunities in the spiritual realm, where the spirit can prove itself and thus mature and develop further.

On the other hand, highly developed spiritual beings who have not yet reached the degree of childship to God, can become a child of God by incarnating on earth for the purpose of a mission, which is always linked to extremely difficult living conditions and requires a previously achieved specific degree of maturity in the beyond. The teaching of re-incarnation is a humanly devised teaching which corresponds to their wishes and therefore is defended time and again because many people are no longer able to correctly understand the truth from above and thus change it to fit in with their wishes. Because their longing for this earthly world is still too strong and the thought of being permitted to return to earth is reassuring and comforting. But this teaching is an obstacle to the human being’s spiritual development and therefore will have to be challenged time and again by those who shall spread the pure truth ….

Amen

Everything full of light tries to help the unredeemed, it tries to assist him in his adversity, which is the result of ignorance, of the lack of knowledge about God’s nature, about His reign and activity and His love, wisdom and omnipotence …. The full of light therefore seeks to bring knowledge to the unredeemed, as soon as it is in the stage of free will, where it has the ability to recognize, it seeks to impart knowledge to it, and for this it particularly makes use of those people who are willing to receive the truth and pass it on. This will is the first prerequisite in order to be able to function as a mediator between the spiritual world and the people on earth. The beings of light always carry out God’s will and thus convey the pure truth to earth on His behalf. Depending on the receptivity of the person who receives the truth, it will be offered to him …. containing profound wisdom, if the human being shapes himself through his way of life as a receptacle for the divine spirit, the strength from God, which is conveyed to him by the beings of light …. The beings of light are aware of every person’s degree of maturity and desire, and thus they also instruct people according to this degree of maturity who are once again intended to exercise their ministry as bearers of truth on earth. It will always be the same truth, yet more or less comprehensive and always adapted to the circle of those to whom the bearers of truth inform them of it. God knows about the spiritual state of those and sends the right messengers towards them, who again have the knowledge at their disposal which they need. And again it is decisive what spiritual maturity the recipient of the truth has attained from God and how he utilizes the gifts offered to him. And this is why the transmissions from the spiritual kingdom will differ in their form and depth, even though they must always correspond in terms of content. The recipient has to shape himself such that he hears everything that is whispered to him by the beings of light. Receiving is an act of free will, and this will itself determines the nature and depth of what is imparted to it through God’s grace, Who enlightens the spirit of the one who declares himself willing to work as a mediator between God and people and listens to what the spirit from God reveals to him. But the truth remains eternally the same, otherwise its origin must be doubted ….

amen

All efforts on this side to penetrate the depth of divine wisdom can only be successful if the spirit within the human being has come alive and thus can accept the spiritual transmissions from the beyond …. if, through loving activity, the human being’s soul develops the ability to hear the inner voice of the spirit, which then would like to convey the received messages to the soul. For only then can pure truth be conveyed to a person, because the spirit in the human being cannot err as it is part of the divine spirit. The human being has to muster the will to silently listen within, he must make an effort to keep all external impressions at bay and lend his ear to the spirit in a completely conscious state; he must try to prevent himself from becoming weak and falling into a state in which he can be taken over by an unknown will, even though it does not exclude the possibility that the unknown will is good and belongs to a being which likewise would like to impart the truth to the person. In a few cases these spiritual beings are indeed under control so that nothing but pure truth can be transferred. However, the human being as such is not capable of checking as long he himself is unable to hear the voice of the spirit, which also expresses itself mentally to the human being. But at all times he should strive to attain a state in which he can hear the voice of the spirit such that it can be repeated word for word, that it can be heard in a completely conscious state and also be conveyed to fellow human beings. This is the working of the spirit which God promised to His Own …. He promised to stay with them in the Word, and the Word must come forth from Him directly, it must originate from Him, even if it is transmitted to earth by His messengers. Then it will incorporate profound wisdom, it will be the pure truth which can never be infringed upon, which can never be refuted, because the inwardly heard voice of the spirit cannot be drowned out by any other means. To receive the inner Word in a conscious state by using one’s own free will is the only guarantee for the pure and unadulterated truth …. Anyone who hears this Word is in heartfelt union with God, Who is Truth Himself and thus must also be the Giver of truth. Consequently, all spiritual results must concur with this divine Word which is the obvious manifestation of the spirit which works in and through a person and through this person also reveals itself to a fellow human being. And he, in turn, will be able to examine the truth of the spiritual gifts if he, through a life of unselfish neighbourly love, has awakened his spiritual spark and thus recognises that the offered gifts are true. Wisdom and truth can only ever be present where the spirit of God is working in a person, and therefore a value has to be attached to such proclamations which only divine transmissions can lay claim to …. God Himself is speaking to people, and His Word is truth ….

Amen

God can only reveal Himself in the Word to a few people, because most people have lost the knowledge of the spirit’s work in the human being and thus are not preparing themselves to hear the divine Word within themselves. This is a process which first requires belief in the working of the spirit, but this belief is lacking in people and they can only arrive at this knowledge through love. Because this will guide their thoughts in the right direction, and the person can also mentally be introduced to this knowledge. But he will never recognise this knowledge as the working of the spirit and not be fully convinced of it himself. However, God’s spirit wants to express itself clearly and precisely …. God wants to reveal Himself to people, hence He will speak to them …. He will convey His Word to them …. as soon as they believe in Him, in His love, His wisdom and His omnipotence. Because then they will also want to enter into contact with God, they will start a dialogue with Him and in response hear His voice within themselves. The strength of the spirit will communicate itself to them, and a lucid understanding of the most diverse subjects will be the result. The information of the working of the spirit in a person should be passed on to people but it will rarely be believed, and yet, without belief it cannot be experienced. Only a person’s profound love will result in this belief, since then the spirit of God will work in him and give him the idea to listen inwardly. This is the beginning of a person’s actual instruction and thus an introduction to the most profound knowledge. God can only express Himself when a deeply devoted heart turns to Him, but then he will impart His wisdom without limitation ….

Consequently, the working of the spirit is of utmost importance because it is the only means to find the truth and to penetrate into divine wisdom’s deepest profundity. Hence it is the only means of receiving information which could never be acquired rationally, which will provide the person with remarkable insight and knowledge relating to God and the human being, to creation and the spiritual kingdom …. Profound understanding is only possible where the spirit of God is able to work, and yet, the working of the spirit solely depends on a person’s will, because this has to become active first, it has to accomplish the human being’s inner change, which is a prerequisite for the working of the spirit in a person. The human being’s will has to decide to improve his soul, it has to impel actions of love, it has to establish the innermost contact with God, and inwardly it has to listen attentively in order to hear His Word, which is then given to him by the voice of the spirit. But most people fail to listen inwardly, even if they comply with all other conditions, because they lack the information that God Himself is working in the devout human being. This knowledge was lost, and it is difficult to persuade them to put the rule to the test …. to comply with all conditions and then to listen carefully ….

For this reason the divine Word is hardly ever transmitted to earth in the most natural way, by God speaking to people, by submitting all wisdom to them Himself and by instructing them like a teacher instructs his students. But as soon as a human being is doing everything to perceive the working of the spirit, as soon as he makes himself available for reception by consciously listening within himself, profound knowledge will be made accessible to him. Because this knowledge is intended for the benefit of his fellow human beings, he is meant to pass it on, he is supposed to support it, he is meant to become the mediator between God and the people, who cannot be addressed by Him Himself because they are unable to hear Him …. He should become the distributor of truth on earth, he should let his light shine everywhere and make God’s love known to people, which is ascending to earth in the Word and offering the truth, because the lies, which are endangering souls, shall be removed. He is to bear witness to His wisdom by describing to people God’s reign and action in creation and the spiritual kingdom, and he should proclaim His omnipotence, which achieves whatever is determined by God’s will …. He should present God to people as the most perfect Being in order to arouse their love for Him and to spurn their will to subordinate themselves to this Being, to love and be of service to It for all eternity ….

Amen

Greatest forbearance and humility is required to be able to receive My love and grace, to be taught by Me Myself …. in order to be able to hear My word in the heart …. People who want to work for Me on earth should be patient and humble, for in this way they testify to their love for Me, that they are full of love for their fellow human beings and do not look down on them in arrogance, who are likewise My living creations. And only then can I Myself work through them because I Myself am extremely patient and because I walked the path on earth in profound humility on which you are supposed to follow Me …. Thus, like Me, you must make an effort to be patient and approach your fellow human beings with humility of heart. You must, as it were, woo their love in order to win them over for yourselves, you must regard them as friends who are misguided and therefore patiently try to instruct them where possible. You must remain humble and not exalt yourselves in heart over them as they walk in error …. But you must always remember that you are to stand up for the truth. Once you have recognized the truth and received it directly from Me you must hold on to it, and you must not allow yourselves to be intimidated by counter-talk. Mindful of My love, you must try to convey to your fellow human beings what you have recognized as beneficial for the soul, for then you will also practice love …. And if you remain faithful to your conviction, if you do not bow down to error, you can nevertheless remain humble in heart. But no one can demand the surrender of your conviction in order to test your humility …. no one can deny your forbearance if you want to help the truth to its right again and again. But where this truth is not accepted, where the spiritual resistance is too great, do not try to force anything …. The truth must speak for itself, and the truth also speaks for itself as soon as the human being examines the truth with a serious will …. And therefore humility of heart is again necessary, the deep bowing of the creature before the creator and the prayer for help, which again testifies to humility …. then he will also be seized by My grace and he will recognize …. I give My grace to the humble, and only the humble attain the truth. Yet the truth also obliges you to defend it. Humility towards Me therefore need not be violated, even if the bearer of truth does not bow down to his fellow human being who walks in error …. However, you should always and constantly practice patience and always imagine My earthly path, which required excessive patience and immense love. Be gentle and patient and you will also be successful with those who initially oppose you …. For gentleness and patience are signs of love, and love is strength. And love conquers all opposition because no power can withstand it ….

amen

There will be a great desire for spiritual nourishment as soon as the earth’s upheaval has taken place but it will merely be temporary; motivated by the serious hardship people are at first willing recipients and God’s Word shall provide them with comfort and strength. They will certainly recognise it as the Word of God, they will be faithful, but only for a short period of time. Because the world and its demands become more important again and they forget their hardship, thus they also forget Him Who allowed this hardship to happen. Their thoughts and aspirations only seek to re-establish the old life-style and they find it inconvenient to observe the commandments presented to them by the Word of God. Consequently people agree with the actions against the faith and its followers and only a small group will hold on to the Word; only a few people will stand firm against all confrontations and remain loyal to God and the faith. And yet the earlier desire shall be fulfilled to the utmost extent; God’s Word shall be offered to human beings wherever possible so that many people will receive knowledge of it, since during the subsequent battle of faith everyone will once again be divinely reminded of it. The believers will be full of strength and accomplish extraordinary deeds, and find the strength for this entirely in their profound faith ….

And even disbelievers will be able to recognise the power of faith because they had been introduced to the teachings of Christ beforehand and much becomes clear to them as they witness the proof of what they had been told. God leaves no option unused, He leaves no stone unturned, and wherever people can yet be helped He will help them, providing they are willing. And God will instruct many servants to speak in accordance with His will where it concerns the spreading of His teachings and to inform people of the forthcoming event. The battle of faith is unavoidable and will be conducted as never before. And the stronger people adhere to their faith the more brutal the adversary will proceed to annihilate it completely. But the believers have great strength too and can endure much, because God Himself will give them strength, because He strengthens them with His Word and because He will always be with those who defend Him and the faith before the world. You should tell people of this in advance, you should inform them of the coming battle of faith, you should tell them about the strength of faith and the strength of the believers whose leader in the battle against the world is Jesus Christ Himself …. And many from the opponent’s side will join, many will become faithful in view of the things which take place …. For God Himself will work through His servants on earth in order to save what will not entirely oppose Him ….

Amen

The human soul only embodies itself once during a period of development unless it takes on another earthly life of its own free will for the purpose of fulfilling a mission. A re-embodiment is therefore only possible after the end of a period of development, as soon as this is necessary in order to still bring the spiritual being, which is completely distant from God and has failed on earth, close to God. However, such a re-embodiment is by no means in accordance with the being’s will but would be perceived as a state of compulsion to which the human being would never agree of his own free will. Re-embodiment as a human being also presupposes a walk through all works of creation, which is unimaginably agonizing. However, if a being of light is willing to fulfill a task on earth which is necessary for people’s spiritual development it can embody itself again on earth and thereby also attain an even higher degree of maturity, thus the process through the works of creation is eliminated first, the soul incarnates itself from above in a body of flesh in order to mature as a human being under the same conditions to that degree which then makes it possible to accomplish the task assigned to it. Such souls are always given to souls in spiritual distress, they are guides on earth, people who have knowledge of God and can therefore assist people in their spiritual development. The greater the spiritual hardship, the more beings of light embody themselves in order to help them. However, they no longer need the earthly path in order to first shape themselves into a being of light but their soul is a soul of light, only without knowledge of its spiritual state and therefore full of aspiration to ascend, because it is of utmost importance for their fellow human beings that they should be shown the path which leads upwards. Thus one cannot speak of reincarnation for the purpose of perfection, and therefore the opinion that a soul can embody itself at will for the purpose of further development is also erroneous. For only a perfect soul, a being of light, voluntarily takes upon itself the material shell because it has become love and its love for the unfree spiritual substance determines it to return into a dungeon from which it has long since escaped. However, a soul which is still in need of maturity would be reluctant to return to earth because it feels raptured from the heaviness of earth as soon as it has already attained knowledge, and the latter also signifies for it the knowledge of the possibility of an ascent development in the spiritual kingdom and it far prefers this to another life on earth. However, the possibilities of development in the spiritual kingdom are adapted to every soul’s state of maturity ….

(13.9.19439) The more willing the soul is, the more it strives for ascent development, the more active it is and the more it spiritualizes itself, i.e., it neither needs material creations nor does it procure such for itself through its desire, even if only in its imagination. It separates itself more and more from it, and earthly desires also recede more and more. Accordingly, it now lives in spiritual spheres, in an environment that can only be addressed as a spiritual creation. Every opportunity for higher development is offered to it, and it truly does not need another sojourn on earth and does not desire it either, because it regards earthly life as a stage of its development which has been overcome, even if it has not earned it the maturity which the soul was able to achieve. But it was a shackled state for it from which it now feels liberated and which it would never strive for again. It is different with a still completely material soul which departs from earth without any cognition and is still chained to earth with all its senses …. These souls certainly long to return to earth, but never in order to mature spiritually, but only to be able to enjoy it purely physically, because the love for the material world and for their own ego fills the soul and makes the longing for earth grow ever greater. But these souls are supposed to overcome their love of matter and have to do so in the beyond because they failed to do so on earth. Through their cravings they create an earthly world for themselves in the spiritual kingdom, they see and possess everything they desired but no longer in reality but only in their imagination, and this until they come to realize that they are only chasing after illusory possessions and now overcome their desire for them …. Only then will their environment change and only then will they start their activity in the spiritual kingdom which will guarantee their upward development ….

amen

Earth, as a place for further spiritual education, has been chosen to shape people into the purest beings of light, into children of God, who can attain the highest degree of happiness and the beholding of God. The achievement of this degree is only possible on this earth. Although other works of creation are equally destined for the maturing of spiritual beings which are not perfect as yet, and their degree of maturity can still constantly be increased, the degree of childship to God can nevertheless only be attained by the soul on earth, on account of which people are also confronted by the full gravity of earthly life, and this is even harder the closer the soul is to its goal. The soul must be able to leave the earth in a totally purified state, spiritually reborn and in most heartfelt union with God. It must experience every trial, it must work and create with profound love for God and its fellow human beings, it must have surmounted all worldliness in order to enter the spiritual kingdom free and unburdened. Only a few people depart from this earth as perfected beings of light, and only a few people can behold God straight after their life on earth, for only a few become victorious over matter, because earthly life always and forever makes its demands on people and this is one of the most powerful temptations which approaches a person. Time and again people must try to liberate themselves; time and again spiritual life must come to the fore, and every thought must be directed upwards. In order to attain the childship to God, God’s grace must be able to be especially effective on people, a person must make constant use of the grace flowing to him without measure; he must accept everything that contributes towards purifying the soul, he must experience all suffering as grace and be grateful to God that His love has destined him for higher spheres and wants to draw him to Himself. Not many people can achieve such a high degree of maturity that God can send them even the harshest suffering without becoming disheartened …. These few, however, are blessed, even if their earthly life seems most difficult to bear for them …. Their marriage with God is the most beautiful reward awaiting such souls at their death, and for the sake of this the soul will patiently wait until its earthly end comes. All burdens and troubles, all suffering and sorrow seem small once it is released from its earthly cover, once it is able to behold God and has become the most blissfully happy being in the spiritual kingdom …. once it comes into its inheritance of the Father as God’s child and works with Him in His will.

Amen

The pure spiritual exchange of thoughts with knowledgeable forces in the beyond produces extremely valuable results which enrich the human being’s knowledge, thus placing him into a state of cognition. And therefore he has already achieved spiritual progress, for knowledge is already a state of light, it makes happy and at the same time enables spiritual work. The human being can transfer his knowledge to his fellow human being and do something which requires love for his fellow human being. And every act of love brings him spiritual maturity. This is why the forces of light constantly try to stay in contact with people in order to bring them knowledge, for they themselves know about the dark state. And thus they also know how it can best be remedied …. through love and by consciously accepting the divine word offered to them by the beings of light. Every human being is surrounded by beings of light which try to direct his thoughts such that they aim towards God and His reign and activity. If the human being accepts the thought currents flowing to him then he will very soon call wisdom his own which was imparted to him from the kingdom of the beyond and which he also convincingly accepts as truth. Every human being can sense these streams of thought, but they are rarely heeded and rarely do people realize where the thoughts come from and what they actually are. They do not regard them as an expression of the power of spiritual beings and therefore do not attach the right value to them. They believe themselves to be the originators of the thoughts and do not know that they only accept or reject the thoughts flowing to them through their free will, but that they first have to be brought to them by spiritual beings and want to be taken up before they can become the human being’s own thought material. The human being as such would not be able to let a thought arise since this is spiritual strength which, however, is not yet available to him to the extent that he can generate thoughts himself. In a manner of speaking, he first borrows the strength from the spiritual kingdom, from where it is also willingly offered to him, and through this supply of strength he should mature spiritually, i.e., the knowledge offered to him mentally should lead him to realization and the right realization should let him find the path upwards through consciously striving for perfection. Without this knowledge he will never be able to develop himself upwards, and the knowledge is only the result of his thoughts which are conveyed to him by spiritual beings. It is a person’s free will to seize the thoughts, to dwell on them, to request further thoughts through questions and thereby acquire spiritual wealth or to reject them immediately and not pay attention to them …. But he also has to answer for this free will, for he then leaves the power flowing towards him unused and his knowledge, his insight, will now be accordingly. The spiritual beings constantly make an effort for people, they repeatedly try to make themselves heard by them and constantly impose themselves on them. Yet the human being cannot be forced to accept the thoughts and therefore people have very different degrees of knowledge depending on their will. Yet the same knowledge is available to all people as soon as they merely abandon themselves to the spiritual forces and increase their thoughts, which is offered to them through the love of the knowing beings ….

amen

The essence of the deity is incomprehensible to people as long as they cannot form a proper concept of what love is …. God’s love cannot be remotely compared to human love, for the former is of such infinite depth and intimacy that human love is only a reflection of it, even if it is pure and pure, i.e. unselfish. But the person who loves is capable of making every sacrifice, fulfilling every wish and doing everything that gives him pleasure to the one he loves …. He seeks to protect him from suffering, from danger and to make his path through life a beautiful one …. But how much more is divine love concerned with the well-being of its creatures …. Yet people doubt this deep, heartfelt love of God, or they are not aware of it, otherwise they would be filled with profound faith and trust in God, otherwise they would understand much of what they reject due to their ignorance. For everything can be explained by God’s profound love …. As soon as they keep this in mind, as soon as they try to penetrate God’s supreme nature and imagine His infinite love, they also carelessly surrender to His guidance; they act as their heart urges them because they feel secure in God’s guidance, because they know that His love will not let them go astray if they entrust themselves to Him …. A loving God will never let His creatures go astray unless they reject His love. A loving God will neither leave them in distress of soul nor in earthly distress if the human being takes refuge in His love. And thus it goes without saying that He reciprocates a person’s love for Him, that His love seizes him and never wants to leave him, because His whole being is profound love which is like a fire, like a light which radiates through everything, which wants to ignite everything that comes within the range of His radiance …. divine love is deep and heartfelt, it is always willing and always ready to forgive. And it constantly courts reciprocal love. Man, however, is not able to reciprocate the deep divine love and therefore often doubts God’s love by believing that people are left to their own devices, by disbelievingly rejecting God’s obvious activity and therefore also questioning His care and love for people. Although he speaks of God’s love, this is a figure of speech that will only be more to him when he himself begins to comprehend the nature of God, which is love in itself, through the working of love. divine love has only one goal, to make His living creations happy, and even the greatest suffering serves this purpose, and if the human being surrenders to God with complete trust then everything he is given will be an expression of His infinite love. And this love will never let a human child fall prey to ruin who calls upon Him, who surrenders himself to Him, who desires His love and offers his weak strength to serve Him …. divine love will watch over such a person, it will gently lead him by the hand so that he will not stumble, it will mark out his path on earth and constantly supply him with strength and give him the right knowledge. For love is eternal and it tries to guide the spiritual substance towards itself forever, it tries to impart the fundamental strength to it again so that it will likewise become love and thereby penetrate ever deeper into the essence of divine love, and now this is no mystery to the human being as soon as he himself is in love ….

amen