The Great Gospel of John · Volume 4

Deutscher Text · Volume contents 01] Says Cyrenius to this, who listened with the greatest attention to everything: “Lord, I cannot really say that I have understood everything; still everything is quite clear to me, – only it seems to me, as if all this could at one stage become again unclear to me on…

Deutscher Text · Volume contents 01] (The Lord:) “A large number of dangers exists for the soul in the world. On the one side you have poverty; its concept of mine and yours are getting weaker, the more a person is pressed by the same. Therefore do not let poverty to grow to large among…

Deutscher Text · Volume contents 01] (The Lord:) “Humility is primarily promoted by serving, often the more subordinated a service appears, the more suitable it is for the true development of life. Humility itself is nothing else than the increasingly and stronger condensation of life in itself, while haughtiness is a loose formation and a…

Deutscher Text · Volume contents 01] (The Lord:) “Now, we have worked through poverty and have seen the hostile issues which start to appear if they start to dominate; but we also have seen how it can be remedied and why, and what advantages for people can grow out of the observance of this My…

Deutscher Text · Volume contents 01] (The Lord:) “Just don’t think that a small earth like this one, can be created within a day and be populated all at once! For that for your concepts unthinkable many myriads of earth years are required. What unthinkable long time periods are required, until a world is ripe…

Deutscher Text · Volume contents 01] (The Lord:) “This is in connection with the clear concept of what is mine and what is yours, Moses says: ‘You should not steal!’ {2 mose.20,15} and again: ‘You should not desire what belongs to your neighbour, except such, which is fully justified!’ {2 mose.20,17} 02] You can in…

Deutscher Text · Volume contents 01] (The Lord:) “But now comes another very important field of life, whereupon one only can reach truly the full rebirth of the spirit in his soul, which is life’s truest triumph and highest end goal. This field is completely contrary to pride and arrogance and is called – humility.…

Deutscher Text · Volume contents 01] (The Lord:) “But how can a person protect himself against this most evil passion, since the seed for it is present in every soul and quite often has already reached an usury climax in children? Only through humility is this possible! 02] And therefore poverty is so predominantly large…

Deutscher Text · Volume contents 01] (Zorel:) “Now the friend says to me: ‘Come, Zorel, leave this place, I will take you to another place!’ 02] I go now away with the good friend, far away and away from the lake. We are strolling now through a marvellous avenue, and the trees are bowing before…

Deutscher Text · Volume contents 01] The curiosity of the women was quite big; but My word nevertheless was more powerful and all went into the tents of Ouran, where they had to stay for as long until called again. 02] After the women were looked after in this manner, Johannes said to Zorel: “Now,…