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Enormous obstacles lie in the way of the one striving upwards when receiving spiritual messages, if the state of reception does not correspond to the Divine will. The currents which make an easy reception possible, are switched off, so that the human being must struggle for inner firmness, to prevent his thoughts from straying and to turn more intimately to God, in order to remain in the truth. The will to truth must always come alive in the receiver; he must not only mechanically receive a transmission, but must presuppose his desire for truth in every proclamation.
He must desire truth in order to be able to receive it. If the desire for truth diminishes or if man is inclined to find pleasure in an untruth, he must be prevented by increased difficulties in receiving from following this inner urge. He must therefore always and forever work on himself and must not abandon himself to any weakness of will, he must practice a pronounced self-chastisement, he must not let any thoughts come up that move away from the truth .... The Lord protects His Word, and He does not let it be disfigured by teachings that do not correspond to His will and the truth.
And therefore He prevents the receiving earthly child from receiving, if it's will wants to deviate from His will. He puts obstacles in his way, the overcoming of which lets man find back to the right thinking. He Himself leads and guides him by the hand, but he must overcome the obstacles himself and get through them in order to be able to approach God again, the Giver of truth. Thus, every unclear or untrue thought will always result in a feeling of separation from Him, man will hesitate to take up this thought, he will be inclined to reject it and finally drop it .... he will obviously be prevented from writing him down by an inner feeling of rejection.
And it is therefore good to know that only that man is able to receive, who gives account to himself about his inner feeling, who admits unhesitatingly if he strays mentally, and strives to remain true before God and himself. On the other hand, he must also fight against the hostilities of evil powers. If he encounters the slightest resistance when receiving spiritual messages, he must relentlessly subject himself to self-criticism and submit all thoughts to the Lord, so that it may be rightly guided. For the adversary seeks to exploit the weakness of man, so the strength of will must be asked for. The gifts of heaven cannot be received without any application of strength, so this application of strength should also be requested as a concession that the earthly child surrenders his will to the Father in heaven and only wants to serve Him. ....
Amen
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