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It is glaring carelessness to look at life on earth only from the viewpoint of what is beneficial for the body. It is a difficult beginning to make such people understand the true purpose of earthly life, because they will never want to eliminate physical enjoyment and will therefore be inaccessible to other views and teachings, since the content of life, if it consists in earthly enjoyment, is sufficient for them. But the awakening of an erring person will be terrible. For the body will soon no longer be able to cope with the demands of earthly life; with increasing age, it will recognize it's weaknesses and infirmities - and nothing will remain of the earthly life that has been taken so seriously, when it's outer form, the physical shell, begins to become frail. He must now realize that even the most beautiful earthly pleasures lose their appeal when the body no longer possesses it's youthful strength. So now life must also seem barren and empty and useless to him, for as long as he is only concerned about the body.
And again it is a gift of grace, so the body of man goes faster and faster towards decay, because only now there is hope that man may get in touch with his spirit and make contact with the forces which lovingly take care of the now thoughtful man, present him the uselessness of the previous way of life and try to move him to seriously deal with the spiritual, with the higher development of the soul. Man will now have ample opportunity to suppress or fight physical desires, if he is willing - i.e., if he subordinates himself to the Divine laws and allows only this will to be valid.
But it is far more meritorious if man fights earthly pleasures already while he is young and full of life, for the sooner he reaches knowledge and cognition - for then his striving has become active in fullest freedom of will, he has not been forced to renounce by physical hardship, but renounces these pleasures of his own accord, and both his spirit - which can now unite with his equals - as well as his soul - which is destined to think and want differently - will thank him with all sincerity, for only they know about the true purpose of earthly life, they also recognize the dreadful plight of the imperfect spiritual beings snatched from this life, which, however, must first be brought before the human being's eyes if he is to be able to free himself from the power which hinders him on the way up ....
Amen
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