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Bertha Dudde |
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ThemeBooklet 031
Self-denial |
The most difficult earthly task - and yet it is unavoidable - if we want to attain eternal life
Purpose of earthly existence as a human being ....
The being’s re-transformation ....
God’s help towards attaining beatitude .... Free will ....
Conscious psychological work ....
Struggle for existence is essential ....
Introspection ....
Self-knowledge .... Psychological work .... Grace .... Humility ....
Fight against longings and passions ....
The world poses great dangers ....
The broad and the narrow path ....
Danger of arrogance ....
Spiritual superiority is not spiritual arrogance ....
Destiny conducive to reach full maturity ....
About abstinence and asceticism ....
Urgent admonition to detach from matter ....
Love .... Hate ....
Sense of justice .... Judging one’s fellow human being ....
Perfection means conformity to divine will ....
Misuse of the gifts which distinguish the human being from the animal ....
Misuse of divine gifts (Talents) ....
Everything serves to attain perfection ....
Reason for painful strokes of fate ....
The path to the eternal home ....
Decision by predestined guidance or experience ....
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