BD 3162 18.u.19.6.1944

Power supply only noticeable to the soul ....

The soul perceives every influx of spiritual strength even though the body does not feel it. And therefore the human being himself cannot judge his degree of maturity, because only the spiritual in him matures, the body, however, does not experience any change and thus does not show any spiritual progress. And therefore the human being as such still often has to fight against purely physical desires and weaknesses, whereas the soul has already freed itself from them. But then it is dominated by the body and thus bound to it again, which the soul does not like. Although the soul constantly accepts strength and will also quickly become the body's overcomer, it will present to it what danger its desire is, and for the most part it will also succeed, because spiritual strength becomes effective as soon as the soul is in need.

But no human being can mature without temptation, for his strength shall grow through resistance, and resistance for the soul is every temptation it shall pass ..... The body still demands for itself what is part of the world until the soul completely dominates the body, i.e. makes it inclined towards its striving. Then it can finally consider matter overcome, for the spirit in it is now stronger, and it determines the soul and the body and is willingly listened to.

But the influx of strength must proceed in a way that only touches the soul, because otherwise the body's will to resist would immediately be broken in a certain coercion, it would then be an unconscious striving for reward but not a striving out of itself for perfection, which would then move the human being to suppress earthly desires and physical pleasures. Therefore the influx of strength only has an effect on the soul, inexorably driving it to activity in love, to renunciation of earthly pleasures and to constant work on itself, without the body being affected by it in its actions and desires.

But since the soul needs it to carry out the actions which the spirit in itself instructs it to do, it slowly loses touch with the world and its pleasures, for it will always carry out what the soul asks of it, even if at first with hesitation and with senses still directed towards the world. But the strength of the spirit is stronger and the body's resistance is broken, as soon as the soul completely surrenders to the spirit within itself, then it also determines the body to join its desire and striving, and every danger of a worldly flattening is over. The smaller the battles the human being has to fight against the temptations of the world, the higher is his state of maturity ....

If he succumbs in the battle with the world, this is a standstill in his development until he has risen again, until through renunciation he again enables the soul to receive the supply of strength which excludes failure. But the temptations of the world are nevertheless necessary and also beneficial, for the human being should test his strength against them, and every struggle against them, every victory, is progress upwards. The soul should remain in constant struggle for perfection, it should not slacken in prayer for support from spiritual friends, it should always remember that its thinking and striving also reduces or increases the influx of strength, depending on whether it is turned towards the world or the spiritual kingdom. The body, however, has been given to her so that she may overcome it, for her strength only grows through temptation if she is sincerely willing to become perfect ....

Amen

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