BD 3414 22.1.1945

Spiritualising the soul ....
Conquering matter ....

It is absolutely necessary for you to learn to despise the world if you want your soul to mature, for only when it no longer desires it will it turn to the spiritual kingdom, the world which is its actual home, which offers it everything that helps it to ascend and which is therefore also the goal it should reach through earthly life. The more the human being detaches himself from material things, the more his senses deaden themselves for earthly pleasures and enjoyments, the more the soul spiritualises itself .... As long as the human being lives on earth, he must indeed submit to the demands of the body up to a certain limit, he must fulfil earthly obligations, he must perform earthly activities; he is therefore earth-bound and cannot detach himself from it in a purely physical sense until God calls him into the spiritual kingdom.

Nevertheless, the human being can lead a second life alongside his earthly one .... The life of the soul need not be completely involved in the life of the body, the soul need not strive for the same thing as the body, but it can form its kingdom completely independently of it, which, however, is far removed from the yearning of the body .... it can turn to the spiritual kingdom, and then the body will certainly fulfil its earthly task but never strive for earthly pleasures for itself again, rather, it will soon join the soul's desire and likewise seek to be spiritually active as soon as its earthly duties allow it time and opportunity to do so.

And as soon as this degree is reached, that the human being now disregards all material goods, as soon as he sets the spiritual kingdom as the goal of his striving, he is also immune to strong temptations on the part of the world. He can no longer fall prey to it, he will only have to endure slight struggles at times if the world presents itself to him again and again with its joys and pleasures and wants to win him over for itself. But these are only temptations which he will always overcome, because the forces of the spiritual kingdom .... of the kingdom towards which his soul strives .... will never ever let him go, because they draw him with untiring love and thus constantly influence his soul so that it feels the strength within itself to resist.

The greater the renunciation of the material world, the stronger the transmission of strength from the spiritual kingdom. And this influx of strength not only benefits the soul but also the body, for the latter is now also able to master its earthly task without therefore neglecting the soul. And the earthly task will be a service in active neighbourly love, the human being will also attain maturity of soul through his earthly activity because this is now in accordance with God's will. For the human being who disregards earthly goals, who no longer desires the world's goods, will also only carry out an activity which is beneficial to his fellow human beings, he will only give but not want to possess and thereby strive ever more towards the spiritual kingdom.

Thus the soul, of its own free will, comes into accordance with its actual purpose .... it overcomes matter and spiritualises itself, it kills off the body's desire which is originally its own and makes it inclined to join the soul's desire; it pulls it over with it into the spiritual kingdom, and thus it earnestly pursues the goal which is set for it for its earthly life, and it will also reach this goal, for all the forces of light will stand by it so that it will find its way into the eternal home ....

Amen

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