It is a purely spiritual process
when the human being's soul unites with its spirit, and therefore this
process need not be outwardly marked by gestures or ceremonial actions
in any way. As soon as the soul seeks union with the spiritual kingdom,
as soon as it unites with God in prayer or tries to make contact with
the beings of light through thoughts which it sends into the spiritual
kingdom, it detaches itself from the earthly environment, it no longer
pays attention to the body and thus frees itself from everything
earthly, because this is an obstacle to an intimate union. And so every
external action, every ceremony, must also be regarded as an obstacle
that impairs the intimate connection with God or the spiritual world.
For as soon as it is performed purely mechanically, it is worthless and
unnecessary, but if the human being's thought is involved, then the
spiritual connection loses its depth. The will may be good, but the
human being himself reduces the supply of strength which arises from
this connection. The spiritual does not tolerate earthly inhibitions,
i.e., the spiritual effects are corresponding. Man never needs to make
known to the outside that he establishes the spiritual connection; it is
enough that the fellow human being knows about his striving and tries
to follow him again in such a way that he quietly goes into himself and
communes with God or the spiritual beings. For he must know that the
spiritual world only finds pleasure in spiritual actions, that even the
physical ceremony of kneeling down is meaningless to the spiritual
world, because it is not the sign of humility before God but humility
itself which pleases Him and also earns the person His grace. God,
however, does not need external proof but He looks into the heart, and
the external actions often lack the inner life; but people themselves
are often satisfied with these ceremonies and have only performed them
for their fellow human being, which does not bring any spiritual
advantage to the soul. And therefore the human being should always make
an effort to completely detach himself from earthly customs and forms,
he should use every free minute to establish intimate contact with the
spiritual world, he should leave the earthly world outside and not take
anything over from it, but only the soul should wander into the
spiritual kingdom so that divine gifts of grace can flow to it through
this union at any time....
amen
Translated by: Doris Boekers
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