BD.2874
September 7, 1943

EACH DEVELOPMENT PERIOD CAN TAKE PLACE ONLY ONCE II

In the spiritual realm the soul is the creator of its own surroundings. It moves in a world created by its own wishes and desires, by its thoughts and will. No longer are all things material, but neither are they spiritually everlasting. They are phantoms, the soul wish-images, which disappear with the souls increased longing for them. In this self-created world the soul can, as on earth, work towards renunciation of all things material, or it can succumb and increase its longing for material, which, in the darkness of its understanding, the soul considers to be real.

Thus the soul can live, believing itself on earth, for an extremely long time, remaining in this irrationality until it either recognizes its meager existence and lets go of its desire for earthly goods, or it can sink deeper into those desires, which is spiritual regression, the end result being bondage in solid form. The desire of the spirit is always fulfilled in so far as the matter, which the being longs for, becomes its outer shell. In the beyond therefore regression brings re- incarnation. It must repeat the endlessly long evolutionary process upon this earth all over again, and after thousands of years be ready to take in human form the last earthly life test.

Whereas the development in the spiritual realm is independent of material surroundings. When the soul frees itself from its earthly desires, only then can it reach higher maturity. Thus a life on earth is no longer necessary since it has, in the beyond, every opportunity for loving service. It is assigned to a work detail, which is active in ways yet completely incomprehensible to material man. The opportunity to strive upwards is given to all beings, and when recognized, these opportunities are used with alacrity. But those souls still in darkness must strive towards God out of their own free will.

To activate this will is the function of those beings that stand in the Light, whose perfection has brought them knowledge, which they now lovingly try to impart to those, still dark in spirit. Thus there are truly enough possibilities in the spiritual realm to help souls attain spiritual maturity.

Each phase in the development of the spiritual takes place only once within a redemption period, even if it neglects to use the state of free will. Then this development phase passes it by and the consequence of this, it must take upon itself in the spiritual realm. But, the totally Divinely-Opposed, whose resistance the endlessly long road through creation has not been able to break, is given again the opportunity in a new creation epoch, where it, in an again beginning earth period, in the solid form embodied, can live through a new phase of development. Thus it is this spiritual, which, developing upwards through its compulsive state to a human soul, is given the opportunity for the final testing of its will, the existence in a human body.

Thus re-incarnation can take place, but is an occurrence of such enormous consequence, that it should be presented to the people as something extremely frightening, although it is also an act of God's Mercy, so that the spiritual be freed from its endlessly long imprisonment. The idea that the soul, once it has lived on this earth, will again re-incarnate to complete its development, is false.

If GOD sets a soul, already belonging to the spiritual Light Realm, back on earth it is an act of assistance, since this soul has a task, which finds its fulfillment in the redemption of the bound spiritual on this earth. Thus it is a Light- Being, which incarnates on this earth, one who has already reached spiritual maturity, to spread blessings with its activity, although it appears that it has to advance on the way of spiritual development as any other human being. Being set back on earth to achieve maturity, to make up what was neglected in a previous earthly existence would be against God's Wisdom, since it would interrupt the upward development. To be set back into a material state from that of the spiritual would be a regression, and this a sign of wanting distance from God, not a sign of spiritual striving. For that, which strives towards God, there are in the spiritual realm truly enough possibilities for the spiritual to come into its own, to mature and to develop upwards.

But Beings of high spiritual standing, who have not as yet attained the degree of God's Child ship can, through incarnation on earth for the purpose of a mission, which is then linked to an extremely difficult life, become God's Children, but a high degree of maturity in the beyond is always a prerequisite.

The teaching of re-incarnation is a teaching set up by men, because it caters to their wishes, and thus will come up again and again, since the Truth, which comes down to earth, is misunderstood by many and is thus twisted in a way, which seems desirable to them. The longing for this earthly world is still too great in them, and therefore the thought of returning to this earth means peace of mind and security to them. But for the spiritual development of man the teaching of re-incarnation is a hindrance and thus will always be fought against by those whose responsibility it is to spread the pure Truth.

AMEN