BD.3206
July 30, 1944

POWERLESSNESS IN THE BEYOND - LAW

The soul remains inactive if it does not receive power. This state of idleness can only be removed through works of Love, for which souls lack the will when they are in this powerless condition in the beyond.

On Earth their will can be stimulated through the Word of God. It can be shown to man that deeds of Love are a blessing to him and he can take this to heart, he can consider this and can, of his own accord decide to practice deeds of Love because on Earth he does not lack the ability to perform what he wants to. Then the soul receives power, which contributes to its development.

It is different in the beyond where the powerless soul cannot do what it wants. Whether or not that being will receive power depends on how its desires are. The soul in the beyond is also dependent on the help of more matured beings, while the human being on Earth can act independent from spiritual forces, according to his own will.

Man cannot unconcernedly think that if he does not reach his goal on Earth, due to the neglect of his development, he can make it up in the beyond. This is a deceptive hope, which he will One day bitterly regret. However, his fate in the beyond is not hopeless but what such a soul has to endure in the beyond is an agony beyond expression, which on Earth could have easily been avoided with earnest effort.

Powerlessness is something inexpressibly hopeless. It is a state, which the soul cannot remedy at will, but depends on the Love of other beings. And this Love is rarely recognizable to the soul and depends on its own Love to other suffering souls. So, it is possible that a loveless soul may have to spend eternities in its powerless state. No loving being will come close to it, while it persists in its self- love, thinking only about itself and feeling nothing for other suffering souls.

According to the Divine Order it cannot be helped until it thinks of other souls. Its selfishness is an obstacle for the Light-being to come nearer and bring relief. Since the soul itself is not willing to give or to help it cannot expect to receive and to be helped. The worst is, that God's Word cannot be brought to this soul. The Word of God is Light and that would bring it out of its spiritual blindness, but the soul, through its unkindness cannot receive this Light.

On Earth, however, the Word of God is offered to the loveless which is indeed a mercy that God gives to the lost. They can in free will accept or reject it. In the beyond however, God's mercy touches that being only when it is willing to let loving thoughts come to its mind, but when it does this it will also receive strength.

However, many souls are so hardened that they are not capable of having loving thoughts, then for them it is an unbearable situation, which they cannot end on their own. These souls are surrounded with other sufferers which suffering could stimulate their love.

Then when they allow Love to flow into their own hearts they can create for themselves a better situation. The least intention to help others who suffer will impart to them strength, and as they acknowledge that strength they become more active in deeds of Love. The help they bring to other sufferers gives them inner happiness.

When this happens they overcome that powerless state of total inactivity. Then they can receive the Word of God, so that beings can come near to them who will instruct them and tell them of the laws God gave and why they have to be fulfilled. The teachings of Light-beings must now begin so that ignorant souls will receive power, the knowledge of which they can in turn now lovingly pass on to improve the lot of other suffering souls.

But for a long time these powerless souls might have to starve. This condition could easily be avoided if man on Earth would use the opportunity they have to enter into the beyond, in a condition of maturity, which would give them Light and Power. This would enable them to be active in the spiritual Kingdom for their own happiness.

AMEN