BD.4559
February 5, 1949
THE DOCTRINE OF RE-INCARNATION
Whatever you long to know, ask ME, and I will make it known
to you. It is important for mankind to make the maturity of their soul
their goal. They must under- stand that they have to give an account of
how they have used their earthly life, to a righteous GOD. This belief
urges people to be spiritually alive. It is thus understandable that a
repeated life on Earth, which gives the opportunity to mature their soul,
again and again, would make people indifferent to work at their soul's
development. This doctrine is dangerous, to a certain extent it lessens
the striving torn the highest possible maturity of the soul. It also creates
doubt in MY righteousness.
Because how could I ask same to be accountable and not allow for everyone's
re-in- carnation? How would rewards be meted out for those who have, according
to MY Will, changed themselves to Love while on Earth, if I provided him
who had failed the same opportunity to reincarnate several times to mature
his soul? Then everyone would finally have reached the same degree of
perfection.
The strength of Light determines the degree of blessings in the spiritual
Kingdom. The strength of Light which people reach on Earth in free will,
determines the field of labor which will be given to them in the spiritual
realm, where they can increase more and more in Wisdom, strength and Happiness.
Their activity is the passing on of Light and strength to those beings
that are without Light and Power and in need of help, on Earth as well
as in the spiritual realm. This work is so extremely rewarding that no
activity on Earth can be compared to it. This means that every being who
is able to bring Light and strength to needy souls wants to share, because
in doing this it will make itself indescribably happy. For it accepts
this power from ME and is thus a relay station for MY radiation of strength.
Trying to share this procedure will be the wish of each being as soon
as it hag a little insight, and no longer dwells in spiritual darkness.
Then he will never want to change his place in the spiritual realm for
a life on Earth. He no longer longs for his material cover, because in
the spiritual realm he has the same opportunity to strive upwards, if
the will to Love is awakened in him, even if he has only a glimmer of
knowledge.
The soul can embody itself if it has the desire for it and a noble motive
for such an incarnation, such as wanting to bring help to its fellowmen,
or to atone for a great guilt, which was a hindrance in obtaining a higher
maturity. In such cases it is not a re-incarnation through MY Will, but
the desire of the soul determines this. There is however, a danger for
the soul, because the remembrance will be taken from it. This is explained
to it beforehand. That soul can sink back through its own will, because
it must go the way of development as all other human beings, and the urges
of the flesh will be especially strong while it is assailed by the same
temptations through which it became guilty in its former life.
On the other hand if the soul accepts its work in the spiritual realm
it can slowly but surely obtain spiritual success, which could, with a
repeated incarnation, indeed be doubtful. So it may prefer to stay in
the spiritual realm, but still have contact with the Earth, if it cares
for the fate of souls on Earth, and wants to help where it failed on Earth.
Still it is wrong to think that that soul has embodied itself again as
man on Earth.
It should be told that man on Earth is offered every possibility to progress,
that the flow of Grace is unlimited, that the will of man can receive
strength through the work of redemption, making it unnecessary to fail.
So the soul is completely free on Earth to obtain a higher degree of Light,
and these privileges may not be refused at will, in order to ask for them
again in another incarnation.
Man has a free will and one day he will have to give account of how he
has used it, and bear the consequences. Those consequences will affect
his condition in the beyond. He cannot simply avoid those consequences
with a repeated embodiment on Earth. If he did, his success will be doubtful
because his memory is taken away from him.
However, the soul must decide and it will be re-incarnated if it so wishes.
But this happens very seldom; therefore man should not speak of repeated
incarnation. Besides, this doctrine is very dangerous because man will
not take their Earthly life serious enough, expecting in vain an opportunity
to repeat.
AMEN |
