BD.5594
February 3, 1953

SERIOUS ADMONITION AND WARNING ABOUT THE TRANSIENCE

Be aware that everything is perishable and that you too carry a transient body, that you have to leave everything behind you when the hour of your departure from this Earth has come, that then only your soul endures and namely in that condition that you yourself have prepared for it on Earth. Be aware that the attitude that you hold as man towards the world the soul then takes into the spiritual realm with her, that it clings there as well to the matter, or despises it just as you have done on Earth. But a tremendously painful condition becomes its lot if only matter was your thinking and aim and that you have to leave all this behind and arrive poor and miserable in the realm of the beyond, instead of rising up, light, free and blissful, when nothing ties the soul to the world when its thinking and aim was already spiritually oriented on Earth.

So consider this, that the world can only give you goods that have no duration, and that you become slaves to them if you do not conquer them and recognize them precisely as unreal goods. The greed for matter, for earthly goods is the greatest danger for the human soul, and this craving is tremendously strong in people on this Earth, and is steadily growing as the end draws closer and closer.

Men are completely spiritual blind; their thinking is crazed; they labor and act solely for the world and they do not consider their souls which have to starve and which will yet remain alone when everything else perishes and has passed away. Nevertheless people are constantly reminded about the fate that the soul has to expect after death and about the futility of their endeavors. They are informed and warned but that is all that can be done, as they cannot be forced to change their will and their thoughts. But they do not heed the repeated admonitions and warnings, and remain untouched by the predictions of the near end, because they do not believe in it.

And therefore GOD manifests HIMSELF from time to time so obviously by taking away from men - what they will not give up on their own. This is indeed a divine Revelation that is understood as such only by a few. It is a Revelation that clearly enough shows GOD' s actions to men, for they are unable to do anything against it because they cannot defend themselves. For they must admit their complete weakness, and therefore they could realize very well that a higher Power is active according to Its Will. But they do not want to recognize this Power; on the contrary, they prefer to deny It and in this they cannot be hindered, because they are in position of the free will.

GOD speaks everywhere and HIS voice can be heard by everyone. However most people remain untouched and direct their eyes only towards the world and its goods. And the desire for matter never stops in their hearts; and therefore they want to win quickly back everything that is lost, while continuing to let the soul starve.

Regardless of all this, GOD never ceases in HIS endeavor to untie mankind from matter. Much will still happen until the end, which will serve for this. And blessed are those who recognize the reason and purpose of the destruction and catastrophes, and HIM too, Who rules over the Creation. Blessed be those that recognize GOD in every happening, and call on HIM for protection and help in every misery. They will receive help on Earth and in the spiritual kingdom too. They will live, even if they have died.

AMEN