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BD.5801
November 4, 1953

WORTHLESS EARTHLY KNOWLEDGE IN THE BEYOND

Do not value earthly knowledge too high because you can do nothing with it in Eternity.
Earthly knowledge can serve you well for the duration of your life on Earth, giving you the insight that you are a creature of God, enabling you to come to the full Truth of God. But if you do not use it to gain spiritual knowledge for yourself it is of no benefit to you when you enter the realm of the Spirit.

But also spiritual knowledge is to be valued as earthly knowledge that is taken in purely through the intellect. This also concerns spiritual matters obtained as every other earthly knowledge by means of academic pursuits for one's professional occupation.

Even if you memorize the Book of the Fathers, even if you explain the Divine Word by prophetic utterance or master it intellectually sentence by sentence, it is of no more value than any other knowledge that does not contain spiritual matters. Because at the end only that portion stays with the soul that unselfish deeds of Love wisely brought to it. Only that which the Spirit gives the soul remains. This requires no university degree no extraordinary sharp memory or no profound intellect. Because the Spirit imparts all this when it is needed. What benefit to you is a wealth that you cannot use over there? It is lifeless knowledge, bringing you no Light. On Earth you can never prove the validity of such knowledge, as long as your spirit does not give you the right insight and ability to discern.

However, you must ask to receive the Spirit, you must make it possible for Him to manifest in you. Only by entering the spiritual realm will it become a Light in you, spreading and radiating brightly.

Blessed is he, however, who is taught by the Spirit, and at the same time seeks to increase his earthly knowledge. Many thoughts will come to him and earthly knowledge will open up to him, as soon as he seeks first of all the increase in spiritual things. Such knowledge will truly be a blessing to him when his earthly life is ended. He will then be able to share all he possesses in the spiritual realm, again influencing by his leading and teaching those who, as he, searched and longingly strove for God and for the Truth.

AMEN