BD.7126
May 21, 1958

THE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE BLISSFUL AS WELL AS THE UNHAPPY CONDITIONS

You cannot imagine the happiness in the realm of Light, neither can you imagine the torment which souls have to endure in the realm of' darkness. But again and again you are told about both through My Word, so you are not without knowledge. It is up to you to believe or not. But your lot is decided when your soul leaves the body and enters into the realm of the Spirit.

But as soon as you believe, as is repeatedly said to you through My Word, you must live accordingly. Because no believer can live irresponsibly. Everyone will make the effort to live according to My will, even though in his weakness he may often fall.

Yet, not alone for fear of the darkness or for the expectation of happiness in the realm of Light should he follow a certain way of life because that in itself would not favorably influence the state of his soul. But the man who believes will think and that drives him from within to a life pleasing to God. Some may have knowledge through My Word but fulfill these commandments only through external pressure of through rules and regulations, or because of a promised reward, or fear of punishment. But a true faith restores union with Him in whom man believes. Then he feels responsible toward Me and tries to live on earth according to My Will. He does not want to grieve Me, because he feels that I love him and he wants to show himself worthy of that Love.

But the knowledge of the blissful or the unhappy state that the soul can expect after death should increase in man the sense of responsibility. He should know that his earthly life is not without purpose. He will not be able to say that he has never received any directions concerning the consequences of a right or perverted way of life. At the same time the purpose of his earthly life will be presented to him. Therefore he has to know the state that the soul can reach and how that state can be achieved.

However, a proof of that cannot be given you. Whoever seeks earnestly will always find the Truth. Though one is not forced to believe, only the man who believes it can experience it. Those weak in faith will be strengthened in their faith if they are willing to live according to My will.

Whoever is diligent will see and experience things, which he can accept as a proof. But no manifestations from the beyond may force anyone to believe, therefore only very few will be able to tell about such experiences which reach into the beyond, and only the likewise spiritually striving people will believe them, while unbelievers will ridicule them and portray them as liars or strange, and derive therefore little benefit from those experiences.

The realm of Light reveals itself, so also the realm of darkness, but never such that man is coerced into belief. Even phenomenon of such kind can be disputed, and everyone can make out of it what he or she will.

In return the mode of life of the individual will, if he is guided in Love, determine the right understanding as well. A loving man will be strengthened for more and more zealous endeavors, for which the world of Light will help him. For those there will be no doubt about a continuous life after death, corresponding to his way of life on earth. He will try to reach the highest goal because he will stay in constant contact with Me.

AMEN