BD.8520
June 9, 1961

THE CONDITION FOR ATTAINING TO PERFECTION ON EARTH

You men need to consider that you are weak whilst your soul still walks the earth in the flesh, and that you have to ask Me for strength at all times, if you want to achieve our aim - perfection whilst still on earth. Because only the power out of Me will strengthen your will, which is weak so long as the adversary can influence men - because he is not perfected yet. It is precisely your will which he always will weaken, and it was for the strengthening of our will that I died on the cross; that is why you must avail ourselves of the graces that were procured for you; power, and the strengthening of our will. And your feebleness of will, shall always manifest itself herein, that you are not yet capable of completely separating yourselves from the world. You do indeed still stand in the midst of the world and must therefore meet all demands. But there is a difference between whether you only carry out your responsibilities, or whether you still want to enjoy the worldly pleasures - whether your heart has freed itself completely from worldly wishes, or still craves earthly desires. Because then your striving for spiritual perfection is still weak, its aim for Me and desire to unite with Me not yet undivided. You still make concessions, but then have to apply force. You must earnestly seek severance from the world, for which you need power, which you must request time and again and which you shall also receive always.

Your earnest will, whether it leans towards the adversary's kingdom, is therefore decisive. And there again it is your degree of love which determines the direction your will decides upon, because where love fills the hearts, there I and My Kingdom will always be more desirable to men than the earthly world. Examine yourselves therefore as to how far you have overcome self-love, to what extent you are filled with unselfish love towards your neighbour, because this is equivalent to love for Me. Only this love establishes union with Me, not the mere longing for Me, which also can be a form of self-love - to win the highest delights of blissful fellowship with Me. The right love for Me is demonstrated only through the unselfish love of your neighbour and this alone raises the degree of love.

As long as you still crave small pleasures for yourselves, you should also strive to work small pleasures for your neighbour, but never from calculation of earthly or spiritual rewards, but driven by a desire from within to work pleasure and happiness. Such demonstrations of selfless love shall ennoble your being, you will find your own happiness in working pleasures because the love in you will grow steadily stronger and in the same measure, love of the world will diminish. And that is why you should earnestly take yourselves to task on whether you love your neighbour as yourselves.

Your perfection is dependant only on the degree of love to which you attain on earth. You can be addressed as "Children of God" only when you acknowledge your fellow men as also having gone forth from the Father, and hence also show them the love, which one brother feels for another, and which does unto him everything that he himself desires to receive. Always subject your love of neighbour therefore to earnest critique and work on yourselves. Claim the power form Me, and you will achieve your goal, but form your own strength you will not be capable of anything.

But I want you to perfect yourselves on earth, hence I shall help you in every way as soon as your will is in earnest. But you will have to apply force always, as long as the world keeps you in bondage. But if you can separate yourselves from the world, the attainment of your aim steadily becomes easier, and you can then rightly say: "My yoke is easy, and my burden is light". Then you will not need to apply force any more, since you are then filled with strength, and you strive then only towards Myself; because the love in you is the power which also achieves everything.

And you will also understand that a loving man is full of humility, which comes to expression in conduct towards fellow man, towards whom you show level. Never forget that love of neighbour is the gauge of selfless love with which you must prove your degree of love for Me. Because, "How can you love Whom you can't see, if you don't love your brother whom you do see"? And thus you could well be leaning towards Me, and it also guarantees My seizing you and never letting you fall again; but you yourselves determine the degree of your perfection and this only through the degree of your perfection and this only through the degree of love of your neighbour.

But you can achieve it if you earnestly subordinate your will to Mine - and then you will always think, act and will as I do Myself and you will surely also achieve your goal on earth - to unite with Me, to be blissful for all eternity.

AMEN