BD.8693
December 5, 1963

THE EFFECTS OF FALSE DOCTRINES IN THE BEYOND

If men are to move within truth, I shall still have to rectify a lot of errors. Human thinking has been led astray completely. One wrong doctrine entails many other wrong doctrines from which it is difficult to free people; they defend as the truth that which was handed to them by others who could not possibly move within truth because their spirit was unawakened.

Countless souls pass into the beyond in this lightless state. Even there they keep defending their doctrines and cannot be convinced that their thinking was wrong and will remain so unless they can accept a light that comes to them in the beyond, but this is subject to their voluntary acceptance of it.

Often their efforts are in vain because their souls adhere to their errors. And still the latter are unable to understand why they did not gain beatitude believing themselves to have done everything on earth towards attaining to it.

And until they do not understand that My real Will is truly different from what on earth had been described to them as 'My Will'; until they do not realise the worthlessness of that which was demanded of them, until they do not recognise that I expect other things from man than the observance of church-rites and ceremonies, that I demand of him only love and rate a man solely by the degree of his love which will also determine the degree of his bliss, - the lot of all these souls is not a happy one, even if they do not find themselves in complete darkness.

However, they keep quarrelling and do not comprehend their unblessed state; they even frequently reproach themselves for not having fulfilled these ceremonies and man-made commandments conscientiously enough and, therefore, are not yet admitted to beatitude.

If they would only accept the teachings of the angels or get themselves some light where the radiance of love is directed upon the earth, where purest truth is distributed and received avidly by all the hungry souls, then they could soon gain beatitude.

However, just as on earth, they are stubborn also in the beyond and reject everything that is contrary to their opinion, and over these fanatics the adversary still has considerable power, for also in the beyond they neglect one thing, namely to help each other. This would increase their degree of love and reduce their rejection of the light. Thus they are unable to make any progress in the spirit-world because there, too, love is the power that helps a soul rise towards the light.

Love is also light, and they could give each other love also in the beyond, for in a state without bliss, need and misery still prevail and one soul will always be able to help another.

In that case the soul's thinking will continue to get more enlightened and they will begin posing questions to each other which will certainly be answered. Love always comes first, and the great spiritual error of those souls lies in the fact that they have put before love that which human ignorance has raised to a divine doctrine, that they have always fulfilled man-made laws first and ignored divine demands.

And their condition will never change unless they put love first and, through a loving will to help other souls, arrive at the recognition of pure truth which will then prepare for the unlimited bliss.

Therefore, everyone whose thinking was misguided on earth, but who achieved a high grade of love in his will and actions, will in the beyond suddenly recognise the truth, free himself from his errors and endeavour also to pass on his knowledge to other souls, recognising the great damage done by the errors and wishing to eliminate the spiritual blindness, for love urges him to help. The influence of such a person can be most beneficial, since on earth his thinking was the same and he can now prove to the other souls that they were wrong. Thus he can achieve success with those who at least listen to him.

Error is the worst poison for human souls and, therefore, the fight of the light against the darkness must go on relentlessly and, eventually the light will win the victory!

Man, however, is free to choose either the light or the darkness. He is not coerced and can make a free decision. But everything possible is being done to help him to the recognition of truth while he is still on earth.

Also, in the beyond, the beings of light continue with their efforts, for beatitude can be gained only by the soul that is within truth.

AMEN