I Appeal to You

... through Bertha Dudde - 18.-

19.8.1953

5750 Earth - School for the spirit.... Means to an end.... An end in itself....

Consider the earth merely as a school for the spirit, as a place for
your soul to mature, which still has to pass through a school before it can
enter the spiritual kingdom. You cannot be forcefully shaped in a way that
makes you suitable for the spiritual kingdom; you have to transform
yourselves.... And for that reason life on earth was given to you.... But you
humans don't recognise the purpose and goal of earthly life.... you
misinterpret it, you only strive to benefit your body without thinking of
your soul.... you look at the earth as an end in itself, whereas it is only the
means to an end.... the means for the spirit to attain final maturity.
The real task is to pass the test of volition which you should
accomplish during your life on earth and which must be taken in
complete freedom. For that reason you will only receive enlightenment
about the meaning and purpose of earthly life when you consider this
question seriously yourselves. However, God gave you intelligence which
allows you to pose the question as to why and for what reason you are on
earth.... There are enough incentives around you which can cause you to
ask this question but it has to come entirely and freely from within
yourselves in order to be answered correctly as well. Even the worldly
human being should occupy himself with this question, even he should
occasionally think about the cause and purpose of earthly existence,
providing he takes the time to occupy himself with such thoughts....
He certainly should not see the purpose of his life in the satisfaction
of his body's wishes and desires, but if he does then the thought of death
will always frighten or unsettle him too.... or he will reject all thoughts of
that nature by believing that he will cease to exist after death. Only
someone who doesn't think much could have this opinion because he
would find enough proof during his earthly life to teach him to think
otherwise, if only he seriously investigated the problem of life after death.
The human being was given intellect.... but if he does not use it he will
exist from day to day like an animal because the correct use of intelligence
will enable him to think and behave differently.... it will enable him to live
consciously. However, the worldly human being who believes earthly life
to be an end in itself has not used his intelligence correctly yet. He has
only activated it into one direction, he has not yet thought about a
spiritual world which also can be accepted to exist outside the physical
world.... otherwise the human being would have the unrestricted right of
determination over the whole of creation, therefore over the natural
processes and his own destiny too....
For as long as the human being himself is dependent on a higher
power, on a higher will, which is proved to him by the course of his
earthly life, he also has to acknowledge a world or a region where this
higher power presides. Since he knows that he is at the mercy of this
power, that this power determines the course of his life, he also has to ask
himself why and for what purpose his earthly life happens as it does....
and whether he is achieving this purpose, which cannot be merely a
physical life of pleasure but is more likely to be a spiritual development....
The human being can come to this mental conclusion as soon as he has the
will to receive enlightenment about whether earthly life is an end in itself
or only the means to an end.... The gift of intelligence should and must be
considered because one day he will be held responsible for his will to
oppose everything that God gave to him to attain his goal on earth....
Amen

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