Divine Revelation
My beloved brothers and sisters, when with My word of revelation today I remind you that you—that humanity—stand before a phase of upheaval unlike anything that has existed before, I do so solely with the intention of preparing you inwardly for the coming time and strengthening you; also to sharpen your vision and clarify your consciousness so that you are not surprised by events that have long since ceased to be “merely visible on the horizon” and have already in part entered your lives as reality.
Because I am love, and because it is My greatest desire to take each one by the hand so that I can guide him safely, My words and admonitions are always and exclusively selfless help that I offer you while respecting your free will. Never is there an intention behind them to frighten you or subtly exert pressure; that is how My and your adversary works. But I am freedom, and I leave this freedom to everyone! My love for My brothers and sisters is in no way affected by whether My words are taken seriously and heeded and whether My helping hand is accepted or not.
In your Scripture you find the parable of the wise and foolish virgins. In a figurative sense it applied and applies to every situation in your life. If you have filled your oil lamps, then you are like a person who is “up to date.” He has prepared himself; he has looked at impending difficulties or problems and asked Me to help him solve his learning and life tasks. He has left nothing pending; he has made an effort and continues to endeavor to fulfill the commandment of love for God and neighbor. He does not know when the bridegroom will come, but that he will come is beyond question for him. Here “bridegroom” stands for everything that unexpectedly encounters a person. This includes, besides the soul’s passage into the realm beyond—wrongly called “death”—what life holds in store for him, both his small personal everyday world and the great world of earth with all its uncertainties.
Certainly the thought of everything that is brewing, and of how and when it will show its effects, can give rise to discomfort and fear. But for that very reason I raise My word, to preserve you from negative, anxious thoughts about the future, or to transform your unrest into calm and your uncertainty into trust. Whoever places himself more and more at My side, who honestly endeavors to put his knowledge into practice, and who does not allow himself to be dragged down by cries of war and economic crises, will grow strong in Me and develop the necessary strength and courage.
But it can no longer be merely a matter of firmly believing that everything will somehow turn out well. “Turn out well” in the sense that everything will unfold within My divine law and that in the end everything will be brought back into the harmony that the darkness temporarily destroyed and replaced with chaos: yes. But “turn out well” in the sense that the individual, with inner and outer eyes closed, merely hopes and trusts that everything will right itself on its own: no.
The logic of the heart can help you open eyes that may still be closed—not in order to give the past additional weight, but to recognize the errors made in the past and then set the switches so that the future journey takes a new direction.
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The law of cause and effect is sufficiently familiar to you, even though Christian teaching wrongly interprets it as applying only from now to later, from today to tomorrow, and not also from earlier to now, from yesterday to today. The law arose with the Fall and will remain valid until everything is again united in the heavens, until everything fallen has returned home.
It has therefore been at work for an infinitely long time; and at every moment in the existence of all realms outside heaven—including the material universe and your earth—the past has shaped the present and thereby influenced the future.
Confusion and disorder cannot arise overnight if peace and order prevailed immediately before; neither can divine order and harmony immediately follow turmoil, strife, and discord. A change from one to the other is always preceded by an intermediate phase. If matters turn for the worse, it is a phase of darkness—that is, of egoism, the exercise of power, and oppression. When the good gains the upper hand, there is the stage of light—that is, of realization, repentance, and restitution; though in many or most cases only the harvest of earlier sowing, meaning the bearing of the effects, gives the necessary impulse toward a change of attitude. This applies on the small scale as on the large.
The harmony of creation was disturbed as a consequence of the Fall. Yet in the end everything will once again culminate in the eternal harmony of the heavens. This is brought about by the law of sowing and reaping, which causes the sides of light and darkness to balance themselves again and again like the two pans of a scale, so that the dark pan can never remain heavier permanently. The periods of time until balance is restored, however, vary.
You live in a time when the pan that has taken in the negative has tilted far downward and almost touches the ground. If you are willing to think things through and think along with Me, you will recognize the truth of My word:
Everything that does not correspond to the law of love accumulates in the dark pan. Time plays no role, because the negative remains as guilt until it is transformed with My help by a positive decision followed by an act in the spirit of love, which presupposes turning around and changing one’s behavior.
Look at what has accumulated in the two pans of the scale during the last two thousand years alone. It is not difficult to see where the imbalance lies. What is in the heavier pan are all the violations of the teaching of love I brought as Jesus of Nazareth. Especially weighty is the injustice committed through misuse of My name and not yet made good. The conduct of all power-obsessed leaders—in the past as well as today—belongs there too, especially that of the so-called Christian states, which knew better and should have been an example, yet like all the others continue to exploit their brothers and sisters in poorer countries, supply weapons, instigate wars, and destabilize the economic and social structures of whole peoples solely for profit.
Was the slave trade in My spirit? Or the persecution and killing of millions who thought differently? Or the accumulation of immeasurable riches while most of humanity lives in poverty? Or intrigues and speculation in finance and business in the hope of making others poor and oneself rich? Or dishonesty, alliances made for ulterior purposes, thinking only of one’s own advantage, power games behind closed doors merely in order to seize another large piece of the ever-shrinking pie?
The list of violations of My commandment could be extended indefinitely. And with every deed, spurred from the invisible by the forces of evil and carried out by a humanity that has allowed itself to be seduced again and again, the dark pan sank and continues to sink. At the same time consciousness becomes restricted, the boundary between good and evil begins to blur, the sense for what is beautiful and good is lost, and eternally valid values are turned upside down.
What you often regard as development is in reality decline. Development rightly understood always means evolution, and evolution is always directed upward—toward what is better, more perfect, positive, and harmonious. Consider from this point of view alone what your creators of music produce, and you will easily recognize the direction in which the pendulum swings.
“God is not mocked,” it says in your Bible. Who still believes this?
Truly, I tell you: the time is near when the pan of negativity will shatter on the ground! Already now, if you follow world events with open eyes and ears, you notice that more and more is being washed to the surface that until now was kept hidden as falsehood and unjust conduct. The earth is rearing up, and with it what has been oppressed and humiliated. As the pan of guilt frees itself more and more from what humanity placed into it over centuries and failed in time to remove again through atonement and restitution, the light pan will gradually receive the weight due to it. And it will become refuge, comfort, and home for all who long for peace and love and are willing to contribute their part.
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The wheel that drives events forward has begun to turn faster. Yet in this, My brothers and sisters, lies a great opportunity for you that cannot be valued highly enough: the possibility of making a far greater inner change in a short time than was possible in the past. For not only in great world events is what was previously well hidden being washed to the surface; within the human being too, what he has not seen or did not want to see comes to the surface and waits to be worked on and transformed. This applies at least to those who recognize the signs of the times and the necessity of watching themselves more consistently in the future—that is, their thoughts, words, and actions—in order to change and improve something in and about themselves.
Very often I see in the hearts of My human children the longing and the desire to return to their heavenly home, but very often the right understanding of the path that leads to this goal is lacking.
If someone is at a point I will call a) and wants to go to b), then there must necessarily be a change; otherwise he remains at a). Take a) as your present home and b) as your future heavenly home toward which you strive. Change is unavoidable, for “whoever wants to enter heaven again must carry heaven within.” But who is already that far?
The change he must accomplish is an inner one, a change of character. You meditate, read the Bible, accumulate knowledge, know some new revelations, rejoice in My word, lay your shortcomings before Me with the request that I transform them—but all this does not truly change you. It can lead you into stillness, give you needed calm for the day, build you up, give you courage, and more. But for all its rightness and importance, all this is more like the work a farmer performs in preparing his field for sowing. If the work of sowing—which I compare here with the inner work I have spoken of so often—is not done, then no matter how good the preparations may be, the hoped-for harvest fails to come. And you wonder when after years you are still the “old selves,” and what you wanted to be rid of in faults and weaknesses, and handed over to Me often enough, still determines your behavior.
One reason why this present time in particular offers you a wonderful opportunity for positive change is the fact that I also radiate into your souls and awaken there the longing to begin the journey home as soon as possible. More than enough knowledge has accumulated in many of My brothers and sisters, waiting to be put into practice in everyday life—knowledge like the farmer’s preparations.
Your soul—and that is you yourselves with the consciousness unfolded up to this point—will outlast what you call death; your human body will not. Your soul strives to cleanse itself during earthly life, to learn and thereby mature. If the human being does not enter into this process even though he has been sufficiently prepared by much reading and accumulation of knowledge, the soul may under certain circumstances “nudge” the human being: “Come on now, I want to move forward.” This can express itself in many different ways, and it need not always be pleasant for the human being.
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So the time ahead offers you many possibilities to reflect, turn inward, take an inventory of the soul, and make decisions. But I am always the One who is not only the redeeming and strengthening power within you but also the companion at your side, the loving divine Brother who understands everything, forgives everything, and alone is capable of transforming everything from which you honestly wish to part and for which you make an equally honest effort.
The beings of heaven and also a large part of the souls already dwelling in the brighter realms beyond recognize their task as serving in love. They have all placed themselves at My side in the confrontation between light and darkness that is moving toward a preliminary climax, in order to help bring everything back into the glory and freedom of the eternal home. This means that an incalculable number of voluntary helpers are available to Me, possessing a high potential of experience, strength, power, and above all love. It is a host of light, radiance, and competence that exceeds your powers of imagination.
I tell you this so that, when you contemplate your world and the circumstances the law of sowing and reaping will bring forth, you do not lose courage. So often people speak of evil, of its whisperings, seductions, and possibilities, but in doing so it is often forgotten that an army of light stands opposite the darkness, vastly superior to the opposing forces. The fact that this superiority is not immediately recognized by many, who are far more inclined—like the proverbial rabbit staring at the snake—to stare at the negative than to look at the positive, is connected with the fact that the forces of light proceed gently because under all circumstances they respect the free will of the human being. Since the darkness does not do this, its successes are more visible.
But appearances deceive, My beloved. Just as “God’s mills grind slowly but surely”—this saying referring to the law of karma—so too all helpers of the light work thoroughly, effectively, and with absolute precision. They already carry victory within themselves because they represent love!
Who are these “messengers of light”? Again and again the question moves you whether perhaps you belong among them, or whether you helped cause the Fall, your soul therefore counting among those who an indescribably long time ago rebelled in Sadhana’s following and had to leave the heavens. You will find the answer to this question when you once again immerse yourselves in the worlds beyond the veils, in another section of your eternal life.
But I want to give you a few basic thoughts already now. First: do not make yourselves smaller than you are! This does not mean that you should cultivate pride in having already grown to a certain spiritual greatness. But it does not help you to count yourselves among the fallen merely because you are not yet perfect. Everyone, whether from the pure heavens or from the Fall, carries within himself the status of a child of God! And everyone is loved with the same intimacy! To entertain the thought that you might belong to the host of rebels merely plays into the hands of the opposing forces, which play their devilish game with implanted feelings of guilt and thereby smother many beginnings of higher development before they can grow.
Here your saying applies: “Energy follows attention.” Direct your attention toward Me, your return home, and your wonderful home—and the energy of heaven will follow your attention!
Second: whether from the heavens or from the Fall changes nothing about the fact that you must solve the tasks life sets you and grow through the challenges you must successfully master. For one group it is therefore neither easier nor harder than for the other. It becomes equally difficult for both when they fail to recognize the many forms of help from the spirit or reject them. Your future home in the realm beyond will be determined by the condition of your soul, and that in turn by whether you used this life for further development of the soul or not. And would it not even be a reason for joy to have freed oneself from the old burdens of one’s past in the Fall and found the way back to Me? I take everyone into My arms with the same love, for after all it is My greatest desire to bring everyone home again. And of course this includes those who once fought against Me, the love.
And finally: not all who joined in the Fall fell all the way to the lowest level. Many recognized their wrong, repented, and returned home, for through My redemption I reopened the heavens for them as well. Yet there is still an immense number of beings that continue their struggle against the light. They draw their energy from those whom they seduce into unlawful behavior and whom they can then not infrequently enlist as vassals in their ranks. Incarnation on earth is possible from these deep astral levels too, just as it is from all regions of the subtle worlds and, of course, from the heavens.
Accordingly the most varied souls and groups of souls come together on your earth: some with evil, destructive intentions, others to help and bring home, and still others with the aim of learning something for themselves. If you apply the saying “By their fruits you shall know them” to yourselves and others, classification should not be difficult. Do you fight against Me, or have you placed yourselves on the side of light? Souls from the Fall that still carry and express their hatred and abhorrence of everything light and good will not support Me and My work of love and redemption; but this must never mean that they are not also to be regarded as brothers and sisters who likewise will return.
And souls that promised to help the light break through will not go into battle against Me; they will spread no chaos, confusion, or discord—least of all if they come “fresh” from the heavens. But even if they already have several incarnations behind them, the fire of love burns within them so strongly that it will be difficult for the darkness to draw them to its side.
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In the time ahead, both light and darkness will muster all their forces to move those who are wavering toward behavior that will bring them to one side or the other. The work of your spiritual helpers and teachers will be to convey the right impulses to you and show you ways to develop, amid everything that happens, the necessary trust in God and thus inner strength. The One who sets the switches here is I, for I have the overview and I know what each individual needs and what is good for his soul.
The opposing side will try to use for its purposes the distress and unrest it has deliberately caused through willing people. Do not let yourselves be confused. Do not let yourselves be seduced into losing faith in a God and loving Father who sends you none of these adversities and never does so; who nevertheless permits the harvest of seed sown over a long period so that His sheep who have moved away from Him may come to their senses again and find their way back to the one Shepherd.
Humanity is in the process of freeing itself from old structures in many respects. For a long time this was not possible because forces were at work from the subtle, invisible realm into the gross-material, visible realm, preventing a successful search for truth. These forces are still active, but from the perspective of spirit their power has already been broken. They could not and cannot prevent the eyes of many who served them on earth from being opened in the realm beyond. There they are instructed by their companions and given the possibility, in a new incarnation, to correct what they did wrong during their lifetime—especially what they taught wrongly. They too belong to the countless messengers of light who have turned their backs on seduction and now make good what they previously did wrongly, often in ignorance and without evil intent.
Thus the host of those willing to stand helpfully at your side, My brothers and sisters, grows ever larger. We—and by this I mean Me and all who take part in the work of bringing all home—will succeed all the sooner if you are willing to let yourselves be guided. By this I mean that you give Me your yes, recognize the seriousness of the time, and endeavor step by step, and eventually more and more, to follow Me. Whoever makes an honest effort thereby expresses that he has decided. And whoever has decided receives all the support he needs.
This I, your Brother Jesus Christ, write indelibly into your hearts with My love.
Amen