VII/20 [1] (Raphael:) "In man
it should also be the same but, unfortunately, is not. This ability
has been given every human being, without ever being fully developed
and practiced. Only few people activate the seven spirits within them
to a full and equal activity thereby becoming truly like God and us
angels of God; but - as I said - many have turned away from it and do
not bother much and, therefore, do not recognize the true secret of
life within them at all. Such blind and half-dead people are then
unable to recognize the underlying purpose of life because they let
themselves be guided and dominated only by one or the other of the
seven spirits.
[2] Thus, one lives purely out of the
spirit of love and completely ignores the other spirits. Such a man is
then nothing else but a voracious beast of prey that is never
satisfied. People like that are always full of self-love, full of envy
and greed and hard of heart toward all their fellowmen.
[3] Again others possess an enlightened love, are therefore rather
wise and able to teach their fellowmen good things; but they have a
weak will and are unable to really accomplish something.
[4] Then there are others in whom the spirits of love, wisdom and
will are quite active; but with the spirit of order and the proper
earnest it does not look too good. This kind of people will be able to
talk intelligently, sometimes even rather wisely, and here and there
they may also be able to accomplish something; but the person who is
truly wise through all the seven spirits will soon gather from their
words, talk and acts that these lack order and coherence.
[5] And there are also people who possess love, light, will and
order, but they lack the spirit of earnest. As a result they are timid
and faint-hearted and seldom able to make their works fully effective.
[6] Others again are also full of earnest and courage, but do not
have much patience. Such people usually act too rashly and often spoil
with their impatient zeal more than they do good. Yes, friend, without
proper patience there is no achievement; for he who lacks patience
pronounces his own death sentence. Man has to wait until the grape is
completely ripe if he wants to reap a good harvest. If he does not
want to wait, he has but himself to blame if instead of a delicious
wine he has produced only a sour, undrinkable one.
[7] Thus, patience is a necessary spirit in everything: Firstly, in
controlling and giving direction to the spirit I called earnest that
often is inclined to overstep its boundaries, because it may, combined
with love, wisdom and will, degenerate into extreme pride which, as
you know, tends to become unlimited in a person; and secondly, because
patience is above all, as I have already explained to you, the mother
of the spirit of mercy, and it is this latter spirit that affects all
the preceding ones by giving them the divine-spiritual perfection and
also helps the human soul to attain to the full and true rebirth in
the spirit.
[8] This is the reason why the Lord Himself urged all of you to
love God and your neighbour, adding: 'Be merciful, as also your Father
in Heaven is merciful, and be meek and humble, as also I am meek and
humble with all My heart!'
[9] Thus, the Lord bade you men develop above all the Seventh
Spirit because in this last spirit all the preceding ones are
contained and being developed. Therefore, he who zealously develops
and strengthens this last spirit develops and strengthens also the
preceding ones and has taken the shortest and surest road to
perfection. However, he who begins his development with one or several
of the preceding spirits will attain to the full perfection of life
only with great effort, or not at all, because these earlier spirits
do not contain the Seventh Spirit, whereas the latter does contain all
the ones preceding it.
[10] And behold, therein consists continuously the fall of the
angels or the thoughts and ideas out of God - which we may call the
forces constantly flowing from God -, so long as they in their
entirety in man's nature have failed to develop the Seventh Spirit
within them to true and supreme perfection. For all the preceding
spirits have been partly given, more or less freely, to almost all
created beings, whereas the Seventh Spirit must be won by man himself
with much diligence and zeal.
[11] And as only by acquiring this spirit do all the preceding six
gain their life's true significance and true purpose, the whole man
does only through it win the fullest freedom and independence of life.
- And now I ask you whether you have understood all this."
[12] Said Lazarus: "Yes, you God-inspired servant of the
Lord, I will truly never be able to thank you enough for your great
patience and grace. Only now do I understand the wisdom of the ancient
books. But it is a great pity that I am the only one to understand it
since I am too poor a scribe to record this information in a book. You
should tell this also to the other disciples of the Lord - some of
whom are well versed in writing - so that they might record it for all
times and nations, as they probably do not know about this as yet.
[13] Said Raphael: "Do not worry about that, for while I was
giving you all these explanations about the miracles, the Wars of
Jehovah and the Seven Spirits of God, the Lord explained exactly the
same quite as clearly comprehensible to all those present in the hall,
and John and Matthew made notes of the main points. However, if you
have an empty, blank book I will record it in an instant also for you,
word for word."
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