GGJ5b

Jakob Lorber – The Great Gospel of John, vol. 5, part B
[GGJ.05_266,10] ] Behold, to truly take notice of the works of God means to
see them with the eyes of the spirit, whereby the soul gains true cognition. Only
this gives man a true joy that is no longer perishable but is always and forever
the property of the soul. And if you then want to see also the spirit world, you
will initially behold it spiritually only by first recognizing the forms solely of this
world, and then more and more by your comprehension of the various
activities, aspirations and correlations of these forms which give you already so
much pleasure even without your better and deeper comprehension of them.
[GGJ.05_266,11] Spiritual vision at first is merely a recognition of the outer
and inner correspondences. If one keeps practicing with a heart that is pure
and as free from sin as possible, is full of pure love for God and, therefore, for
the fellowman, this cognition and comprehension passes into a clear vision,
proving to the seer that he is at one within and has reached the true rebirth of
his spirit and the resurrection of the soul from the material grave of its flesh. —
Do you understand Me well?‖
[GGJ.05_266,12] Sais the host: Oh Lord and truly my God! If I understood that
in its true depth, I would obviously be one of the happiest men on this earth.
But I am far behind in my understanding, although I have got a vague idea of
what You meant to tell me. My Elisa, who is a kind of visionary, would
undoubtedly have grasped and understood Your explanation better than I do.
Yet I, too, have understood something. But it takes some doing to find in the
external forms the inner, completely spiritual correspondences and understand
them in their numerous ramifications. Lord, could You not make this a little clearer
for me through some suitable metaphor?"
[GGJ.05_266,13] Say I: ―Oh yes, certainly, and so listen!‖
Chapter 267
[GGJ.05_267,01] (The Lord) When you and your friendly neighbors arrived in
this region, you found nothing but stones and wood. You immediately set to
work gathering what was best and most suitable. You then withdrew within
yourselves and began to ponder on what rules of architecture to apply in the
construction of a but or even a house out of the gathered material.
[GGJ.05_267,02] When you pondered even more deeply, you saw images.
From these you soon designed a plan and began to build one and the other
house according to this plan, and soon there were some very nice houses in
your mountain valley. If you had not found any useful building material, you
could never, with your inner intellect, have mentally designed a plan suiting the
material. However, since you did find it, you soon also visualized a dwelling
that fitted it and then combined the material so that it represented something
completely different from that which you had originally found.
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