The Great Gospel of John
Volume 4
Jesus' Precepts and Deeds through His Three Years of Teaching
Jesus near Caesarea Philippi (cont.)
- Chapter 50 -
The purified soul gets clad.
Here a break occurs in the monologue of Zorel and Zinka asks: "How does he see all this and how does he walk through water but still lying motionless as if he was dead?!"
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Says I: "His soul sees now only the circumstances leading to his betterment; from this an own world forms in the mind of the soul, and this what you here call a movement of thoughts, appears in the kingdom of the soul as a movement from one place to another.
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The pond which originated from the tears and the waters healing his soul, represents his remorse for the committed sins, and the bath therein indicates real repentance which arises out of remorse. The clear water indicates his just recognition of his sins and shortcomings; and the expansion of the pond into a lake represents the powerful wish to be cleaned and healed out of himself. The beautiful gras under the water indicates hope for achieving full health and the higher free mercy of God. This already appears on the still quite distant shore; I Myself representing this in the spirit and in the will. The movement to Me through the waters of true remorse and repentance indicates the progress of the soul to true betterment.
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All this is for his soul only a corresponding appearance, from which the soul can see of what she consists of and what she plans and does in her mind to better herself, of course in this state only in the will, without any outer, real action. This must only follow, if in an awakened state and the soul is fully connected to the body again.
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Soon he will be with Me and will start talking again. Just pay close attention; everything he is going to say now corresponds with his inner soul state! There still will appear some confusion until he reaches the third stage, which is a temporary connection with his pure life-germ.
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In the third stage you will be able to convince yourself how coherent and wise he can speak! At the moment only his purified soul is speaking; but during the third stage his spirit will speak out of him! And then you will not detect gaps anymore; he then will talk, letting you feel quite warm in your hearts!
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He now comes to shore and says: 'Ah, this was a rather labourious trip! Now I'm with you, noble friend! Do you have a shirt for me? See, I'm dreadfully ashamed about my nakedness!
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I say to him out of My now visible spirit and will: 'Get out of the water; you will be dressed according to your actions!'
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Says Zorels soul: 'Friend, o, do not speak about my actions; since they are vain bad and evil! If I receive clothes accordingly, then it will look terrible black and ragged!'
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Says I: 'If so, then there is plenty of water here to wash it until it is white!'
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Says Zorel: 'O friend, this means trying to wash a black man until he is white! This will not end well! But any dress is better than no dress at all. Therefore I will come out of the water!'
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By My feet lies a toga with many folds, but very dirty, although the basic colour is white-grey, a peculiarity of the heathen dress colour in the spirit world. He takes the dress and is disgusted about its dirt, what is actually a good sign. Nevertheless, he takes it, runs with it to the water and starts to rub and rinse and finally wrings it.
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Now he has finished washing and the dress is clean. Since it is still moist, he doesn't dare to courageously put it on. But I indicate to him that he nevertheless should put it on; he previously did not mind the water, so why should he now have a sort of loathing for a little moist dress?! Now he says - just listen, since he will say it loudly! -:"
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Zorel: "This is true! Earlier the whole lake did not bothered me, and now the moist shirt should do something to me? Just on the body with it! Ah, this feels good!"