The Two Kinds of Spiritual Infirmities and "Possession" By God
Notebook 1943
Page 135
July 3
Jesus says:
"I told you yesterday that there are types of infirmities which are out of the ordinary-that is, willed by spiritual forces. Both God and Satan-one acting from the abyss of Heaven, the other acting from the abyss of Hell-strike certain creatures for different reasons and for different purposes.
"But, given the differing and opposed sources, one infirmity- that which comes from God-brings with it light and love for creatures that are martyrs of their God, drawing them from the sources of an immeasurable Light and an immeasurable Love. The other, proceeding from the stagnant abyss where Satan reigns, envelops people in darkness and torment.
"I said 'creatures that are martyrs' of their God. Indeed. The soul that has abandoned itself to its God completely becomes his martyr. God Himself here acts as the sacrificer; nor is the martyrdom of the creature abandoned to Love less bloody-even if blood is not materially shed-than that of the one who is immolated by an executioner. For not only flesh and blood, but intellect, soul, and spirit are tortured in a felicitous martyrdom whose end, after spiritual crucifixion-which stigmatizes every capacity of being, in the flesh, blood, intellect, soul, and spirit, impressing my glorious seal-is the inflamed embrace with the Fire Himself, with burning Charity, sinking into the blazing Unity which is our Trinity, complete know by, God.
"Yes. There are two forms of spiritual infirmity, and there are two forms of spiritual possession. edge of what God is, and possessing, and being possessed eternally If someone who is grasped, tortured, crushed, and mastered by Satan is called 'possessed,' why, with even greater reason, can't the one who is embraced, elevated, shaped, and mastered by God be called possessed?
"A beatific, sublime, joyful possession! The soul has only to abandon itself, in love, to the Love surrounding, embracing, penetrating and transporting it, giving it new senses and knowledge unknown to mortals. It is to plunge into the abyss of God-an abyss of Light Knowledge, Charity, and all virtue. It is to plunge into the abyss of Peace.
"The soul emerges from it, in those rare instants in which it emerges-increasingly rare, the more the soul is lost in God-perfumed by the Essence of its God, and no stench of Earth or Hell çan act upon its spirit, imbued with the divine aroma.
"The soul 'possessed' by God takes on his likeness to such an extent that even the external and material form of its being under- goes modifications. God shines from its gaze, from its words, from its smile, and from the new majesty of its expression, so that one coming into contact with it says, 'There's something not of this earth here.'
"The soul 'possessed' by God is a precious sealed vessel from which it exhales the aroma filling it. Sealed because love consecrates it and possession makes it the property of One alone, and only the Alone opens and closes that seal affixed upon the spirit which has given itself to Him. It exhales because God's aroma is so powerful that it not only fills the inside of the vessel, but the matter imbibes it, so that the spiritual scent spreads out from it and the crowds, purifying them of the odor of flesh and blood.
"If creatures knew what the possession' of God is, they would all want to be possessed.' But to know it one must complete the firs step, the first act of generosity, of renunciation, and then persevere in that act. The rest follows, for, as an electric wave emitted by pole A is attracted by the stronger pole Z, so the soul which has placed itself in the same way in the orbit of God is attracted by Him, from whatever point in the orbit it finds itself in.
"For I am the Alfa and the Omega, and I embrace all that is. Only an opposing human will, which places one under the seal of Ju the Beast, turns away my action, since I have made you free and do not do violence to your will. If, then, your will is flesh and blood- that is, Satan-my Will cannot act, for my Will is Spirit and acts on your spirit, and the spirit dies where matter reigns.
"One must be reborn in the spirit to be able to enter into God's orbit and overcome the flesh and its master, Mammon. Then 'possession' takes place. A foretaste of Paradise on earth, the soul's happy ascent to Heaven in death, the fullness of Paradise in my Kingdom, where those who are 'mine' will be with Me forever, light in Light, peace in Peace, joy in Joy, glory in Glory."
In the Holy Name of Jesus, In The Thrice Blessed Lord God,
Peace be with you always
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