The Way to Christ

Preface.

...man should depart from his committed sins / and make an earnest resolution / never to enter into them again / and should not doubt in his departure This "departure" refers to the act of turning away from a sinful life and moving toward God..

Should surrender to God's will.

And although reason certainly doubts / at which the sinner is terrified / and is horrified before God's wrath / let the will simply and truly sink itself into the mercy of God / into Christ's suffering and death / and surrender itself through Christ into God / as a child in its mother’s lap / who wants nothing for itself / but only what the mother wants; it only cries out to the mother / and always hopes for the best from the mother / it longs only for the mother’s breasts: So must our desire be simply directed back into our first Mother / from whom we, with Adam, have gone out into selfhood original: "ein Eignes". In Böhme’s thought, this is the state of being "own-willed" or self-centered, which caused the fall of humanity..

Become like a child.

Therefore Christ says: Unless you turn / and become like children / you shall not see the kingdom of God. Matt. 18:3. Also original: "Item", a Latin term meaning "likewise" or "furthermore," commonly used in early modern German scholarly writing.: You must be born again / John 3:7. That is / we must go out of all reason and back into resignation original: "Gelassenheit". This is a central term in German mysticism, describing a state of perfect yieldedness, letting go of the ego, and quiet surrender to the divine will. / into our Mother’s lap / and let go of all disputing / also our reason...