To read aloud
EIGHTY SECOND DIALOGUE
May 25, 1999, Moscow, Russia
Peter: Is it appropriate to continue this morning with the questions that
I planned to ask You yesterday on behalf of Victor and some others?
The Lord Jesus Christ: Yes, Peter, it is appropriate. Go ahead and
formulate your questions.
Peter: Since I am in Moscow, in the stronghold of the renegades, the
questions relate to the behavioral issue of someone who is Your
representative but who resides in a place and condition which is
predominantly negative and from the standpoint of the political and
economic situation, is in complete chaotic turmoil and desperation. The
question is: How should Your representative behave or act or proceed if
he/she is witnessing a crime as an outside observer — a shoplifting or
some kind of stealing for example, by someone with whom he/she has no
connection or whom he/she doesn’t know or is acquainted with? Actually,
two scenarios are possible in this situation. One is to be a witness as an
outsider, a bystanding observer of such a crime; the other is when he/she
is hired specifically to watch for such criminal activities and report them
to the appropriate authorities. I believe the issue here is the application
of principles of mercy, forgiveness, compassion, empathy, understanding
and acceptance as applied in situations like that. What are the proper
procedures in these cases and how does one manifest or apply in them
these attributes of the positive state, from the position of the positive
state? As You see, this is a somewhat practical issue.
The Lord Jesus Christ: Yes, Peter, it is practical. However, it is also
somewhat individualized and personalized and dependent on the
situation, condition and setup under which any such criminal behavior is
taking place. Because of that, it is obvious that no general guidelines,
applicable to all situations, can be given or formulated. Take for example,
the situation in Russia as compared to some other highly developed
country. In Russia, the situation is desperate. Many people are without
jobs or salaries. Their circumstances are such that, very often, in order to
survive, they are forced into stealing. Of course, also in highly developed
and economically prosperous countries, crime of this nature does exist.
However, motivational factors which underlie such needs to commit
these types of crime can be very much different. Thus, as you see from
this difference, a different approach would be required to be taken in this
respect. The first issue, of course, is to determine the motivational and
intentional factors of each particular person and all the reasons with
which he/she approaches his/her criminal act.
The problem with this situation is that, as a bystander and an outside
observer, you have absolutely no way to determine these motivational
and intentional factors and the reasons for the need of any person to
commit such crimes. How do you proceed in a situation like that? In some
instances, such as for example, in Russia, to witness a crime and to do
something about it, may endanger your life. So, as you see from this
possible scenario, the situation is not as simple as it seems at first
glance. Normally, under any other circumstances, if motivational and
intentional factors are known or are obvious, and if they don’t constitute
any danger to the observer, as My true representative, it would be your
spiritual duty to approach such an individual and to give him/her an
opportunity to amend his/her ways by returning the stolen goods to the
rightful owner and to admonish him/her not to do it anymore. In
situations like that, when the intention, motivation and reasons for such
behavior are known and no danger for you personally exists, the law of
mercy, forgiveness, compassion, empathy, understanding and acceptance
fully applies.
In other cases, when such factors are totally unknown and cannot be
deduced or determined from the momentary situation in which you find
yourself, as well as in all situations at all, the best way to proceed is to
instantly turn yourself inward and ask Me for inspiration, illumination
and enlightenment of how to proceed and what to do. Your very first
thought, feeling or impulse, which follows your request to Me in this
respect, would be the one which you would be advised to take and to
apply. There could be situations in which you would feel very obviously
that it would be very inappropriate to intervene with the process of
commitment of such crimes. Here we are talking about the factor of
important choices that both the individual committing the crime and the
proprietor from whom he/she is stealing had made and the agreement
into which they had entered prior to their incarnation on planet Zero. For
some of their own important spiritual reasons, and for the reason of the
illustration and demonstration of some specific aspects of the nature of
the pseudo-life of the negative state, they need to play out this scenario
of a thief and a victim of his/her crime. Your premature interference in
this process could very well impede and nullify this play out. In that
case, not only didn’t you help the situation but you complicated it by your
interference.
Your first impulse, of course, as My true representatives, would be to
prevent any wrongdoing to anyone and on anyone’s part. You have no
desire to cause any harm to anyone on both sides of the fence. To be a
contributory factor of throwing a criminal into prison, especially in such
horrible prisons as exist in Russia or some other countries, for example,
is something that you don’t want to do. On the other hand, you don’t
want the other party in this setup to be hurt either by losses that he/she
can sustain from stealing. Here is the issue which we have been
extensively discussing in the previous Dialogs and especially in the last
one (81) about learning to see things behind the scene and not as they
are being played out on or at the scene. As an outside observer or as a
casual bystander, what you see is not what actually and factually really
is happening behind the scene. You have no idea what is causing the
interaction, deeds, acts, or whatever, which are taking place in front of
your eyes. Your judgment of this situation, based on its external
observation, therefore, can be very wrong and inappropriate. And based
on it, your intervention not only could be wrong and premature but it
might and could cause harm to all involved and to you personally.
Sometimes in situations like that not to do anything is to do everything.
On the other hand, sometimes reporting such crimes to the appropriate
authorities, is to show true mercy, compassion, forgiveness, empathy,
understanding and acceptance. And sometimes to approach the
individual who is in the process of committing the crime and asking
him/her to stop doing it, is to save that individual from some terrible
consequences of his/her prospective crime.
So, in this respect, you have at least three options: Not to do anything,
allowing that situation to be played out as needed and as was agreed
upon by all involved; to report the crime to the appropriate authorities;
or to approach the individual in question and give him/her an
opportunity to cease from proceeding to commit the act of stealing or, if it
already has happened, to return the stolen goods.
In these three options, or in any possible other options, no matter which
way you look at them, the law of mercy, compassion, empathy,
understanding, acceptance and forgiveness is fully applied and is being
executed. The application of this important spiritual law, which we have
so much emphasized in these Dialogs, and which is so crucial to the
nature of the currently ongoing shift, has a much broader meaning than
just letting go of someone or something. As you see from these three
options, your attitude and subsequent behavioral act is not limited to
only one way of how to do it or how to apply it. For example, to show
mercy and to forgive doesn’t necessarily mean that you are to prevent
punishment so rightly deserved by the prospective individual who is
about to commit a crime of stealing. By your appropriate action, in some
cases, by being instrumental in the deterrent and apprehension of such
an individual, if the situation warrants, and by allowing him/her to go to
prison, could be, in fact, the act of mercy and forgiveness. In situations
like that, you inadvertently prevented something much worse from
happening than otherwise would be the case. However, the opposite is
also true: If your action was inappropriate, and if you were instrumental
in apprehension of such an act, it may lead to much harm to all involved.
So, as you see from our discourse in this respect, the situation is much
more complicated than you would like it to be. How easy it would be for
all of you if only one simple answer were to exist, applicable to all
situations in this respect. Unfortunately for you, no one such simple
answer exists. This is the reason why it was emphasized above that you
need to turn yourself to Me and to your intuition from Me in order to be
able to make the right decision in all situations of your life and not only
in the discussed one. As My true representatives, you were endowed with
a much greater degree of intuition and of access to Me than anyone else
in order to be able to listen to it and to act accordingly from the state of
your within and ultimately from Me in you. Your reliance on this factor
will enable you to always make the right decision no matter how
outwardly you would feel about it.
As far as the second scenario is concerned, in which the nature of your
particular job is to be a guardian against any stealing and which requires
from you to report or to apprehend any criminal act of stealing, or
whatever, it is your spiritual duty, no matter what, to abide by the
description of your job and by the agreement under which you accepted
your position in this respect. Of course, even in cases like that, if you
catch a thief, and if the thief is ready and willing to return the stolen
goods, and if he/she shows obvious remorse for his/her act and if he/she is
asking you for mercy and compassion, and if no other obvious harm was
done, then it would be prudent and wise to let him/her go without
turning him/her in to the appropriate authorities and with a strong and
firm reminder to him/her not to do anything of that nature anymore. And
this is all that can be said about this issue at this time.
Peter: Thank You very much for this explanation. The next question,
which came from several readers of Your New Revelation, relates to the
behavioral issues of Your representatives on planet Zero as well.
However, at this time, it concerns sexual behavior. As you know, it was
indicated by You in Your New Revelation, that any safe sexual
involvement for Your representatives is possible, if at all, only with
someone who is at the same or a similar spiritual level and who is a
follower and practitioner of Your New Revelation. Otherwise, if no such
opportunities exist, the advice was, not to get sexually involved at all but
to wait until the time when we are recalled from planet Zero and reenter
the spiritual world. The question in this respect was: In view of the
currently ongoing shift and in view of its specific nature, is this
requirement still valid and applicable at the present time? What if
someone meets a prospective sexual partner who exhibits very
independent behavior, and who seems to be stable, reliable, honest and
non-demanding, and who is not jealous, envious, possessive and
manipulative but who is not connected to Your New Revelation and who
is not a follower and practitioner of its principles; is it appropriate for
Your representative to get sexually involved with such a person if there
is mutual attraction and consent? The reason for this inquiry, the way I
understand it, is in the fact, that there are not enough individuals
connected to Your New Revelation with whom such a sexual relationship
could be established. After all, how many men and women are there of
this nature with whom it would be possible to have such a relationship?
The Lord Jesus Christ: Also this question has primarily a personalized
and individualized nature. Therefore, no all-inclusive rule exists by
which everyone could establish a sexual relationship of this nature. It all
depends on the intention and motivation with which such a sexual
involvement is approached. Different people and different situations will
require a different approach.
By and large though, what was suggested in Chapter 20 in The New
Revelation of The Lord Jesus Christ continues to be valid even during
this shift and in the situation that currently exists. In some ways,
because of the extreme condensation of the negative state and the impact
it has on all and everything, this requirement is even more applicable
than before. The character traits that you enumerated above, Peter, on
behalf of the inquirers could very well be superficial as observed from the
outside as a bystander. Although such a person may behave that way
initially, it could be a dangerous trap by the negative state to catch you
in its clutches and to cause you tremendous problems and repercussions.
Nowadays, it is quite possible that you will be encountering such
situations frequently exactly for that purpose — to catch you and to sway
you from being My representatives. No matter how nice such a person
looks or behaves, no matter how much outwardly that person is fulfilling
the above mentioned requirements, unless that person is a true follower
and practitioner of My New Revelation or a covert agent of My positive
state, such characteristics are only superficial and externally imposed
without any roots to the true reality of the positive state. Don’t forget one
important fact: At the present time, the agents of the negative state
acquired the ability to exhibit all good and positive characteristics on
their outward level in order to deceive, if possible, even My true
representatives on planet Zero.
We have already discussed in one of the previous Dialogs the issue of the
negative state, or the devil and Satan, as appearing beautiful, attractive
and positive. Otherwise, no one would fall into its trap. But look what
kind of word we are using here. It appears that way. Appearances don’t
mean that they are a true reality as well. In most instances, appearances
are just that — appearances. What do you know about what is hiding
behind those appearances? Very often, and not surprisingly, behind them
you can find just the opposite of that which appears to your external
observation. Unfortunately, by the time you discover this fact, it is too
late. You have already fallen into the trap set up for you by the negative
state by the means of your sexual desires and sexual needs to get
involved with someone of this nature. So, don’t be taken in by any such
appearances and don’t believe for a second that anyone could be positive,
good, free, independent, stable, balanced, non-manipulative, non-
possessive, non-jealous, non-envious, etc., without Me or My New
Revelation.
However, the situation is not as simple as that even with someone who is
claiming to be a follower and practitioner of My New Revelation. In this
respect, you have to understand one important fact: A sexual
involvement of the two individuals who are both followers and
practitioners of My New Revelation could also be unproductive,
unfulfilling, negative, inappropriate and imbued with all kinds of
problems and adversity if approached with the wrong intention, wrong
motivation and for the wrong reasons. Don’t forget the fact, many times
mentioned before, that everyone involved with My New Revelation is at a
different level of its acceptance and practice. These different levels are
not necessarily congruent with and harmonious for establishment of a
sexual relationship amongst its members. Even in this respect you can
get a very unpleasant surprise. Because of the different understanding
and acceptance of the principles of My New Revelation, a serious conflict
could ensue which could lead to very unpleasant consequences.
Take for example, some situations which currently exist with some
marital and boyfriend-girlfriend partners who are seemingly both
followers and practitioners of My New Revelation. At least they claim to
be so. How harmonious and fulfilling is their sexual involvement? If they
are seeking some other involvement, it only means that they are not
happy or satisfied with their present sexual arrangements. Thus, they
seek out someone else with whom they can get sexually involved. But
how does the other partner respond to such an involvement? She/he
becomes jealous, possessive, demanding, manipulative, inconsiderate,
selfish, envious and almost violent. Are these the characteristics of My
true representative? No matter what the situation is, no matter how
much one feels to have the right to behave like that, it is very
inappropriate for My representative to exhibit such negative
characteristics. And if he or she does, then it only means that My New
Revelation and its principles have never penetrated his/her externals
and therefore, have never been internalized. In that case, such a person
only appears to be a follower and practitioner of My New Revelation
while the true reality of his/her situation is that he/she is not. How would
you like to get sexually involved with such a person? Do you see My
point? And although in itself and by itself such involvement, if on your
part is approached with positive and good intent, doesn’t necessarily
constitute what is called sin, nevertheless, you are setting yourself up for
a very unpleasant outcome. It could complicate your life immensely.
Ultimately, you would be very sorry for getting sexually involved at all.
Because of the ultimate individualized and personalized nature of this
situation, it would be wise and prudent to turn yourself to your within
and ask Me, before entering into or planning to have any sexual
involvement, if it is appropriate, safe and sanctioned by Me and if it
could be beneficial and useful for both involved, as well as for all
connected to you in other dimensions, to have such sexual relations.
As you see from this advice, your sexual involvement with anyone not
only impacts the two of you in whatever manner and way, but it has a
considerable ramification and impact also on others who are connected to
you. And this is so whether you are or are not consciously aware that
such is the case. Don’t ever forget that at all times you are functioning on
many levels of being and existence and pseudo-being and pseudo-
existence. Because of that, your actions, behaviors and undertakings,
whatever they may be, have a very strong impact on all of them. And this
is particularly true about sexual involvement. Being what sexuality is
and signifies, as a tool for an all-inclusive sharing, and as a means of
generating life-force energies, any such involvement on your part would
have much more significant impact on everyone and everything
connected to you than any other type. Thus, you have to be very careful
about this situation. Don’t allow yourself to be blinded by your strong
sexual drive and succumb to its demands by getting indiscriminately
sexually involved with anyone who comes your way, no matter how much
that person seems to be ready and willing and appropriate even if that
person is a follower and practitioner of My New Revelation. Don’t forget
about the infinitely different levels and degrees of involvement in this
respect.
You will never go wrong if you ask Me to indicate to you by some mode
and means available to you how to proceed in cases like that. You are
advised to ask Me especially about magnifying your intuition and by not
allowing it to be suppressed, repressed or blinded by your overwhelming
sexual drive. Sometimes, it is much more profitable to restrain yourself
from any sexual involvement than to fall into the traps of the negative
state which likes nothing better than to use your sexual drive for the
purpose of corrupting you and making your life miserable. Remember,
please, sexuality is one of the most favorite tools in the hands of the
negative state to accomplish its goal on planet Zero. This is especially
true during the currently ongoing shift. Prepare yourself for many
temptations by the means of your sexuality. An all-out assault is being
planned by the forces of the negative state against anything positive
remaining on your planet. Sexuality will play a prominent role in this
assault. It will also be used to make some of you — females, unexpectedly
and unnecessarily pregnant, thus, complicating your life considerably.
Should anything like that happen, you are advised to abort the fetus. Of
course, as always, the choice is yours. And this is all that can be said
about this issue at this time. I would recommend, Peter, to finish it for
today. Go and rest, have fun and enjoy your stay with My people —
Lyudmila and Victor.
Peter: Thank You very much for Your input and for Your advice. I’ll do
so gladly.
Source: DIALOGUES WITH THE LORD JESUS CHRIST PART 1.
