Comments
on abortion
Kim: Jesus, I am reluctant to bring up abortion, because it is such
a complex issue. Yet I feel that people on both sides of the abortion
debate will misunderstand the remarks about free will given in your
talk about the man who killed an abortion
doctor. I think people from both sides will use your remarks to
defend their viewpoints. So I feel the need to clarify your views
on abortion.
Jesus: I
agree that abortion is a complex issue, and at some point I would like
to give more detailed teachings about it. However, let me for now give
a very concentrated teaching on abortion.
Let me begin by stating that the abortion debate is the perfect example
of what I talked about in my remarks about the separation
of church and state. When a debate becomes polarized towards two
extremes, the first casualty is truth, the balanced perspective of Christ
truth.
One extreme: pro-choice
The current abortion debate has been distorted by two extremist viewpoints.
One is the belief system of scientific materialism which states that
there is no God and therefore no higher authority. Consequently, it
is up to human beings to define right and wrong. The fallacy of this
viewpoint is, as I said in my remarks about the man who killed an abortion
doctor, that God’s law is not altered by human beliefs and opinions.
So when pro-choice people make the claim that a woman should have the
right to decide what to do with her own body, they are both correct
and incorrect at the same time.
I clearly understand and recognize that there are many people in the
pro-choice movement who are acting out of a sincere desire to help pregnant
women in distress. I also know that these people truly believe in their
cause and believe it is a just cause. As I stated, the Law of Free Will
is the fundamental law of this universe. The very purpose of life is
to give people an opportunity to learn by exercising their free will.
Therefore, one might reason that a woman has a right to terminate an
unplanned and unwanted pregnancy.
The problem is that this viewpoint is often promoted by people who are
followers of scientific materialism. Therefore, these people do not
recognize the existence of God’s law and the fact that no person
can escape the consequences of her actions. The central issue here is
that unless you fully understand the potential consequences of a particular
action, you will not be able to make a completely free choice in the
matter.
In other words, unless a woman consciously understands the spiritual
consequences of having an abortion, consequences that are not altered
by her belief or disbelief in God’s law, she cannot make a truly
free choice. Therefore, the simple fact is that the people who are encouraging
women to have an abortion are actually encouraging these women to violate
God’s law and thereby create spiritual consequences, or rather
karma, that their souls might take several lifetimes to repay. I firmly
believe that if a woman truly understood the spiritual implications
of abortion, she would most likely choose not to have an abortion.
Another extreme: pro-life
Now let us go to the other side of the debate, namely the pro-life people.
Most pro-life people come from an orthodox Christian background, and
therefore their approach to the abortion debate is heavily influenced
by orthodox beliefs. Once again, I fully recognize that most of these
people are sincere and truly believe in their cause.
Yet, as I am trying to explain throughout this website, orthodox Christianity
has moved away from my true teachings and my true intent. As I explained
elsewhere,
humankind has moved into a more rational state of consciousness. Unfortunately,
most orthodox Christians have not embraced this rational state of consciousness.
Therefore, they find themselves in the difficult position of having
to defend Christian doctrines, doctrines that did not come from me but
were made by human beings for political reasons. Because modern Christians
cannot give people a rational explanation for these doctrines, they
are left to use the same means that orthodox Christian churches have
been using for almost 2,000 years, namely an attempt to scare people
with hellfire and damnation. In a rational age, this approach simply
will not work.
In today's rational age, it has become much more difficult to alter
people's behavior through fear. Instead, you must give them a rational
understanding which makes them see what is in their own best interest.
Because orthodox Christianity has not been willing to go back and correct
the political errors made by early church fathers, they have no efficient
way to explain their viewpoints to people in a rational age.
The balanced view of the Christ mind
Although there is much more to say about what is really going on behind
the scenes of the abortion debate, I will, in the interest of brevity,
focus on what has been lost in the struggle between these two extremist
viewpoints. What has been lost is the balanced perspective of the Christ
mind. This perspective is focused on the fact that life on planet Earth
is an opportunity for souls to grow. To fully take advantage of this
opportunity, a soul must inhabit a physical body.
When a woman becomes pregnant, that pregnancy represents a unique opportunity
for a particular soul to enter the material world and work out its divine
plan. There are currently a large number of souls that are eagerly and
anxiously waiting for the opportunity to inhabit a physical body on
Earth. Because of changing demographics, and in large part because of
abortion, there are many souls who have been denied their opportunity
to enter this world. In many cases this has delayed and severely complicated
the ideal growth path of these souls.
So any pregnancy represents the best possible opportunity for one particular
soul. When you fully understand the reality of karma and reincarnation,
you realize that most souls have, over many lifetimes, created a very
intricate net of associations with other souls. Before souls can become
permanently free of the earth plane, they must pay back their debts
to any souls they have harmed in previous lifetimes. The best way to
accomplish this goal is to embody with these souls in a family or group
situation.
Therefore, a pregnancy not only represents an opportunity for the incoming
soul, it also represents an opportunity for the parents of that soul.
When a woman has an abortion, she not only aborts the spiritual opportunity
of the child. She also aborts her own opportunity to balance karma with
that soul. She aborts the opportunity of all of the souls that her child
might have met during its lifetime.
I am aware that most of the people who have gravitated to the extremist
viewpoints on both sides of the abortion issue will vehemently reject
what I have just stated. Yet I must once again say that God is not mocked.
God’s laws are not altered by human beliefs or disbeliefs. Therefore,
I truly believe that if people knew better they would do better. In
other words, if a pregnant woman truly understood the spiritual consequences
of an abortion, most women would voluntarily choose to give birth to
the child.
In that respect, let me make it clear that in many cases a woman can
balance her karma with the incoming soul by giving the soul an opportunity
to embody. It is not necessary that the woman raise the child as her
own. Therefore, from a spiritual perspective, adoption is in many cases
a perfectly acceptable alternative to abortion. It represents a win-win
situation that gives an opportunity to all souls involved.
So what about society. Should the U.S. continue to legalize
abortion, or should it be illegal?
When you truly understand
that abortion takes away a soul’s opportunity for spiritual growth,
in the same way that murder does, you clearly see that abortion is a
violation of God’s law concerning free will. It prevents the incoming
soul from exercising its free will in the same way that killing a human
being does. Therefore, if a society makes it illegal to commit murder
or suicide, how can that society make it legal to kill an unborn child?
It is a recognized fact that the lower aspects of human nature can cause
people to commit selfish acts that violate the rights of other people.
Therefore, it is recognized in all civilized nations that society must
step in to protect those who cannot protect themselves. This most certainly
applies to the unborn child who has no voice and therefore has no way
to influence the decisions of the mother, decisions that profoundly
affect the soul of the child.
Let me say that in an ideal society all people would have a clear understanding
of the spiritual reality. Therefore, they would fully understand the
consequences of an abortion. If a woman had a clear understanding of
the spiritual consequences of an abortion, the Law of Free will would
mandate that the woman should be allowed to have an abortion without
reprisal from society. However, in an ideal society women would have
a much greater understanding of their right to avoid sexual exploitation.
They would have better tools for controlling their own sexual desires,
and they would know how to protect themselves from an unplanned pregnancy.
Therefore, in an enlightened society, unplanned and unwanted pregnancies
should be a rare exception and not the common occurrence they are in
today's society. What I am saying here is that in an enlightened society
the number of women wanting an abortion would be so small that the
issue of whether to legalize abortion would be relatively insignificant.
However, even in an enlightened society, the Law of Free Will demands
that he rights of the mother be balanced against the rights of the unborn
child. Therefore, even an enlightened society might well choose to make
abortion illegal.
In today's unenlightened society, it would be in the best interest of
everyone, including society itself, that abortion was made illegal.
This would protect not only the rights of unborn children, but it would
also protect women from creating consequences for their souls that most
women would choose to avoid if they truly understood what is at stake.
It is commonly recognized that one of the purposes of enacting laws
is to protect people from themselves and each other.
Furthermore, let me say that just as an individual can make karma, so
can an entire nation. Currently, the United States and many other nations
that allow abortions, have made severe national karma. Once again, people
on both sides of the abortion debate will deny or ignore this fact.
Yet, as I have now said many times, the law is the law and it is not
changed by human opinions. It is truly possible for a nation to make
such severe karma that it can affect the entire nation for generations
to come. Thus, the sins of the fathers can truly come back to haunt
the third and fourth generation.
What about the interests of the woman. I see many people who
are engaged in the abortion debate out of a sincere desire to help
women. How could these people best channel their energies so that
they avoid working for an extremist viewpoint?
With all thy getting, get
understanding. The solution to any problem must begin with a higher
understanding of the problem.
I would encourage these people to start by developing a deeper understanding
of the spiritual side of life. I fully understand that many people are
truly concerned about helping women who face an unplanned pregnancy.
I also understand that at first glance these people might think that
my suggestion is simplistic and ignores the very physical needs of pregnant
women. Yet in reality my viewpoint is far from simplistic.
As I attempt to explain throughout this website, virtually all of the
problems currently found on planet Earth spring from the fact that human
beings have descended into a lower state of consciousness in which they
no longer understand their situation. Therefore, people continue to
create problems; they compound error upon error, until it seems like
there is no way out. When you look at current social problems, it is
very understandable that people give up in despair, thinking that there
is no solution. Yet I must tell you that although the sense of hopelessness
is understandable, it is based on an illusion.
People have created their current problems because they do not have
a clear understanding of the spiritual and material laws that God used
to create the universe. Therefore, people are constantly violating those
laws and creating problems that limit their freedom. The only way out
of this impasse is that people gain a deeper understanding of the spiritual
reality. If people would attain this understanding and begin to use
God’s laws correctly, they could very quickly resolve, and I mean
truly resolve, the vast majority of problems now found on this planet.
Let me make a very clear statement. There is a solution to every
problem. The key to finding the solution is to realize that every
problem is created by people who have descended into a lower state of
consciousness. Therefore, the only way to find a solution is to reach
beyond that state of consciousness. Only by reaching beyond the relative,
dualistic, self-centered viewpoints of the lower mind, only by reaching
for the middle way of the Christ consciousness, the balanced perspective
of the Christ consciousness, the higher understanding of the Christ
consciousness will people be able to find the spiritual solution to
human problems.
Take note again that planet Earth is a schoolroom for souls. People
have two ways to learn their lessons. They can align themselves with
the truth and reality of God and thereby receive help from above. Or
they can cut themselves off from this help and thereby assign themselves
to the school of hard knocks. Currently, most people have rejected the
enlightened perspective that God is ready to give them. Instead, people
have chosen to learn by reaping the consequences of their actions.
What is happening right now is that people are violating God’s
laws to such an extent that they are literally boxing themselves in.
Unfortunately, humankind at large have not yet reached the point where
they are willing to change the situation. They might not reach this
turning point, they might not reach bottom, until they have created
so many problems that they literally feel they can no longer move.
I am a spiritual teacher, and I am ever ready to help any human being
who reaches for the enlightened perspective of the Christ mind. I do
not want to see people paint themselves into a corner where they feel
like there is no way out. I came to Earth to show people that there
is indeed a way out of the lower state of consciousness.
That way is a higher understanding, a higher state of consciousness,
what I call the Christ consciousness. Every human being has the potential
to discover and follow that way out by making inner contact with his
or her Christ self. This is the path that I am attempting to describe
on this website. By following that path, any human being can begin to
identify with the Christ mind. Thereby people can gradually come to
the point of union with the Christ self so that they can literally say,
“I am the way the truth and the Life.”
When people attain this Christ consciousness, they will become the open
doors that will bring spiritual solutions to the man-made problems that
currently seem to have no solutions. So if people are truly concerned
about the abortion debate, about helping women in distress, about solving
social problems, political problems, economic problems or environmental
problems, let them reach for the only possible solution. Let them reach
for a higher understanding, a higher state of consciousness.
You cannot solve a problem with the same state of consciousness that
created the problem.
You said that everyone has free will. How can a woman’s
free will best be protected in relation to the abortion issue?
As I said, the Law of Free
Will cannot be separated from the Law of Cause and Effect. No intelligent
person can deny the fact that everything you do has certain consequences.
Only those who seek to manipulate others will attempt to create the
illusion that it is possible to do something without reaping the consequences
of your actions.
Therefore, every human being should know that when he or she engages
in a certain action, there are potential consequences. If you do not
want to experience a particular consequence, then you must take the
necessary actions to avoid that consequence before it becomes a manifest
reality. So what I am saying is that the best time to exercise free
will is before a woman becomes pregnant.
Because we live in a rational age, it simply is not possible that a
woman (in an industrialized nation) can fail to know that having sex
can lead to pregnancy. Likewise, no woman should be unaware that there
are ways to have sex without becoming pregnant. In other words, contrary
to the doctrines of the Catholic Church, it is perfectly acceptable
to God that a woman uses certain means whereby she can have sex without
becoming pregnant. In other words, contraception is not a sin.
A woman then has numerous opportunities to exercise her free will. She
can choose to educate herself about contraceptive methods. She can choose
to employ contraceptive methods that will not have a negative impact
on her body chemistry or hormonal balance. She can choose to realize
that she has no obligation to be an object for the sexual exploitation
of men, no matter what kind of pressure she might be exposed to. She
can choose to realize that the challenge faced by human beings is to
take control over their sexual desires instead of allowing body chemistry
to run their lives. By exercising these options and making intelligent
choices, most women should be able to avoid an unplanned and undesired
pregnancy.
What I am saying here is that even though many souls are waiting to
come into embodiment, a woman has a right to employ measures to avoid
becoming pregnant. If the woman employs such measures and still becomes
pregnant, the woman should recognize that something bigger has overruled
her conscious will.
In many cases, the inner knowledge of the soul can actually cause a
woman to become pregnant without consciously wanting this to happen.
The reason being that the woman knows, deep within soul memory, that
she has chosen to give birth to a child at a certain time. At that point,
an enlightened woman should resolve herself to the fact that she is
pregnant and determine to give birth to the child.
Yet the woman has not exhausted her options. As stated earlier, it is
perfectly acceptable that many women give up a child for adoption. This
then gives all souls involved, including the souls of the adoptive parents
who cannot bear children, the maximum opportunity for growth.
In that respect let me mention that when you fully understand karma
and reincarnation, you realize that the choices you make in this lifetime
can limit the choices you are able to make in a future lifetime. I can
state with absolute certainty that when a woman chooses to have an abortion,
she creates karma for herself that will limit her future choices. However,
if a woman protects herself from unplanned pregnancy, becomes pregnant
and then chooses to give the child up for adoption, she will not limit
her future choices.
The reality of free will is that all of your choices have consequences,
and some of those consequences will limit your options. You cannot have
your cake and eat it too. Your present choices can limit your ability
to make choices in the future. If you do not recognize this, you are
not truly exercising your free will. You are simply allowing yourself
to be manipulated by temporary pressures, either from outer conditions
or from unresolved aspects of your own psychology. The central challenge
of life is to rise above both inner and outer limitations and thereby
exercise your free will in an enlightened way that brings you where
you truly want to go in life.
I fully realize that in today's unenlightened society many young women
do not understand that they have an alternative. They are completely
boxed in by pressures created by the lower mind, either in themselves,
in the people around them or in the larger culture in which they live.
I am not discounting the need to go in and help such women improve their
situation. I strongly encourage that various groups help such women
in all ways possible. I am simply pointing out that by encouraging such
women to have an abortion, you are not helping their souls grow.
It would be far better to work to make it easier for women to avoid
unplanned pregnancy and to choose adoption over abortion. I also encourage
people to realize that the way to truly help such women is to help them
attain a higher spiritual understanding which will empower them to permanently
rise out of their present conditions. Do you give a starving person
a fish or a fishing net?
What about the fear that without abortion the Earth would
quickly become overpopulated, and we would destroy the environment.
I fully recognize that there
are many people who have a sincere concern for the environment, which
in reality springs from a love of the earth mother, even a love for
the feminine aspect of God. Yet I must tell you that many of these people
have been fooled into working for the cause of elitism.
Once again, this is a very complex issue and there is much more to say
about it. However, the essence of the issue is that you cannot separate
the concept of overpopulation from the fact that a small elite, for
millennia, have attempted to gain control over the general population.
Time and time again, the control of this power elite has been overthrown
by the growth of the population beyond a certain limit.
This was clearly demonstrated in medieval Europe, when the noble class
could no longer maintain its privileged position because the population
had grown beyond the level that was sustainable with an uneven distribution
of resources. In today's world, you have a very similar situation in
which the industrialized nations have taken the role of the medieval
noble class and the less developed nations play the role of the lower
classes.
Let me state clearly that overpopulation is a myth. It is an illusion
created for the purpose of maintaining an elitist system that is based
on an uneven distribution of God’s resources. God never encouraged
the formation of such an elitist system. God envisioned a planet in
which every human being would share in the abundant life. What has happened
is that a small elite has amassed an immense amount of wealth by creating
an artificial scarcity of wealth and resources.
When the seven Elohim designed planet Earth, it was designed to comfortably
sustain 10 billion people. With the current uneven distribution of resources,
it is true that the planet could not sustain 10 billion people. Yet
this is a product of man and not a product of God.
Therefore, the people who are concerned about the environment should
seek to find a spiritual solution which would remove elitism and injustice
from this planet. Thereby, the earth could be realigned to the original
design, and it could comfortably sustain 10 billion souls. This would
then allow the planet to fulfill its intended role, its God-ordained
role, as a platform for the evolution of souls.
Once again, these are complex issues that cannot easily be explained
in few words. Therefore, I am aware that my brief remarks might disturb
some people. I encourage such people to ask further questions, and I
will be happy to give a more detailed understanding. Once you have understanding,
you will attain peace.
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