Jesus
comments on Israeli actions in Lebanon, July 2006
NOTE:
This teaching was given on July 27, 2006, after the NEW
DIRECTION was implemented.
Kim: Jesus, I was quite frankly shocked when I (on July 26,
2006) read the following about the Israeli Justice Minister, Haim
Ramon:
"We received yesterday at the Rome conference permission from
the world... to continue the operation," He added that Israel
had given the civilians of southern Lebanon ample time to quit the
area and therefore anyone still remaining there could be considered
a Hezbollah supporter.
"All those now in south Lebanon are terrorists who are related
in some way to Hezbollah," Mr Ramon said.
I wonder if you have any comments on these remarks and the situation
in general. I know Mother Mary recently
talked about the situation and that you have commented on it twice
already, Link 1, Link
2. Yet I thought you might have something new to say about the
Israeli actions in Lebanon and the attitude behind them displayed
in these comments by the Justice minister.
Jesus: As Mother Mary explains in her discourse, the situation
in the Middle East must be allowed to outplay itself until certain problems
become so obvious that they can be seen by all, including the people
blinded by those problems. As she also points out, the primary problem
is the Cain consciousness. Now, there are those who would take an incorrect
interpretation of the Old Testament and argue that Israel represents
Abel and the Arabs represent Cain. This view is held by some powerful
Christian groups in the United States, and even the president is influenced
by it in subtle ways.
However, for any thinking person the statements made by the Israeli
Justice minister clearly show that the current Israeli government is
heavily influenced by the Cain consciousness. The central aspect of
the Cain consciousness is the black-and-white thinking that I expose
in my discourse
on the ego. It is expressed as follows:
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When I don’t get
my way, there is a conflict between me and my brother.
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Any conflict between
me and my brother can only be my brother’s fault. I am always
the victim, never the aggressor.
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If my brother disappeared,
the problem would disappear.
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If my brother will not
submit to my demands, the only way to resolve the conflict is that
my brother must die.
- If my brother will not
submit, I have a right to kill my brother, for I am – or should
be – the favorite son and thus above the law.
In this case, the Israeli
government reasons as follows:
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Hezbollah is the cause
of Israel’s problems (at least along the Northern border).
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If Hezbollah and its
supporters were gone, the problem would be solved. In fact, this
is the ONLY way to solve the problem.
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Because Israel is the
victim, we have the right to kill all members and supporters of
Hezbollah—in self-defense.
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Because we have given
fair warning, we can define that everyone left in Southern Lebanon
is a member or supporter of Hezbollah.
- Thus, we, the Israeli
government, have the moral right to kill every human being in Southern
Lebanon—men, women and children.
Here is the reality of the
matter:
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Only black-and-white
thinking could make the Israeli government reason that when the
world does not explicitly condemn Israel, the world is giving Israel
permission to do whatever it wants—including killing hundreds
of civilians and systematically destroying Lebanon’s infrastructure.
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Only black-and-white
thinking could make the Israeli government respond with such overwhelming
force to an incident that was no worse than so many others over
the past decades.
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Only black-and-white
thinking could make the Israeli government reason that a final solution
needs to be found NOW although Hezbollah has existed since 1982.
- Only black-and-white
thinking could make the Israeli government reason that overwhelming
force is the only possible response instead of pursuing a proportional
response followed by diplomatic efforts.
Yet the underlying problem
here is that the Israeli government officials have used the black-and-white
thinking of the Cain consciousness to set themselves up in a position
where they feel morally justified in committing genocide. Genocide is
when you reason that ALL of the people belonging to a certain group
– such as race, nationality, political orientation, or geographical
region – are bad and thus should be killed indiscriminately
to provide a final solution to a problem that you think demands a final
solution.
I am deliberately using the term coined by the Nazi leaders as a justification
for the holocaust against Jews [for Jesus’ comments on the Holocaust,
click here]. They reasoned as follows:
I think most honest people
should be able to see that it is an incredible irony of history that
the very same people who have positioned themselves as the world’s
primary – although in reality far from only – victims of
genocide have now put themselves in a position where they feel they
are justified in doing to others what others did to them.
Therefore, the Israeli people need to take a long look in the mirror
and consider whether they have now become – in quality although
not (yet) in quantity – as bad as those they despise the most.
As I said to the people of Israel long ago:
Either how canst
thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is
in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in
thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine
own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that
is in thy brother's eye. (Luke 6:42)
Based on the Israeli military
campaign, can there be any doubt that if Israel had the means and felt
they could get away with it, they would have moved into Lebanon and
have killed EVERY member and supporter of Hezbollah—men, women
and children? Israel’s own actions prove this for all who have
eyes to see, as do the statements of the Justice minister. How can any
thinking person say that the killing of hundreds of children and the
systematic destruction of the Lebanese infrastructure is a proportional
response or an act of self-defense?
Can there be any doubt the Israelis would also exterminate the members
and supporters of Hamas if they could get away with it? And just how
far would they go in solving the “Palestinian problem?”
Have the Israeli government adopted a – largely unrecognized or
denied – mindset of wishing the Palestinians would just disappear—a
mindset that is ALWAYS the precursor to genocide.
How far has this mindset infiltrated the international community? Are
there groups and individuals – especially in the United States
– who would prefer to see Hezbollah, Hamas, Al-Qaeda, the Palestinians,
the insurgents in Iraq or even all Muslims disappear? Can there be any
doubt that many people in Muslim countries would like to see all Jews
disappear, perhaps even all Christians or Westerners?
The core of the Cain consciousness is that you see those who are different
from you as a threat and you think the only way to make the threat go
away is for the people to disappear. The core of the Christ consciousness
is that you see all people as coming from the same source – as
part of the Body of God on Earth – and you love your neighbors
as yourself.
Can there be any doubt that
until this mindset is forced into the open and recognized as belonging
to a more barbaric age, there can be no solution to the situation in
the Middle East? Any viable solution must start in the minds of the
people, and currently the Cain consciousness is blocking a change in
the minds of many people involved with the situation.
Did Israel create Hezbollah?
Now let us look at another irony. In 1982 Israel invaded Lebanon with
the purpose of forcing the PLO out, an intent that came to fruition
although this did not remove the PLO and its challenge to Israel. In
the beginning, the Israeli action was welcomed by many in the Shia community
in Lebanon, but as the Israeli occupation continued, a resistance movement
formed, and it became known as Hezbollah.
As I explain throughout this website, and especially in this discourse
on the ego, any unbalanced action you commit will create an opposite
reaction from the universe. This natural law has been known since Newton,
but its implications for human behavior have largely been ignored. Yet
it is a fact that when an individual or nation commits an action that
is against the Law of Love, the action will create it own opposite reaction.
Force inevitably creates counter-force. Thus, it was the unbalanced
action of the Israelis in Lebanon in 1982 that created a reaction that
took the form of Hezbollah.
Take note that I am not thereby saying that Hezbollah and its actions
are justified. What I am saying is that because Israel acted based on
the Cain consciousness, it created a reaction from other people who
are also trapped in the Cain consciousness. Right now, Israel is committing
another unbalanced action based on the Cain consciousness, and this
time they are justifying it by the actions of Hezbollah, a threat that
they themselves created. Thus, it is inevitable – and foreseeable
for all with eyes to see – that Israel’s current action
will only create another reaction from those in the Cain consciousness
– potentially the Arab community as a whole – that will
only perpetuate the endless cycle of violence and revenge and revenge
for revenge.
What could potentially break this spiral? Only one thing, namely that
someone must rise above and abandon the Cain consciousness! How could
this be done? Well, when I embodied in Israel 2,000 years ago, it was
part of my purpose to give the Jewish people the tools to rise above
the cycle of violence with their neighbors in which they had been caught
for thousands of years. The hope was that this could fulfill the covenant
between Israel and its God that was begun with Abraham and took a new
turn with the Exodus from Egypt. That covenant gave the Jews an opportunity
for being the way-showers for bringing peace to the Middle East, a potential
that has so far remained unfulfilled.
What were the tools I gave to Israel? An entire teaching based on non-violence
and an example of how to live this teaching! The center of it is that
God has set up an immutable law that will return to a person or a people
whatever they send out—although this will often happen in future
times and lifetimes. Nevertheless, it is true that vengeance belongs
to God and that HE will repay. Therefore, those who claim to believe
in God should trust in God’s law, turn the other cheek and forgive
seventy times seven.
Had my message been accepted by Israel – or by those in surrounding
nations – the cycle of violence in the Middle East would have
been broken centuries ago. My point being that the ONLY solution to
the violence in the Middle East is that someone must start turning the
other cheek and keep turning the other cheek until this love-based action
has made the anti-love of those who keep hitting you so obvious that
even they can see it.
As a passing note, Lebanon – especially the Christian community
– has shown a far better example of this than any other nation
in the Middle East, even though Lebanon still needs Christ discernment.
Take note that I am not
hereby saying that Israel or its Arab neighbors need to become Christian.
What I demonstrated was not a Christian belief system, but a set of
universal principles, namely that if you want to escape from the cycle
of suffering, you must start by turning the other cheek and forgiving
others. When you have done this to a critical degree, the blows will
stop coming and you can now live in peace. By allowing others to hit
you, they will simply destroy themselves according to the immutable
law of God. If you do not trust this law, you demonstrate that you do
not trust God. Thus, you should stop thinking you are God's chosen people.
Take note that I am not hereby saying that Israel should dismantle its
army and refuse to defend itself against invasion. In the current situation,
that would only lead to a more widespread war that would force Western
nations to prevent genocide of the Jewish people. Thus, Israel should
maintain a military that is capable of discouraging the threat of foreign
invasion from any power in the Middle East. Yet at the same time, Israel
should never fall for the temptation to use that military in ANY action
outside its own borders! The military should be to defend against invasion,
not as a tool for revenge. If Israel is violated – as they
were by the recent action of Hezbollah – then that should be taken
up with the international community.
I realize that Israel will claim that its actions in Lebanon or Gaza
are acts of self-defense, but this is an illusion that springs from
the Cain consciousness. I realize Israel will say the attack by Hezbollah
was unprovoked, but I can safely say that it has been a very long time
since ANY attack in the Middle East was unprovoked.
One aspect of black-and-white thinking is that it causes people to refuse
to take responsibility for their actions by appointing other people
as scapegoats. This has misled the Israeli government into thinking
that if it does not return any blow with an even greater blow, it will
be perceived as weakness by its opponents. I am not denying that those
caught in the Cain consciousness will see Israeli inaction as a weakness
and exploit it. Yet, in reality, it is Israel’s highest role to
allow itself to receive blow upon blow without retaliating, until it
becomes obvious even to its attackers that Israel is a nation of peaceful
people who believe in a God of Love.
The master key to Israel’s future
I realize that what I am saying here is not likely to come to pass in
the foreseeable future. Yet the master key to the survival of Israel
is that it must become more Christian than even the most Christian nations,
meaning that it embodies the principles of non-violence—which
are fully compatible with the Jewish religion, especially in its mystical
aspect of Kaballah.
Even from a purely pragmatic viewpoint, this makes sense. Israel was
created only because of goodwill from the international community, a
large part of which is Christian. The survival of Israel depends largely
on the United States, which is a predominantly Christian nation. If
Israel continues to display the decidedly unchristian values of revenge
and violence, how long will it be before even the most blind people
in the United States wake up and realize they cannot continue to furnish
Israel with weapons and allow them to do whatever they want with them?
Historically, there is no question that Israel was created in part for
reasons that are no longer valid. Even though the shock of the Holocaust
was to some degree deflected by demonizing the Germans, many Western
nations realized that they too were guilty of persecuting Jews. Thus,
the creation of Israel was a way to deflect this guilt. Also, many nations
hoped that by creating a Jewish state, most of their own Jews would
move to Israel, so they would be free of the problems they felt Jews
represented.
Neither of these reasons are valid any longer, which means that Israel
must now justify its continued existence by its own behavior.
There is still a segment of Christians who support Israel blindly because
they have adopted the completely misguided belief that the Holy Land
must be kept pure from Muslim influence and that the 12 tribes of Israel
are somehow God’s chosen people and will be restored to prominence
when I appear for the last judgment. Mother Mary sought to point out
that there is no group of people on this planet who is infallible and
above being influenced by the Cain consciousness. I realize some Christians
and Jews will never accept this, which is why they will eventually bring
about their own judgment and be removed from the Earth.
Transcending terrorism
Let me take this opportunity to comment on the problem in the current
Western view of how to deal with terrorism. As I seek to explain in
my comments on the war in Iraq [Link 1, Link
2] it is impossible to solve the problem of terrorism by using force.
The use of force only generates a counter-force—action leads to
reaction. In fact, the rise of terrorism is a counter-force
created by Western nations and their unbalanced use of power against
Muslim countries, going back to the crusades.
For there to be a long-term solution, someone must break the cycle of
violence by turning the other cheek, and I had hoped that the Western
nations – who claim to be Christian nations – would
not fall into the trap of responding with force. Yet instead they have
fallen prey to the unchristian pattern of judging other people based
on appearances instead of seeking to truly understand them. So let us
take a closer look at how terrorism starts.
What is the cause of the rise of violent movements, such as Hezbollah
and Hamas? Why do they have so much popular support, and why do the
Muslims and Palestinians see them as resistance movements, much like
many European countries had resistance movements during the second world
war?
There are several main factors at play:
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The population in many
nations in the Middle East see the West as an aggressive force,
seeking to impose its own values (freedom, democracy and –
feared by many – Christianity) upon them. Due to the current
Western mindset, this is not an entirely unjustified perception,
although it has been blown out of proportion by the fanaticism described
below.
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Because the Western
nations are blinded by their particular version of the Cain consciousness,
they are not particularly responsive to the legitimate rights and
needs of the people in the Middle East. Western nations have a long
tradition for wanting to solve the world’s problems by making
everyone like themselves—or killing those who won't comply.
A strategy that is a direct result of the Cain consciousness and
can never work because force creates counter-force.
Thus, the people on the receiving end – such as Muslims –
feel their voice is not being heard, which is why they have turned
to violence as a way to send a message and relieve their own frustrations.
I am not saying I agree with this approach or that it is justified.
I am simply pointing out that when Western policy creates pressure
and when the building pressure is ignored, at some point the kettle
will blow.
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Because the Middle East
is so heavily influenced by the Cain consciousness, many Arabs have
become far too fanatical and this has created a paranoia that the
West is out to destroy their nations, their way of life and Islam.
I am not trying to justify this, I am simply pointing out that it
is a factor that must be recognized. Thus, the West would do well
not to give the fanatics any justification for expressing their
fears through violence. This will only prevent the emergence of
moderate movements in Muslim countries, and such movements are the
only hope for Muslim nations transitioning peacefully into the 21st
century—as they clearly
need to do.
- Fanatics will always
be able to justify violence, but this does not explain why they have
popular support. The support of a large portion of the general population
can be explained only by the flight or fight syndrome. People in the
Middle East feel they cannot flee Western influence, they feel driven
into a corner, and that is why they see no other way than to lash
out with violence.
What I am trying to point
out here is that there are legitimate and understandable reasons why
Hezbollah and Hamas have popular support. It is simply not intelligent
to say that these organizations are created and sustained by a small
group of fanatics. I agree that the leadership of both organizations
are fanatics, but it is naive to believe that killing the leaders will
make the organizations disappear. Israel’s actions over several
decades have proven this.
The fact of the matter is that these organizations will NOT disappear
until they no longer enjoy popular support. Thus, the real issue that
should be addressed by the West is why so many populations in the Middle
East feel so threatened that they support these extremist organizations?
And then the West should look in the mirror and remove the beam –
the cain consciousness and its illusion of superiority – before
they attempt to solve any problems in the Middle East.
Why is it that otherwise intelligent governments fail to see this? Because
they are blinded by the Cain consciousness and its black-and-white thinking!
They truly believe that their values – such as democracy –
are superior and would solve the problems in the Middle East. Thus,
they feel justified in imposing them upon others, and when resisted,
they feel justified in responding with force. In their unwillingness
to reexamine their own behavior, motives and values, they label those
who resist as terrorists and perpetrate the myth that they are a small
minority oppressing the people.
At the same time, many Western nations are caught in the hypocrisy of
thinking that all who support these movements are bad people and should
be killed. Thus, they brandish all Shia Muslims in Lebanon as terrorist
supporters, which is why hardly anyone protested against the statements
by the Israeli Justice minister quoted above.
In reality, the Shia Muslims in Lebanon and the Palestinians are human
beings just like Jews and Americans. I consider them my brothers, and
when I walked the Earth, I systematically reached out to those who were
considered outcasts by the elitist Jews. The elitists were the kind
of people who are blinded by the Cain consciousness into thinking they
are the favorite sons, a mindset that has affected several Western nations,
especially the United States and Britain.
Thus, the only solution that the leaders of these two nations –
Tony Blair and George Bush – can see is to create an international
peacekeeping force that can go into Lebanon to disarm Hezbollah through
force. Yet as long as this organization enjoys its current level of
popular support – a support that has only grown after Israel’s
disproportionate response – the equation will not change. As has
been proven by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, it is not possible
to eradicate a militia that enjoys popular support.
For an international force led by democratic governments to disarm Hezbollah
without addressing the underlying issues that give it popular support,
this force would have to be worse than a totalitarian nation such as
Nazi Germany. In a world with a – somewhat – free press
this cannot be done, and even Israel cannot do it. Thus, one does not
need to be a prophet to predict that this initiative will fail to establish
peace and will simply set the stage for the next violent confrontation.
My point here is not to blame anyone. I am simply pointing out that
you cannot remove terrorism through force. You can only overcome this
problem by transcending the consciousness that creates it, and you must
begin by removing the beam in your own eye. Until the underlying issue
of the Cain consciousness is addressed and dealt with, the equation
in the Middle East will not change. If the West wants to have any chance
of success in diplomatic or peacekeeping efforts, it needs to get out
of the blindness caused by the Cain consciousness and start dealing
with ALL of the people in the middle East as being of equal value as
themselves—they must start loving others as themselves.
If there is to be peace in the Middle East, it must come from the moderate
people in both Israel and Arab nations. As long as Israel and the West
continue to base their policies on force and a sense of superiority,
they will alienate the moderate Arabs and play in the hands of the extremists.
This will prevent the moderate people from gaining influence in their
own countries, for the actions of the West will prove the claims of
the extremists. The moderate Arabs are the best hope for a change in
Arab countries, and without such a change peace simply cannot happen.
Who says that democracy – at this stage of the evolution of many
Arab countries – is the magic wand that will solve all problems
in the region? Unless a democracy is based on a genuine transformation
of consciousness, it will not succeed in bringing peace. There is no
guarantee that democracy – especially when imposed through force
as in Iraq – will bring peace. The only guarantee for peace is
to transcend the Cain consciousness and do unto others what you want
them to do to you—and continue to do so no matter what they do
to you. How long should you continue to do this? I say not unto you
until seven times, but until seventy times seven!
Kim: I am predicting that your comments will elicit a flood
of e-mails from people accusing you – or me – of being
anti-semitic—despite the fact that you have already commented
on this.
Jesus: So let them judge themselves, for I am the Real Jesus
Christ, and I WILL BE WHO I WILL BE!
And if you, Kim, still have concerns about people’s responses
to this website, you can resign as my messenger at any time!
Kim: I have no concerns, but I was hoping to get people to
think twice before they shoot off an angry e-mail. Perhaps that is
naive, but I thought it worth a try.
Anyway, what can people who are open to this website do to improve
the situation in the Middle East?
Jesus: Continue to use all of the teachings and tools I give
to walk the path to personal Christhood, especially my teachings
on the ego. This path will take you beyond the Cain consciousness,
and as you raise yourself, you will raise all life. This is especially
true for those who have personal ties to the Middle East.
Obviously, giving Mother
Mary’s rosaries is another powerful tool, and when
the time is right, we will bring out a rosary for the Middle East. Yet
certain things need to be exposed before this rosary will have maximum
effect.
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