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November 25, 2007
Santa Cruz, California
Received by FAB
I am here, George Washington.
Let me discuss an issue which has confused you.
First, let me say that I am well qualified to clarify this difficult
matter for you, and second, your mediumship is qualified to take
this message, despite your admitted confusion.
You have learned that militarism is all wrong and contrary to God's
Will, and that we should respond to aggression with kindness and
love, and not aggression in kind.
You have also learned that I was miraculously saved from harm several
times. You conclude logically that I had divine protection, and
so I did.
But then you observe that I was no less than Command-in-Chief of
the Continental Army, with all the horrors of war that that position
entailed.
It seems to you a contradiction that on the one hand, to make war
instead of dealing with the issues peacefully in love, seems a violation
of everything Jesus stood for. And on the other hand, there was
all this divine protection which was indubitable. Where is the truth,
you ask?
Well, first, let me say unequivocally that I did in fact suffer
for at least some things I did in the war. I was not exempt from
the penalty of violating certain moral laws, which violations occurred
because of the turmoil of wartime conditions. I had a sense that
certain negative things I willed in that time would come back to
me, despite the fact that the pressures of the moment made them
necessary, at least in my mind at that time.
This causes you to question the very existence of our beloved country,
which was born through war.
Yes, I can see how perplexed you are. For you reason, wouldn't it
be logical to assume that I would have attracted dark spirits as
a result of my warmaking, who would have then abolished any sort
of divine protection?
Now you remember that you have read of many instances in modern
warfare when combatants had a similar miraculous deliverance from
harm.
To answer adequately, I must first discuss war in a general sense.
For you, war is murder, pure and simple. You told the chief executive
officer of Regal Theater that "the military is killing,"
in regard to his movie theater showing of a military-related video
in its public place.
I mentioned this to illustrate the point that for you, it is a very
simple equation. But to many others, it is not.
But then you say, God's laws are absolute and not dependent on human
opinion. And this is, of course, true.
Well, what is absolute is that God always looks at the intentions
of the heart. One person may take up arms with the sole motive of
defending his country, while another may do so to satisfy a sadistic
desire to kill. And, since human nature is complex, both of these
motives may coexist in the same person. And in the reaping that
follows the sowing, every single motive is taken into account accordingly.
Obviously, in a perfect world, there would be no war, for people
would then resolve their differences peacefully and lovingly. But
human nature being what it is, and the fact of earth life that decrees
that mortals are all thrown together in the same world, these realities
bring the tragedy of war, which has been fairly constant ever since
the murder of Abel by Cain.
Now what you have failed to understand is that one cannot generalize
about human behavior in times of war. This has been the theme of
many of your past channelings. The mere fact that someone is head
of an army, is not an evil reality. It only becomes evil when bad
choices are made, as when there is sadism resulting in such repulsive
acts as torture and murder.
It is a very different reality for a general to unintentionally
make a tactical blunder resulting in great loss of life to his soldiers,
than it is for a combatant to go out of his way to inflict suffering,
or for a military leader to order his soldiers to do so. I think
you can clearly see this difference. Actually, it is huge, in God's
economy.
You love the statement, fate is the cards you were dealt, and destiny
is the way you play the game. Well, it has been fairly typical of
most of humanity to experience war. But the next, determining factor
is, what choices have people made in the admittedly hellish conditions
of war?
You are very aware of the example of Viktor Frankl, the celebrated
founder of logotherapy. As a Jew in World War II, he chose to stay
in Nazi Europe, even though he could have escaped to safety. He
did this to protect his parents. And the consequence of his decision
of almost superhuman courage was that he endured some years in concentration
camps, only to be liberated, and then continue his explorations
in his school of psychiatry. You feel that his behavior was nothing
short of astonishing, and so it was.
But I mentioned this extraordinary example to illustrate my point,
that every person makes different choices in war situations, and
these choices are influenced by their personalities, but more importantly,
by their will as it confronts the tortures and hellish situations
that war always brings.
For example, Mr. Frankl's soul could have chosen to yield completely
to despair, in which case he would have either perished, or would
have descended to the animal level, as was so common in that type
of hell on earth.
But he chose to keep the most noble aspect of his humanity alive.
He consciously cultivated hope, and made that unspeakable tragedy
into something positive that has the potential to benefit all of
humanity.
Now certainly, one cannot sensibly compare me to him. I mentioned
him only to illustrate the point that these sorts of matters are
not as simple as you at first thought. You read the sentence, militarism
is all wrong, and this is true. But each person and each situation
have to be scrutinized carefully and individually.
Now you are thinking, but I was a general, with the power to inflict
harm and loss of life, and this is true. And contrariwise, Mr. Frankl
was a complete victim.
But he had the power to influence his fellow inmates. He could have
chosen not to care at all about them. Or worse, he could have stolen
precious food and other necessary items to survive. In other words,
many choices were possible.
You made the mistake of generalizing in a simplistic way. To use
the statement, militarism is all wrong, to judge categorically every
action of every military leader, was not at all the original intention
of that true sentence. It was, rather, to provide a guideline, a
guidepost.
If militarism is wrong, then human beings who find themselves in
militaristic situations must discover things to do that lessen the
harm of war.
Look, for example, at the magnificent and heroic outpouring of support
that occurred on 9/11. (And let me add that this type of behavior,
which was displayed so courageously by so many of your countrymen,
is the proof that America will survive and endure.)
To many people, war has meant that they had to do their patriotic
duty to defend their country and their loved ones. This is exactly
how I saw it. And so, I accepted leadership of the Continental Army
in a state of mind that tended to be high-minded. I had already
experienced war, but felt that my duty to my country was paramount.
For me, it had to do with a sense of honor, and a commitment to
a principle of freedom.
Finally, I have realized, to my great consolation, that the Creator
did in fact preserve my life for His purposes, so that I could provide
leadership at the Constitutional Convention, and then later, serve
my newborn country as its president. And this was also made possible
because my soul was basically good and not corrupt.
I know this has been a very long channeling, but I felt it was necessary
to go into some detail in order to help you grasp an admittedly
very complex reality.
This channeling has been very good for you, for you have had to
put aside your own way of thinking and try to see another point
of view. In God's universe, people are diverse, and their choices
arise from entirely different ways of thinking, which affect the
motives from which these choices are made.
But all this does not deny that we Celestial Angels are working
hard to permanently prevent the scourge of war.
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