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February 14th, 2009
Santa Cruz, California
Received by FAB
I am here, Wat Tyler.
You take our thoughts perfectly well, so have confidence in your
gift.
Ah, it has been so long since death came to me! And I had no idea
that the consequences of my actions in the rebellion would be so
drastic.
I relished the killing I did. I took pleasure in destroying life
and property, and for this, I had to suffer. There are always consequences
to negative behavior in war. My experience has been a tragic example.
And you have channeled other examples, such as Oliver Cromwell,
Che Guevara, and Nat Turner. They all had the same experience I
had.
So let me make it clearer. Yes, We English peasants were oppressed.
But that didn't justify our violence in the eyes of God. We did
not try to resolve our oppression in a way that would be in harmony
with God's Will. We rebels had a living example in the king, at
least at the beginning, but we were determined to do the acts of
violence, and so we reaped the consequences.
Now let me enlighten you as to the leaders of your own country
[the United States]. I have made the effort to investigate for you,
so what I will now say is the direct result of actual conversations
with these various spirits.
There are those who take pleasure in these things of war. Indeed,
your society is not the only one to beat the drums and play the
martial music that causes patriotism and the desire to fight. But
you have never been of this sort of people.
You have been troubled and confused because the means to independence
of your country and following it, the Constitution, was through
the path of war. And what also confuses you is that despite intense
pressure to end the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln prolonged it, thus
increasing the suffering on both sides. So then why was this not
accounted for in the judgment?
I have spoken with Abraham Lincoln, and he has told me that it
all depended on his soul development. That is, he sincerely, even
passionately, felt that the principle of union must be upheld despite
the cost. If this resulted in a great bloodbath for four whole years,
this could not change the inner reality of the president.
He has told me that uppermost in his heart at all times was to
end the war, not prolong it. He has told me that the actual reason
why the war dragged on for four bloody years, at least in his opinion,
was the utter incompetence of his generals, who seemed to squander
any chance of bringing the conflict to its conclusion. It is a paradox,
is it not?, that in his heart was a desire to end the war, and yet
in reality, he actually prolonged it. But that's because he saw
a greater good, which he felt would not have been achieved had he
ended the war any sooner.
He has also told me that he suffered inwardly because of the suffering
inflicted on both sides. This was in marked contrast to so many
other political leaders, who have never even given any thought,
or compassion, to the tragedies that their policies brought about.
I can see that Mr. Lincoln's experience was unique and not at
all typical, and that was because of his good soul development,
which has often been lacking in political leaders in times of war.
So you can see how different my experience was from Lincoln's.
I was so incensed at the oppression the higher classes caused that
I had no regard whatsoever for the lives we ruined. It made no difference
in the eyes of God that these victims of mine were from the class
that was oppressing me and my people. For the fact was that God
Loved every one of these aristocrats as much as He loved us peasants.
And it is certainly a fact that these aristocrats did not, indeed
could not, escape the consequences of their actions either. So we
were all of us, peasants and landholders and aristocrats, in the
same soup, and we were accounted for by exactly the same laws. Oh,
the spirit world is truly the great leveler!
Now let me talk about the founding fathers of your nation. There
was George Washington. You discovered in your readings that Divine
protection was his in several dramatic ways, and he confirms that
this indeed was true.
He has said that like Abraham Lincoln, he also actually abhorred
the violence of war. He said he was hired to do a job as Commander
in Chief, and he wanted to serve his country. When the war was successfully
over, all he wanted to do was retire to Mount Vernon. And he did
actually resign from the army.
But then his country called him again, this time to be president,
and so he chose to serve his country again, despite his yearning
for a peaceful life in retirement.
So you can readily see that his heart was in the right place.
And yet he too had certain things rise to face him as well.
As to the other founding fathers, they too had different degrees
of positive and negative experiences. John Adams, for example, derived
great comfort from his role in defending the British soldiers as
their lawyer.
So in conclusion, the facts of war, with all the atrocities and
tragedies that war brings, are one thing. Quite another matter is
the soul development of those experiencing these unfortunate things.
And over and above everything is a Loving Creator who sees into
the heart, and who never fails to give His children what is their
due.
Walter Tyler, commonly known as Wat Tyler (January 4, 1341
– June 15, 1381) was the leader of the English Peasants' Revolt
of 1381.
Knowledge of Tyler's early life is very limited, and derives mostly
through the records of his enemies. Historians believe he was born
in Essex, but are not sure why he crossed the Thames Estuary to
Kent, whence he led the revolt. (Source: Wikipedia)
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