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February 23rd, 2010
Santa Cruz, California
Received by FAB
I am here, Jesus.
Let me channel a message about material abundance, as I desire
that you have more clarity. In your experience of the Unity movement,
you are learning that material abundance can be attracted, and that
it is a good thing, and not a bad thing. You are wondering how these
ideas cohere with my way of thinking.
Well, I said in a previous channeling that for us Celestial Angels,
material abundance is really not important. So then, you wonder,
what of the thought that God desires abundance for all of us? In
your native Judaism, material abundance is very important even in
a religious sense. Also, at this moment in your life, you have material
abundance, and you know that this has given you comfort and security.
Well, just because I said we don't think material abundance is
important, does not mean that we do not want our mortal charges
to feel comfortable and secure. Mortals require certain things of
a material kind that disappear in this spirit world, so what we
do is to work through the earthplane and provide succor for these
sincere mortals.
So then, your own direct experience at this very time denies the
implication of the Bible, that "the love of money is the root
of all evil." Well, the truth that this verse is expressing,
and it is a truth, is that material wealth always brings the possibility
of falling into temptation, and the greater the wealth, the greater
possibility of this temptation. But it doesn't mean that wealth
is inherently evil, because it is not.
So now, you wonder, if your current abundance has brought you
comfort and security, how could it be unimportant, since your psychological
welfare is important? Well, when I said that, all I was saying was
that for us, the spiritual life of our charges is our greatest priority.
We don't live on the earthplane as you do. You require to pay the
rent and feed yourself. You are also expanding your spending habits
to accommodate your preparation for your mission, by, for example,
buying many books. Well, yes, God provided you with the funds for
these books so that they can be purchased and used for your mission,
which you actively desire.
The confusion in your mind comes from the fact that your situation
is not that of many others, who accumulate money in a way that is
totally devoid of and ignorant of spiritual truth. Indeed, these
other people, in accumulating wealth, are acting in direct contradiction
of spiritual truth, and therefore falling into temptation. It is
this type of behavior that is causing all the imbalance in your
contemporary world.
So is wealth good or bad? My answer is, it is neither; it is a
fact of the mortal life, which like everything else, can be used
constructively or destructively, to benefit God and humanity, or
to be exploited for one's own selfish purposes.
I wish to emphasize that certainly, as Judaism affirms, material
wealth can be a great blessing. There is nothing wrong with being
materially comfortable. God wants His children to be happy, and
knowing that funds are available not only for basic necessities
but also for greatly desired pleasures, is part of that happiness.
It's only when this wealth is detached from morality, as it often
is, that trouble comes.
So let me conclude by saying that God is Love, and that therefore,
God desires the happiness of His children. Putting one's trust in
God, in the heart of material concerns, is the way that I taught,
and continue to teach. This method has served you well for over
thirty years, and it serves you well now. In fact, it can be said
that because you applied it, you have attracted this abundance.
So then it works together with spiritual truth instead of against
it.
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