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August 29th, 2001
Received by H.
Cuenca, Ecuador
As I have promised you, here I am again, Judas, your guide along
your quest for God and His Love.
I wish to speak about a topic which surely will interest you: The
Law of Love, or to be more exact, the Law of Divine Love.
You know very well that there is a hierarchy of laws in the universe
of God's creation. There are natural laws, which science studies
and partially understands, there are spiritual laws, like the Law
of compensation for example, and laws also exist at the Divine level.
The only Law dealt with up to now at the Divine level, has been
the Law of Divine Love.
You also realized that the principle of many of these laws at an
inferior level is also reflected in a similar law at a superior
level. In the same way as the Law of Divine Love exists, we also
know the Law of Natural Love.
All men are subject to natural laws, of course, because they move
in a material atmosphere. Even their physical and spirit body is
constituted of matter, although the quality of this matter is not
the same in both cases. However, it is matter.
Spiritual laws also have certain validity in the material environment,
although on earth they do not operate with the same accuracy and
certainty as in the spirit world. For example, the Law of Compensation
has already been discussed, operating in the spirit world exactly
according to a spirit's soul condition, but on earth, its effect
is more diffuse and may involve innocent people who suffer consequences
for causes without having contributed to their origin.
Men, as spiritual beings, are subject to spiritual laws, of course.
But as we already have verified, not all men incorporate part of
the Divinity into their soul, and therefore, not all men are subject
to the Law of Divine Love, which we will call from now on the Law
of Love, to simplify things.
When a soul receives the Father's Love, it necessarily enters the
scope of the Law of Love. And this Law implies that man always searches
for more of this Love, that he reacts to the reception of Love,
as we have already explained in a previous message. I refer to the
last link in the Law of Activation, which deals with prayers for
the Love of God.
Jesus explained this in somewhat simpler words, with less theory
and more practical illustration, and we can even find some instances
of these explanations in the Bible. In it, we may read:
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“For the kingdom of heaven is as a
man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants,
and delivered unto them his goods.
And unto one he gave five talents, to another
two, and to another one; to every man according to his several
ability; and straightway took his journey. Then he that had
received the five talents went and traded with the same, and
made them other five talents. And likewise he that had received
two, he also gained other two. But he that had received one
went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord’s money.
After a long time the lord of those servants
cometh, and reckoneth with them. And so he that had received
five talents came and brought other five talents, saying,
Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have
gained beside them five talents more. His lord said unto him,
Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been
faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many
things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. He also that
had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst
unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents
beside them. His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful
servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will
make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy
of thy lord.
Then he which had received the one talent
came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man,
reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou
hast not strawed: And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent
in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine.
His lord answered and said unto him, Thou
wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where
I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed: Thou oughtest
therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then
at my coming I should have received mine own with usury. Take
therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which
hath ten talents. For unto every one that hath shall be given,
and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall
be taken away even that which he hath.”
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This parable was really used by Jesus, in a similar form, not exactly
this way. It dealt with a lot of money. One talent equaled 3000
shekel, each shekel had a value of 4 denarii, that is, the salary
of 4 working days. A talent corresponded to 12.000 working days,
or 33 years. An impressive sum, and also Jesus' listeners were impressed.
What this parable means is that all servants of the Lord received
His Love, the talents, according to their abilities, or according
to their soul longings. And the first ones activated the Love that
they had; it multiplied and achieved gain for the Lord. But the
last one did not do this, he buried the Love in a forgotten corner
of his soul, he never activated it and he continued living as before.
The parable continues that the last servant was bereft of the little
he possessed and then expelled. This is not true. Jesus did mention
that his attitude entailed consequences, but not in these words.
Consequences, you ask? Yes, it is true. As we already mentioned,
the activation of obtained Love is a requirement of the Law of Love.
If this does not happen, a state out of harmony results, and as
you know very well, any state out of harmony will be resolved finally.
It will have a positive outcome, but the process to recover harmony
is a painful one.
There are many people who possess a small portion of God's Love,
but they don't react. These people, and then spirits, can opt for
the spiritual way toward the perfect man, but they are exactly those,
who always, in some corner of their soul, know that something more
exists. It is a subliminal knowledge, but it gnaws and it continues
gnawing on the individual's supposed definitive happiness. They
are the spirits of the sixth sphere, who finally discover their
dissatisfaction and learn to listen to what the Celestials may tell
them. They are those who return to an inferior level in order to
restart their search, parting from there, obeying the law, to which
they subjected themselves and with which they have entered a commitment,
when they received the Divine Substance for first time.
On earth, this conflict among what should be and what really is,
can also bear painful consequences, so that in this case Divine
Love may catalyze negative experiences, contrary to what everybody
would suppose. But these are benevolent experiences, although they
are negative, because they try to balance the lost poise, and serve
the good of the individual.
Any lack of harmony, no matter at which level, brings some aftermath.
For this reason, obtaining once the Divine Love and then sitting
down calmly and inactively, with some idea of "nothing bad
can happen to me now", is a very erroneous attitude, and the
weight of the Law may hurt.
The Love of God brings so many benefits, but it also has demands.
It seems strange, because on receiving it, one would suppose that
life changes. But many times, I would say in most cases, it is not
so. Only in extreme anguish, men clamor to God, their souls scream
from desperation, and help arrives. Once they are well again, everything
falls into oblivion. To ask for Love, to receive Love, is an approach
that brings to us unimaginable benefits, but it also demands from
us a commitment: to live the Love. If we don't do this, the Law
of Love will remind us of it.
On other occasions, Jesus used the image of the tree, which doesn’t
bear fruit and is cut down and tossed into the fire. The fire, of
course, is not eternal hell, definitive perdition, as this parable
is interpreted many times, but it is rather the painful consequence
of inharmony with the Law of Love.
Laws, even in the spiritual environment, do not only grant benefits,
but also impose obligations. And in this case, I wouldn’t
even like to call these obligations, I would rather say "opportunities":
Opportunities to live the Love, to make feel the Love, to serve
as the light, illuminating the way, a service complete with fulfillment
and happiness.
Take advantage of these opportunities, be examples. Not because
you fear the aftermath, but out of love to God and your neighbors.
I am happy my dear brother that you have received this message
quite well, and tomorrow we will meet again, dealing with a new
message, a topic that has never before been covered. It is a conflictive
subject, and I will try to impress upon you several related aspects
during the rest of this day, so that our work tomorrow may be fruitful.
Your brother in the spirit,
Judas.
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