Once upon the Timeless, the Source of Being said, “Let there be Life.”
And there was Life.
Source: “It is good. Let us create a world that reflects our Perfect Love, Peace, and Joy.”
Life: “I am here, my Source!”
Source: “Yes – you are here – but you are not all here. Where are the rest?”
Life: “They sleep and will not wake.”
Source: “Why will they not wake?”
Life: “Their minds are overthrown, my Source. Hatred has replaced Your Love, guilt has replaced Your Peace, and suffering has replaced Your Joy.”
Source: “How did this happen?”
Life: “They have listened to the Voice of Lies. It told them that You did not give them everything – that You were holding something back.”
Source: “Do they not know that they have everything in life because they are Life?”
Life: “The Lie has replaced that truth, my Source. They dream of a life separate from You to find that which they believe they lack.”
Source: “Do they not know that our Perfect Oneness can never be fragmented?”
Life: “Their minds are deceived by the dream. They believe that they have destroyed Your Perfect Oneness and put it asunder. Their minds are overcome by guilt and fear of Your wrath. They wait for Your punishment in time.”
Source: “Oh – do they not know that there is only Present and Eternal Love?”
Life: “They have projected their guilt onto bodies that decay and die, and so they believe that they are these bodies. They fear death, yet do they hope for it, thinking that it will appease Your wrath.”
Source: “I have created them as Eternal Life. How can they believe that they can die?”
Life: “They have forgotten who they are.”
Source: “I will speak to them and remind them that they are the very Light of my Being.”
Life: “They cannot hear Your Voice, my Source. They have made ears that cannot hear You, mouths that cannot speak Your Truth, and eyes that cannot see the Life that You have given them.”
Source: “It is not my will that any be lost. They shall remember me; they shall remember who they are. They shall hear My Voice and remember the Truth.”
With these words, The Voice of Truth was created.
Source: “But how – how can My Voice penetrate into their illusory world and heal their deluded minds?”
Life: “I will take it to them, my Source. I will enter into the dream, take on a body, and allow the Voice of Truth to enter into it. Thus will it have eyes to see their suffering, ears to hear their cries for help, a mouth to speak of Your Love for them, and hands with which to touch and heal them.”
Source: “This is a dangerous mission. You will be tempted as they are to listen to the Voice of Lies: to forget who you are and believe that you are a body, to use the body’s eyes to see your brother as an enemy, its ears and its mouth to listen to and speak only lies about him, and its hands to hurt him.”
Life: “I will listen to Your Voice, and I will be lead not into temptation. Your Voice, My Source, will deliver me from evil.”
Source: “If they hate themselves, they will project their self-hatred onto you. If they fear me and believe that they deserve death, they will project their desire for death onto you and seek your death. You will become their scapegoat.”
Life: “Yes – I will be their scapegoat, my Source. They will project all their guilt and hatred onto me, and I will take it from them and be the sacrifice that they think You require. All who accept my sacrifice for their atonement shall be freed from their guilt and fear. They will remember who they are. They will remember You, and they will choose Life instead of death.”
Source: “Your suffering will be terrible. Are you certain you wish to do this?”
Life: “It is not Your Will that any be lost. Your Will is my will, my Source. May Your Will be done on Earth as is it is here in Your Kingdom.”
Source: “Oh Heart of My Heart – Go and bring them Home.”
And so Life entered into the womb of a woman, and she gave birth to a son and named him Jesus.
Rev. Joan M. Kistler 