A few days ago, I was strolling up and down my street, when, coming out of nowhere, a gust of wind blew this letter right at my feet. As the letter came from God, I thought it would be written on a scroll or a parchment of some kind, but no, it was written on plain bond paper, and curiously enough, I could swear it came from a laser printer.

My dear children

I have been talking to you for a long while, but you have been so busy warring amongst yourselves, that you did not hear the sound of My voice, only the sound of your guns and cannons, and the voice of your leaders trying to justify the slaughter that has been going on for so many thousands of years.

So, once again, I will try to raise My voice over the sound of thunder, which is not 'My thunder', in order to reach that part of yourself which is Me, even though your churches will tell you otherwise. For eons of time, your philosophers and theologians, yes, even those you call my saints, have been discussing amongst themselves as to the legitimacy of armed conflicts, and as to whether there was any kind of justification to the killings that have been going on for as long as I can remember, and as you may guess, it has been a long, long, time.

Now, I cannot but chuckle at some of the thoughts I hear about how war can be justified in some cases and not in some others. Here, I will have to be the devil's advocate, even though I know how you feel about him, whoever he may be, but as you are all my children, I can definitely not be partial in the matter. I can only give you an honest to God's opinion, a Father's answer to the queries of all His children. And as you are, all of you, My children, you will understand that I cannot, and will not, take sides, and neither will I, in any way, influence the outcome of your conflicts, whatever they are, or for whatever purpose you have been fighting them for centuries. I am a mere spectator of your achievements, as well as of your follies, although I must admit that the latter are predominant in today's society.

What you are going to do about it is your affair, and although I sadden at the thought of even one of my children being sick, or raped, or killed in one of your conflicts, I cannot interfere. I can only hope that this part of Me which is you, will finally surface and make you realize the errors of your ways and the folly of all your quarrels, conflicts and wars. I do not judge you. I do not condem you. I do not punish you, for you are your own judge and jury. I gave you free will in the beginning, and I will keep My part of the bargain 'till the end of times' as you say, although you should know this end will never come.

Now, about this question of war, I cannot begin to understand how you can even discuss the legitimacy of all these efforts you make to destroy the life of even one of My children. Some of you talk about war as being just, or 'justified in certain circumstances'. Even Augustine, one of 'your' saints, has declared that, in certain circumstances, war was a deplorable necessity', to which, of course, I must disagree, for, if I were to follow his line of thought, I would have to say that I, too, am justified to bring down My thunder on mankind and destroy their properties with My earthquakes. And yet, even though your forefathers saw Me as a God of wrath and vengeance, never, in the eons of time you have been on this planet, have I interfered, or raised even the little finger, to bring you harm or discomfort. I know you think that all these calamities that befall the planet at the present time, the tidal waves, hurricanes and earthquakes are of My doing, but I had nothing whatsoever to do with it. And if I am not responsible, who is? At the risk of appearing unfatherly, I would say you are.

I have given you free will and dominion over this earth that you inhabit. I have given you the power over the mineral, vegetal and animal kingdom. And look what you have done with that free will!

Instead of using the minerals to create things of beauty, you chose to build an arsenal of nuclear weapons that can wipe the planet that was placed in your care.

Instead of building houses for those of My children who are less fortunate, you built monuments to your own glory.

Instead of caring for the soil that allows your plants and vegetables to grow, and the trees that allow you to breathe, you desecrate them and pollute the atmosphere to the point where it will no longer be able to sustain life

As to the animals, I cannot even express the sadness I feel when I see the way you treat those less evolved forms of life I created for your edification and enjoyment. Not only do you use them to feed the body, and this I can understand up to a certain point, but again, you kill them to cover yourself with their furs when you already have all the clothes you need, and you mistreat them in a most despicable way, confining them in cages and using and torturing them in your laboratories as if they had no right of their own. And yet, in spite of the erroneous beliefs propagated by all these movements you call religions, they, too, have a spirit and soul, and they, too, have a right to love and happiness. And when you hurt these little creatures, you hurt me, when you kill them, you grant yourself a right that I would not even grant Myself. After all, what is My creation, if not the spark of life I breathe in all forms of life?

And this is why, at this time when My earth will undergo great changes and tribulations, I have decided to raise My voice so loud that those of you who have not closed their ears to that small voice within, will finally understand that I am not only the God of Christians, not only the God of Muslims or Jews, but the God of all, and then may be you will stop fighting over Me amongst yourselves

I know all of you think I'm on your side, which, of course I am, but not in the sense that you want it to be. You want me to be on your side alone. You want me to be against the other whoever he may be. And this I cannot be. I can only be what I AM. And I am LOVE. And Love is the binding Force of My universe and this binding Force is the glue that keeps your atoms in the mold, the body I have prepared for each of you. Love is Law. And the Laws of the Universe are immutable, for they are as much a part of Me as they are a part of you. So, would you like Me to be against Myself as you are against yourselves?

All is ONE in My universe, and your own body is a replica of that oneness, For, do not delude yourselves, when you are in conflict with others, it is against yourselves that you fight! When you kill another human being, it is as if your right hand were cutting off the left one. And you wouldn't do that! Or is there a circumstance that would warrant cutting your left hand, in which case, it would definitely become, as my son Augustine once affirmed, a deplorable necessity? I know what you're thinking! If the hand is infected with gangrene, it would have to be cut! This, in your case, is unfortunately true, but only because you have forgotten who you are, only because you have forgotten that you are the Law. You have created your own limitations, and therefore cannot have access to that healing power within yourself, no more than you can have access to the totality of My creation.

So, not understanding My Laws, you have instituted your own laws and have been fighting ever since. You relate your conquests as feats of great value. I have not even finished mourning those that have been killed, that you already decorate your heroes and organize parades in their honor. And you would like Me to be on your side! You may receive the blessings of your priests and pastors before leaving for the front, but you cannot receive Mine. I cannot thank my right hand for cutting the left one! This is an imagery, of course, but it is also correct, for your right hand is My right hand, just as your left hand is My left hand.

In your misunderstanding of My Laws, you glorify war, and you have praised it in your own biblical books, although I know very well I never had anything to do with it. If you think that I am fooled by all these Bibles that are spread all over the world, most of which contain Old Testament stories I would not even relate to My own children! Sorry about the metaphor! I am a humorous God! I know this is a serious subject, but the problem with you is that you are too serious. You should laugh a little more and enjoy life, instead of fighting over me and killing My children in the process.

Granted that it was established for a good purpose, your United Nations have disappointed Me greatly, and as I read into the thoughts of all these delegates of your various nations of the world, I realize that my son's teachings about these "turn the other cheek", and "Love one another" concepts have not yet penetrated the gross material into which you have enslaved yourselves, and you still cling to material concepts that have nothing to do with my Law. So, to my great dismay, I see an organization that was established to promote peace throughout the world, try to settle, through the use of arms and missiles, the various conflicts that erupt all over the planet.

And yet, if two of your brothers were fighting, each with an offensive weapon, would you go to their defence with a weapon in your hand, and in such a case, which one would you kill to protect the other? Or would you rather try to reason them through diplomacy

You manifest against violence, you revolt each time you hear an individual has killed a wife or a husband, or a whole family with an offensive weapon, and yet many of you tolerate the same weapons in your own house! Is it any surprise then, that your United Nations will try to bring peace in the world with the very weapons that caused the death of so many of My children? Are you going to tell me that it is a deplorable necessity? Haven't you raised your diplomats for the very purpose of settling your conflicts peacefully?

Oh! Am I too long? I know you are all so busy living your life, making sure you don't arrive late at the office, or stuck in the traffic on your way home. But it is a choice you made, and, mind you, you insisted! There are lots of my children, here in spirit, who would love to share your experiences, and they will, but each in their own time. As for Me, I have all the time in the world, but I do share your concerns, and I will try to be brief. So, because you do not understand the concept of love, you fight each other, and My world is now so impregnated with negative vibrations, that I have to raise the voice to speak to My children in My own house!

And as if it weren't enough, you hide me in your churches and you worship one of your brothers as My Only Son, which is a good start, if it makes you realize that all of you are equally my Sons, and then, may be you will begin to look at each other in a different way. May be you will begin to love each other as I love you all. In the millions of years since you first manifested on this planet, you still have to understand a concept as simple as 'Love one another'!

I know what's coming. You will say that I am not fair; that there are extenuating circumstances that can justify a conflict, and even justify killing another individual, whether it is for self-defence or 'in the line of duty', as you say. And do not think I speak lightly, for I have pondered over this for eons of time. Yes, there are extenuating circumstances, and no I am not the rigid God that you think. I do understand your humanity. I do understand your fears and your fear of dying. And I do not judge you. Remember these words of the prophet I sent you: "I am in the Father as the Father is in me." Well, that applies to you too. In actuality, this means that I am in the oppressor, as well as I am in the oppressed; I am in the killer as well as I am in the victim. I was an intrinsic part of that man Hitler and all his SS, as well as I was an intrinsic part of all the Jews that were killed in their gas chambers. Here I am, a part of Myself facing the other part, and trying to decide which part I will favor and which part will be destroyed in the process!

Now do you begin to understand the predicament I am in because of you? For many thousands of years, I have remained in the background, not because I wanted to, but because you have been so engrossed in your materialistic concerns, that you could not hear My voice and even less see Me for what I am in actuality. And yet, blind and deaf that you were, you have established laws on My behalf. You have surrounded Me with a paraphernalia of icons, statues, ornaments, rites and worship that do not find their way to My throne, because that throne is in the only place you do not worship, the temple of your own body.

So, the way I see it, I just have to sit here and let you behave like the adults that you are, or that you think you are! Tell me, then, my dear children, what I should do regarding all these conflicts that you create and these wars that you fight?

Let us examine these wars that are fought in the Middle-East: for thousands of years, My children of the Jewish faith have been in constant conflict with their neighbors to 'have their place in the sun', so to speak. And to achieve this, they call upon me, they shower me with their prayers, and they ask me to give them victory, unaware of the fact that, as luck would have it, my Palestinian children of the Islamic faith have asked me the same thing, and at exactly the same time. Is it untimely enough? Now, I am asking you, One to one, what should I do? And don't open your Bible and even less your Old Testament! I am asking YOU!

You have been living your life by the book for so long, that I am not sure you have an opinion of your own. So, forget about what you learn in books, and forget about what you have been told from your pulpits of the world, and tell me frankly what I should do? Oh! you don't know! I am the One who knows! After all I am God, you say!

And yet I sent you one of your more evolved brothers, one who understood My laws, and you rejected him, because he tried to perfect the laws you had established on My behalf, and bring back a little more of this 'love and compassion' concept into your lives. He tried to remake that God of wrath and vengeance image so prominent in your Bible, and bring back into focus the Oneness that I represent. I am the God of all!

What? You say I have always been on your side throughout history? I don't recall having ever been on anyone's side...oh yes, the Old Testament! Well, at the risk of blowing your house of cards, in the eons of time you have been on this planet, never have I been on anyone's side, and never have I mingled in your petty wars and quarrels. Because you have read it in what you call my Book, you believe that I sent the plagues of Egypt and sentenced to death those who built the Golden Calf; that I helped David in his fight against Goliath and destroyed the Philistines! Because of all those materialistic beliefs, you think I am a partial God and can therefore take sides in your conflicts! THAT GOD ONLY EXISTS IN YOUR FERTILE IMAGINATION!

That you believe in ignorant teachers is your own affair, and I won't blame you for it, as it is your life and your experience, but do not ask me to approve of your biases and intolerance. Do not ask me to bless your quarrels, conflicts and wars, for I am the God of not only one people but of all people, of not only one world, but of all creation.

So, the bottom line is, if you want the truth, you have to go directly to the Source. And as I happen to be that Source I will tell you, once again, in plain english, or whatever language you will understand: Thou Shall Not Kill! I did not say, Thou shall not kill, unless... I said: THOU SHALL NOT KILL. Period. And this extends, not only to human beings, but also to the animals that I placed in your care! So, you see, my dear children, there is a long road ahead of you, but don't worry, I will be there with you each step of the way!

Not so long ago, another one of my children, a great soul named Gandhi, brought forward a doctrine according to which love, charity and non-violence should be the directing principles of humanity. What's that? Oh I understood you well! Gandhi was not a Christian! He worshipped Vishnu! But my dear children, it doesn't matter what you call me! I am God if that pleases you! I am Vishnu, Allah, the Sun if it pleases others of my children! I am the I AM, and therefore can be called any name you wish to give Me!

So, to go on with my story, this man Gandhi chose to put up a passive resistance in his fight against British oppression, for which he was emprisoned many times and finally killed in the process. And, although I did not interfere, I was, not on his side, but a hundred per cent behind him. He did not have to kill in order to prove his point or attain his goals. He merely followed the teachings of those teachers of mine you worship in your temples. And, although it did not bring a lasting peace to India, his strategy proved as successful as any war he might have fought to free his country from English domination, freedom that finally came in 1947 of your calendar years. Had he used weapons for the same purpose, England would have waged war even more relentlessly, which, of course, would have lengthen the conflict and kill more people in the process.

Did the French Revolution build anything concrete in terms of liberty, equality and fraternity? Monarchy has died on the guillotine, and with it the kings, counts, marquis and dukes of aristocracy, but only to see them rise once again in your time frame, and become the dictators, presidents, and directors of your countries or companies of the world. The names have changed, but it is the same selfishness and intolerance, and the same drive for money and power. Of what use have been all the tortures and beheadings of that revolution, and what purpose did it serve? It has been of no use, of course, and it served no other purpose than appease the hate and resentment of some people and arouse more hate and resentment in the others.

And in this country of America, did your Civil War really reached its purpose? Of course, it freed the black people from physical slavery. It gave them back a freedom to which they were rightfully entitled. Now, you might say, this is a noble goal, a goal worthy of God's blessings, of My blessings! And yet, I cried when I saw how misunderstood I was, and how materialistic you were when it came to understanding each other. Do you really feel that killing one another solved your problems? While it did solve that problem, it created other problems that were far more damageable than the previous one. Whereas before my black children were physically enslaved, now both the black and white people are mentally enslaved by all that resentment and hate aroused, on one side, by the relentless pursuit and summary executions of all those blacks who fled the South to emigrate to more friendly skies, and, on the other side, by the hundreds of thousand soldiers and civilians killed during the war.

I knew the folly of your ways, and yet I could do nothing to stop you. If I done so, I would have been enslaving you as you enslaved those of my children who happen to be of a different colour. And yet,I gave you freedom of body, mind and spirit, and in return, you enslaved your brothers and sisters of the black race. When they finally became a free people, you enslaved them, once again, with your resentment and your superiority complex. This said, I know that your war was based on good intentions, but there are limits to helping others, and the purpose of all life experiences is to gain knowledge and understanding, not to destroy those that stand in the way.

Up to now, it's not too complicated, is it? I am not a complicated God, but you are, definitely, complicated children who complicate their life when all is so simple. and so easy to understand. In any case, I am about finished with this little chat, and after all, you have a life to live!

So, what it finally comes to is this: war is despicable, be it a crusade or a fight for power, or whatever name you give it. And trust me, even though your history books tell you otherwise, it has never settled anything!

By your standards, I am very, very old, and you say that wisdom comes with age, which, of course, is not true, for you repeat the same mistakes life after life and times and times again, but the principle is there, and it is, in fact, true that wisdom comes with experience, and through trial and error, one finally comes to the understanding of the Law, which is the same for each and everyone of you. And it is Me, and yet it is not Me, that says 'Thou shall not kill'. It is that inner spark within you that constantly strives to align itself with the Source. And that Source is the Directing Principle of all things!

So look within, and there you will find the wisdom of the ages, and we can finally meet face to face, and discuss some of the things I just talked about.

I leave you with this verse from your biblical books:

"He that dwelleth within the secret place of the Most High, shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. [Psalm 91]"