Maybe they teach you that you are poor, defenceless little bodies of flesh and that you must consume more and more stuff, and spend your lives trying to make ends meet, and that you must obey all sorts of worthless laws and procedures in order to be safe. Yet has it made you any safer?

Life on planet Earth has brought you all of this misery and more. So how you are going to free yourselves? By waving a red, white and blue flag? Come on, beloveds, you are more intelligent than to believe that. Whether you wave the American flag or the Israeli flag or the Iraqi flag, do you not see that you remain stuck in illusions?

Beloveds, there are no enemies. When are you going to wake up to this truth? There is only God and his/her/its incredible universe of wonder and delight.

No, we are not asking you to deny the atrocities and pretend they didn't happen. We are not asking you to walk around in airy-fairy land, singing a happy tune while your neighbour gets raped. We are not asking you to smile and offer flowers while your governments continue to oppress their peoples. However, within your hearts, dear ones, we are asking you to forgive and forgive completely.

If you believe the story that Jesus, as he was dying on the cross, uttered the words "Father, forgive them for they know not what they do", then today let's all take turns being Jesus on that cross; one last time.

Go ahead and crucify yourselves one last time. You might as well, because you do it every time you harbour resentment and grievances against Anyone.

So today, let's climb up on that cross one last time and utter the words, "Forgive them, for they know not what they do." In fact, let's even go one step further. Let's forgive them even if they Do know what they do. Ooohhh. That's even harder, isn't it. But what a great lesson to learn. No matter what the mind-set of the perpetrator, we can still forgive.

Forgiveness acknowledges that we are spirit. Forgiveness acknowledges that we know the truth of who and what we are. Forgiveness acknowledges that the past can be let go, and the eternal present can be embraced.

In this eternal moment is everything you have been searching for. But you cannot realize and be aware of this eternal moment if you are harbouring thoughts of hate toward anyone, anywhere.

Forgive Hitler, forgive Stalin, forgive Saddam, forgive your parents, forgive your church, forgive your government, forgive your past lovers, and most importantly, forgive Yourself.

Every one of you on Earth has made mistakes or errors in judgment. Every one of you has experienced some form of suffering or pain. Forgive it all, today, completely, and without reservation.

Keep forgiving it each and every time an unloving thought enters your mind. It does not matter whether the thought is 'justified' or not. Is there anything that can justify you being stuck in illusions, while the Love of God completely surrounds you, unable to penetrate your shield of hate?

My beloved friend and teacher, Sananda, did not die for your sins. He died from illusions and awoke in truth. He forgave all of you. Isn't it time to complete his mission and forgive the world?

Do not leave one speck of unforgiveness anywhere in your holy mind and heart. Release yourself from illusions today. Make today your day of liberation from all forms of judgment, guilt and shame.

You are children of God. You were created in the perfect image and likeness of your Creator. You are Gods in your own right.

You have been miscreating by allowing unforgiving thoughts to pollute your minds, and what you see around you is the result. All the hate, prejudice, malice, greed, competition, anger, terror, control, manipulation, grief, frustration, anxiety, worry, resentment and grievance you see around you is the result of holding unforgiving thoughts. Isn't it time to let them go?

You have legions of angels, archangels, ascended masters and universal teachers available in the higher realms to help with this. All you need do is ask and they will come to your side in service. Ask today for the help you need and deserve. They will never refuse a sincere call for help. That is why they are here; to help lift you out of your self-made prison of grievance and resentment.

I, Leah, on behalf of the entire Confederation, will answer your call today and help lift you out of your sorrow and misery. We do not interfere in your free will, but if you use your free will to ask for our help, we are here. We can send you energy and ideas that will save you from impending disasters brought on by your leaders. You must act on our energy and ideas and save yourselves. We will guide and assist you every step of the way, but we will not make your decisions for you.

It is time for you to stand up and say 'enough' to your leaders. They are leading you off the edge of a cliff. They are the blind leading the blind. Today, you can stop being the blind followers and start opening your eyes to a new way of living. Today you can truly start creating Heaven on Earth by letting go of everything and everyone who has ever harmed you in any way.

Let's all say is in unison: "Father, forgive them for they know not what they do."

How to balance forgiveness with living impeccably in the third-dimensional world. How do you forgive everyone without becoming a doormat for those who would take advantage of you.

Let me refer you to your pop psychology and specifically to a principle known as separating the behaviour from the person.

When we practice forgiveness, we are not condoning destructive or inappropriate behaviour. We are merely recognizing two things:

1. That the perpetrator of the behaviour is a child of God, as deserving of love as you or anyone else;
2. That in the ultimate scheme of things, what they are doing does not matter, because as a child of God, you (and the perpetrator) cannot be harmed in any way.

"But Leah" I hear you protesting, "that may be true where you're from, but here on Earth it feels darn lousy what so-and-so has done to me."

Oh yes, the experience of victimhood. There is no doubt that being a victim seems awfully real when you are stuck in 3D. However, in order to heal the belief in victimhood, you must learn to step outside yourselves far enough to realize that from God's perspective all is in Divine Order.

Always has been, is now and always will be. Entering into that perspective is the healing you seek. Within that state of awareness, there is truly nothing that can assail you.

Now, back to the question at hand. 'The meek shall inherit the Earth', 'turn the other cheek' and 'walk an extra mile with your brother's unreasonable requests' (okay, I paraphrased that last one), do not mean that you become powerless and directionless and let others decide your fate for you.

These statements also do not mean that you roll over and play dead, letting others rule your life. In fact, they do not even mean that you should stand silently by while a crime is being committed. Actually, these statements have very little to do with whether or not you should take action to remedy a wrongful situation. These statements refer to a state of mind.

No matter what is occurring on your planet, remaining in a non-judgemental frame of mind is essential to your spiritual freedom. Beloveds, you may be called upon to act to prevent a tragedy. You may be called upon to get involved in a dispute. But you must do so from a non-judgemental state of mind.

You must not get emotionally involved in the drama. Turning the other cheek means that you recognize that nothing can truly hurt you, and so it does not matter whether one cheek is assailed or two cheeks are assailed.

In your writings, 'The Life and Teachings of the Masters of the Far East', Jesus merely extends his hand toward the advancing army, sending them a beam of loving light, and they turn on themselves and destroy themselves.

Did he destroy them? No. But the power and presence of his outstretched arm, and the energy he commanded, went forth and created an invisible barrier in front of the advancing army. The army, being filled with hate, could have stopped and retreated, but instead they needed an outlet for their anger, and the only outlet available was each other.

Did Jesus cause this violence? No, but he triggered it. He did not simply lie down and let the horses run over his body and the swords enter the flesh of those he was guarding. Even on the cross, he was not powerless.

Yes, he allowed them to crucify him. Perhaps to some that could be taken as letting others walk all over him. But that was not his point in allowing the punishment to go forward.

Beloveds, you do not always know what the best course of action will look like until you take it. If you truly Trust God within to perform the highest and best action, then whatever you do will be correct and appropriate.

Putting your body or mind in danger is not usually the best way to learn that you are safe. Sure, it can be done. You are capable of doing what Jesus did on the mountain with his outstretched hand. But that was an extreme case, as was the crucifixion. Rarely will you be called upon to protect yourself in such a manner.

Most of the time you will simply be guided in ways to avoid creating that situation in the first place. As you rely more and more on your own God Presence within, you will find that you rarely need psychic protection and you rarely create unpleasant encounters with other souls.

Even if another soul attacks you, it will have little consequence for you. Unless he comes at you with a knife or gun, you will likely let the verbal assaults go right through you, recognizing that the brother (or sister) is simply stuck in illusions.

You will then pray that they will awaken from their illusions and become aware of God's Love in and around them.

Dear ones, does this help? Obviously we of the Confederation cannot address every specific incidence of violence or aggression and what to do as a response. However, I think we have given you something to think about and ponder upon.

In the name of the Most Radiant One, I am Leah, always at your service.

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