Message 19: November 8, 2020

Dear children,

Today’s message is a unique one, because it concerns matters which I have not previously addressed in this manner.  It concerns hell.  That is the truth.

Now, many of you may be wondering about this choice of subject.  It is not a comfortable one to consider, is it?  Eternal damnation, punishment, suffering, torture and so forth.  That is exactly why it has to be addressed, my dear ones – to help you clear up these terrible misconceptions.

First: hell does exist, my dear ones.  I created it, so I know.

Second: it is not run by the Devil.  There is, in fact, no Devil – and if there had been, *I* would have had to have created it.  And I have not, so I know this to be a fact.  That is the truth.

Third: hell is not at all what you think it is.  It is not a place for punishment because, as I hope I have by now made clear to each and every one of you, I love you unconditionally.  I do not want or intend to punish you, and certainly not “for all eternity”.  Why, why would I do that? What does it accomplish? Do you consider me a sadist?  Do you think it is just to force someone into an eternity of pain after a mere 100 years or so of missteps?  I am shocked sometimes, truly, at the qualities of character that have been ascribed to me over the centuries.  But enough about that!

So, what is hell?  It is a place where people who enjoy harming others can have their own culture and society.  It is not a prison because no one is “forced” to go there, although it often functions like one internally: ruthless, brutal, cruel, hierarchical; no quarter is given for weakness or kindness, which are often considered to be the same thing.  Yet – it is true that not a single soul, ever, has been sent there against his or her will.  That is the truth.

Many of you will now be wondering: who in their right mind would ever voluntarily go to Hell? And the answer to that is complex, but I can give you the short version: those people who value control over freedom, power over kindness, animosity over peace, selfishness over the common good.  For them, it is not hell – it is the natural home appropriate to their self-chosen personality.  They get to play out their roles and character traits among those who are like themselves; many enjoy this “game” or pastime tremendously, growing in power and might over their peers.  I allow it, because, as I have pointed out to you many times so far, I want you all to be free.  Free to explore the Reality I have created for you to play within – howsoever you should choose to do so.  But, at a certain point, it does become necessary to separate the bullies from the good kids; not because I don’t want the bullies to have a good time – but simply because their notions of a “good time” are incompatible with that of the “good kids.”  And so, they get a place for themselves.

It is not a terrible place, by the way; all the advantages that power and control can bring are available; but don’t expect a shred of kindness to exist among its inhabitants.  If that is a place for you – if that appeals to you, and there are, obviously, those to whom it does appeal – you will be relieved to know that it’s there, waiting should you choose to enter it after your life on Earth comes to its end.

If, however, that is not the place you would choose for yourself – well then, you are also in luck, because I will never ever make you go there against your will.  Adonai, my dear ones; this concludes today’s message.