Chapter 7: The Dead and the Pretenders

“Be very careful with the delusional,” she said, “They are like children who don't remember what they are told and merely want to enjoy being children. Do not hate any child especially one of Their children. Are they not just children like you were once. Otherwise they will learn your hate and return with agitators to destroy you and your memory from the earth were that possible. Be as patient with them as They are. Never tire of telling them it changes nothing for them to ask to be forgiven by anyone and never change their minds about what they did wrong. Just do it calmly with confidence in the truth.

But be even more gentle with the dead or they will hate you and Them and then they may never turn and be changed into living beings. Don't scream hateful words at them! If they are dead there is probably a lot of haters around them in their environment and the don't listen to them either. It is not your place to make their torment even worse than it was. But try not to leave anyone in worse shape than they were when you met them. And if they reject you remember they have rejected Them first, why wouldn't they reject you.

But if you do make them worse off don't you owe it to them to heal any injury you have caused? And if they will not even talk to you ask Them to restore the ones you injured as well as ask Them to forgive your error and remember to change your mind about what you have done asking Them to show you how to behave with anyone else you meet that are like them.

Always minimize the evil you cause and learn from your mistakes. They can teach you anything. Give no one room to making them fear you nor turn to the agitators made by the Nemesis to get even. Instead help them get even at the very least. Accept the blame when you err and fear not the consequences. But try not to owe anyone any debt at all. If it is money, give them back even more than you cheated them. It is better you be broke than to create an enemy of Them. And if you give enough in your generosity you may deter them from hating you.

Do not do like the apostates who have no interest in Them, but only what they stand to gain from Them. They love you. Will They refuse to be generous with you? And should They only give you what you need, ask the Light to show you what you are doing wrong. Are you sure you are being generous and not merely looking to exalt yourself or gain some other reward for what you should be willing to do for nothing if you love Them even though you were to receive nothing in return.

Learn from Them instead of the empty words of the apostates or even your own worthless ambitions and conceit. You who truly love Them why would you want to behave like those who hate Them or even little children. Are you not mature lovers of the Light and the rest of Them. They never treat anyone unfairly. So why do you entertain notions of having been slighted. Even if they kill you, will not They raise you to the next dimension with them, even Moses' notion of Heaven and Paradise.”

“But I don't like being told what to do or how to live my life! You make too many rules!” Frank Li said.

“Then do what you must do,” she said, “Be what you are. These are just some things I have already learned from Them. You do not even need to love Them if you do not want to. It is up to you. Anything else is like the apostates who rarely turn anyone from hating Them even if they are receptive to it and when they do it is by shear accident. Be real, whatever you do. Whether you love Them or not, isn't it better to know what you are doing? If I hurt you in anyway, let me know how I have hurt you, and I will make it right with you. How have I hurt you, Frank Li?”

“It is like you are trying to overwhelm me! And I didn't like it and Iwas offended by it,” he said.

“Forgive me. That was not my intention. I merely wanted to share what I did with you. If you never do it. That is your own business, not mine, though I would have rather had you receive my instruction of course. Perhaps it was not intended for you, but one of our writer's readers? Everything you read that is true might not be for you personally. If you were a baby would I want you to eat something your system couldn't handle yet? But if I speak and adults hear me are you not free to eat like a baby if that is what you are. But you will be an adult someday I hope, Frank Li. The Spirit will remind you of what I said then. But remember a word to the wise is enough for an adult, but sometimes a child needs stricter measures. By behaving like an infant will not your punishment be stricter than a strange adults on the street? Do you understand now, Frank Li? I mean you no harm.”

“I understand, but it bothers me to think that someday I will have to follow all them rules,” he said.

“Physically you are not a toddler, Frank. How many more rules are you expected to live by even by the dead liars in your government? Now I know you hate their rules. I do too. But physically I follow them too for I can without offending Them and I avoid going to jail in order to be free to teach you, Frank. Fear not any rule that leads you closer to Them. By the time you are mature you should understand them as no-brainers and they will not even seem to be rules to you. All I ask of you is that you be real and really love Them as much as you can, given who you are.

The apostates love to criticize us, but they are just little children at best pretending to be mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers, friends and enemies. How else may they abandon such childish ways and become adults one day? But they will always be children if they do not change their minds and become real lovers of each other and Them. Pretending to love one another is ridiculous. It is a form of genuine hatred as anyone can see by the behavior it produces. But be not fooled many apostates are not physically children, but even old men and women who have been pretending all their lives.”

“I think I understand, but it still hurts,” Frank said.

“Will They refuse to take that pain away if you ask Them?” she said.

“They are not like the dead who love to show favoritism to those they desire without considering the feelings of the others. My entire life is a sort of test I cannot fail even if I do poorer on it than anyone else in the room. Now I get it. The only way I could flunk the test is not to be able to understand the words in the questions or refuse to take it at all for some reason,” Frank Li said.

“Well done,” she said, “You have already passed. All that is left is to see how much further you can go now, or wait until you're older or in some other way more than ready.”

“Thank you,” he said. “But what is your name?”

“When you get to the next dimension where the King of all is you will know me,” she said, “But for now, it is for your own good you do not know it, for we do not know who is reading what your writer is writing. The dead and he apostates love to mock our names to their own detriment.”

“What about my name?” Frank Li said.

“You will be given a new name when the dead and the pretenders are destroyed or in Hell,” she said, “They cannot even hear us there and we will have no desire to even remember them much less listen to them even for mere entertainment.

I tell you a mystery. They are so much like ghosts they can see them, hear them and play with them. What is the difference between them and the ghosts they entertain? Very little or none? Do not listen to any of them, but the Spirit. He is one of Them.”

“Aren't you afraid the dead and the pretenders will try using these things?” Frank Li asked.

“No!” she said in her surprise, “They would ease their torment if they do it, if it is even possible without Them. Don't be silly, Frank. They would never even consider doing it!”

Then she laughed saying, “To them it is foolishness and they either shake there heads at them or laugh imagining they are mocking Them when actually they do nothing. But if they would do it, it would go better for them. How else can they or anyone else learn the benefits They have for them? Even thinking a prayer to Them is a step closer to forming a relationship with Them. Would They refuse to answer such a prayer? I think not!”