Suicide

WED., SEPT. 29, 1982, 6:00 AM
FARM, STUDY

You did hear, o son, another title, and that is one I shall develop with you soon. But this is a good and pertinent one, also… one you shall be dealing with in class tomorrow. I have told you some things (go ahead, but be more aware as We proceed… I don’t like this way of expression) about this taking of one’s own life, and you are remembering a portion of a dream you just experienced. This shall include reiterations, as well as new observations.

One of the important bits of knowledge that I offered you before is that the major factor, for Me, in a suicide, is the motivation of the person. As in all matters I am most concerned with what is in your heart… or your spirit… and less concerned about the exact content of the behavior. As Jesus, I said, “He who saves his life shall lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake shall find it.” This did not refer directly to suicide, but it could.

If you would take your life, clearly and conscientiously dedicating it to Me, I would be accepting. Or if you did so unselfishly and for the benefit of others, this, too, would be accepted. In your dream there was an original reason for your contemplated suicide, but as you got close to actually doing it you could not remember what that reason was, and thus there was no spirit beyond the act. Without clear, proper motivation the taking of your own life would be an abomination.

There was another aspect of the dream that you should consider also. A reason for rejecting the act was the thought of the painful process. Your mind was functioning well, warning you of potential pain. And thus your motivation for a good act – maintaining life and rejecting suicide – was a selfish, spiritless one. The best that could be said is that you maintained life that you might serve Me and others in some new and better ways.

Suicide brings one quickly into My presence. The motives, however mixed, are sorted out and examined. No immediate judgment is made, for the final judgment is that of one’s own spirit, or immortal soul. Some souls are “harder on themselves” than I would be. And yet when the motivations are mainly unselfish and not selfishly masochistic I love such spirits.

Many lives of pain and sacrifice are led by souls who wish to atone for a previously selfish suicide. Ultimately this is not necessary, but, depending on where a person is along the path toward spiritual enlightenment and the unconditional acceptance of grace, it, the painful, sacrificial life, may be a means of growth. And of such, I do approve.