2011-07-05-Reforming Criminals

Session

Lesson

Thought Adjuster: “Some of you have wondered if criminals can truly be reformed, and the answer is that it depends on the criminal. Each and every one of you can choose how to recover from your mistakes and know what to do after you have made a wrong decision. However, it is not possible to make somebody else do something they don’t want to do.

“What is needed in these cases is patience and faith – patience to let time take its course once the seeds of truth have been planted in the hearts of those who are confused – faith to leave the outcomes to the Father, since He is the only one who works within the heart of everybody, trying to make us better every day.

“You are the hands and feet of God; His representatives in this world. You should do everything the Father would do, if in your place, for those who have been found guilty by your justice system. Consider now how many of those so-called criminals did know a better way? How many of them had the advantage of life’s examples to inspire them to be better each day? Very few among them made their wrong decisions while fully grasping the consequences of their actions.

“May you – the spiritual students – be the examples that illuminate the way to those who are lost. May your lives become the explanation of a better way of living, which those conflicted souls need to understand. Do you want an alternative to your jails, your punishment, your death penalty? Send those criminals to live with the most spiritual and most religious among you. Invite them to be part of the families of those who are closer to the Father and where each family member is trying to achieve their purpose in life while living dedicated to the will of God. You can be sure that even those who have made mistakes will receive the light when exposed to examples of living that are a reflection of our Father.

“All of you really love truth, beauty, and goodness, even if you don’t know them or don’t know how to express them. A confounded mind that has only known error and suffering will not want to regress again after experiencing love. This is what you can do for those spiritual infants among you. Do not abandon them. Instead, hold them even closer, so they can learn to appreciate truth and find the light within their own being.

“Now that you have an alternative, a better method to reform your less favored siblings, who of you would dare to put this into practice? What do you think would be better, destroy a life because of one mistake, or use that mistake to build a new, glorious, and enlightened life with eternity potential?

“Use your intelligence to minimize the potential risks of this new alternative to punishment. Make sure that those who will take advantage of this new opportunity are of sound mind. If a mental issue is suspected, medicine and science should first deal with the problem, before an attempt at reform. Love will conquer all, and it should provide the energy and the motivation for all the worthwhile enterprises of your life in this world. In this way you will have the necessary drive to accomplish true miracles.”