If We Don’t Resist The Aliens, Won’t They Take Over Our Earth?
(CAC General Reading - 6/23/89)
QUESTION:
A question from S.P. She writes: "I have tried to rationalize "Resist Not Evil." I now do believe that it should be obeyed in an emergency — if one is holding a loaded gun to another being’s head, then Resist Not Evil. However, as a general rule, I believe we should refute and confront evil and error. We should make sure that these "evil, negative and error-beings" are taken from planet earth and dealt with legally. This phrase may have been mis-translated or originally mis-channeled through a misunderstanding or perhaps taken out of context. Passive resistance might cause our planet to be overrun by negative forces and negative beings from outer space. What is the unequivocal truth concerning this?"
COSMIC AWARENESS:
This Awareness indicates that this as a quote from the New Testament, in Matthew, where Jesus speaks and says that you Resist Not Evil; that if one strikes you on the cheek, that you turn the other cheek.
This Awareness indicates that the meaning in this instance is that you resist not the attack of an entity who would violate you by striking back.
This Awareness indicates that this was the principle used by Gandhi in India, and it was an important part of India’s approach to becoming free of British rule, but there, of course, was a great loss of life in the process of reaching the British, the heart of the British Empire, to the point where the public opinion turned against the British in the way they were treating the people of India.
This Awareness indicates in another setting, passive resistance might not have been nearly as effective. For example, in Nazi Germany, most entities sent to concentration camps went passively, and in most cases were simply destroyed.
This Awareness indicates that if the intent or goal of these entities was to be passive in order to survive, it simply did not work. This Awareness indicates, however, it did have the effect of turning consciousness against brutality, as expressed by the Nazi regime, and perhaps has had a greater effect in the years after World War II, in preventing a reoccurrence of such a holocaust.
This Awareness indicates that essentially, however, the message is related best to the metaphorical principle some of the Oriental martial arts or new techniques that are being brought out in terms of negotiating techniques. Rather than confronting an adversary, you open yourself to hearing the message of the adversary, or open yourself to allowing the adversary to take a punch or to strike out.
This Awareness indicates in regard to martial arts, for example, you do not resist the punch — you use the punch to throw the entity off balance.
This Awareness indicates that, likewise, in regard to the concept of evil, if you are fearful that there is some evil being attacking you, the very action of becoming combative with such a force is going to give it energy. This Awareness indicates "not resisting" does not mean that you must "accept" the evil. Rather, it means that you may "defuse" the evil by not recognizing its power. Simply let it express itself and maintain your own holiness, your own purity, your own light, so that it has nothing to strike, has no resistance to battle against.
How to Speak to the Dark Force
This Awareness indicates, for example, if a so-called evil force is attacking you psychically, rather than responding with anger or hostility, you simply look at this force with the light that you can identify with, attune yourself to the highest and best that you can visualize, the Christ Light, or whatever you wish to conceive as being highest and best, and you simply look at that Dark Force with all its negativity, its fear, its hostility, and ask it: "What’s the problem?"
Or speak to it in some other terms without losing your own balance, without losing the Light within you, without becoming fearful, without trying to destroy that other force. You simply wrap it in love and in light. This Awareness indicates that in such cases, it generally defuses the power of the other force that would otherwise attack or which would be oppressive.
It is the same when you are speaking to another individual who comes at you full of anger. If you respond with like anger, that entity will simply become louder and more angry trying to top your anger. But if you respond in a soft voice, asking the angry person, "What happened, anyway? What is your problem? What can I do to help?", or if you ask: "It seems as though you’re upset about something. Do you want to talk about it?", it immediately creates an opening where the entity can unfold his anger, discuss the problem and release all the tension that he feels he would otherwise have to push upon you, but because you are receptive to hearing its to receiving it, the entity can speak freely without all of the pressure that would otherwise be necessary or which he might assume would otherwise be necessary.
This Awareness indicates that likewise, the entity who slaps you, if you turned the other cheek, for example, and the entity again slaps you on the other cheek, you might then ask: "Now, does that make you feel any better?", or "Why did you do that?", or you might ask something else, in a calm voice, and the entity will simply be disarmed by your calmness and by your non-resistance.
This Awareness indicates that this is something that can be a useful tool to avoid furthering the violence involved, furthering the hostility involved. It is basically a tool that can be used in confrontation of anger.
This Awareness indicates that of course, when you are speaking in terms of the concept of evil, which this Awareness has indicated is brought on as a problem of separateness and ignorance, but which can result in extreme violations to others; when you’re talking about this kind of wanton hostility or cold activity that harms another and you simply resist not, allowing that entity to get their kicks out of harming yourself, or another, It does not advocate that this action of an evil expression be allowed to persist, to create a victim for its own gratification.
It does not ask that entities become martyrs. There has been enough sacrifice, there have been enough martyrs.
Don’t Be A Martyr, But Make it Difficult For An Aggressor
This Awareness suggests that instead of being martyred or allowing yourself or others to be martyred by some force that is of a negative nature; that you expose the force, you open the force to attention, you give attention to that force, you discuss the issues at heart, you discuss with the entities involved or any others in such a manner as to open up for communication, if possible, so that the whole thing can be exposed in as wide an area as possible.
If, for example, you are in an automobile with an entity who is attempting to rob your person or steal your automobile or who is attempting to kidnap you; if it is possible to get close to a crowd, or if you are driving, if it is possible to drive up to the front of a police station, this kind of resistance to their ends — so that you thwart their purpose — is quite an appropriate response. You make it difficult for them to acquire or achieve what they wish to achieve. The more people you have involved, the more difficult it becomes for them to achieve their mischief.
Recognize The Non-Existence of Evil
This Awareness indicates that you cannot simply go along with something and be victimized by that thing and say that it is because you are not resisting evil. This Awareness prefers that you recognize the nonexistence of evil in the sense that it is in fact "misconception" within the minds of some entities that they are a separate being; that they are somehow set aside from the rest of the universe and in that separation they are outside of any jurisdiction of the rest of the universe.
This Awareness indicates that this is what brings about for an entity, the belief that he or she is above the law, or that the law does not have any jurisdiction over them. Those who, for example, participate in Satanic concepts and activities, do not see themselves as being involved in a universe in which all things are interconnected. Rather, they prefer to see themselves as being a separate creation, stepping outside of universal laws, having their own personal laws, so that as a separate entity not involved in the feelings or energies of others, they think they have greater power.
This Awareness indicates that it is that illusion which they must hold onto as being a separate entity, separate from everything else; separate from their victim, separate from the society; that illusion is what they hold in order to give themselves the illusion of power.
This Awareness indicates that as entities can begin to focus more of these people’s attention on their connectedness to everything else, it will help to break the myth that they are separate.
This Awareness suggests, for example, an entity who is under the illusion of being separate causes such an entity to be classed as evil and even the entity himself may believe that he or she is exhibiting evil, and may thrive in that belief.
Remind The Violator of His Connectedness
This Awareness indicates that when It speaks of separateness, It is using the terms almost synonymous to that which you call "evil," for all "evil" is really nothing more than the illusion of one’s separateness.
If one is separate in their mind, they can do things that they could not otherwise do if they felt themselves to be connected with others. In other words, if one who sees himself as a separate being is attempting to victimize another, and if it is possible for you to somehow remind that other entity of the connectedness which he or she holds, and convince the other of their connectedness, it will go far in reducing their ability to carry out mischievous plans.
This Awareness indicates, for example, a single individual who is violating you needs only to be reminded that there are other people outside, there are other people in the family, there are other entities who would not approve of what is happening here.
You need not even threaten the entity, you may simply ask the question; "Would your mother like to see you doing this?", or "Is this something that your family taught you to do?", reminding the entity of his roots, of his family, or if, in the case of some entities, he is actually expressing his violations toward you because of his mother, this might not be the best approach. It might be better to ask the entity: "Don’t you think there will be other people who will find out from this what you are doing?"
This Awareness indicates the connectedness, the reminders of an entity that he or she is connected to others often is enough to cause the entity to back off from his separateness and feelings of isolation. This Awareness indicates in the event where there are other entities involved, you may have to remind all of them of their connectedness to the rest of society and to their families, or to the potential of having this event or this activity made public. This Awareness indicates that such can alter an entity’s attitude so that the separateness feeling cannot hold long enough to carry out that which it would otherwise foster.
How To Divert a Focused Evil And Avoid Negligence
This Awareness indicates that, indeed, the concept of "resist not evil" has certain limitations. It is important not to let yourself be violated, not to let others be violated.
This Awareness indicates that negligence in allowing an entity to violate another in your presence, and doing nothing about this, actually makes you an accomplice to the crime, in some instances. This Awareness indicates that it is important that some entities understand the nature of how they can divert a focused evil so that it misses its mark, and in this way, like the martial arts expression, one can divert the energy, without resisting the energy.
The diverting of the energy is what can substitute for resistance of the energy. Thus, you either divert the energy or you allow the energy to be expressed without setting up a resistance, so long as the energy and its expression is not so violative that it prevents or harms another to any considerable degree.
For example, an entity who seeks to steal your purse, if you can simply give the entity your purse and have the entity leave, then indeed you may be more lucky than if you attempt to resist the entity and go through a great struggle.
This Awareness indicates each situation is totally different. In one instance it may turn out that you give the entity the purse and then the entity wants your life also. In another instance, you give the entity your purse and the entity leaves. In still another instance, you may find that rather than giving the entity your purse, which you need desperately to survive, you resist the entity, struggle with the entity, overcome the entity, retain your purse, and you still survive.
This Awareness indicates each situation is different.
This Awareness suggests, however, that as a general rule of thumb, your first approach should be to resist not. If that does not appear to be workable by your own discernment, then your next approach would be to divert any negative or evil energy so as not to be harmed by it, such as in a martial arts type of diversion, and if that is not satisfactory, then indeed you may find it necessary to engage in a confrontation that results in a test of wills and strengths.
This Awareness indicates that in the martial arts schools, they often teach entities that if you are being threatened, leave the area if possible, even run, if possible. If that doesn’t appear to be the proper solution, then avoid the blows being delivered, if possible, and if that isn’t sufficient, and you must strike back, then strike in a way to the least harm and still be able to disarm the entity and only strike to do harm if there is no other alternative.
This Awareness indicates that in some instances you may find that certain types of entities who are head-strongly set to destroy you or to destroy someone, require an extreme amount of resistance in order to stop them.
This Awareness indicates that this can be most dangerous for you may go overboard on the amount of resistance. This Awareness suggests the Interpreter does see an instance which can be used for an example, in which his father knew a person who went berserk when he drank, and this entity came to his father’s trailer at one point in a berserk rage, and his father bopped him on the head with a hammer, enough to knock the entity down. It was an extreme action. It did not kill the entity. Had the strike with the hammer been even stronger, it might have done so, and this could have been extremely difficult and made a much worse situation.
This Awareness indicates there is this thing that is necessary in all relationships called "discernment."
One must be able to discern how much resistance, how much force to use in resisting attacks toward oneself, and to put the priority on non- resistance is the first approach. If that doesn’t work, then indeed further and more aggressive action may be necessary.
This Awareness reminds you that Jesus walked into the temple in which the moneychangers were busy. He did not walk in with flowers. He walked in with a whip. Was this resisting evil?
This Awareness indicates that all these rules have exceptions under certain circumstances, and if one gets hung up too much in the rule and does not discern sufficiently according to one’s own assessment of reality, one’s rules can cause one great difficulties.
This Awareness suggests you remember that all laws and all rules have their exceptions, depending on the case or situation that comes up.
Love One Another (Difficult When Being Tortured)
This Awareness indicates, for example, a good rule of thumb is that entities love one another, but it is very difficult to love someone who is, for example, burning your chest with cigarettes or torturing you in some way.
This Awareness indicates that such a situation is likely to call forth some other action of resistance or struggle to overcome the power of that entity. Can one say: "Hey! I have to continue letting this entity burn me because I love him?", or one can say: "I must overcome this entity’s threats to my life, the entity’s torture to my body for I will not tolerate this because I love myself also, and I cannot let this person continue doing this if I really love this person, because it is not good fur him or anyone else that I be tortured by this entity."
This Awareness indicates that all of these rules have certain exceptions. They are created for normal situations, not for the abnormal situations, and as situations become more and more abnormal, the rules tend to apply less.
This Awareness suggests however, that entities may find that most of these rules apply more often than they would expect. Most entities prefer to grab the whip — the resistance factors — prematurely and would be better off using non-resistance a little more often in their relationships. But there comes a time in which nonresistance needs to be coupled with some more aggressive approach.
This Awareness indicates that the actions of Gandhi, for example, even in expressing non-resistance, by letting these entities strike them with clubs, this entity resisted. The very action of going on hunger strikes was an action of resistance. It was a passive resistance, but there is resistance involved in these actions. Thus, entities should understand that you cannot take these rules of thumb and apply them literally to the extreme.
This Awareness indicates that in this instance, and with this understanding, the questioner’s assessment of the Law of Love and the statement of Jesus in which he said "Resist Not Evil" these are expressions of a general rule of thumb that have many exceptions, depending on the situation.
