CHRISTMAS MESSAGE
through Pietro Ubaldi (Christmas of 1931)
from the book “Spiritual Messages”*
In the silence of the Holy Night, listen to me. Set aside all your knowledge and memories; set yourself aside and forget everything. Surrender to my voice; inert, empty, in nothingness; in the complete silence of space and time. In this void, hear my voice telling you — rise and speak: It is I.
Rejoice in my presence: it is a great good for you; a great reward that you have truly deserved. It is that sign which you have so invoked from this larger world in which I live and in which you have believed. Do not ask my name; do not try to identify me. You could not; no one could. Do not attempt a futile hypothesis. You know that I am always the same.
My voice, which to your ears is gentle, as it is friendly to all the little ones who suffer in the shadows, can also be vibrant and thunderous, like you have never felt before. Do not worry; write. My words reach the depths of consciousness and touch the soul of those who listen in their innermost being. It will only be heard by those who have become capable of hearing it. For the others, it will be lost in the immense clamor of life. However, it does not matter: it must be spoken.
I speak today to all the righteous of the Earth and call them from all parts of the world, in order to unify their aspirations and prayers in an offering that rises to Heaven. Let no barrier of religion, nationality, or race divide them, for the day is not far when there will be only one division among men: just and unjust.
The division lies within the depths of consciousness and not in your outer, visible appearance. All those who sincerely wish to understand it do understand. Each person intimately knows themselves, without their own neighbor being able to perceive it.
My word is universal, but it is also an intimate, personal appeal to each individual. Many will recognize it.
A great transformation is approaching for the life of the world. My voice is unique; however, others will rise, very soon, increasingly stronger, settling in all parts of the world, so that no one lacks guidance.
Do not fear; write and observe. Behold the trajectory of human events: it extends into the future. Whoever is not trapped in your iron cages of space and time naturally sees the future. What I expose to your sight is also coherent according to your human logic and, therefore, understandable to you.
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Peoples, as much as individuals, have a responsibility in historical transformations, which follow a logical course; there is a chain of historical causes that, if they are free in their premises, are necessary in their consequences.
The law of justice, an aspect of universal balance, under whose governance everything takes place, including in your world, requires that balance be restored and that faults and errors be corrected through pain. What you call evil or injustice is the natural and just reaction that neutralizes the effects of your actions. Everything is desired, everything is deserved, although you are not prepared to remember the “how” and the “when.” Your world is full of pain because it is a savage world: a place of suffering and trials. But do not fear pain, for it is the only truly great thing you possess. It is the instrument you have for the conquest of your redemption and your liberation. Blessed are those who suffer, as Christ told you.
Scientific progress, the main fruit of your time, will continue to advance in the material field. However, it is accumulating energy, wealth, and tools for a new and great explosion. Imagine to what extent mechanical progress will reach, expanding even more, if it has already achieved so much in just a few years! In truth, distances will no longer exist: different peoples will communicate in such a way that there will be a single society.
The human mind, however, changes direction from time to time, experiencing cycles, periods, and in these various phases, it must face different problems. The future contains not only continuations but transformations: consequences of a natural process of saturation. Your scientific progress tends to become, and will become, so hypertrophic — because it is not counterbalanced by parallel moral progress — that balance cannot be maintained in historical events. The human domain over the forces of nature has grown and, unprecedented in history, will continue to grow. Immense power will be in the hands of Man, but he is not morally prepared for it, because unfortunately, your psychology is, in essence, the same as the dark Middle Ages. It is a power too great and new for your inexperienced hands.
Men will be dominated by such an expanded sense of pride and strength that he will betray himself. The disproportion between your power and the ethical height of your life will become more and more pronounced, because every day that passes is irresistibly for you, who have thrown yourselves in this direction, a day of material progress.
Ideas are launched in time with a mass that is unique to them, just like bolides in space. I perceive a slow yet constant increase in tension, which foreshadows the inevitable explosion of lightning. This explosion is the ultimate consequence, even according to your logic, of all movement. Disproportion and imbalance cannot last; the Law demands that they be resolved in a new equilibrium. Just as the last molecule of ice causes the gigantic iceberg to collapse, so too will a single spark ignite the fire. In the past, historical cataclysms could be contained due to the isolation of peoples; now, they cannot. Many who are being born will witness it.
However, destruction is necessary. There will be destruction only of what is form, encrustation, crystallization of everything that must disappear, so that only the idea that synthesizes the value of things remains. A great baptism of pain is necessary, in order that humanity may recover the balance freely violated: great evil, condition of a greater good.
After this, humanity, purified, lighter, more selective for having lost its worst elements, will gather around the unknown ones who suffer and sow in silence today, resuming the path of ascension, renewed. A new era will begin; the spirit will dominate, and not the matter, which will be reduced to captivity. Then, you will learn to see us and to hear us; we will descend in multitude and you will know the Truth.
Enough for now; go and rest. I will return; but remember that my word is made of kindness and only a purpose of kindness can attract me. Where there is only curiosity, desire for excitement, frivolity, or even skeptical scientific research, I will not be there. Only kindness, love, and pain attract me.
I preside over the spiritual progress of your planet, and for spiritual progress, an act of kindness holds more value than a scientific discovery. Do not invoke the proof of the miracle when you can possess that of reason and faith. It is your baseness that leads you to admire as a sign of truth and power, the exception that violates the divine order. If this can amaze and convince you, anarchists and rebels, for us in the Heights, it constitutes the most strident and offensive dissonance; it is the most repugnant violation of the supreme order in which we rest and in whose harmony we vibrate, happily. Do not seek such proof; recognize it, rather, in the quality of my words.
To everyone I say: Peace!
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*message translated from the 6th Brazilian edition
