There have been many important spiritual books that have been written over the time that humans have existed on this planet. These books have been inspired; the inspirations have come through dreams, visions, meditations and the wisdom has been gained by those who have sought to find a better way. As many as there are people in the world, there are as many ways to interpret these books – the Bible, the Quran, the Torah, the Gita, and others. But if you would examine them and reduce them all to a simplified lesson or purpose – for each book does have only one purpose, you know – then you would find that they are all saying the same thing. They are giving ways and means, interpretations, lessons and examples for anyone who reads these holy books to become a loving person. Learning how to get along with each other in the world, learning how to overcome the inadequacies and difficulties within the self and giving insight into the spiritual workings that lie beyond the physical understanding; in short, they are saying treat other human beings in the same way that you would like to be treated yourself. And in all the various postures, times, predicaments and experiences in which you would find yourself throughout your lifetime, treat others the same way. The great message or the great realization is that whatever you do, whatever you say, you bring to yourself: good thoughts, good deeds, good works bring to yourself goodness. Bad thoughts, bad deeds, bad works bring to yourself badness. When one wakes up, they come to the realization themselves, whether they have read holy books or not.

     There is no need to attempt to interpret these books, which in themselves have been interpreted and adulterated, added and deleted from throughout the ages, but it is only necessary that you come to be as loving a person as possible. Be prudent and practical when dealing with others. For instance it might be said if I am being attacked, would I not defend myself? The answer is of course, yes. There is no need in defending yourself to go for the head and maim the attacker, when all you need to do is kick them in the shin. Learning how to defend yourself, learning how to function in the physical world, is part and parcel in becoming a more loving soul yourself. But sometimes it is necessary for you to do things that you must go through. Thy God is a loving and just God. There are no injustices in the world, as you know it. Each receives exactly what they give forth. Therefore in the world sometimes it is necessary to be indifferent to others. Sometimes it is necessary that others must solve their own problems, even unto the death. Sometimes it is necessary to turn away from those who will not listen, have no interest in improving, and who are only interested in themselves. They are still wallowing in the darkness and have not perceived the light.

     It is a complicated thing, but it is a simple thing. Would you not like yourself to learn? In doing so, you must allow others to learn in the same way. For it is better for a child to skin their knee in falling off a bicycle than to lose its life driving the bicycle in front of an automobile. Lessons in life are practical. To be practical, in all the holy books, is to look for that which is common to all of them. And it is simply that each of us enters into the world to learn how to be more loving. There is no need to look in the book, for you can be inspired through meditation, or dreams or the communications that lie beyond the conscious mind. There is no separation between yourself and God, nor should anyone attempt to become an intermediary between the self and God. You have direct access to the greater consciousness, to God almighty. Look at the holy books as things that have been condensed to uniform and universal truths. If you study all of them, you will find the same thoughts, the same words, the same meanings – perhaps in different languages, but they are saying the same thing. To be a loving person means to take responsibility for the self and others. But like a parent, know when to assist and when not, to understand the difference between intervention and interfering, to know that all actions you take are gentle but on occasion they may cause difficulty to others. But it is in this that your action is not out of jealousy, malice, anger or harm, but as you are ever attempting to assist, to teach and to help. Then you can do the difficult things in the world you exist in, with a degree of peace that you might enjoy all aspects of God: health, wealth and peace of mind. If you ask yourself: would God approve of what I am about to do, then do it. This is what the meaning of the holy books is.