Jesus: I Speak to You Again

Chapter 102

The Bird of the Soul Is in Present Captivity in the Cage

My teachings are not meant to frighten anyone; they are here to help you discover the true peace within yourself. These teachings will only unsettle those who seek to satisfy their selfish desires at the expense of others, even at my expense, as your religious leaders often do. They use my name and the religion they claim to represent in my name to control you and manipulate your feelings. They keep you trapped, like a beautiful bird yearning for freedom, longing to soar through the sky for which it was made. This bird desires to feel the joy of flight, to experience the rush of the wind lifting it higher and higher as it spreads its wings. These winds are like the currents of the Father’s love, felt by those who have discovered Him within themselves and who trust Him with all their hearts.

When this happens, the soul breaks free from its cage. It is then that the soul can truly spread its wings, soaring on these currents of love to such heights that it can see the beauty of creation and feel the bliss of the Father’s love—a love it might have only heard about while still confined in its cage.

This cage is made up of rigid traditions and empty rituals that keep the soul’s wings bound, unable to rise. The soul becomes afraid even to listen to the stories of others who have found the freedom to fly. And your current religious leaders are not much different from the Pharisees of my time. They, too, feared my message and blocked the ears of those who thirsted for freedom. As my teachings began to draw more people seeking truth, they shut the doors of the synagogues to me. I was not allowed to share the word of God in the very houses of worship. This was done not by those considered ignorant of God, but by the scholars and teachers of the scriptures—those who claimed to guide others in the word of God. They should have seen beyond the limitations of their teachings, yet they were the ones who barred my way.

Today, your religious leaders—your priests and theologians—behave in much the same way. They hold you captive with their interpretations of ancient texts, not allowing you to spread your wings and find your own experiences of the Father and me. Even the scriptures should not be confined to the rigid interpretations of dogmatic leaders. The houses of worship, dedicated to the Father, should welcome all believers, not just those of a single tradition.

You will never draw closer to one another if you do not open the doors of your places of worship to those from different faiths, allowing them to pray alongside you. Instead, each group builds its own house of prayer, locked within its own rituals. True understanding will remain out of reach until you find the Father within yourselves, until His love flows through you and unites you. While the Father’s love is not yet fully awakened in you, you can start by finding a smaller, even if imperfect, way to connect with each other. Begin by sharing your prayer spaces. Start with those of you who use my name for your religion.

In this way, you will start to engage with each other more often. And the closer the interactions, the deeper the understanding of one another. The more you understand, the sooner you will see that you are not so different after all. You will see that you are brothers and sisters in spirit, only separated by different rituals and languages.

You already know this is possible because some among you, moved by the Father’s love, have formed families that transcend religious differences. This same love that draws you to one person can transform a soul full of fear into a brave soul, ready to embrace love in a new family. In such families, even the differences in religious practices can become less of a barrier, softened by the love that flows between them. When a child is born to such a family, parents often become more open-minded, not wanting their child to suffer by having to choose between their faiths. Each parent lovingly shares their own beliefs, enriching the child’s understanding. The child, exposed to both, grows up without the same fear of other religions that might be found in a home where only one tradition is practiced.

Parents who truly love do not demand that their child choose one faith over the other. The Father’s love within them turns what might seem like irreconcilable differences into a shared journey, where they explain their beliefs to each other and their child with kindness.

This same approach can extend to the broader community if you are willing to open your houses of prayer to one another. Share these spaces, even if it means taking turns. It is likely that many people would choose to stay during the prayer services of others, something they might not dare to do now. Such an experience would help you understand each other’s rituals and traditions more deeply and bring you closer together. Working together to maintain and care for these shared spaces would also create opportunities to connect outside of formal worship times, fostering deeper bonds.

This step may be difficult for religious leaders, as they risk losing their influence. But it can be done by sincere believers. And through this, they too may find themselves freer, able to learn from one another. It could become natural for them to invite each other to their services, sharing their experiences and listening to the teachings not only from their own leaders but from those who lead in different ways.