My Friend, Bo Lozoff

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Bo & Sita had a pretty wild lifestyle in the early days, one that took them within a hair's breath of landing in prison. Bo's brother did land there and may still be there.

Most of you know I was in prison for quite a long period (at least to me, but the people there called it "Baby Time".) I was even good friends w/ the first woman ever put on America's Most Wanted. One learns to look at the here & now and not think of the past deeds of others, weel, most others.

One day I stumbled across one of his books. He told me land and fences weren't what my prison was, it was my soul. I could fly like a bird and be free in my mind if I only learned to take one moment at a time. I wrote to him (mail is a rare thing there and one does anything to get it.) I got a response that turned into a still growing long-distance friendship.

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I love this letter. To me it is the essence off belief. It isn't what name we call or maker by: God, Allah, yahweh, The Great Spirit, Buddha, whatever. It is only that we believe. And all these religions have one thing in common, treat others as you
would have them treat you......
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Date: Eternity

From: GOD

To: My Children on Earth

Re: Idiotic religious rivalries

My Dear Children (and believe me, that's all of you),

I consider myself a pretty patient Guy. I mean, look at the Grand Canyon. It took millions of years to get it right. And how about evolution? Boy, nothing is slower than designing that whole Darwinian thing to take place, cell by cell and gene by gene. I've even been patient through your fashions, civilizations, wars and schemes, and the countless ways you take Me for granted until you get yourselves into big trouble again and again.

But on this occasion of My Son's birthday, I want to let you know about some things that are starting to tick me off.

First of all, your religious rivalries are driving Me up a wall. Enough already! Let's get one thing straight: These are your religions, not Mine. I'm the Whole Enchilada; I'm beyond them all. Every one of your religions claims there's only one of Me (which, by the way, is absolutely true). But in the very next breath, each religion claims it's My favorite one. And each claims its bible was written personally by me, and that all the other bibles are man-made. Oh, Me. How do I even begin to put a stop to such complicated nonsense?

Okay, listen up now: I'm your Father and Mother, and I don't play favorites among My Children. Also, I hate to break it to you, but I don't write. My longhand is awful, and I've always been more of a "doer" anyway. So all your books, including the bibles, were written by men and women. They were inspired, remarkable people, but they also made mistakes here and there. I made sure of that, so that you would never trust a written word more than your own living Heart.

The Rest of the Letter (http://www.humankindness.org/godletter.html)