Welcome to our Open Forum, where we consider some important questions that arise from our Spiritual Path... this month we’ll examine the concept that
The Devil lives in our fears and anger
As a Spiritual Teacher I am well aware that Dark Forces - call them evil or even demonic energies if you like - are very active at the moment ... all we have to do is look at the news and see how much violence, how much anger, how much abuse is rampant throughout the world...
And we - our nation that was founded on great humanitarian and spiritual principles, this nation that is first among all others, we who are the leaders in so many areas... we are as contaminated as the rest ... But just maybe - maybe - there is still a bright Light that lives within our hearts... maybe
There was a news article recently that shared the struggles of an elderly woman and her dogs, who ended up living out of her car because her rent had escalated to the point where she could no longer afford it... and as she diligently looked for other accommodation, found that many apartments no longer take pets...
So, here she was, sitting outside her car in this parking lot, with her most basic belongings [and her loving pets] trying to figure out what to do ...
Oh yes, that most important question - what to do now ...
She wasn’t begging, she wasn’t throwing a pity-fit, she was not bitching, moaning and complaining... no, she was just sitting there ... thinking ...
[and what happened next is why I still hope for our people ...]
Two women, just out shopping, saw her sitting there...and without any hesitation approached her - simply out of concern, out of basic human concern for her wellbeing... and asked: “Are you Ok ?”
Such a simple question...
And received just as simple an answer : “Yes, I’m Ok”
[Really ! sitting in a parking lot with your possession and your dogs in the middle of our most wonderfully cold weather...this is being ok ?!? ... but I digress]
