The challenge of life gets to people I think, for my own
comfort and solace I find refuge in the life of a Buddhist monk, which makes me
thankful for the simple luxuries I do have.
It is funny, everyone is striving for wealth it seems, but
this is all an illusion, because there is far more wealthy people in the world
than you can imagine, if you look at the high rises in a major city, you can’t
help but think that somebody must own them,
or a few
I think the thing that scares most people is that even if
you are supremely wealthy and sophisticated the fact is that you can lose it
all. And the notion that keeps people without wealth or power going is that you
can go farther than your dreams in this reality.
Something that scares people from all walks of life, is
losing the comforts of home. We are very fortunate in the west to live a
comfortable and safe existence. But the truth is, it can be taken away in an
instant.
The threat of a new world war or a supervirus or a terrorist
nuclear bombing or another country collapsing is a reality for all of us.
Truth is, this reality is happening for about a quarter of
the world right now, forced to walk for ten days to find refuge or political asylum
in a neighbouring country to escape the bloodshed or unimaginable horrors going
on that people are running away from.
Religion I hate to say is the main cause of all of this
strife, race comes in a close second and money third.
Just an unfathomable amount of pain and sadness and horror
in the name of god or (place appropriate divine being here) Which is one reason
why I always have a mixed emotion about the titles I carry, one of them being
reverend, I wanted to offer a point of view that doesn’t discriminate, that is
compassionate, and respects all faiths and includes techno and mystery.
I think if people see at least one reverend that they can
click with other than some weird old koot spewing blabber from a book written
by god knows how many people purporting to be the word of the almighty, then
they can stop saying that “all religion is evil” if everyone made their own
belief system instead of blindly following others, or thousands year old weird
rituals this world would be a better place.
I think the reason why there isn't as many reverends out
there is that they haven’t discovered that they essentially are god. Their mind
is god, their beautiful flesh body is god, just the mystery of how your body
operates in a sack of skin is something nobody really contemplates and when you
discover that there is just so much beauty to your thought process if you
refine it, and have the ability to compassionately love every single being no
matter what –then the almighty has done its work on you.
Nobody knows what’s
happening next, that is the beauty of this place, however there are some that
have the entire timeline at their disposal and can see what is going to happen
next and don’t get me started on alien intervention in society.
It seems like the present moment is a manifestation of all
historical events past and future so what you can do to make your move, does
matter, even if your part is very small.
Simply giving $3 to a cat charity once a month, or sending
your insane relative a nice letter, or buying your partner a rose, or smiling
at somebody in text online :) saving half your sandwich for the very filthy bag
lady outside in the rain, it all matters.
One needs to constantly ask for forgiveness, not in a Christian
sense from the Christ or god but you need to forgive others for what they have
done to you and most of all you need to forgive yourself for all that you have
done to others. It even comes down to a minute level of the insect you stepped
on by accident yesterday that lost its life to your shoe. And you have to
follow through with this to span across all dimensions, spaces and timelines,
only to put you in a fortunate and beautiful place constantly being updated by
the divine.
-Shaun A. Delage
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