There is a verse in the Koran(Muslims holy book) that translates as "Only through prayer and remembrance of God shall your hearts be calm and certain" I have spent a good part of my life researching through the writings and wisdom of all the religions (philosophies) of the world and guess what my love! I have come full circle to that simple phrase again. Now of course I don't care if I use English or Arabic or even Spanish to perform the meditative prayers, the difference is now I do sit down and do it. I don't ask to be saved, I ask to be an instrument of Grace. And on occasions when the mind and body don't seem to want to sit down to prayer, I don't have this fear of having sinned or the guilt of not being a good son, I have no fear of that ugly hell fire and angry God, instead I really feel like I did not have a good breakfast or a gentle ache takes over that says "I am thirsty take me home". Silence of the meditative prayer times is medicine my child, take your daily medicine and be sick no more! Have the GRACE enter your heart in silence!
I am really trying to keep my usual positive and hopeful attitude towards our humanity and mankind in general, but recent events have brought the old anger back in me which is really frustration and anxiety about Politicians and the money mongers of the world about which I can take no real action of any significance. I see hunger and destitude in the masses of this U.S. of A, the richest country on earth, I see the very weak and the elderly, the homeless and the hard working class suffer while the political will of some nuts is runnning amock! God help me to accept what I can change and that over which I have no control, and please God give me the wisdom to know the difference. It is nothing new, just different land, different time in the history of the ignorant man and the greed of the fools!
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