“HELP! I’M UNDER ATTACK!”
I saw an article this week on Facebook where someone was complaining of being under attack. It did not specifically say so, but the idea seemed to be that the person in question was under spiritual attack from demonic forces. In that person’s mind, her projects were so important that the cosmic forces of evil were out to get her and that’s why she had all the trouble she had. I do not doubt the reality of forces of evil being at work in our world, but what I have noticed is that we do not need them in order to make a mess of our lives. I have, in fact, made the great cosmic discovery that we are often our own worst enemy; and that with friends like ourselves, who needs enemies? At the end of the day, most of the time (and I did not say 'all the time’), a house burns down because of unattended fire; illnesses are often the results of unhealthy lifestyles, and financial problems are due to unrealistic handling of money. Our problems with relatives, neighbours, and collègues are also often due to our lack of wisdom or even worst, to our vindictive, vengeful, and selfish attitudes. Everything could change or be different were it for a little more carefulness, healthy habits, austerity, kindness and being less self-centered. As long as we blame external circumstances, we will never find solutions. I think this principle works from the individual up to every institution of life, even government doesn’t go anywhere as long as they blame the other side. Not only that, but to think that the forces of evil are out to get us attributes an undue sense of importance which ot only feeds our natural pride, but keeps us from looking the problem in the face and finding solutions .After all, “It's not my fault”; “The devil made me do it!” In both cases we absolve ourselves of responsibility thus continuing the vicious cycle of denial through blame. Maybe realising mistakes are never free but that their fixing always involve some sort of fee somewhere either by us or someone else would help us to live more consciously. Another thing I found out is that many mistakes can be avoided if we stop being so proud and enroll the help of others. Like they say, “Two are better than one!”
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Conny Crites
9/17/2017 09:33:52 am
So true, I have observed this myself over the course of time. I also observed it is often rooted in the foundation of a persons fabric of upbringing and roll models they had around them.
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