But there in, lies the problem. We have confused peace with comfort. Comfort is a measure of worldly satisfaction, while peace is both your fundamental and ultimate state of being. Peace is freedom from your ego. Peace is Faith. We have been blinded by our ego. We are lead not by god but by fear. We are lead not by reality but by thoughts. We are lead not by love but by hate.
We have let the children of Satan run amuck. The Freemasons and their ilk have rotted society to its core and we have allowed it because we just want to live our lives in peace. We live in hate and anger, while our world rots, and we tell ourselves we want peace.
What are we doing?! When are we going to do the right thing? Don’t pretend like I don’t know where your mind immediately went. What is the right thing? How do we know what the right thing is?
The right thing is forgiveness. Everything else comes after. It doesn’t matter what your ego says, if you have hate, you aren’t headed for peace.
It doesn’t matter what was done to you. It doesn’t matter what they did.
That is why they hate Christ. Forgiveness is Christs message. Forgiveness will return you to God. They hate God.
There is an important Christian concept, one with which I struggle, that says we should look forward to injustice being done upon our person. Why? Is this not backwards thinking? Who wishes for bad things?
Rather, I think, the idea is that injustice provides us the opportunity to get closer to God should we have the presence of mind and strength of faith to turn toward such an understanding.
Those who find this idea repulsive might not yet have a spiritual world in which they live. Therefore, this concept could seem "cowardly" or "submissive". Rather, to those who live in such a spiritual world, the idea brings immense joy. Such a glorious opportunity to be like Christ and to suffer as he suffered. Who would not feel humble and celebrate, in such a moment? In this light, it is easy to understand the monk or nun, who separates from the world.
I continue to struggle with this. I often feel as though I should find justice in the face of injustice. Not that this is wrong, but is a worldly worry and satisfaction. Instead, I should see this as an opportunity to strengthen my spiritual relationship with and toward God.
Please forgive me if I'm not explaining it well.
I don’t think that is a Christian concept. You shouldn’t look forward to anything. Gods presence exists only in now. “Looking forward” is simply playing a game with your ego.
It is a difficult concept, I agree! I am lucky if I grasp this even for a moment.
This week on Tuesday, we commemorated St. Paisios of Mt. Athos. For that reason, I've been (re)reading many of his teachings. Here are a couple of them:
Is this not a strange concept? I think so, but I also think it's beautiful. I hope to someday attain such a state of being.