“In this, our generation, goodly people have been robbed of their estates by strangers. … Their possessions have been sold to provide earthly pleasure for those who revel in things of the earth. …

“In their dire despair, they seek to lay the blame upon a God who does not strike down wrongdoers and seemingly rewards those who are Earthwise. Wherein have they failed? This is the echo in the corridors of the ages.

“They have failed because they have left to God the things which they, as God’s overseers on Earth, should have accomplished. It is Men in the mass who permit evil to flourish in their midst. Their woeful lamentations ascend to Heaven and call upon the heavenly hosts for aid, but better by far would be would it be to call their own resolution and fortitude and fight the good fight, to bring about the rule of right and justice.” ~The Kolbrin Bible (Man:20:1-4)

Lamentations of the Woeful

What was true hundreds of years ago when the quote above was written is even more true today. People complain that God doe not destroy the evil and evildoers of the world. They complain that they don’t get what they want. They complain that others have more material wealth than they do. They complain to God, but never blame themselves. They ask God to find them a job instead of using their own intuition and talents to find one themselves. They ask God for a new car instead of earning the money to buy one themselves. To some degree, it is understandable that some don’t want to embrace the ways of the earthly materialists, yet we must exist in this world for the time being, so to some degree, we must function within its rules.

Robbed of Estates and Possessions

Yes, there are those who rob us of estates and possessions. Some do so illegally, others, like tax collectors, do it legally—either way, we get robbed often in this world. On top of that, cherished possessions break, rust, fall apart, or stop functioning. Many try to blame God for that. Others blame the manufacturers for making goods that fall apart. To some degree, those manufacturers are to blame, but we also have to learn to accept that we live in a world of constant change. That means things will fail, rot, rust, etc. We have to be prepared to deal with that in ways other than crying about it. When you buy something new, plan for the fact that it will need repairs, or have to be replaced at some time.

God Does Not Strike Down Evildoers

Many are disappointed that they see no evidence that God strikes down those who do evil things. They don’t understand that to destroy any being is evil, and God never does evil. God doesn’t destroy the evildoers, he gives them opportunities to redeem themselves. Even the fallen angels will be redeemed, not destroyed. Of course, they will have substantial karmic debts to pay when they turn themselves around, but they will do it. Lucifer has already and Satan will do so as well. Foolish people often depict God’s angels carrying swords and killing devils or evil people, but that is not how angels work. They help God convince them to seek redemption, they do not destroy. In a sense, they destroy evil, but not the beings doing evil.

Overseers on Earth

We are overseers on earth in the sense that we are the caretakers, even if unaware of it. But the important point is that God is NOT our servant, we are here to serve Him. It is up to us to straighten out the world’s problems as much as possible, but without resorting to violence and war. God and the angels help, but only for those who help themselves. And helping ourselves begins with each of us developing our own spiritual Self.

“I became the wind, yet with eyes and ears. And I saw and heard far and wide. I blew past the east coast of India near the Bay of Bengal, past a scrubwoman busy with her tasks. In Hong Kong, I whirled around a seller of fine fabric. I raced through the streets of Sam Paulo. …

“I left no country untouched, I thundered through China and Bangladesh, and across the vast, rich land of the Soviet Union.¹ I gusted through the valleys and alpine meadows of Austria, sliced cold through the fjords of Norway, I tossed up litter on the Rue Pigalle in Paris. One moment I was a twister ripping through Texas; the next I was a gentle breeze, caressing the hair of a young girl in Canton, Ohio.

“I experienced every emotion, heard every cry of anguish, and every peal of laughter. Every human circumstance was opened to me, I felt it all, and I understood.

“The world was peopled with minds, swirling faster than any wind, in search of distraction and escape from the predicament of change, the dilemma of life and death—seeking purpose, security, enjoyment, trying to make sense of the mystery. Reality never matched their dreams; happiness was just around the corner—a corner they never turned.

“And the source of it all was the human mind.” ~Dan Millman (in the book Way of the Peaceful Warrior)

The Wind with Eyes

The book this quote came from was written about Millman’s unusual spiritual awakening that began with him meeting an enigmatic old man he called Socrates, who proceeded to teach him there was more to life than attending college and being an athlete. During one of Millman’s visits with Socrates, Socrates touched him in the head leading to the experience in the above quote.

Obviously, Millman is speaking allegorically when he says he became the wind. What really happened is his mind left his body and traveled around the world at a speed that made it seem like he was the wind.

Empathy

Millman says he was a wind with eyes and ears, but there was more. He describes sights and sounds, but more. He also describes the emotions of the people he came close to on that unusual journey of mind. Feeling the emotions of others is a form of empathy. While Millman may not have had much empathy normally, during this strange journey that Socrates sent him on, he did. He not only says that he felt it all, but he also understood, meaning he understood why these people were feeling these emotions.

A World of Minds

Millman concludes that ours is a world of minds. He doesn’t say it yet, but if he does understand as he claims, then he knows that those minds are responsible for a lot more than most of us are aware of, or even believe. Many now understand that our minds are responsible for how we react to circumstances in our lives. We are not responding to the circumstances, but to how the mind feels about the circumstances. For example, the mind of a vegan would interpret being served meat differently than the mind of a meat lover.

But the mind does more than interpret our surroundings, it helps create them. When the world is full of angry people who can’t get along, their minds send a vibration into the environment. Those angry vibrations cause storms, tornadoes, floods, and earthquakes. Experiments have shown that people who talk nicely to their plants have healthier plants. It isn’t the speaking that does it, but the vibrations from their minds. And when a group of spiritual people surrounded a polluted lake in Japan and prayed for the lake, the pollution quickly disappeared. Our individual minds may not have such power, but collectively, they do a lot.

The dilemma of Life and Death

Many of us do spend much of our time hiding from the dilemma of life and death. Too much of what is happening in the world doesn’t make any sense, yet it continues to happen. We say we want peace, yet we continue to have wars. We say we want to be strong and healthy, but we eat junk food and do other things that weaken us and lead to illness. We think a loving God has created this world, yet it is not a world of love. Instead of seeking solutions, many of us hide from it all in distractions and entertainment like movies, fictional books, and sports. And the governments and media support this hiding from reality as it benefits them, as well as the demons whispering into their ears.

There is a solution. For starters, we must stop believing that a loving God created this world. The realm of matter was created by the false god, the Demiurge, and is therefore flawed. Hiding from the truth won’t make it better. We need to turn away from the failed paradigm of capitalism and materialism and develop our spiritual side. We do that with the help of God and the Light of the Spiritual Sun.