A half-page advertisement in the Seattle times was titled “Hell and Salvation in the Bible.” Let me just say this is dogmatic “bullshit,” geared to generate fear and recruit followers to fill their greedy coffers. I would venture to say that some of us have already experienced hell while alive. The Mesoamericans believed that the (our souls) descent into matter was hell. In other words, hell may be a state we experience, hopefully briefly, during our present incarnation.
And dogmatic Salvation—Wrong. The truth is Reincarnation. Briefly, I did a prayer asking to give a sign of who I was in a past life. And the signs given, such as three gigantic pillars of light, was witnessed by our twelve apprentices and my wife and me. Considering my past life, angels would be the most appropriate name for the Otherworldly pillars of light. The full story of the Visitation is told in our memoirs.
For Hindus and Buddhists their daily life is so entirely based on Reincarnation and on its foundation, the law of Causality, that this belief gives them patience in the present and hope for the future; for it teaches that each of us, every moment we live, is subject to the circumstances we have created, and that, though bound by the past, we are yet masters of the future.
Before the virus (PC-COVID-19), the world had already gone mad. It was and is widely out-of-balance. Nature and its creatures are being destroyed; and for what…. The focus has been on technology (such as smart phones) and the external consumption of things. Home and family have taken a backseat to these compulsions.
Is this novel virus, Mother Nature’s way of bringing the earth back into balance? It is interesting, and I’m glad that the young ones seem to be spared as it would be their responsibility for rebuilding civilization based on compassion, love, and kindness.
If this is the Great Mothers way then take the opportunity now that you are home-bound to focus on the most important things in life: hearth, home, family, and other loved ones. Focus on what you have, not what you don’t. Read, laugh, and play games together. Be creative. Talk to each other and forget spending excessive time on smart phones or computers. The Wheel of Time, turns and turns. And “there is a time[i] for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven:
A time to be born and a time to die,
A time to plant and a time to uproot,
A time to kill and a time to heal,
A time to tear down and a time to build,
A time to weep and a time to laugh,
A time to mourn and a time to dance,
A time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
A time to embrace and a time to refrain,
A time to search and a time to give up,
A time to keep and a time to throw away,
A time to tear and a time to mend,
A time to be silent and a time to speak,
A time to love and a time to hate,
A time for war and a time for peace.” (Eccl. 3:1–8)
[i] The ancient motto of Husfelt (Scottish-Norse earthly lineage) is “In Time,” with the image of an hourglass.