Have you ever picked up a pebble, held it for a moment in your hands and felt its smoothness, wondered about where it came from, what it was made of, how old it was? Or were you more inclined to pitch it away, because it was annoying or interfering with something you were doing? Were you able to watch the Geminid Meteor Showers Monday morning? I wasn't able to be up at 3:00 or 4:00 am but did manage to open one eye and catch one space rock hurtling through the dawn sky with its tail on fire. Have you ever stood under a tree, looked up, and marvelled at how tall it is, how its branches seemingly extend forever and thought, "what a majestic piece of work"? Have you ever looked into a newborn's eyes and seen a piece of Heaven stare back at you? BEING. "Being" is the state where you are, right here, right now. It is the ongoing state of just being alive, being a part of some thing. It is being a part of the ongoing process of creation. You are CREATION. You breathe in, you breathe out. You think thoughts and express emotion. You make the conscious decision to take this path or that one. You think an evil thought and act on it or suppress it. The seconds keep ticking away as you go about your busy day. Every moment we are alive, every act and thought is a state called "BEING". We take this all for granted. If we were to collectively think good thoughts I believe the world would change for the good. For our thoughts are energy, WE are energy. Energy as we all know is a powerful force. On the other hand, if we were to think bad thoughts, then the outcome would be just the opposite. Our walking, blinking, heart beating, talking, our breathing, thoughts, the simple act of pushing a grocery cart, combing our hair, picking up children from school, hailing a taxi, preparing meals, constructing a house, tying a shoelace, even sleeping, is all a state of "BEING". We have been given free will to do good things or bad things. Free will to make a decision to go down this path or take the next. We have many different thought processes going on in our world today. But this has been going on since the Beginning. We have a tug of war going on in this world today. There is a tremenous battle going on between two forces and I fervently believe that this battle is only becoming more brazen, more stronger. It is the battle for our souls. We have groups who know nothing more other than to "wipe people off the face of this planet" just because they do not fit in with their "ideology", ie. thinking. They are actually training and being schooled and exist just for this one purpose. On the other hand we have those who are pushing back against this menace. Soldiers who are putting their lives on the front lines, to keep this menace "in check", politicians, and peaceful leaders are showing the world there is another way. The Dali Lama comes to mind along with scholars and religious leaders. Eli Weizel was on Fox News yesterday morning. A Holocaust survivor who is now a Professor at Boston University. I've never seen or even heard this man talk before but the one thing that struck me about him was his "humanity". Even though Mr. Weizel was marched off to a concentration camp and lost several family members, he does not "blame" the Germans for what transpired. Maybe some people and organizations here in this country should take note. Instead of laying guilt on those who were responsible and angrily denouncing them, he reaches out to those who are guilt-ridden and embraces them with love and compassion. And Mr. Weizel makes no bones about calling a country stupid when their national interests trump peaceful ones. Mr. Weizel has written several books and I am going to research them. I am standing on a beach and watching a wave rising higher and higher. This wave is either going to turn into a tsunami and wash us all away into oblivion or, bring us through and to a new reality. The reality being, that in the end, after we get through all that Almighty G-d has in store for us, we will see a new dawn, a new day, in which all mankind will no longer look upon their neighbor as a target and one that has to be put to death, but with a new awareness of love and compassion. Neighbor will embrace neighbor and, in unison, we will all sing praises to a Creator as the old world (as we knew it) will have passed away. We will then be face to face with the One who made the tree and the pebble. This new world will be His world and His domain, and everything will finally be in its rightful order.
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