Barely Daring To Breathe

[Guest guest]

Aum Namasivaya Devasena

 

This is like being in horrible movie. I'll feel okay and then the

mind-boggling reality returns and presses the air out of my lungs.

I'm supposed to be able to find the calm center of the Self, but I'm

so very afraid of what might be next.

 

These people HATE us. Their only reason for living and dying is to

hurt and destroy us. These are not people who can be reasoned with

or can negotiate a compromise. They will not rest until all

Christians, Jews, Hindus, or anyone other than them are converted or

dead. And they've already proven over the decades that it's a whole

lot easier and more fun to murder than it is to proselytise.

 

They are also cowards, exerting what they pitifully consider power

over women and children. They will not look their "enemies" in the

eye and join the fight. They know they would be crushed in an honest

battle, so they perpetrate their asuric mischief furtively, making no

distinction between warrior and child.

 

Their goal is dominion; their weapon is mayhem. In fact, they have

used our own technology and structure to wound us. Us, the world,

not just the USA. It's not just Americans that they hate. They have

repeatedly assaulted nations percieved as less able to retaliate.

All the world's countries have suffered because of them, whether from

direct attack or through the fear and stress their threats engender.

 

How much more will be tolerated? How can we fight an enemy too

cowardly to show its face? How can we justify all the casualties to

come? God, God! Please help us to deal with the future we face!

 

I am ashamed of my intense fear. Sometimes I must even shout my

japam, just to drown out the demonic gibbering of a million "what if"

situations. It's so easy to expound religious maxims when the world

looks sunny. I can barely glimpse the Light throught the choking

clouds of destruction. The Lord knows my lack of spiritual maturity.

This horror, too, the steps of His mighty dance. I cry for solace and

comfort from our Parent, reaching, begging, like a starving child.

 

Please forgive my outpouring and pray for me. I am praying for all

of you and your families and loved ones. Pray for the leaders of the

world, that they are able to work in concert to remove this danger

from our lives. I love you all.

 

In the Protection of Lord Siva's Holy Name

Tara