(Special) Commentary on Our World

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Hello my friends, I’m so sorry for this interruption in these podcasts episodes four Steps to the Spirit. Today is Thursday, October 12, and I am doing this episode for Sunday, October 15. We would be on  step number 12, however, with the news In Israel this past week, I  feel as though I must do a special episode to address these events.

I have been wondering, in the past few years, I we do things to hurt each other. Of course, I have been thinking about wars, but also less drastic forms of hurting each other. I simply cannot wrap my head around any justification for allowing our ego anger to get so out of hand as to physically hurt another human being. Then there are sports such as boxing and cage fighting, to  name just two, where the sole object is to hurt the other individual, at times to the point of unconsciousness. I simply do not understand the purpose or so-called “fun” in participating in, or viewing, these activities. Why, in God’s name would we want to do anything but help another human being. Unfortunately, many people get some kind of ego satisfying pleasure from hurting another human being. I would even include animals in this podcast, but that would take me into a whole new area of exasperation.

 So, I see “normal”, day to day incidents where human beings are hurt in the name of fun, sport, or ego satisfaction, or in the name of country. I suppose that I see the protection of others is the only justifiable reason for force or hurting another, for me, the jury is still out on that.

Now, however, we have the events of this past Saturday in Israel that are beyond the scope of anything I could imagine or believe to be possible, as far as hurting other human beings. The atrocities that were done to people, children, and even babies were so horrific that I am hurting even as I write about this episode.

How does this effect me? Well, I have tried to understand in some way rationalize the behaviors of the past week, but I can’t. I consider myself a fairly intelligent person, but I have not been able to find an answer anywhere inside of me other than to attribute this to pure evil and insanity. I thank God forthis 12-step program, and this week, steps number two and three. In step two I have come to believe that a power greater than us can restore us to sanity. In step three I have decided to turn my will and my life, everything, over to the care of God. For those of us who are not close to our Spirit; who do not have God to turn to in order to stay sane in this crazy world; it’s hard to  see hope as a result of these 12-steps and the power of the spirit, it would be  a much tougher week.

I hope, in the light of these events, that you who are listening are able to turn to your Spirit and to God for support.