Reborn in a New Morning ( 06 / 10 / 2016 )
Reborn in a New Morning ( 06 / 10 / 2016 )
With all the reasonable , injustice-fueled rage I was feeling this morning -- over war-mongering & Monsanto-pandering Hillary stealing the nomination from Bernie Sanders ( and probably the election from the American people ) … over Bernie seemingly caving in and leaving millions of his decent-hearted and highly motivated supporters hanging … over Elizabeth Warren & Al Franken both endorsing Killary for President ( two of the mere handful of , I thought ; moral folks left in the U . S . Congress -- WTH ?!?!?!) … over Obama ' s smug , baby-killing mug doing the same … over so many millions of Americans openly & avidly supporting either a bigoted narcissist or a deceitful sociopath … So much sound cause for rage there was & is , and yet leave it to my dear Friend Scotty to bring me back to Peace . Leave it to him to remind me this glorious morning that our lives are Meaning-full and Good no matter what evils are whirling around us ; that we always have the opportunity ( many opportunities , actually ) to go forth every single day and be the Force for Good that we wish our “ leaders ” would be .
Thanks for that , Scotty … You ' re a Good Man .
“ I don ' t talk much about God , because it is such a loaded term . But I do like to talk about Hell , because I ' ve lived it . And every time I was there , it came in the form of a terrible psychosis in which reality and fantasy were merged . There was no weeping … Weeping was long gone because it is a symptom of humanity . There was however , very much gnashing of teeth . I understand why Catholics believe in purgatory , because I ' ve lived that too , after being not baptized by water , but by flame .
And yet regardless of the how literally correct or incorrect those metaphysical extrapolations may be , baptism by the flame of honesty always leads to a void-like state where an earnest person can learn , if they choose , to slowly build up meaning through compassion -- and thereby let past cruel intentions melt away into oblivion .
I ' ve had several near-death experiences over the course of my life , and to this day I still have doubts about every single one . But I do know they have all helped me to reformulate the person I want to be -- a person who embodies compassion , and thus feels pain instead of joy when witnessing the floundering of others . When you choose to deeply feel the pain of the other as if it ' s your own , you ' ll always much rather help than hurt .”
~ Scotty Mühlleib
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