Liars, thieves, cheats and whores, i.e., the United States Congress, and those who live in a world of poor, pitiful, put-upon and misunderstood me, i.e., the rest of us, live for the negative razzmatazz... that place where no give exists, only get.
All of us...motivated by greed that we call need. Not enough...there is no enough in that world of the negative rush. Each elected person in the Congress "needs" to ensure s/he gets re-elected; the rest of us "need" to ensure that we get ours. All of us living in fear that we won't...get re-elected, get ours.
There is no God in that world...no spirituality, no peace, no love, no joy. And it all comes back to the fact that there is no give there, only get.
I am convinced that as long as we're looking to get...anything...we're stuck in the ego-victory world of me, my, mine. Some say if another is an irritant to us, we should pray that that person gets all the things we desire for our self...be it peace of mind or a million dollars.
Well, that's just another self-determined objective all dressed up. Like as if we can sneak it passed God, and he'll grant our real prayer which is for our own self...to be rid of that irritating jerk. This in the face of any number of specific spiritual directions, such as, agree with your adversary quickly, love your enemy as yourself, etc. Give in a word...give over to another.
I'm guessing a huge percentage of personal prayers could be realized as self-serving and go unprayed if we would do as the spiritual directions already set out for us say.
You only know as much as you do. -- Saint Francis of Assisi
Thank you.
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