Only true wisdom is shared and once that happen darkness is picked out and crushed with the same swiftness that a hawk uses to snatch his prey. Once one thinks that they can pull the wool over the eyes of another who walks in the light of God with lies and manipulation then one has automatically placed themselves up to be struck down with divine light. Although an enlighten soul fears no man, fore there is nothing on earth greater than God, that doesn’t mean that deception does not stop by. On the Contrary the openness, trust and dedication to the greater whole of man often place a divine heart in a position where their display of true power is tested.
There was a man of the age of 45 and all his life he was taught to keep trouble and mayhem rotating; a large family he belonged to but each was out to take care of self- his mother wasn’t a mother so he knew no better. This man who proclaimed his devotion to God (through church participation and dating women with half faith in our Lord) knew nothing else but how to hurt . . . words flowed from his mouth since childhood which took from others- he was a modern day vampire. Money was his drug and the weak his dealer.
One day the man came across a hermit filled with abundance and generosity. Now the man knew that the hermit was kind and giving willing to share all that he had if asked with sincerity and a willingness to listen; so he went to the hermit home with an unconscious intent to take. Although the hermit was wise to the man’s ways he believed that all whom crossed his path deserved the opportunity to receive the light which is the God-Force. When the man first went inside his ways were obedient and respectful; he told the hermit all about the troubles that he’d experienced as a child and young adult. The hermit felt his pain and knew of his troubles well before the man spoke a word yet the hermit knew not that the man was lying. Day after day the hermit fed the man physically and spiritually informing the man that if darkness was in the core of the man’s heart then it too would come to light and all love which was would be replaced with the fear which is.
Days went by and soon the man had forgotten the lies that were told; checks and balances which he kept in place to remain safe in his mirage slipped by the way side. And one morning the hermit ran into another that had been mistreated by the man . . . the truth was told yet the hermit remained calm. Thanking this person and giving blessings for the exchange, the hermit returned home waiting not for the man but knowing he would come expecting to receive what he had always got. Three days later the man finally came to visit and the hermit welcomed him in, sat him down and gave him some tea. As the moon rose this night the man began to feel that things had changed and rose to leave but before he could get to the door the hermit gave him a little box and a quaint smile.
The man was well aware of the power which the hermit possessed and his instincts told him that there was something threatening in the box so the man made the decision to bury the box in his back yard never to approach the hermit again.
Thirty years passed and the hermit never heard anymore about the man again until on the thirty-third day of that year when the sister of the man knocked on the hermit’s door.
“Excuse me.” The woman was fearful. “My brother passed away three weeks ago; when my cousin and I were digging up his belongings- from his back yard- we found this little box. I know that this is your symbol and that my brother used to visit you could you tell me what’s in the box.”
The hermit thought deeply- he knew that the sister and cousin were just as greedy and selfish as the brother. “It is nothing more than what your brother deserved. I’m surprised that he never opened it. Oh well, it’s yours now.” He closed the door saying no more, no less.
When the woman returned home her cousin was waiting anticipating what the old hermit had to say. Once she shared what was told to her the two sat at the kitchen table debating what they should do with the box. They decided that they should rebury it.
Sad, little did they know that the hermit had placed three blessings in there: truth, integrity and joy.
There are many walking today who are like the man, his sister and their cousin; we all know that what we give out we get back three times and those that take and lie are so steep in fear of what will come back to them that when a true gift comes they’re afraid to even come near it- especially if its hidden deep down. For the few who are like the hermit seeing such darkness giving is an easy way to not hurt anyone and not get hurt themselves.
When will we let go of the “get what you want giving as little as you can” mentality? When will we stop blocking the blessings that are rightfully ours? When will we all walk in the belief that no man on this earth can hurt us because no one wants too? This is such an abundant universe and one would think that after all these years and growth of population it would be known that God can provide for all of us.
But before such healing can take place a true “stepping in” what we’ve taken from another must be admitted . . . just as the man should have spoken his truth to the hermit. The effects of slavery are still causing Americans today to live in the fear that someone will take and hurt. The truth about the manner in which land/custom/people were taken from Native Americans must be looked at honestly outside the frame of comedy and children plays before that healing can come. Those who built any significant tool used by man today have had to fight to give . . . it still happens sfore the status quo does not go down without struggle . . . and even this elfishness must “stand up” before the healing can come.
So many of us just want to live life as we are- divine beings; yet as a whole we won’t until we convince the next one that this planet is safe while walking in full light. I always say to be able to stand naked before God is the greatest freedom granted on this earth . . . naked being the key word. There’s a little box handed to each of us but until we have the strength to open it we will continue to miss out on the blessings that enable us to live as we truly are. Remember there are only two emotions- love and fear.
Archangel Sandalphon, help us to receive the gifts which God has for us as individual and as whole.
