Daily Meditation: Monday, September 15, 2008

Behind their respectable, moral, even spiritual, façades, …

09/15/2008

Behind their respectable, moral, even spiritual, façades, how many people nurture appalling thoughts, feelings and desires and behave like animals! Why put on this act, when they are accountable to celestial entities every day? If you gain the good opinion of these entities, everything in and around you will be wonderful, whereas if you are content to gain the good opinion of others by playacting you will be left with the same weaknesses and the same mediocrity. You will be subject to the whims of the crowd, who, on one day, can shout, ‘Hosanna to the Son of David… Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!’ and, a few days later, ‘Let him be crucified!’ as they did with Jesus. Yes, we’ve seen this so often throughout history! Someone is glorified, and a short while later they’re assassinated. Human nature is fickle and unfaithful, and if you rely on being appreciated you’ll bring burning coals down on your head. Learn to rely only on the appreciation of heaven.