Friday, June 17, 2011

THE SOUL

It was more than the reputation of the city of Vancouver that was damaged,
 it was the very soul of those who love to live here.  We who watched on
the T.V. felt sick to our stomachs and broken hearted.

They may have been attacking and rebelling against injustice in their own lives but whether there was an underlying cause they were carried away by emotions and the thrill and excitement of rebelling.

Time for us all to do some soul searching!
Soul healing is a progress of forgiveness and restoration. 

We all need to accept our humanness and to control the negative emotions of anger and bitterness.
There is a cure that in this case involves writing messages of sorrow and regret on the walled up buildings whose windows where broken.  Yes, we want those who did these violent acts to be held accountable.

I think that there was a message to those of us think our city is perfect.  Evidently our young people are acting out the anger and frustration and hopelessness they feel.  To fight for freedom against injustice is one thing but this was meaningless.

"Many of the problems of this world are due to the spirit gone amok" 
-Thomas Moore in Writing In The Sand.

Jesus would approve of the healing wall where people are now writing and expressing feelings of regret.  Healing was soul and spirit.  Psychology is the process that tries to address this issue.

I can get caught up in the wish to be active and involved in the materialistic world and fail to give importance to the spiritual life within.

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