With the attacks on the places of worship of various faiths depression and complete dismay is all I feel. Oh, I've been angry and thought about retaliating against Evangelical and Mormon places of worship, oh and a Mosque too. Thankfully I know that the God I worship will not allow that, and my own Amygdala (regulates our actions) works very well, and could perhaps be hyperactive. I am thankful for that.
I saw the Rabbi that is now missing a finger, and I saw the pictures of the flowers outside the Mosque in New Zealand. Heart breaking, sad so sad.
Something to tide us over in this maelstrom of grief, (Gita)
It is found that the unreal has no being;
It is found that there is no non-being of the real.
The certainty of both these propositions is indeed surely seen
By the perceivers of truth.
Know that
That by which all this universe
Is pervaded is indeed indestructible;
No one is able to accomplish
The destruction of the imperishable.
He who imagines this (the embodied Self) the slayer
And he who imagines this (the embodied Self) the slain,
Neither of them understands
This (the embodied Self) does not slay, nor is it slain.
Neither is this (the embodied Self) born
Nor does it die at any time,
Nor, having been, will it again come not to be.
Birthless, eternal, perpetual, primeval,
It is not slain when the body is slain.
He who knows this, the indestructible, the eternal,
The birthless, the imperishable,
In what way does this man cause to be slain, Arjuna?
Whom does he slay?
Weapons do not pierce this (the embodied Self),
Fire does not burn this,
Water does not wet this,
Nor does the wind cause it to wither.
This cannot be pierced, burned,
Wetted or withered;
This is eternal, all pervading, fIxed;
This is unmoving and primeval.
It is said that This is unmanifest,
Beyond thought, and unchanging.
Therefore, having understood in this way,
You should not mourn.
Very best wishes to you and to everyone.
