John Mason
(Continuation of the Soldier's story from last month)
As the soldier and his new
muslim friend walked towards the group in the distance they discussed their
recent experience. “I can see how Nahal's action brought us together”, said the
soldier. “After all we were not evil people, just very foolish and misguided,
but there are people who are truly evil, those who torture and murder children
for example. What about them? ” The soldier was sorry to raise this problem and
thereby disturb the peace and harmony that surrounded the two of them, but he
felt that he had to know. He wished that he had asked Mike and Nahal when they
were all together. He had forgotten that Mike and he were in telepathic
communication but was reminded of this fact when he found that Mike was now
walking with the two friends. “ Your question does you credit” said Mike. “The
answer is not simple. First you must realise that those who do evil deeds with
apparently mindless cruelty are never themselves happy. Happiness follows acts
of loving kindness as you are aware, but those who are cruel have lost sight of
this truth or have never experienced it in their own childhood. Instead they
inflict pain on others in a vain attempt to reduce all to the same level of
misery that they themselves experience. You will realise that this is a vicious
downward spiral. However, when an evil person dies they enter this discarnate
world where physical pain and bodily death have no meaning. Now they can have
no victims and they feel the full pain of the evil that possesses them. As the
Buddhists say, hell exists only in the mind, but of course, it is no less real
for that. In this dark state they cannot share the pain by the evil acts that
they performed while on earth. They undergo a gradual disintegration of the ego
until all that remains is the divine spark that all living things possess. This
spark returns to the ocean of unmade souls which is the source from which new
beings emerge.”Mike now looked very serious. “ Now.” he said” you know the
meaning of the death of the soul. Mike had gone some way to answering the
soldier's question but there was much more he would like to know. Mike
responded to the unasked questions. “ Yes” he said. “there is much more for you
to learn, but this is not the time.”By now they had reached the group of those
waiting to welcome them and the soldier started to introduce his muslim friend
to his relatives. As he did so he realised that he had been introducing to his
loving relations the suicide bomber who had killed him. He laughed.
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