The Lord Protects
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In ancient times King Solomon the wise said that true
protection cannot be provided by horses, guards and soldiers but lies in the Lord.
While trying to understand ancient spiritual works in the light of modern
scientific knowledge, this author has described in earlier posts that he
considers God to be the entire universe and beyond, all of its seen and unseen even
unknown parts and while one may view Him in various personified forms for ease of building a
relationship He is Infinite and formless yet he is also all the forms in which a devotee may view Him with faith. Yet, just as we have our
intelligence the universe as a whole has intelligence too and controls all that
happens within it, inanimate matter and any life form from humans to viruses
that are parts of it.
In modern times the rich and those considered powerful
surround themselves with much security apparatus and armed guards etc. While
such an infrastructure may protect them from some undesirable humans, there
have been instances where the security guards themselves have turned assassins.
However, much beyond such human or even animal dangers there is another one
that lurks around us at all times in millions and billions. There is no guard
that may protect even the most powerful of Kings from it if the Lord or
universe so decides. These are the millions of bacteria and viruses that live
within us, on us and all around us every moment of our lives, many beneficial
yet some capable of producing great harm. While life has evolved in this mix
and is therefore compatible with it, every now and then, a harmful virus may
attack to yield anything from a mild disease to a most serious cancer. While
some consider random factors are involved in this misfortune, those who trust
in the Lord believe that we are protected from such and other dangers or left
unprotected according to the supremely intelligent and infinite control of the
lord.
Indeed if one were to do a statistical survey, the guess of
this author is that percentage of violent, traumatic or painful ends of the
rich and powerful is far greater than that of the humble, most of who meet a
swift, painless and peaceful end in this lap of their journey through the
universe. The Lord protects the humble and indeed that protection is likely to be highest for those who love the Lord too and the values He
represents – Truth, Compassion, forgiveness, gratitude and simplicity.
The author was inspired to write this note today when
yesterday, in a mysterious and inexplicable way, just before undertaking a
personal spiritual mission of the Lord personified as Bhole Nath Shiva, he was protected from a grave danger that had
lurked around him for the last several years. Such instances have occurred in
the past too in the author’s life and do not fall in the realm of coincidence
based on any reasonable assessment of probability. The author believes it was a
special gift from the Lord for deciding to undertake that brief yet significant
spiritual mission in addition to the protection He provides at all times
unasked. Jai Bhole Nath ki. Om Namah Shivaya
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