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I keep hearing about people praying for the elimination of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes the COVID-19 disease. I believe most of us truly want to see an end to the suffering associated with this microbe. It makes sense that people desire to see a speedy end to its impact upon so many souls and the world that humanity has created. I know that people are very well-intentioned in this desire. Despite the sincerity of these intentions, they are fundamentally misplaced and will not create the effects that are so greatly desired by so many at this time.

This microbe and the disease associated with it are actually effects caused by the great violence that humanity has wrought upon the Earth. This virus constitutes a response to the proliferation and intensification of conditions that humankind has produced in contradiction to the harmony of God’s Laws of creation. This virus is not an external threat. It it is simply one material manifestation of many flowing from humanity’s inner darkness. It is a direct consequence of humanity’s deep inner dis-ease.

I propose that instead of focusing our efforts in prayer upon the elimination of effects – in this case a particular microbe and the disease associated with it – we focus our efforts in prayer upon asking for God’s help in removing those conditions within us that have allowed the virus to develop along with its damaging and deadly consequences. We are all being called to take responsibility for our inner darkness that has manifested itself in this way at this time. We are all being called upon to seek God’s help in healing everything within us that is out of harmony with love and life. 

Henry David Thoreau wrote in Walden, “There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root….” I consider the prayers for the elimination of the SARS-CoV-2 virus to be a multitude of hackings at the branches of evil, with this particular virus being but one branch of many in our world. Our Creator is calling us to strike at the root cause of the evil in our world which is our very own willful refusal to live in harmony with God’s Will and Love.

The effects of this disease are very real to me. There are people I know and love who are infected with this virus. Some of them are struggling to breathe at this very moment. I am praying from the depths of my soul for their healing. I anticipate that I may lose people that I love dearly in this pandemic despite my prayers for their healing. I sincerely hope that everyone may survive this disease. I do not want any more people to become infected by it or to die from it.

I just can’t stand silently by without addressing the illusion that we had nothing to do with the development of this disease. We did. We caused it by living out of harmony with Life itself. This terrible infection is a natural consequence for our very own terrible way of being and acting as a species. We can’t expect over seven and a half billion people to persistently live out of harmony with the principles of life and love without consequence. We are living in a time of extreme consequence. If we do not face the effects of our errors and allow our hearts and souls to be changed, we will do further harm to ourselves and to the Earth.

The Earth is currently blanketed by a great spiritual darkness that looks, feels and smells like a combination of smog, slime, and muck. Most of humanity has simply grown accustomed to its existence, deadly and oppressive as it is. This darkness need not persist. It must not persist if life is to thrive upon the Earth. Through the exercise of our wills in harmony with God’s Love, we can dispel this great darkness and experience an abundance of spiritual light. 

We cannot do this on our own. We cannot simply wish for the darkness to disappear. We desperately need to ask for help. We need to cry out to our Heavenly Parent from the depths of our souls for the blessings that will change us from being children who have become accustomed to mumbling and stumbling in the dark, to children who sing and dance in the light. God is calling each of us to awaken to the dawning of light and love that is breaking in upon our collective dark night of the soul. Our Creator calls for us to accept responsibility for what we are doing wrong, to stop doing it, and to start living in harmony with life instead of choosing fear, violence and death.

Please join me in seeking the power of God’s Divine Love for the transformation of our souls into the very essence of God’s divinity, so that we, together with our Creator, may strike at the root of evil that lies within our own hearts. God greatly desires to heal our diseases, wounds, hurts, doubts and fears. Our Heavenly Parent eagerly awaits our willingness to receive that which brings light, truth, peace, joy, clarity and love. 

We may strike at the roots of evil that have twisted into prison walls and bars around our hearts through heartfelt prayer to receive the inflowing of God’s Divine Love. If we do this, we can begin to exercise our wills in harmony with our Creator’s Will. This spiritual conspiracy will not only eliminate the effects of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and the COVID-19 disease. Doing this will eliminate the growth of new branches of evil by addressing the root cause of the problem instead of the symptoms.

God is calling each of us to become spiritual radicals, children of light who address the root causes of evil within ourselves instead of mitigating superficial symptoms perceived as external to us. Our civilization has been much more concerned with symptom management than healing. It is time for each one of us to become true forces for healing in this world. Humanity doesn’t need another pain killer or symptom mitigation treatment. We need deep and profound healing. It is freely available for the asking. It comes with the inflowing of God’s Unconditional Love.

If we come to God in heartfelt prayer, we will be empowered to establish true and lasting peace and harmony within ourselves, among ourselves, with our loving Creator, and with the wondrous creation entrusted to our love and care. With God’s help, we can address the root of all problems that lies within our darkened hearts that cry out for our Heavenly Parent’s warm embrace. Amen.