Message #22891

[Jitendra Hydonus]

i have found a very interesting phenomena take place since the advent of computers, forums and texting. When i was a child and teen-ager we communicated by seeing one another and by writing letters that went thru the mail. We also could call one another. At that time there were people who were pen pals and others who spent time together physically and then there were those who spoke on the phone for long hours. If you wanted to have friends you had to compromise and meet people half way with their chosen form of communication.

Today we find ourselves in the same situation. Imagine if i was to demand a friend to write to me only by mail.... like we did years ago. Would i have many friends? But there are people today who demand that there friends continue communicating the way they want to and the way they feel most comfortable with but will not compromise. There are others who cut off communication completely as some form of punishment or hostility they have towards others. If someone completely cuts off all communication with us we have no choice but to come up with our own conclusions.

Imagine if we were to think to ourselves;"God does not talk to me therefore there is no God." Or "God does not make it easy to communicate with him so therefore i will not try". Well many people, if not most people in the world reason this way. However; we are going to have to meet God half way if we want to have rapport with him. In the same way we need to do this with friends. If we have been on the path for very long this life we find that we have sought and found various aspects of God thru those we have been with. How can we be unkind to that or to them?

Just a few thoughts for today.....