Daily Meditation: Thursday, May 9, 1996

Ask yourself how human beings envision the Kingdom of God. …

05/09/1996

Ask yourself how human beings envision the Kingdom of God. They imagine they will be allowed to enter this kingdom with troops of sheep, pigs, chickens and rabbits. You will say that people have never considered entering paradise with such an entourage. Yes, I know, they are not even conscious that all the animals they have eaten throughout their lives walk by their side. Yes, these animals are there with them, crying: ‘I wanted to live, I wanted to evolve, why have you slaughtered me for food? So now help me to evolve, because I too came to earth to learn.' The animals we have eaten are within us, and we can detect their presence through the impulses of hatred, anger, jealousy, sensuality, fear, and anxiety we experience. You might say, ‘But human beings are in command.' You are wrong; the animal kingdom is still expressing itself through humanity. True human beings are those who understand and carry out the will of God, and their rule has not yet truly been established. Animals above all are manifesting themselves at the moment, complete with beaks, fangs, claws, and hoofs. So, the Kingdom of God is still a long way off