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1. 8th Deadly Sin
!July 3, 2014!
None seems to know why the 8th sin wasn’t mentioned, maybe seven
was regarded as a better number? The seven enemies of the soul are
envy, wrath, lust, greed, gluttony, sloth and pride. Perhaps the German
Theologian and anti Nazi says it in the following statement which every
American needs to be mindful of:!
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“In Germany they first came for the communists, and I didn’t speak up
because I wasn’t a communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn’t
speak up because I wasn’t a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn’t
speak up because I wasn’t a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics, and I
didn’t speak up because I was a Protestant. Then the came for me - and by that time,
no one was left to speak up.’’!
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The 8th deadly sin is called ‘Acedia’ (sometimes referred to as Despond).
The term has often been forgotten over the centuries, but is utterly
relevant in today’s world. Perhaps it wasn’t used because it is so difficult
to define. Words used in defining it are common conditions today that the
masses need to awaken from to save life on earth. It has been called the
‘monks demon’ due in part to their gazing into the empty boredom of their
existence. It’s being lost in a masquerade. Are you lost in crimes to
yourself before they happen?!
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Boredom, apathy, depression, escapism, despair,
commitment phobia are just a few words to describe this
demon that results in people more or less ‘rowing in place’ in their
lives where love seems to be regarded as a mystery, or a door to hurt,
rejection, and all forms of fears. At its Greek root, the word acedia
means the absence of care. Acedia becomes a spiritual morphine
when challenges seem to overcome one. An afflicted withdraws into
their ‘turtle like shell’ to avoid discomfort, pain, and fears. Having
acedia is not all of these characteristics but one or more.!
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Are you a prisoner of the ‘looping negative’ mind or the fearful, dulled, protected heart?
Like poison in a gourmet dish, it doesn’t matter how much, you wouldn’t want to eat it.
Why would you want to ‘consume’ negatives that follow you night and day, year after
year when everyone is busy with their own issues or blessing to be of help? Change
your breathing several times a day breathing out the old, and deep breathing in the new
never before energy. Why be a masquerade to life and love waiting for
your harmonizing with it?!
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