LENTEN SOLILOQUIES
Satan called a worldwide convention in Goa. .He addressed his Hells angels thus: "Congratulations on the mess you all have created , but you have not been able to keep people from thronging Temples, Mosques and Churches and making pilgrimages or even keep them from conservative values in a hurry. So the strategy should be let them go to places of worship and have their conservative lifestyles, but let us concentrate on stealing their time and cater to their baser instincts. This is what I want you to do. Keep them busy in the non essentials of life. Invent innumerable distractions to occupy their minds. Bring their I ,me and mine, to the fore. Tempt them to want more and more. Spend , spend, then borrow, borrow money they haven't yet earned, to take pride in possessions. Then they will think they possess the assets, but in reality the assets possess them! Money is the root of all evil. So let their lives revolve around it. ATMs, credit/debit cards, loans,live beyond their means, mixed with envy and greed, its the easiest way to gain their souls.
Convince the wives and women to go to work so that they can afford affluent lifestyles. Lead as many as you can ,after money, to go after power . And dont forget speed. Faster, faster .Keep them from spending quality time with each other , specially family and children. Infect educational Institutions so they are busy providing qualifications, and not education. As the family fragments, pretty soon their homes will offer no escape from life's pressures and tensions. Over stimulate their minds so they will not hear the still small voice of their conscience.
Let technology make things easier. Entice them to love beat music, encourage parties specially the Rave type, and make them take pride in being party animals who sing "I Can Get No Satisfaction" with gusto! At all times, even when they drive or trying to rest, prompt them to need music , and feel life empty without television, video recorders, cameras, mobile phones.
See to it that every store , hotel and restaurant, in the world contributes to keep them up to date with the latest. Do not neglect this philosophy even in places of worship. Fill their surroundings withal types of magazines, page 3 newspapers and channels, whilst further pounding their minds with news 24 hours a day. Invade all spaces with spam, catalogues, promotional offerings and sales, free products and promised services and materialism which raises false sense of security and hope.
Ensure they return from outings, picnics and holidays exhausted, frustrated and with all the resultant fallout. Send them to gyms, amusement parks, beauty parlours, sporting events and concerts preferably indoors. Keep them away from nature. Encourage acceptance of perversion and lead mans noble nature to tolerate heinous crimes and frustrate the implementation of good laws so that ultimately people see need of of criminals to get justice.
Even encourage some of them to be involved with noble issues. But crowd their lives with so many good causes that they have no time to meditate or seek spiritual guidance. This will lead them to work with their own strength, sacrificing their health, money and family for the great cause. And if they find some time to meet for spiritual fellowship, involve them in gossip and small talk and egos so they leave with troubled consciences and live their lives figuratively with "hurry, worry and wrong curry". They will have no time or inclination to contemplate what doth it profit a man to gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his soul.
Is the Devil's writ running our lives? You be the judge.
John Eric Gomes Alto Porvorim, Goa
