Idols
“Let not the myriad forms the ego takes deceive and distract you,” Devorah said. “For they are all idols, and idols are but shabby substitutes for your wondrous reality. You believe idols will somehow complete your self, protect you in a dangerous world; offer the power to supply your lacks, and add value that you do not have. Bull shit! No one believes in idols who has not enslaved himself to littleness and loss.
“What idols are you worshiping – romantic love, success, money, family, children and grand children, democracy, individual liberty and freedom from big government, a viable planet and environment? ‘What?’ you protest, ‘everyone wants some of those things, they’re not idols.’
“Yes, they are, if you must protect and defend them and value them so highly you sacrifice your health, wealth, wisdom, peace, compassion and joy to them. It’s fine to value these things, I value them. But I understand that only as I turn within, seek guidance and serve from there that they are not idols. Only by seeking at-one-ment with mySelf first, by honoring and valuing that greater reality in mySelf and yourSelf first, will I serve and honor the power we call God and not be an idol worshiper.”
