Feed Light, Not Darkness 🌿
by Alan Cohen
I am hearing more and more questions about how to deal with troublesome events around the world.
I recall a poignant Star Trek television episode, “Day of the Dove.” In this story, an evil entity infiltrates the Starship Enterprise and spurs the crew to engage in acts of hatred and violence. It takes over their minds and incites innocent people to engage in extreme cruelty. The entity’s malevolent influence keeps growing until it seems that the dark force is about to gain victory. Then the ship’s commanders realize that the entity is feeding on fear and intense negative emotions, to incite endless fighting. As an antidote, the leaders quit battling the entity and instead cultivate inner peace and emotional calm. When the invader finds no more turbulent emotions to feed on, it withdraws, and well-being is restored.
People who perpetrate evil are in great pain. They are disconnected from their Source. If you get fearful, upset, and angry, then you, too, are disconnected from your Source.
If you wish to help disperse evil in the world, withdraw attention from perpetration, and place it instead on solution. In the Native American Onondaga Tribe, Oren Lyon was designated Faithkeeper. His job was to remain peaceful no matter what was going on in the outer world. If the rest of the tribe was troubled by warfare, bad weather, or food shortage, he was the one person who had to retain connection to well-being, which benefited the entire tribe.
Each of us has an inner Faithkeeper.
At the conclusion of Day of the Dove, Captain Kirk joins with Klingon Commander Kang to issue this imperative to the evil entity that has turned the Starship into a battleground:
“Get off my ship! You’re a dead duck here. You’re powerless. We know about you, and we don’t want to play. Maybe . . there are others like you around. Maybe you’ve caused a lot of suffering, a lot of history, but that’s all over. We’ll be on guard now. We’ll be ready for you, so ship out! Come on, haul it!”
I find it fascinating that Day of the Dove was aired at the height of the Vietnam conflict.
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FEED THE LIGHT, NOT THE DARKNESS - AlanCohen
I am hearing more and more questions about how to deal with troublesome events around the world. Many people wonder why these scenarios come about and, most important, “How can I help?” I recall a poignant Star Trek television episode, “Day of the Dove.”…
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