Are you a Demon

Are you a demon?

It was the great Indian Avatar Bhagwan Sathya Sai Baba who taught his devotees that if you cause anyone harm, you are a “demon.” Strong words indeed, but appropriate for people acting as if they are doing something right, when in fact they are causing harm and more pain. Love and compassion have no room for callousness or indifference.

On Friday, December 14, the world was shocked to hear that twenty children and six adults were gunned down at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut. Forever more, Friday the 14th will be a black day for the families – and for all the people who were there (as well as the rest of the world). For ever.

Since that time, the Internet (and in particular, social media) has been abuzz with chatter about the tragedy. Unthinking people are venting their anger with opinions as to why this atrocity happened. I can understand the psychology that people are angry; there is nothing they can do about the murder of twenty innocent children, and they need to vent this emotion. Today I learned that there are some misguided people attempting to take advantage of this horror for their personal gain in the mass media and on the Internet. I am personally offended by this.

It seems demons are in the world and they are on a rampage.

Evil enjoys pain. Demons inflict pain knowingly or unknowingly. If you are trying to make some personal point, or to be all over Facebook with misguided opinions and assertions, then you, my friend, are being a demon.

If you are not helping with compassion and understanding for the parents who’ve lost their baby children, then you are being a demon. Stop it. Right now! Stop it. There is a lot of sadness and a lot of pain, but with every word and every thought and every entry on the social media, you are giving in to the demonic influences that are around us and are feeding on this frenzy.

Please- please -please bear in mind that thoughts are real things. Humans as we know Humans™ are all one. We are hooked up spiritually and telepathically. What is being done in the social media today with all the hatred and anger is not helping.

Put yourself in the position of a parent or family member who has lost a child in such a tragedy. Would you like to hear over and over again how this or that should be done, or if someone is to blame, when you’re not even connected to the situation, to the community, or even to the state?

I am personally offended that people would be so small minded and so misguided to think that they are helping by being unsympathetic and even cold hearted when they use a situation such as this one for their own personal agenda.

I implore everyone to consider the feelings of the families, the teachers, and the community of Newtown who are now exposed to the frenzy of the mass media. These unfortunate people are grieving and are in terrible pain – right now. If you can’t say something compassionate and loving, or if you are using social media to attempt to make a point, or you are attempting to gain by using this tragedy to address some personal opinion (other than one of compassion) then please – with all due respect – shut up!

Send love and be empathetic. Grieve, but don’t hate! If you do not cease the hostilities and angry thoughts, then you are attracting negativity and inflaming malevolence – and, indeed, you are being a demon.

Rev. Douglas James Cottrell PhD.