By Banji Ayoola
Harm not thy neighbour. Harm no one, friend or foe. Particularly our neighbours who repose trust in us.
How do we harm?
We harm our neighbours in our activities either in thoughts, words or deeds that are not pure. That lack love.
First in our thoughts. Soiling him and his surrounding with filthy, immoral, impure thoughts. Then in words and physical deeds.
Thinking ill of the other. Wishing him, the other man or woman evil. And then going ahead to implement these evil thoughts in visible physical deeds either in words or actions.
Blocking him on his path. Frustrating him in his ways. Making life difficult for him by causing problems and obstacles that hinder, torture and torment him.
Laying stones, broken bottles and landmines on his path. Hedging his path with thorns and thistles, with spikes. Giving him poison rather than honey. Thinking ill of him; speaking ill of him and doing evil to him. Denying him comfort and joy.
Attempting and moving to cut him off his stream of blessings. Working to restrain him from venturing out of himself to be active in the earthly.
Making it difficult or impossible for him to manifest in the earthly his innate qualities, abilities, talents or gifts. To pursue the goal of his life. To fulfil the purpose of his earth life, of being on earth at all.
Closing the space for him to blossom and flourish. Clipping his wings to stop him from flying. Destroying these wings altogether and turning him to a mere vegetable. In our actions that are bereft of love, that starve him of love.
Visiting him with sorrow, tears and blood. Meting physical violence on him, injuring, maiming and even killing him.
But in return, in lawful return, by indulging in these and other kindred evils, we attract evil to ourselves. Tenfold.
By harming our neighbour, the other man or woman, these and other numerous ways, we are indeed harming ourselves, placing unnecessary burden on ourselves, hampering and hindering ourselves, tying ourselves to him in ways that will later oppress us. Needlessly.
We are thus violating the incorruptible Laws governing the entire Creation, for which we will later on be punished severely. Which we will be forced to redeem laboriously. Either in this earth life or next.
Thereby spreading and strengthening the oppressive hold, dominion and reign, the terror of the Darkness on earth.
Whereas we are here on earth only to work and build conditions that will make possible, that will open up this earth to higher and healthier radiations, to more beautiful blessings from above, and erect the human foundation upon which the Kingdom of Peace will be laid.
To do only that which is good. To erect the human foundation that will make possible the manifestation on earth, the coming into, erection and existence on earth of the Father\’s Kingdom and Will as prevails in Heaven.
Thereby delaying our liberation, redemption and salvation from the evil ties, the evil karma, which necessitated this opportunity of an earth life.
Thereby delaying our development and maturing into better human beings, as to qualify for permission of approach and entrance into the flowering, luminous gardens of Paradise, where only the Holy Will of the Most High rules and reigns supreme; and where it is endless bliss for all the inhabitants.
