The Power Of Prayer When Applied To The Theory Of Relativity Poem by Ted Sheridan

The real spirit in us in pure and all goodness, bliss and knowledge but our gross nature doesn't allow us to see it. Gross nature is a combination of various drives, velocities of mind, quality of thought and awareness and this level has its own say in the identification of our real self. The metaphor can be the sun and the cloud. Becasuse of the presence of the cloud, we miss the beauty and illumination of the sun but the sun IS there. This is the truth. The thinner is the cloud, the more the presence of sun is felt. Likewise, the elvation of mind, the elevation of our awareness take us to more sublime thought, to a level of all round purity in life. Actually, what we term as evil is only one level of mind. The higher up and lesser is evil. Actually, goodness and badness are only relative terms. Sugar is bad for diabetics patients but not for others. So, what is the quality of sugar? Purely relative. Bad, good and better can be re-scaled as good, better and the best also. Vivekananda would say that there is nothing like badness. If I say that you are a bad man, you may resist but if I say that you are good, but be better, then, you will listen. Mental situation changes when we use a different scale. When we say evil, bad etc, they carry a negative sign but using a different scale, we can make the world to be more listening and here, improvisation is also possible. When we say that something is evil, we are only meaning that the situation is less conductive for life from our stand point. Otherwise, evil has practically no other meaning.

If the old man has a spiritual void, he obviously realizes that spirituality is good not evil, therefore all he has to do is fill the void by talking to Jesus and asking him to come into his life. Simple, very basic actually, so I wonder why the old man didn't know that. As for the protons, not relavant. Excellent read Ted, very interesting. --Melvina--

Have read this over and over and over and all I can think of is that you're referencing static charges or electic ones with your various descriptions....Probably off track here but felt prayer, to you in here, was like an electical charge, well except for the attack on the rhubarb......marci.xo

The Apostles being less than 12 and the two, joined protons have nothing to do with the answer to this riddle. Nor does the damned rhubarb. The ole man's original question is what needs to be answered. A spiritual void is not stated, in this poem, as being good or evil. Good is spiritual, as is evil...so why should it be edil that fills the void. Anyway, there's no such thing as complete void. Good one! xxElysabeth

Hmmm...great poem Ted...you leave us wondering...I'm wondering if I'll ever eat strawberry-rhubarb pie again! ! ? Hugs, Dee