Smacks

A difficult fact to deal with, I would think for many, is the record that Meher Baba inflicted corporal punishment. He smacked people, sometimes very hard, even to the point of injury. For many of us, this alone would be sufficient to convince us that Meher Baba could not be the Christ. Some, however, would accept Baba's comment, that these blows are calculated not to vent Baba's anger, nor to punish people, but to remove difficult karmic sanskaras. Baba often said that people who received such blows were greatly blessed by them.

It is in this context that I look at the huge blow that was given to "Blue America." On the surface (and from my perspective), it would seem that most of the virtue was on the side of candidate Kerry. It would be possible, but rather beside the point, to make a case for that here. Yet President Bush was reelected, and given a free hand to carry on his questionable policies.

This has been a speculative blog so far, so I will continue further in that vein. What if by smacking "Progressive America," Baba was simply helping many people at once to shake loose of some sticky, false identifications, as a prelude to better, truer work in the future. Baba described his verbal blasts as "arrows of love." Could it be that he wants us to love truth more, and to keep going in that pursuit?

This chapter could be objectionable to many, but I am thinking a blog is to float ideas. Far more readers, were there any, would object to Meher Baba than to my Democratic identifications. Perhaps some might object to a mixing of the two. I'd welcome anyone's reactions.