Reflection: Satisfy Your Senses OR Satisfy His
Will?
By: Eric Gajewski
You will get no satisfaction from this world nor in any attempt to satisfy your carnal senses...
I take a look around to see so many
unhappy people who are giving into despair.
We are quick to rush to their might be a medical problem and yet so many
are simply not happy because they are full of self love. They have still not learnt as eagles to
detach from all things. They enjoy
distractions and comforts. They despise
silence, solitude and the Crosses given to them and they blame others for their
own unhappiness to boot. No, the problem
isn’t Clinton nor this country in reality.
The problem still is you. We
spend to much time during the day trying to satisfy or own egos and senses that
we lose the proper Catholic Christian perspective. We are not here to lead a life full of
fun. We are here to satisfy the Divine
Will and we will never do this if we are still full of the self.
Modern man is a surface dwelling
creature who is not interested in interior things. He needs to be wined and dined by the world
always keeping his senses occupied by things other than God. It is no wonder that Our Lord first purges
the senses in the Dark Night of the Soul (purification stage). God has to grab the attention of men through
suffering because if he did not so many more would end in the eternal
Fire. Self is the antithesis of Him and
His Sacred Heart. Thus, on a grand scale
our lives must be measured on this level.
Furthermore, each day and truly every second we get is a struggle
between our will and His. “What does God
want me to do?”...is not often heard by modern man and thus this helps to
explain why so many hit the clubs and bars every weekend. It helps to explain why so many are addicted
to alcohol, drugs and find themselves in the web of Big Pharma passing from one
prescription drug to the next as I once did.
Modern man has ADD. He has an attention deficit disorder which
dictates he simply can’t sit still and contemplate God. It seems like here in America the more
distracted and disillusioned with this world the more you will be praised by
others. Yet in reality the more
distracted we are the less opportunities we get to become holy. It takes grace to concede your will for a
greater good. It takes a lot of prayer
to arrive at the point where you realize it is not at all about me and having
fun or satisfying the senses. The New
World Order attacks on a daily basis but in the philosophy/theology itself but
also on TV, movies, books, magazines, etc.
They must distract you in efforts to take away from your time you ought
be spending in silence and solitude.
They don’t want you to pray 15 decades of the Rosary they want you to
watch 15 reruns of Dancing with the Stars.
Make no mistake, we all need breaks but today you ought sit down and
analyze where your time is being spent so you can continue to grow in holiness.
We ought take a look at the unhappy
faces we see on a daily basis and remember that a good number of these happy
people simply are not at rest interiorly because they have not cleared out
their hearts which is full of clutter from the world. Jesus and Mary want to make a home in your
heart and how can you do this when you loathe after and hoard the things of
this world secretly within? If you are
not happy now by simply remaining united to the Divine Will how can you possibly
say you will be happy on the other side of life’s last breath? Brethren, you can have happiness right now
amidst the worst circumstances by simply keeping Christ and booting out all
those things interiorly which are an impediment to your relationship with
Christ. In the end, stay close to Mary,
Jesus and the Church for this world cannot give you happiness but everyday
tries to convince you otherwise.