{"id":88974,"date":"2022-03-02T08:52:55","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T13:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/?p=88974"},"modified":"2022-03-02T08:52:55","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T13:52:55","slug":"vice-is-way-ahead-what-made-virtue-lose-its-fashion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2022\/03\/02\/vice-is-way-ahead-what-made-virtue-lose-its-fashion\/","title":{"rendered":"Vice is Way Ahead: What Made Virtue Lose Its Fashion?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The deepest meaning of human relationships isn\u2019t hate&nbsp;and aggression; it is love. We all seek&nbsp;love, and occasionally give it!&nbsp;&nbsp;But virtue is not so popular in these days of&nbsp;greed,&nbsp;cynicism and disrespect.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><i>Vice is way out ahead in the world of human affairs.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Lying, stealing, cheating, killing and insulting can be found at all levels of every society.&nbsp;What made virtue lose its fashion;&nbsp;why did we collectively decide to surrender ourselves to vicious ways of living?<\/p>\n<p>Could it be down to one simple belief,&nbsp;survival of the fittest&nbsp;or&nbsp;the birth of desire and possession?&nbsp;Or&nbsp;perhaps&nbsp;we started to think that we might not get what we wanted, or lose what we had?&nbsp;Maybe&nbsp;we found others acting towards us in ways which were far from loving and caring?<\/p>\n<p>Probably yes,&nbsp;to all of those as they are interconnected. But we still have&nbsp;free will,&nbsp;a choice;&nbsp;that choice will define the quality of our life \u2013 virtue or vice? Harmony or conflict? Love or fear?&nbsp;Seriously, if virtue and vice were standing trial and you were in the jury, who would you vote for?&nbsp;<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_88976\" style=\"width: 558px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2022\/03\/Thoughts2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-88976\" class=\"size-full wp-image-88976\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2022\/03\/Thoughts2.jpg\" alt=\"Vice is Way Ahead: What Made Virtue Lose Its Fashion?\" width=\"548\" height=\"574\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2022\/03\/Thoughts2.jpg 548w, http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2022\/03\/Thoughts2-286x300.jpg 286w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 548px) 100vw, 548px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-88976\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brahma Kumaris Illustration.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>So make and live your choice, it is much more relaxing. You did vote for virtue didn\u2019t you?&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The current decline in the quality of life can be reversed into a rising curve by applying spiritual laws.&nbsp;It is said love can move mountains.&nbsp;Godly knowledge is recharging the diminished power of the soul.&nbsp;<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>By applying this recently emerged spiritual knowledge of the soul and God merged with contemporary science, a vision of a life-sustaining civilization is coming into focus. Heaven is not merely a world of palaces, beautiful gardens, spring-like weather and an abundance of wealth, health and happiness. There is much more to it!&nbsp;It consists of a society living together with brotherly love and harmony, a society where virtue is again fashionable!&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><i>\u201cWhen spirituality is merged with resolution, and when our respect and affection for human beings is our personal triumph, recognize that these thoughts will definitely give birth to a new era and usher in a new age.\u201d &#8211;&nbsp;<\/i>Prime Minister Modi speaking recently at 75<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;Republic Day celebrations, \u2018Campaign for a Golden India.\u2019<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Let us commit to making 2022 our year for crafting the vision&nbsp;of changing hell into heaven. Through all these upheavals and destruction of nature, life-threatening diseases, violent behavior and the shadow of war, remain fearless. A wave of spirituality is now silently creating change, making virtue popular once again and renewing the world.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2022\/03\/Thoughts3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88977\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2022\/03\/Thoughts3.jpg\" alt=\"Vice is Way Ahead: What Made Virtue Lose Its Fashion?\" width=\"573\" height=\"851\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2022\/03\/Thoughts3.jpg 573w, http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2022\/03\/Thoughts3-202x300.jpg 202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 573px) 100vw, 573px\" \/><\/a>With the flame of our minds, our inner light has been lit and our light is igniting the light of others.&nbsp;With&nbsp;this soul-to-soul connection we are again able to see the golden virtues in each other.<\/p>\n<p>Resource: Peace Village Bookshop at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.peacevillageretreat.org\/all-books.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.peacevillageretreat.org\/all-books.html<\/a>.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>(You can contact Sister Chirya Risely, from Owego, at <a href=\"mailto:bkchirya@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bkchirya@gmail.com<\/a> or at <a href=\"mailto:chirya.risely@peacevillageretreat.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">chirya.risely@peacevillageretreat.org<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The deepest meaning of human relationships isn\u2019t hate&nbsp;and aggression; it is love. 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