The Deep Snake

Now demon wise, we are talking about something  almost
everyone has had some personal experience with.

But this post is also inspired by recent events, in
Charlotte,  Va. which I learned today should surprise
no one ..... Well, yes I kind of get that, but if you're
surprised, then your surprised, like who really knew
that Darth Vader was Luke SkyWalker's dad? Well, of
course somebody would know.

But this also goes back to another blog and another
post which you can find in this link:  The Light of Truth,
but some elements you can find in the previous post
here as well.

So the Deep Snake, where is this?   Another name for
the Deep Snake is ( of course ),,,,, dishonesty.

Now, like greed dishonesty is not a thing to itself but
rather dishonesty is the lack of truth.  But generally
we encounter it by a real event, which is called
the lie,,,,,

Now the thing about a lie, is the the real issue is
the willingness to tell it, because honesty is somewhat
curious in that it requires a lot of work.   One virtue
that perhaps you would not anticipate as being
of value in relation to it would be humility.  I'm not
sure people generally understand this connection,
but certainly it can play a definite role in the necessary
effort required to develop honesty as a virtue, and that
is because one of the motivations in telling lies is
to protect some perceived quality or lack of quality
that someone might wish to portray in a certain
way, like reputation.

But we also can notice that the Deep Snake, also connects
back to Greed, both very much connected.  The reason of
course must be the way in which they are so invisible to us,
meaning, they are behaviors that are so easy to ascribe to
some one else, some other group, some other, religion,
some other nation, some other, race, or just simply,
as with greed, anybody but yourself.

Invisible, but so seriously,   real,  and a constant threat,
the destructive force of which is almost indescribable.

What does that have to do with Charlotte ?

Well, simply it's about not being able to see the truth,
because it is obscured through ignorance and neglect.
But we need to understand that truth is both a light
and a power.  We,  and only we together will be able
to find that light.  We must ignite that light in ourselves
and each other to prevent the Deep Snake from destroying
in fact, what is important to all of us.