And then He took me to the top of the mountain and said, “Visualize a World with no strife!”…So I closed my eyes…and that is when I saw the chasm – a great chasm it was indeed…on one side was much prosperity and abundance and on the other much need, hunger and suffering…I opened my eyes and asked Him, “I see a great chasm. How can I visualize no strife with such a great chasm?”…He looked at me, smiled and said, “Fill the chasm!”…So I asked, With what?”….He said, “With Empathy”.
Then we entered the banquet hall – a huge cavernous place. It was the strangest place ever. At one end sat guests who were gouging themselves on large plates of food. Their full bellies glistened in the harsh light as crumbs and drops fell from their full mouths to the ground.
At another section were several guests sharing a plate of food. Their faces were glum for you could tell they did not have enough…..
And then was the last section where the guests looked like they were not even at the banquet. They were doubled over, faces contorted in apparent pangs of hunger. A few were even motionless on the floor.
I stopped, surprise etched on my face…. I asked Him, “Isn’t there enough food for all the guests?”….He looked me like you looked at a clueless son and replied, “You’d think, right?”