THE KARMIC FEROCITY OF WAR, AND OUR SPIRITUAL AWAKENINGS. THE IMAGES OF WAR ARE SEARED INTO OUR INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP CONSCIOUSNESSES. WE CAN SO EASILY MAKE IDOLS IN OUR MINDS AND IN OUR SOULS OF WAR; YET WAR ITSELF CAN SO OFTEN MAKE A MOCKERY OF OUR INNATE SANCTITY, OF OUR INNATE HOLINESS, OF OUR VERY HUMANITY. GREAT SPIRITUAL LEAPS IN OUR AGELONG QUESTS FOR SPIRITUAL ENLIGHTENMENT AND AWAKENING CAN BE MADE WITHIN THE TERRIBLE TESTING OF WAR. YET THE VERY WARS THAT CAN TEST US, AND HURTLE US FORWARD IN OUR SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT, ARE THEMSELVES THE CONSEQUENCES OF OUR SPIRITUAL FAILURES IN THE PAST: