Today’s Dark Clouds
In a considerable portion of the lives of every human being, regardless of social class and position, we struggle with entanglements, grief, and hardship, and the clouds of sadness darken the bright and cheerful skies of the hearts. Naturally, everyone yearns to know the way out of tensions, discomfort and the burdens of sorrow and grief. The source of these sorrows varies. Some are financial entanglements, suffering from separation, and being apart. Some are torments from unethical behaviors, some are unexpected disgrace from people close to them, and some are due to oppression, injustice, aggression, violation, deceptions, and harms they see from their kind. People may get hurt in places they do not expect and feel deceived where they expected to have support and compassion and see unfaithfulness where they expected adherence.
Besides, circumstances such as rivalry in business or other affairs, family member’s disobedience or aberration, the death of loved ones, or other ailments sometimes engulf the people themselves. These emotions are the necessities of the existence of human beings. Even though they are essential to bringing balance to the spirit, as we will explain later, they by no means indicate that we should not always evade or escape them.