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The Veils of Maya
© 2005 by James Jackson Aycock
In Memory of my dear friend John Austin

Like a rider in the wind;
Like a prayer wheel that spins;
Like a healing rain you came
To show us—

That things aren't always what they seem;
All of this could be a dream,
Written in the sands of time
That call us.

And while we are here
The answer seems clear:
We are here to be the Light
For each other.
 
And when we are gone,
The Light will shine on
Through our hearts
And through the Veils of Maya.

Who can say what's in a name?
Is who we are and it the same?
Or is it just the bowl we place
Beneath the fountain?

Fill it up with all you can,
Still we're so much greater than.
We are that which holds the sky
And mountain.

And when we awake,
The memory we take
Will be the memory of our Love
For each other.

And when we are gone,
The Love will live on
Through our hearts
And through the Veils of Maya.

Through our hearts
And through the Veils of Maya.

CALLER [JOHN]: Thanks, Larry. After 25 years of following you on radio and TV, first-time caller, also long-time student of Deepak's. If I may, each for Dr. Prager and Mohler. Dr. Prager said earlier that the U.S. is the highest evolution of society, how is such a statement perceived in, say, Sweden or Tibet, or Canada, most especially since most of the enemies we've warred against, we've either condoned or, in fact, manufactured, as in Saddam and Osama.

And I also suggest that capitalism, the way we practice, is often, or more godless than some of other systems he mentioned.

And Dr. Mohler is the environment in fact, the creation? And regarding capital punishment, what would Jesus do?

KING: That's a lot of heavy questions.

PRAGER: Who do you want to begin, Dr. Mohler or I?

KING: Do the Swedes say they're are as good of a society as us?

PRAGER: First of all in Sweden, a lot of Swedes are convinced they have a morally superior society to us. And by the way, I have no problem with thinking that they have a better society than mine, none whatsoever. So long as they don't impose their values on me, I don't have a problem with that at all.

KING: Then why do you think we should impose our values on others?

PRAGER: Ah, because we are helping -- the same way we helped Germany produce something free, there is a point wherein, I think between totalitarian torture chambers and freedom, it is fairly clear which is better. But I just want to say that I have no problem with the Swedes thinking that they have produced something better. And over time, let's see. However, Sweden cannot sustain its socialism. It cannot.

KING: Dr. Mohler, why do you support -- do you support capital punishment?

MOHLER: I do support Capital Punishment, because the scripture is so clear about it. Now, I want it applied in a fair and just way. But there's no doubt "The Bible" in the Old and New Testaments, not only allows but mandates capital punishment, because it affirms the fact that the willful taking of human life is the violation of God's law, God's plan and is to murder one who is made in the image of god.

KING: So Rome was correct when it murdered Christ.

MOHLER: No, it wasn't just. Christ had committed no crime.

KING: That's its law.

MOHLER: Let's put it this way, it was God's plan that Christ should die to pay the penalty of our sins so that he might accomplish our salvation. And so, the crucifixion of Christ...

KING: So he was supposed to died.

MOHLER: Jesus came to die, that's what he then himself said.

KING: So what, then, did he give? If that was the prophecy, and he was coming to die, with what did he die for if that was the plan?

MOHLER: He died for our sins, because his father sent him in order that he would die in our place as our substitute, shed his blood for the penalty for our sins so all who might believe in him might have life and life everlasting. He lived a sinless life.

KING: Why does the Pope oppose capital punishment?

MANNING: Opposed capital punishment, because in my experience, Jesus was one deeply concerned about the importance of life. The thrust towards life, whether abortion, or whether it's the death penalty, we have to continually look to try to raise life, not get away from life.

KING: I have to take another break. We have to do more shows like this. I want to get each of these gentleman's thoughts on their faith in tomorrow. Don't go away. ...