I greet The Indwelling Divine Designer.
Today’s “Pay Forward” gift is - Ladybug Zombies. Ladybugs are said to bring good luck, but one infected by the wasp species Dinocampus coccinellae is decidedly unfortunate. When a female wasp stings a ladybug, it leaves behind a single egg. After the egg hatches, the larva begins to eat its host from the inside out. When ready, the parasite emerges and spins a cocoon between the ladybug’s legs. Though its body is now free of the tormentor, the bug remains enslaved, standing over the cocoon and protecting it from potential predators. Some ladybugs survive this eerie ordeal [but become a real zombie]. (National Geographic November 2014) This is a useful metaphor for the active alcoholic’s journey. For many of us, the egg was within our genes at birth. If I had not found the Program, I would be dead or a real alcoholic zombie. Without the grace of our Father, I would, in effect, be a useless zombie. There was another Egg within and beyond this physical body, it’s the individual creative Divine Design within each of us, our Father’s will is done. “To hurt is as human as to breathe” J.K. Rowling. So if a wasp stings us, we can choose not to be its host, or at least, we will not feed it. “The life of the soul in conscious union with the Infinite shall be for us the only real existence” Emerson. Thy Love, Thy Will be done.