trust - assured reliance on the character, ability, strength, or truth of someone or something; one in whom confidence and reliance is placed

betrayal - to fail or desert, especially in time of need; to breach the trust of another person

Betrayal beckons as a nameless, faceless evil spirit. Although Betrayal appears equally seductive as male or female, the true face of Betrayal shows no gender, asserts no allegiance, cares not about conscience. The sole purpose of betrayal is to undermine, to destroy, to kill. Once Betrayal has fulfilled its purpose, it recedes back into the evil black slime from whence it came. It is there that Betrayal waits, sometimes patiently, sometimes impetuously, but always vigilant for the single weakness of those who would entertain even one single temptation of Betrayal. Betrayal reflects the true face of Evil, existing only for itself, and caring about no other living being or entity.

Betrayal insidiously undermines the weak as well as the strong - not the strong of Spirit, but those who appear strong through Power and Control. Betrayal takes root in emotional concept and aspiration, then finds full fruition in the karmic bond of physical action. Sometimes Betrayal works in a cunning manner, gently nudging that clandestine sexual encounters are normal, or that an affair is needed to revive a dull relationship. Betrayal is a liar, one of the greatest of Eternity. Betrayal offers that any sexual activity is all right if it is done in love. Betrayal whispers that it is unnatural to stifle any sexual activity. Betrayal plants very sensible seeds of thought and belief: "I have to do what is right for me - I can get out of this affair whenever I want - I'll never get caught." Betrayal is a master of seduction, knowing exactly what to say and when to say it - to those who begin to believe even a single word of its lies. Betrayal continues, urging the weak to action, offering that "It's OK for now, I need this. If this is a mistake, it can be cleaned up later."

The breeding ground of Betrayal, indeed the culture that Betrayal seeks most, is the insipid fungus of fear, and any of the gray shades of partial Truth. Any degree of fear is the thin edge of wedge that Betrayal would seek to cleaver. In the frigid chasm of half-truth, with-held confidence, and forsaken intimacy Betrayal will creep and crawl, beckon and call, seduce and destroy. Betrayal cares not of long term friendship or new found acquaintance. Betrayal cares not of Beauty or Love, Faith or Value, Moral or Virtue. Betrayal has but one purpose: to undermine, to weaken, to create suspicion, to destroy, to kill, and to push Love and Beauty into the fire of Death and Hell forever.

The mere act of Betrayal is so simple that - in and of itself - the act is easily forgiven. The mere act is nothing compared to the rippling effect that Betrayal truly seeks to create, for it is in the overtones of mistrust that Betrayal finds its true sardonic pleasure. The lies and rationalizations created to cover up the act of Betrayal are the beginning of its true work. The confusion, bewilderment, and despair of the innocent are where Betrayal comes into fruition. These strata are where Betrayal begins to shape its web of iniquity. Betrayal cares not in the least if the innocent recipients of its atrocities are upstanding people of integrity, honest and hardworking caretakers, or vulnerable children. Betrayal has but one purpose: to undermine, to destroy, to kill. Betrayal seeks to weaken and eliminate Trust, Faith, Intimacy, and Love - all for no purpose whatsoever. Betrayal exists for itself alone. In the final analysis, when the effects of Betrayal are seen as a whole, the casualties number among Family, Friendship, Community, Congregation, and finally to the betrayer.

The final crown of the work of Betrayal is upon the betrayer. It is in the mind, heart, and soul of the betrayer that Betrayal serves its final and greatest work. Where bright eyes, windows of the soul, once shone there is now an empty, pale, dull reflection of a deadened conscience that has been buried deeply below lies and rationalizations. When the true death blow of Betrayal has been delivered upon the betrayer, Betrayal will recede as a cancer in remission, awaiting once again the fertile ground of victimhood, fear, and persecution that give rise to the evil justifications that Betrayal uses to seduce and allure. Betrayal awaits a single opportunity, one crack of justification, to force the evil of its addiction once again into the hearts, minds, and aspirations of the innocent while using the betrayer as a conduit for the enormous and erroneous lies and falsities upon which it thrives. Betrayal seeks to paralyze, to destroy, and to kill all those whom it can touch, and releases not its vise-like jaws until it has destroyed the Light of Love in the betrayer. Betrayal seeks to create a dark and cloudy shroud of delusion in the betrayer such that the betrayer would murder their soul mate at point blank range directly in the heart, and as that person falls to the ground, stab their best friend in the back. This is the full and unforgiving glory of Betrayal.

Betrayal seeks darkness to weaken, to destroy, and to kill all that is held as Beautiful and Loving. Betrayal cannot tolerate the Light of Honesty. It is only in the naked and vulnerable veil of complete and thorough Honesty that Betrayal will release its hold. Some have come to know this degree of thorough Honesty as Repentance. Honesty must begin spontaneously within the betrayer of their own volition as a direct and clear act of conscience. When the betrayer clearly sees and takes responsibility for all that Betrayal has caused and created, Betrayal will begin to fade and recede. The perspective of the betrayer will naturally shift to accommodate a new found acceptance of their actions in view of the pain and destruction they have caused. Betrayal must be exposed for exactly the liar, swindler, and snake-charmer that it truly is. Honesty must extend outward to all those affected for Betrayal to become neutralized, for reparation to begin, if that is possible. Betrayal leaves a trail of Karma that can be irreparable, unforgivable, and deadly, often marking generations to come. Once Betrayal has been examined and exposed for the liar and falsity that it truly is, it will recede and wait for weaker moments. Only by caring and continued Honesty and Compassion can reparation for the damage of Betrayal begin. Only by relentless caring and continued vigilance upon Honesty and Compassion can Betrayal be placed and held in a state of remission. Betrayal itself will never die.