I spent last night doing the wierdest thing. I picked open a previous-locked drawer that had its key hidden somewhere, and since I saw this bible an organisation gave me and my brother around 10 years ago.
Feeling sluggish and burned out, I was in no mood to study. Yet at the same time, I couldn't sleep cos it would seem that I had an excess of energy. So I sat down, flipped the bible open, and tuned my radio to Gold 90fm, for 987 and Class 95 were playing shit music (RnB and Techno respectively).
I started reading Genesis, on how God created the Earth, while the radio played some nice oldies, like "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head" and "I Want To Break Free" etc.
As I read and read, the cynic in me began to start attacking the information the bible presented. It seemed so propaganda-ish, written as if to justify the actions and places and names of old. And as I read on, about how God blessed Abraham, Isreal, Joseph etc., he blessed them with thousands of children, blessed their lineage with the ability to rule nations, the ability to subdue others. It all seemed so fake, as if some old wiseguy in the past wrote it to justify the overpopulation, slavery and wars we have and had.
Yet as I read on, all the way till I finished the entire Genesis in one sitting, I slowly began to enjoy reading it, much like a heavily factual storybook that seems so fantastical. I couldn't make any sense of it, but perhaps it could be that I was reliving some childhood endeavor I never got round to. So I said to myself, I will make it a habit, every Friday night, I will sit down and read a whole chapter (the next on is Exodus) of the bible. And when I am done, perhaps I can get started on the Buddhist Sutras.
And after that, I slept peacefully and contently. Perhaps this is my destiny, to keep searching for a faith I can truly relate to, but nevertheless, it was a very nice thing to do. It gave me food for thought, it fed my spiritual needs. It calmed my soul. And who knows, perhaps one day, you might see me in a church.
But for now, I am still searching. And as Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley and many others have said, "I did it my way".
Sunday, October 19, 2008
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3 comments:
another one bites the dust.
LOL hahahahas you just wait panzr (; hahas Giant ima lend you the translated version of the Qur'an next xD
sure. find the queue and join it. maybe i will look for the Jewish Torah next..
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