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| And so they say out to me : Heaven and Hell is real. You are talking nonsense Nora,we all have this "desires", "needs", "lust" and "ego"..... |
....... and so the only way to tame this ego, this lust, this needs and desire is to feed the mind with stories of heaven and to create the fear through hell? The Mind has become so corrupt that the only way to bribe it with stories of heaven? The same corrupted stories about Virgin that they have put into the head of the suicide bombers.
So I am right to say, heaven and hell is a byproduct of corrupt mind.If I help an elderly person to cross the road is it not the right thing to do? What does heaven and hell got to do with it. If you start expecting rewards from Heaven just so that you can worship, isn't it an indication that your worshipping is not sincere and honest?
If I have a child would it not be right to tell my child "you should not hurt another because it is wrong. If you do not want others to do the same to you, you should not do the same to another?". This is teaching the child to see other as herself : another human being. Instead of telling her "you should not do harm to another or you will not go to heaven"
"To believe in Heaven and Hell is to be a Muslim" so I am being told repeatedly. Now it all make sense to me why I should not and cannot be a Muslim. Everything they taught me from young conflict with my basic principle. Heaven is for those who are still attach with this needs to be bribe. Heaven and hell is more like an antidote religion such as Islam and Christian sell to their believers for the fear they create. They have to sell these ideas to the believers because its the only way for their survival otherwise religion has no meaning. Of which I am reminded of a scene in the police story...
The senior constable to other.....
"What do you mean you don't need this? of course you need it. We all need it"
"nope... I will not accept... its amount to bribery"
"now look here young man..... our life depend on this.. this is what makes who we are. For you to come here and say you do not need and you do not want it, its not good for us. You are making us look bad. And we don't like it"
I love to go to the Zoo, but I always leave with this feeling of Sadness. I often wondered why. Couple of months ago I went to the zoo with a group of students. As usual the attraction of the day in the zoo was the animal show. So we all join in with the crowd, sat together and watch as several sea lion doing all the stunts and after each stunt, they were rewarded with what? Fishes by the trainers. Then all the audience clap happily "wah! The sealion is so smart… so good"
Now I understand this feeling of sadness. We all are like the Sea lions too? We've become exactly like the animal in the zoo, to be caged, to be threaten with a whip, throw with a stone and bribe with 'goodies' for us to do the righteous?
So I am right to say, heaven and hell is a byproduct of corrupt mind.If I help an elderly person to cross the road is it not the right thing to do? What does heaven and hell got to do with it. If you start expecting rewards from Heaven just so that you can worship, isn't it an indication that your worshipping is not sincere and honest?
If I have a child would it not be right to tell my child "you should not hurt another because it is wrong. If you do not want others to do the same to you, you should not do the same to another?". This is teaching the child to see other as herself : another human being. Instead of telling her "you should not do harm to another or you will not go to heaven"
"To believe in Heaven and Hell is to be a Muslim" so I am being told repeatedly. Now it all make sense to me why I should not and cannot be a Muslim. Everything they taught me from young conflict with my basic principle. Heaven is for those who are still attach with this needs to be bribe. Heaven and hell is more like an antidote religion such as Islam and Christian sell to their believers for the fear they create. They have to sell these ideas to the believers because its the only way for their survival otherwise religion has no meaning. Of which I am reminded of a scene in the police story...
The senior constable to other.....
"What do you mean you don't need this? of course you need it. We all need it"
"nope... I will not accept... its amount to bribery"
"now look here young man..... our life depend on this.. this is what makes who we are. For you to come here and say you do not need and you do not want it, its not good for us. You are making us look bad. And we don't like it"
I love to go to the Zoo, but I always leave with this feeling of Sadness. I often wondered why. Couple of months ago I went to the zoo with a group of students. As usual the attraction of the day in the zoo was the animal show. So we all join in with the crowd, sat together and watch as several sea lion doing all the stunts and after each stunt, they were rewarded with what? Fishes by the trainers. Then all the audience clap happily "wah! The sealion is so smart… so good"
Now I understand this feeling of sadness. We all are like the Sea lions too? We've become exactly like the animal in the zoo, to be caged, to be threaten with a whip, throw with a stone and bribe with 'goodies' for us to do the righteous?
| September 2009 |