The soul of man Resembleth water: From heaven it cometh,
To heaven it soareth.
And then again To earth descendeth,
Changing ever.
Down from the lofty Rocky wall
Streams the bright flood,
Then spreadeth gently
In cloudy billows
O'er the smooth rock,
And welcomed kindly,
Veiling, on roams it, Soft murmuring,
Tow'rd the abyss.
Cliffs projecting Oppose its progress,
Angrily foams it
Down to the bottom, Step by step.
Now, in flat channel,
Through the meadowland steals it,
And in the polish'd lake
Each constellation Joyously peepeth.
Wind is the loving
Wooer of waters; Wind blends together
Billows all-foaming.
Spirit of man, Thou art like unto water! Fortune of man, Thou art like unto wind!
J. W. von Goethe
I lke this poem by Goethe. In a way, though he believes more on the idea and concept of "man need no god", this poem to reflects to the opposite. I read it somewhere that to be free, one need to be confined - "The world is but a prison; death is the liberation".
Ironic isn't it?
Death sets us free. But then the question that arises is, by being dead, we would be incapble to do anything. So how could death liberates? The fun part about religion is that we are thought to have freedom within boundaries. We are thought to have and believe in hopes of a future time. To believe in the unseen. What we cannot touch nor feel entice us to experiment with the things in life.
We do good.
We do bad.
What will we reap? It depends on what we believe.
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This reminds me of a story my uncle told me during Hari Raya. He was talking to an individual who doesn't believe in life after death and doesn't do preparation for it. my uncle said, "that's alright. But the question is, are you prepared IF there is a life after death? I am prepared even if there is no life after death, I don't lose anything. What about you?" That's a thought to ponder upon hmm?
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