Its funny...and very troubling. When I watch this and hear the beauty of each singers voice, singing the same song all around the world, in different languages. My eyes tear, my heart cries and I am saddened... Why is it so easy for the world to gather around and rejoice in listening to a Disney song, yet so hard for the world to rejoice the different ways we celebrate our connection to God? It is said that once upon a time a king gathered a few men who were born blind. They were asked to describe an elephant, but each one was presented with only a certain part of it. To one was presented the head of the elephant, to another the trunk, to another its ears, to another the leg, the body, the tail, tuft of the tail, etc. The one who was presented with the head said: The elephant is like a pot! The one who was presented the trunk answered, The elephant is like a hose. The one who touched only the ears thought that the elephant was a fan, the others said that it was a pillar, a wall, a rope, a brush, etc. Then they quarreled among themselves, each thinking that he was the only one right and the others were wrong. The obvious truth is that the elephant is a unity of many parts, a unity that they could not grasp in their ignorance. According to the pattern suggested by this tale, it is often said that world religions form a unity, and only this unity provides the right perspective on ultimate truth. A similar pluralistic trend is encouraged by the suggestion to consider the various world religions as alternative paths to the same transcendental finality or, using a known illustration, many paths to the same mountain peak. It also made me remember this book that my mother read to us, Mines the Best, by Crosby Bonsall... amazon/Mines-Best-First-Can-Read/dp/0064442136 Mines NOT the Best...neither is yours! Although the scientific fact that energy can not be created or destroyed does have me wondering about reincarnation. Love you all!
Posted on: Sun, 20 Jul 2014 06:06:14 +0000
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