Monday, October 20, 2008
Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali
I love this reading because it gives so much glory to God. It talks about how he created all things that we love and enjoy in this world, including our own lives. He gave us all abilitys or talents that we have. We are so quick to praise ourselfs when we accomplish something when it is he who gave us the ability to accomplish anything. It amazes me the love he has for each of us. unconditional love. I always think of a small child and how they love unconditionally. They make friends with anyone they meet and they hold no records of wrong. We all need to strive to be like little children. It also talks about the passion that we each hold. How much passion, love, and time do we put into our daily wants. How many hours do we watch tv, play a sport, or go out with friends? If each of us would just take a fraction of that passion and give thanks to God our world would not be such a bad place. Our country would not be so material based and we would all be a lot less selfish. I love the way he ends this passage. Even thought he is an incredible man with so much knowledge he apologizes if he is unclear in anyway. He says that it is "no easy task to discover the unclouded glory that lies behind the veil." He may not be able to define Gods love and comapssion 100% acurately but he did a pretty good job. And I am so impressed that he is humble enough to ask for forgiveness just in case he didn't get it all right.
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I agree with how much time and energy we put in our daily life is too much and if we used that energy towards God I think life would be better for every individual, in turn making the world a little bit brighter.
"once you reach the point that we are all one the term God becomes irrelevant. The word God is just a restraint that are limited minds create. A box that we wall our ideas in. Once we are free of that then we are God" i cant say it better, i like how you put it.
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