I was at a very quiet and peaceful coffee shop sipping the
hot beverage and taking in the fragrance of the crushed beans. In the
background, soft beautiful songs could be heard and they certainly enhanced the
beauty of the environment. The song which got my thoughts rolling was not one
of the kind one gets to hear at a coffee shop but strangely here it was being
played; and as my ears took in the words my mind began to think. The song was ‘God’s
Love,’ the one which is mostly sung as a nursery rhyme for children. As I
looked around, I could see people present smiling; perhaps because each of us
was transported to a classroom of the past and childhood memories have a
carefree breeze around them. The words were as follows, ‘God’s love is so
wonderful. So high, you can’t go over it. So deep, you can’t go under it. So
wide, you can’t go around it. God’s love is so wonderful.’ With every sip of
the hot beverage I took, I couldn’t but help wonder that if this love of God
was so very wonderful, why was God’s earth in trouble of perishing. Why was there
suffering and pain for some, while others had their cups filled with fun? And
then suddenly an answer came hitting me hard in my ears.
Love demands freedom. Be it any relationship, if it is on
the basis of love then it desires freedom. Even a married couple needs their
own personal time of freedom to enjoy. Similarly God or the Unknown Power or
the Force behind creation allows us to defy, discard or rebel against what is
right or correct in the original sense. It’s not the ‘Go to hell’ kind of
approach, but one which allows us to ‘Choose our own hell, if we so want it.’
Sounds strange because it makes us wonder how anyone could
ever choose a different way from that of goodness, happiness and harmony.
However strange it may sound, the thing is that people do love hell and prefer
to live in it on a day to day basis. Every time we use words of bitterness,
anger and hate, every time we ridicule someone, we know that we are doing the
wrong thing but we still continue to do it and live in the vibes of negativity.
It’s a personal hell which we make, enjoy it for a little while and then crib
about it later. It’s an addiction which seems fun momentarily and then has
lasting painful effects.
Religions offer us a capsule remedy for getting to
heaven or hell; the capsule being rituals. But rituals can't efface hatred and war; it's only kindness, love and peace which could help and make a heaven right where we are.
According to the song, God's love is infinite, but it gives
man ultimate freedom to make his own heaven or choose his own hell. He is a
loving father who always gives his children all they wish for. He warns and
informs about the negatives but if the child so insists, then the father perhaps cries at the wrong preference; but never takes away the power to choose. There is no
might or manipulation in love. It always has room for decision making. We
always get what we want.
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This is one the most beautiful writings I've read❤️
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