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Come Now And Enter Into Your Rest
Once upon a time there was a man who loved living in his
tropical paradise. Having been born on the island where his
parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents had always lived,
he held in his heart a special place for the beauty of the palm
trees, the white sand, the sloping mountains, the gentle
climate.
This man, approaching death, told his loved ones to place some
island sand into each of his hands when he died, so that he
might hold on to the memory of his beloved place forever. They
did, and so the man proceeded to the gates of heaven still
clutching the sand. At the gate, he was warmly greeted and told
that as soon as he emptied his hands of the sand, he could enter
into eternal joy.
The man was crushed, for he could not let go of what he loved so
much, and so he waited. He waited for a long, long time: so long
that at last his hands grew weary and could not longer hold the
sand. It eventually slipped through his fingers, lost forever.
At that moment, Jesus came to him, holding the man as he sobbed
at the loss of his memory, and said, “Come now and enter into
your rest.” With that, Jesus walked with the man through the
gates of heaven, where there before them both stretched out the
entirety of the man’s beloved island.
Source: The Ignation Workout
The Human Odyssey...
The earliest remains of the Homo
sapiens yet discovered dates back to 300,000 years.
We probably evolved in the
African region,
but then migrated to the rest of the world. Although our
physical appearance changed over time, our race didn't: we
remained human beings.
Remains of the world's
earliest religious worship site
have been discovered in Botswana, where our ancestors performed
advanced rituals, worshipping the python some 70,000 years ago.
So many religions have emerged and disappeared that no religion
can claim superiority over other religions. Religion is only one
of the
means to realize God, but
it is not an end to itself.
The central problem facing our planet is human overpopulation.
Today there are over
8 billion beings on Earth and the
population is still growing. There are too many people and
not enough resources for all of us. Yet,
we are not addressing this
problem responsibly. Do you really think your life will be
better if there are more people of your colour,
caste or creed on
Earth?
Initially used as fire for light, heat, cooking and for safety,
energy has been harnessed by humans for millennia. Today, fossil
fuels have become our main energy sources. This is leading to
climate change and global warming.
The Earth has entered a new era called
anthropocene, which marks
the beginning of the
sixth mass extinction. Many species have already disappeared
from the planet and our own days, as a species, are numbered.
Artificial intelligence has surpassed human intelligence. While
humans think they will be using
AI to win wars against other
nations, AI itself has outwitted human psychology to make us
lose each and every war. Warfare has never been a solution to
human problems...