Lately I have been reading a book by an author whose name I can not recall at the moment which titled Friendship with God. Although I have not finished the book I have the urge to at least talk about this book and how does it relate to my conclusion described in the above paragraph.
The book started with narration of the childhood of the author which was what could be described as religious-being born in to a catholic family--a strong catholic family. Despite that the author had always been a critical boy who dared questions on behalf of his common sense certain practices or principel in his, then, religion. Albeit his total devotion as an innocent catholic boy serving his God with fear of eternal condemnation had he done otherwise.
Time passes and he found himself an adult struggling with his life: Relationship which did not work out, health issues, professional issues and so on. One day he jolted down his frustration to writing letter to God. Surprisingly his letter was replied by the very God he intended to send the letter to. And that was how the conversation started.
The book basically talks about God's dissapointment for humankind has been treating him like a parent who is feared by his children. God with rules and regulation God who is selfish and angry who demands certain practices and certain way in order to find the path to Him and all these personifications that humankind has been posted and pasted unto Him. Which apparently is not true-according to the author of the book who claimed the very word was spoken unto him by the God in the very sense of the word. Instead God is a loving and forgiving magnificence whose blessings never end to humankind. The book also touched the sensitive area of judgement day which the book claimed not exist.
The book also talked about the realm or relative and the realm of absolute. In the world of absolute everything is absolute and there is nothing which is not. Everything is absolute and everything is one. There is no ego or separation or entity or boundary everything is simply one and absolute. The God created the world of relative (the world that you and me are living right now) such that we are able to experience the world of absolute. This is the concept of afterlife that the God with whom the author claimed he had had a conversation.
In order to have a friendship with God one needs to understand and know him self first. Because we are part of God and god is part of us as all is one in the realm of absolute. There is no separation, boundaries or entity. Everything is just one.
I am not sure nor am I interested in investigating either God really had talked to the author. Because either way I believe that I continue to have my own concept of the Creator inspite of the fanatism exhibited in the name of religion is pretty rampant-at least in many part of the world. I spent years and years of guilt for not compelling to a few rules which are set for me to follow. Here is a thing I believe in the common sense rules such as not killing your fellow human beings or giving to the poor or not stealing or stuffs like that. But when the rules get a little bit detail and minute to the extent that it dictates how someone should live their life. It may, for me, get a little pushy. Also it seems that many religion with the God that has been personified in the very devine books seems to be more interested in sharing the truth of their own version. The very true path to the only one God which only has one true path. And in order to achieve it one needs to be a member of one group. By the way the way that this book is written seems to be very local and tailor made for us Human being who happen to inhabit one of the planet in one of the galaxy in this vast vast vast universe. Are we that important?
