A lot of us believed in Supreme Being, Allah, Buddha or Jesus, depends on how you name Him. We cry for His saviour, we praise Him and there are even some people who die for Him.
When bad moments turn up in life, a lot of people will turn to their God and hope the Messiah could safe him/her from the difficult time, overcome the situation he/she is in at the moment.
Did we ever think who God is? Some people regard him as a Supreme Being, The Freemason called Him Grand Architect of the Universe, Christian and Catholic called Him Jesus, Messiah, Muslim called Him Allah. Rastafari called Him Jah. However, we only know He is supreme, but do you know who he really is?
Bob Marley in ‘Get Up and Stand Up’….. most people think Great God will come from the sky, take away everything, make every people feel high’ is this what is in your mind as well?
In Christian/Catholic, we believed that there is Jesus Christ, high up in heaven, who will come us Messiah, in accordance to the Bible, to save His believers, judge the good and the sinners, separate the sheep from the goat. His followers will go to heaven, enjoy the happiness with Jesus. While the sinners will go to hell and ‘grilled’ by eternal fire and suffer forever. We now lived in a world that there are a lot of sufferings, sins, pains, diseases, sickness, etc. Most people would wish that Jesus could come to save us from all these. Christians/Catholics go to church every week and pray for the return of Jesus, but how many of you are ready for his return?
Meanwhile, I do like to remind that Bob is a Reastafari, who believed in Jah, who accepts Haile Selassie I, the former Emperor of Ethiopia, as God incarnate. He is also seen as part of the Holy Trinity as the messiah promised in the Bible to return.
I don’t know how you think about Emperor of Ethiopia is the incarnation of God, but there are over one million people believe in this, about five to ten percent of Jamaicans identify themselves as Rastafari.
In a certain extend, I agreed with them, as God is a supreme being, He should be appeared in any specific form, it is also a mistake to use the word ‘He’ to describe him, but that is the limitation of English.
In Buddhism, Buddha is a status, which any people can achieve after awakened or enlightened in life or simply able to understand the real meanings in life. In such understanding, you and I are Buddhas, yet, we still not able to figure out the true meanings of life. Did you ever ask the question, why am I here? Do I come here for a reason? At this moment, I still not able to figure these out, if you did, please tell me how.
For those who believed in God (in all forms, figures and names, single or even multiple), yesterday is past, it is only a good memory, tomorrow you never able to figure out, cause it is yet to be happened. Treasure ‘NOW’ the only moment you have, you will not have ‘now’ anymore, as it will become the past before you realised.
John Lennon once sang:-
Imagine there's no Heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today
Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace
You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world
You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one
I wish you to treasure ‘now’ and don’t make it become your regret in the future.
