In his bestseller "The Tao of Physics", Fritjof Chapra saw pleasurable synthesis between eastern religious mystic energies and the modern world of science and scientific discovery. Waves and particles of energy all co-existing, emitting and absorbing, appearing and disappearing... here Taoism colludes precisely with self-centered modern lives devoid of ultimate purpose or transcendent aim, except the aim of survival and personal prosperity. The goal of most men now is to absorb as much energy as possible, and to convert this energy into all things prosperous - before Shiva absorbs your life energy back into the cosmic unknown, to redistribute it elsewhere.
Does this sound like gibberish to you? In one sense, I hope so. but in another sense, get up off your mental butt and THINK! Read it again if you have spent too much time as a couch potato. There is a fundamental and critical question for you hidden in it. That question will determine whether you are a practising Taoist really. And that question is this: "do you follow the path of lesser resistance by indulging in your own selfish enjoyment of private harmonics without ever committing to playing your part in an entire symphony?" A symphony has a start, many musicians, difficult notes, pain and pleasure, involvement and obscurity, and a definite end. Your life is part of God's grand purpose, and is not its own purpose in itself. You were created to worship and enjoy God; to be His ambassador and together with other saints to become the body of Christ, the fulness of Him who fills everything in every way. You are not just absorbing and emitting waves and particles! You have received the living Word; you have become a child of God; you are a spiritual soldier; you have predestined works of faith to complete; you will see the Lord; you will enter paradise; your every deed will be judged and rewarded!
Come on! Can you for a moment believe that all this magnificent Creation is just some assembly of waves of energies created and redirected by Shiva's cosmic dance, for each body to take maximum advantage of? No! If I had to use this kind of language, then I would say that Creation is full of directional light, directed particles and directable persons living with great Meaning and interpersonal significance. No single atom is without purpose; no life is by chance; nothing visible is not full of invisible design.
I once found it baffling that brilliant modern minds would indulge in mysticism in private until I saw, even in me, the antimatter that "seeks Him not"; that is running from God; that seeks a more fashionable and less accusable idoltary; that wants autonomy and independence without supervision, and is willing to create a fictitious cosmos and deities just to attain these things.
No wonder eastern religions are rising amongst the rich and rational ranks. No wonder man is now a nice rebel. No wonder the church is viewed through Shiva's glass as so passé. No wonder the dramatic rise in suicides, substance abuse and sexual deviance.
May we live to see the church arise, a mighty submitted purposeful and holy army. The world needs to see it, beyond Shiva's cosmic dancing.
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