What I do not understand

Submitted by Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemi (United States), Oct 6, 2009 at 12:11

It seems odd to me that anyone should need a book to tell them about G-D. To my mind, G-D is present in all of the living world surronding me. Im in the presence of G-D where ever I walk and I meet G-D in the face of every person who I meet along the road. To me a book seems so irrelevant. It's like having a stone in my shoe, a distraction that takes my mind away from the things which are truly important in life.

I follow G-Ds LAW. It is clear in its precepts and simple in its explanation. The LAW is based upon the principle of reciprocity: Everything in life is an exchange of values for the enhancement and continuation of life. Any thing which does not positively serve the enhancement and continuation of life is of use to no one.

That seems simple enough to me. Why complicate it with a lot of ritualistic bending and twisting. G-D doesn't want me to be seen bent over and groveling in the dust like some worm. HE wants me to stand upright as a man and be counted for all of that which is right and just in the world.

My elders taught me that the greatest wisdom and the greatest virtue is kindness. A man might have great knowledge of many things but if he lacked kindness all of that which he had would be counted as naught before the Seat of Heaven.

They also taught me that G-D does not hear the prayers of a hateful man. If a man prays with hate in his heart, his words fall to the ground like stones and then spring again from the earth as snares and thorn vines to bind him.

They said that if a man curses his neighbor in the name of G-D, G-D will curse that man in the name of his neighbor. That enemies are things men create in their minds as an excuse for hating their neighbors. A man who makes no excuses has no enemies.

They said that the spoken word was a garment for the soul. Only a fool would clothe his beloved in the rags of a beggar.

They said that extremism is no defense for anything but it is an offense against all things. As an excess of strong drink is an offense to the the body so an excess of piety is an offense to the soul. That the man who makes a great show of piety in public can be trying to hide something unseemly. Moderation in all things.

They said comit no murder but if a man strikes you with his hand strike him back with your fist.

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