Let "(S)He" be heard!
Abraham was about to kill his son Isaac on the altar! There was a voice from heaven and he caught hold of a lamp and killed it in his place. A long history of change in human culture is told in these couple of lines. From the cult of human sacrifice humanity gradually cultured itself and replaced it with animal sacrifice, which is also cruel! Read Hosea 6/6, I desire compassion and mercy (steadfast love) not burnt offerings. They are abomination to me, they stink! Jesus quoted these verses (Mt. 12/7) when he was confronted about Sabbath (Ritual and rubrics verses healing the sick.)
A lot of people in west are turning to be Vegans. (pure vegetarians, many don't even drink milk as it is a kind of exploitation of animals) Surprisingly the highest percentage who turn to veganism are in Israel.
Vallalaar a great sage of our age, sang, "vaadiya pairai kandapothellaam vaadinen" (I withered when I see the plants withering). Thiruvalluvar was a great exponent against killing any kind. In fact we have no right to do this!
In a simple language it is; Be compassionate!
But the very moment you become conditional in your act of compassion, you will no more be compassionate! The most corrupt politicians who have exploited the society are very nice to their kith and kin! Therefore compassion must not be dictated, decided or demanded by the other but it must flow from yourself!
I will be very kind to my pet dog, but will sling stones at the street dogs is conditional. I will be very kind to my caste people and treat all the others as my potential enemy is again conditional. I love my linguistic group and ethnicity is fine but treat all others as second class or third class citizens; then it is not love. If your love is conditional, limited, partial; remember, you have a long way to go!
God is compassionate! he showers rain on the good and the bad! Shines light on the upright and the evil ones too! (Mt. 5/43-48) He is gifted to shower and shine! If you want to close your eyes and remain in darkness, it is your choice, the sun will continue to shine!
Don't worry about the response of the other! "Will he respect my offer of peace? Will he change? Will she accept me?". If you expect change in the other, you will never enjoy life. Let me be Good, let me be compassionate, Let me be charitable, Let me love! That is all you can do, you have to do! Changing the other is not your task.
"You are my beloved son!" an inner and clear voice probably thrilled Jesus!
The creation, this universe, the earth; is filled with this voice, from the very beginning!, "You are my beloved." Tune yourself to hear it! hear it, clearly! Because the world is also filled with many other voices and noises!
"You are my beloved" is not another noise that you will hear with your two ears. You can hear it even if you are physically dumb! This is an inner voice which is so vivid, obvious and thrilling. You can feel, you can sense, you can conclude; from so many incidents in your life, from so many interventions in your life; that you are a beloved one!
That voice belongs to the unconditional one, without any expectation, without any demand what so ever! Jesus heard it!
But, you are free to imagine and entertain your mind; that it came from beyond the clouds and it was in Hebrew or Greek or Malayalam or Aramaic or German and so on. Biblical scholars can even arrive from a lengthy theological dissection and exhortation on the exact decibel of that voice!, I just don't care on that! Similarly the voice from the sky to Abraham!
To me, this voice is not a sound but an action! Actions of love and compassion!
Recall your life; When you are in big difficulty, down on earth, at the nadir point, all of a sudden something happens or someone comes to your rescue incidentally or coincidently; and very often you attributed that to God's intervention of care and love!
Similarly, when you help someone in life, he or she will thank you profoundly but throughout their life they will say, "God had sent him". "God helped me"!
So, Remember, You are carrying God! You are His voice! You are His expression!
Therefore, it is not only important that you hear the voice (Receiver), but you are His voice as well! (Broadcaster! Giver)
Let (S)He be heard!
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