Starting this blog post off with an excerpt from The Big Verda...Pages 25-26.
"There was neither non-existence nor existence then; there was neither the realm of space nor the sky which is beyond. What stirred? Where? In whose protection? Was there water bottomlessly deep?"
The excerpt is taken from a hymn that describes what it was like or must have been like in the beginning of time. The hymn continues to describe a period in history where darkness was hidden from light, where sickness did not exist, were water began to rise and emptiness covered the land. A time where no one knows who planted the first seed, when desire started to form and everything we have grown to love, know, and hate began. But who started it all? That's the ultimate question, who was there first?
This creation hymn has been evaluated and discussed by scholars from all parts of the world and each religion has there own spin on how everything became to be. I chose this quote because this is the reason why I love taking religion courses in the first place. I love how one event can happen and become this vantage point where so many different people see the same thing happen in so many different ways. I want to continue to learn and explore what people see, what they believe in and understand where they're coming from.
"There was neither non-existence nor existence then; there was neither the realm of space nor the sky which is beyond. What stirred? Where? In whose protection? Was there water bottomlessly deep?"
The excerpt is taken from a hymn that describes what it was like or must have been like in the beginning of time. The hymn continues to describe a period in history where darkness was hidden from light, where sickness did not exist, were water began to rise and emptiness covered the land. A time where no one knows who planted the first seed, when desire started to form and everything we have grown to love, know, and hate began. But who started it all? That's the ultimate question, who was there first?
This creation hymn has been evaluated and discussed by scholars from all parts of the world and each religion has there own spin on how everything became to be. I chose this quote because this is the reason why I love taking religion courses in the first place. I love how one event can happen and become this vantage point where so many different people see the same thing happen in so many different ways. I want to continue to learn and explore what people see, what they believe in and understand where they're coming from.
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