Well this is difficult. I am in no way used to writting discursive thoughts in english, which is not my native language, but I hope it's intelligible. First of, not only I am non-muslim, but an atheist. This put me in a position of wonder, because the part that most resonated to me was the constant repetition of the phrase "which of the favors of your Lord will you deny?" because I wouldn't have beginning to imagine just by myself, that they would question that openly the (I assume) expected behavior of a flawed follower (like all humans) and embrace it in a way that induces resignation but to the extend of determine strongly the faith in their savior. The catharsis aspect of the liturgy is a part of this practices I am very unfamiliar with, because I wouldn't usually try to experiment even by curiosity, but once done it and getting surprises like this one, makes it worth it.
Another great part is the "there is any reward for goodness except goodness?" bit. It reminded me to the aristotelic philosophy of ethics. Because goodness is an end in itself. And it's great to find this bits of human wisdom and knowledge in places I would have doubt a couple of times before believing it. One does need a lot of willing disposition to sit through this chant in a practice basis, but with the right mindset, believe and worldviews, I wouldn't doubt it would be a riching experience for the subject.
It does have an aesthetic aspect worth mentioning, in it's structure, that I kinda notice, and could enjoy, but for my personal taste, felt dragged in the end.
I am kinda lost on the symbolism, but that's predictable.
Was that a laugh or a sob, close to the end? That made me feel completly unaware of the sense of what the singer was feeling.
Thanks for sharing it and allowing me to try testing my perception of this.
Have a good day.
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This comment is definitely a winner and one of my favorites.
first of all, I would like to start that we all have the freedom to choose our faith and believe, be it Athiest, Jew, Muslim, Christian, Buddist and so on, having said that I personally explored most of them and read most the books about each subject. having said that, I do believe that anything of a complex nature can't be created by itself, let's just take the blockchain or Steemit, Cars, Airplanes, Mobile Phones are all examples of complex devices that could not have been created by themselves. and each one of those complex devices is in no way as complex as the universe itself.
Another point I would like to bring, anyone who creates something, even as simple as a microwave will make a book of instruction of things to do and not do with that device, otherwise, the warranty that comes with it is invalid.
I hope the above comment can make you wonder even more about the Universe and congrats on your 5 SBD.
It is great to be this well-read and cultivated, as I hope to be one day. I have tremendous curiosity towards Buddhism, and find -to say the least- its concepts and notions as thought provoking.
I am glad I was this joyful read to you. And I thank you for giving me this attention with this well known type of argument towards this persistent demand of our subjectivity that is the necessity of having a Being, the First Cause to sustain our conceptually limited perception of the Universe and it's origin and purpose.
The notion of complexity escapes the grasp of our competence to rationalize, specially when the scope of "evolution" in this world is so wide, and also appears to be so because we make the world fit into our categories to make sense.
But, in all honesty, having creation be by itself or by something external to it, or if itself has consciousness or not, both seems suspicious to me (one more than the other) and for now, that keeps up my wondering. Because, as a human, I find that there are things that escape the reach of words, meaning and sense, maybe it's intuitions of a conection or a source. Let's wonder!