Saturday
I had a dream. It has nothing to do with me apparently, but I dreamed it anyways.
A blue mosque. It had nice- no, beautiful- architecture; and I remember a lot of people were there. Strangely, not many of them looked muslim. They were prolly there just to see the design of the blue mosque.
A man, sitting cross-legged leaning against one of the pillars. He isn't muslim; he was sitting outside the prayer hall, where most of the muslims are doing their prayer. He looked sad and withdrawn. And his eyes are closed.
Another man came and tapped him on the shoulder. The non-muslim jumped, and turned toward the man. He was someone who helps out at the mosque, I think.
That man told the non-muslim: 'Go inside.' He meant inside the the prayer section, where all the muslims are currently praying.
'I'm not muslim.' The non-muslim stated.
'What are you?'
"Christian.'
He said; 'It's okay. Go on in.'
And then the christian went in and sat down again, this time with the believers of Islam and he had his quiet time; and he had tears in his eyes and I think even he couldn't explain why he's crying. And I somehow knew; that something sad had happened to him and he couldn't find any other place of solice where he was residing.
Where? I have no idea.
Yet this dream made me think. It was an unusual dream; hardly like any I've had before. You friends who have read and seen my other blogs would know that. This dream made me realise that even the smallest efforts help create peace and joy. Remember the free hugs campaign? Yes; something like that.
Well this time my dream showed another example. The mosque official's simple gesture of letting a complete stranger with a totally different faith use his house of worship as his own.
Many people; with different faiths no less, also think that peace and joy are to be found in the smallest efforts we make to reach out to others. So there is no figuring out how we of different religons point in the same direction, yet manage to keep apart most of the time.
The mosque official's gesture is very simple; yet it seemed to withold meaning. While too many of us stay focused on the barriers that separate us; he moved them aside so effortlessly just by saying to the Christian: 'It's okay. Go on in.'
Happy Raya Haji to everyone. And welcome to my new blog. =3
~yunyun~
Saturday, December 30, 2006
Saturday, December 30, 2006
