Birth of Messiah is to set us Free?

A Goodwill Shema

Christmas Reflection
December 2009 Don Bosco Center, Yelagiri Hills, Tamil Nadu, INDIA Tags: Christmas, Reflection, Christianity, Religion, Faith, Hope, Love, Joy, Transformation, Messiah, Goodwill

HEN EVIL PERMEATES the inner and outer universe When death and defeat is all that is heard When pangs of hunger and tears of loss is felt When challenged with moral hazards When weighed down by confounded and guilt-ridden conscience Absence of God and rootless existence When ego craves for prominence A flicker of hope that never dies Amidst avalanche of bad news Something good is going to happen . That vision of faith

And courageous hope The Hope of Faith and the Faith-filled Hope Will listen to the Call to Existence. Silence of humanity Drowns within the entropy of dark-full thoughts Yet Mind that sets on dawn of the day. Its greatest discovery on earth: We humans are trapped in our own mind Human society trapped in its cultures And the world trapped in politics of economy. Business dictates fate of the humanity Corporates defines face of the earth Faith and mammon compete for destiny. But all seek that primordial convergence Creation Era (R)evolution and transformation In the light of inner liberation Overcoming the history of silent decay with resurgence. First step to Human Transformation Birth of the God-with-Us. Christ Child; Liberative and - an epitome of every child on earth - the world, which every child is destined to change Messiah comes, (S)he ever comes: - to Change - to Transform - to Evolve - to set free from every man-made traps - to converge in wholeness - to reconcile our contradiction of affluence and want - love and indifference The Child that makes us remember: Smile, wonder, and exonerate our abject poverty

And our ridiculous prosperity. Historicity, never questioned: But History, yes. We celebrate the birth of God-child, With urge to be free To that world of peace that promises Joy; Joy that is shared in love; Mind that is free And empowered. For unto us a Child is born !
POSTSCRIPT I wish that I had the words to transfer directly from my heart to yours, the passion that I feel for this issue. For me, it raises a fundamental question: Who are we as human beings? Who are we, by the way?