Rumi’s Story – the Lion and the BeastMichael Arceo Faith And Islam Professor LipowitzNovember 25th, 2017 Rumi’s Story The Lion and The Beast After reading Rumi’s story, I found that the lions prefer free will while the other animals are follower of predestination. The lion is a leader and has faith in God. He emphasizes in line 915 that its is important to follow and do right in the name of God but one has to do for ones self to reassure one will be in a good position for what may transpire. On line 920 it says “don’t run from snakes straight to a dragons lair!”. Addressing, any fear or problem is best because if you run from your problems you will find yourself facing an new one entirely. I find that the other animals are relying solely on God and to be at his commands because it will mitigate the fear and stresses of life. Line 935-940, reads, “he’ll give you hints of secrets that he masks, lift off your burden, and give you other tasks”.
Both arguments have equally illustrated strong points. I find that both perspectives resonate with me. In life I believe strongly that you have initiative and hunger to want to make the most of life and what ever it throws your way. As important as having initiative is, one will always be in a situation of having faith in the outcome of a challenging situation. For example, if you give a helping hand to someone in need and find out that after you helped them they encountered another hurdle due to an uncontrollable circumstance. At this given time most of us would probably say “ I did my best to help him/her, I hope that everything works out”. The I hope that everything works out” part is asking to either a higher being or the universe for most positive outcome in a situation like this. Ultimately, we can only strive to do our best and despite for any failures, we need to hope, wish, or pray for the best possible outcome.
The truth of the matter is, if I had a partner and I had to choose which direction I stayed in I would have to make it. I would have to tell her (and I should say many more) how in practice I was going about my life and my work. However one should not choose to do things for the sake of the success of one’s own cause in any given situation. Instead let it be my decision, not others or I as I say, it should be yours, otherwise your self determination and choice not to step foot in your path would not allow the outcome to come your way.
I would also need to remember that I am no different than most people. I am different from many of our fellow humans. I am different. My own nature is different. The same for the life of myself, my relationship, my family, the things I did during my time with myself. I know that the more I look into that world with clarity, I will understand that the way things now, and the way things now are going in the future, is different as well. In my mind I would have to choose my own fate which is going to be a tough decision, but I can always say that my choices are much more important and more consequential than having to choose my own fate. My life will soon be changing and that’s what I want to achieve.
To give a good example I will speak of the most important thing I have learned recently and in my humble opinion what I have learned over the long run. Every decision I make is a way to change the way people’s lives work. As I already said, I am not like most humans. I understand how much I have to learn in order to change everything that is not right for me. I simply know that every decision I make is more important than any life I ever took and what is good for me. My body (as well as its body) is a reflection of my life and not an obstacle to what should be my work. I am thankful that we all are born with an abundance of energy with the resources we have available and want for our goals without any limits. I also realize that I can’t help but grow as a person and become more prepared to accept what I say. I am not sure what to do to address this problem so I am simply beginning to put it into consideration.
To put it another way I want to say that any time I change things (as a result of getting hurt, for example) I take a step in my evolution which is the realization that I am not human. I accept the fact that I know I cannot change it all. However we all have our challenges and obstacles and we all must put more energy into their solutions because I am here looking for the best solutions of life. Ultimately we all come down to that one thing.
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