I've been contemplating the Tower of Babel story and have a few ponderings.
So prior to God stepping in and striking chaos throughout the people, life may have looked much like this:
So prior to God stepping in and striking chaos throughout the people, life may have looked much like this:
There was peace within the nation. People listened to what was true for them and followed that. They didn't follow one human leader, one way of doing something, one belief, one culture. They simply listened to their hearts and what felt right and true for them. A great community of people who lived their lives this way gathered and began working on a mammoth project together. I personally am not sure what my take or belief is in the project that they were working on, but nonetheless, the project was underway. The vastness of the project required that there be incredible flow, respect, truth, love, generosity, kindness, goodness and community to even begin to be successful. Well this nation of people were well underway, living their truths and accepted others for their truths. Until, one day, God got wind of this. Like he wasn't paying attention at all in the beginning, but perhaps he was just observing to see. Could this nation truly remain in this flow of working together towards a common goal? Could they find the truth within themselves? Could they respect each other enough to work on this project? And alas, they could! They began to have success! And just in that very moment of success, God smashed it all to pieces. Why? Why the hell would God destroy this moment of truth? Was it because of the nature of the project? Was it because he was intimidated? Was it because he wanted to add another element and test the humans again to see if they could once again remain or regain the flow and truth? It would seem a bit ludicrous for God to destroy all this in an act of beating his chest saying "Me God, You Human... Oi Oi, Me destroy your peace and put you back in your place". Loving God eh?
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