Belief make you believe

Belief makes you believe

I was having a very great time with my friends in Pakistan and was very happy that I laughed after a long time because during my exchange year I could not understand the jokes and funny things and I was telling my friends that only my History of world religion teacher Mr. Halling could make laugh with his funny acting and jokes which I could hardly get and laugh for three days on single thing like he had a computer mouse trapped in mouse trap with a wire attached as its tail. This mouse would be under his table and it would make my day because when you get words then you have to use things which don’t speak but make you laugh. I was telling all about this when I heard some sound, I didn’t want to pay attention to the sound but it was going on so I had to. Sitting on my bed I  turned off my alarm clock and found myself in the land of less laughing and I laughed on this and if someone would have seen me then I would have been considered as mad who is laughing for no reason but actually there was a full reason. I wanted to sleep some more but in a flash remembered the field trip in history of world religion class. It made me think that how life is connected to dream and dreams are connected to life.  I reached school after a long bus journey of an hour and half which is my least favorite part about US life.

Then I saw Mr. Halling waiting for bus to come in his unique style which caused my memory to relate dream and reality and I could just spread my lips, just to say that it was true. Then we were in bus and our first place of visit was Jewish Synagogue. A lady welcomed us warmly as Mr. Halling had told us. Then she gave us a lecture about Jewish belief and prayers. She was delivering speech in a way that I could say that for her there is nothing right but Judaism. She gave some proofs like it is the father of religion and so on. We saw the Jewish way of marriage, two of us were married by our own priest but I think they got divorced at the same time and it was not a big deal for American culture. Then we got some of the bread and snacks. We said good bye with all the beliefs of Judaism and the lady was very happy that she presented her religion in an affective way and we were impressed. We could be if it was the only place to visit. From there we went to the Free thought Hall. I was introduced by Mr. Halling as Pakistani and as a Muslim of course. It was interesting that the man who was vice president there now and was supporting atheism was actually a preacher of Christianity and according to him he found his way and had accepted atheism as a way of life although it is not actually a way. He gave us some good reasoning from past and using some personalities who succeed without believing in God. I really didn’t want to hear to him because my mind was getting messed with questions and it was kind of appealing though but I just used one of my ear as receiver and the other as releaser so that nothing could go to brain or heart. We left that place with some thoughts about his words and he was also taking long breathe as if he has done a long mission but still he was over believing on his belief and was thinking that he was not right but perfect.

Mr.Halling let us free to take lunch and return to capitol.we were running like kids in the streets just to keep ourselves warm. We were back to the capitol and wandered there for an hour and then the Inter faith celebration started. Three women were singing Bissmillahirahmanirahim with wrong pronunciation. I could understand that they even didn’t know the meaning of that. Then a Muslim lady read some verses some verses from Quran and then  Kia was invited to present words of the governor .then a lady spoke who had good voice which acted as a sleeping pills for me and I took a good nap till I heard echo of clapping. Then again some songs and we danced in a circle showing peace. I wished we could actually maintain this circle in our practical life but every ones belief doesn’t let to believe so. On our way out we also saw the people saying something about recall Walker.I also raised my hand in their favor but it remind me of one thing that world is full of political believes too and which are same and different.

Then we went to deer park Buddhist temple. We put off our shoes before entering inside which kind of remind me of going to prayer back home. Again there a ma shared his beliefs with his full belief that we would believe that it is the only right religion but he didn’t know that we had already declared atheism, Islam, Judaism or Sufism as the right religion. He tried his best though and we also saw the big gods decorating the temple. My belief wished that I had such gods too whom I could see but then heart said that then that would not be a belief to believe on non living things and it would not be a good belief to believe what you see.

It was the last place to visit. We had bundle of ideas about beliefs. In conclusion what I believe is what you believe is just based on your belief. Never believe that it is right for all because the world will believe according to something inside skulls. No one is there to believe like you. But main thing is if we are right then others are not wrong because they are also right for their belief. I pray that may we understand the difference and not only accept it but also celebrate difference and diversity.