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Re: An elementary question
In article <406bbf$rrl@babbage.ece.uc.edu>, <dzialo@minerva.cis.yale.edu> writes:
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> From: Michael G Dzialo <dzialo@minerva.cis.yale.edu>
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> Subject: An elementary question
> Date: 8 Aug 1995 00:32:47 GMT
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> I believe I once heard about the following story/legend/aspect
> of scripture (I don't know which). A king, I believe, had dedicated his
> life to hating God. He did everything in his power to repress religious
> practice and persecute believers. He railed against God constantly, in
> his words and in his thoughts.
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> The king died. Much to his surprise, he went to heaven and
> appeared before God. The king said, "Why am I in heaven? I always hated
> you and did everything I could to hurt you." God said, "But I was always
> in your thoughts. None of my creatures has ever so kept me in his heart."
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My two cents:
I think the king was Ravana who was a devotee of Shiva though he hated Rama.
This relates to the Indian proverb heard sometimes:
If you hate GOD passionately, it takes only three lifetimes to reach him while if you
love GOD strongly, it will take seven lifetimes to reach HIM. (Hate is stronger than
love in the sense that when one hates somebody, that person is always in the mind of
the hater)
