“The Value and Cycles of Life"

                                           

 

                                              

                           Part 2C - Blog: The Importance of Cycles

                                     

  I think we all value life in our own way. I think we go through life a lot of the time and don’t really think about the cycle. I value the life wither it be human or animal. In my life I have some ways that mark the events of the recurring cycle. I have an everyday cycle that I go through. I get up and get ready each day. I brush my teeth, fix my hair, wash my face, put on my clothes and get ready to face the day. I have school Monday through Friday and some Saturday, School is different every year, different subjects, different grade level, but yet we all had to go through year after year and it’s still same in its own way. I have a birthday each year that I celebrate this is a perfect example of the recurring events. This is a cycle of our life span.

The changing of the seasons is a cycle. We have winter, fall, spring, and summer. The seasons have a role in our recurring events. In my family one recurring event is how we farm in the summer and harvest in the fall. I always look forward to my mom’s canned salsa and canned pear jelly. Yummy!!  The cycle of the seasons we know quite well, when spring and summer comes along the trees blossom and bloom. When the tree leaves fall off in autumn we know winter is right around the corner, it is a cycle of earth rejuvenation so each year it can bring another cycle.

 My belief /religion in my life are a cycle and a recurring event. I try to pray every day. My family goes to church every Sunday. Every recurring year I try to serve the Lord better. In almost every culture we all have our own way of strong values and cycles of life. In the Buddhist and Hindu cultures the strong values vary. The Buddhist has their recurring cycles of life. They do not pray to a Creator God but they do meditate and this can be compared to praying. They also believe that you should love all living beings and with this practice will come the benefits of goodness in  history if you practice this. The Buddhist worship images, such as the temple or Centres. They have what they call a pure land in the west that is made with pure infinite light that Amida and has prepared for them to visit.

 Hinduism is a belief in one God called Brahman. Brahman means that there are literally thousands of gods and goddesses in Hinduism that each contains a part, or embodies a characteristic of Brahman. Many Hindus choose one god or goddess as their representation of Brahman, but may have many gods and goddesses that they worship or celebrate. Daily worship and it is called puja includes lightning incense, prayer, and meditation They also believe in suffering,karma,and reincarnation.Reincarnation essentially means to be reborn. They believe the body is like a set of clothing that the soul removes before putting on  new clothing.From the Hindu viewpoint, one can be born as a human,an animal, an insect, or even a plant.How each person lives and the deeds they do both in current and past life determines what sort of rebirth they obtain? Hindus believe that while death is the end of this life, it is also the beginning of a new cycle.

 All of these beliefs and cycles of recurring life are handed down through each generation. Sometimes they change a little down through time. Humans can have different life styles and spiritual beliefs; we can all look at the seasons different. Celebrate the holidays in our own ways. Worship our God or goddess. We can change and evolve, but we all have one thing in common and that is the values of recurring life cycles.

Austin Minton