Religion started from a tranquility then ended with a construction in a tremendous moment. Buddha under the tree in Bodh Gaya, Moses in the top of the Sinai, Muhammad in the Cave of Hira. Every moment that has presented was a culmination and uncustomary when one felt the presence of the Most Powerful. The numinous, just like Rudolf Otto tried to describe, "mysterious, eeriness, and riveting". Saint Agustinus, 500 years ago, also amplified similar feeling, "I was trembling with love and thrill".
Religion started with a trembling, there were love and thrill, there were amor and horror. Centuries ago, after 'met' with the numinous, we are seeing something that no longer be solitude or silent. We are seeing glorious mosques, gigantic churches, golden Buddha statue which lies 14 meters, pagoda with the luminous top, majestic kenisah, and congregation people. Crowd.
Every religious's experiences are tried to be immortalized by something unbreakable, something strong. Which, those were all the shapes of a fantasy of something that can not be dead. Or something that loom, which that also include a shape of something that glorious, sublime, and noble. Or, something that shiny which shapes dazzling.
In the end, it is no longer a solitude that takes over, but structure.
The thing that seldom be realised, structure is built by collected power. The same way as are about to build a business emporium, there were devices and strategies. There is no 'magic' moment anymore because calculation is the top of the matter. Time is becoming to be something that can be measured. Time becomes seculum.
Happy Holy Friday dan Selamat Idul Adha.
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