Chidi Anthony Opara,
Consider this Gospel story which I heard in Umuahia:
"As Jesus started on his way, a man ran up to him and fell on his knees before him. "Good teacher," he asked, "what must I do to inherit eternal life?"
"Why do you call me good?" Jesus answered: "No one is good--except God alone."
Of course, that's how the sycophants address their presidents, prime ministers, chiefs, professors, heads of departments and bank managers when they approach them with a view of obtaining something. The Devil's dictionary defines it as " abasement" : "A decent and customary mental attitude in the presence of wealth or power. Peculiarly appropriate in an employee when addressing an employer."
The supplicant abases himself and elevates the one from whom he seeks favour and expects a fat appointment such as that of Federal Minister of Finance & Economic Development or Federal Minster of Petroleum, or a lucrative position as "Federal Minster of Justice " or a coveted appointment as Oga of Ogas in any the other lesser ministries. Elmer Gantry himself wouldn't mind being appointed king of kings at the Federal Ministry of Women's Affairs and Social Development or Ambassador to the Court of St. James/ Washington DC / Berlin/ Beijing /Moscow/ Tokyo/ Seoul…
"Ghetto blues showed on the news
All is aware
But what the hell do they care?
You across the track
Completely relaxed
You take a warning fact
Don't you never come back" ( Curtis Mayfield : The Other Side of Town)
So, your best wishes for the good guys is that they "come back to earth as a prince, heir apparent to a large rich kingdom." Well, coming back as the Ooni of Ife sounds like a good idea. Maybe. The good guys are already praying to be reborn in that Royal House, others may even have their hearts set on nothing less than Buckingham Palace.
Don't forget the Story of Prince Siddhartha Gautama
Today, Buddhists take the Bodhisattva Vow to keep on coming back to teach the dharma, until all sentient beings are liberated.
BTW, what kind of guys do you think have reincarnated or will reincarnate in the future, as President of Nigeria? The United States? China? North Korea? The Gambia? The question is not to be taken lightly. Last night I couldn't believe my eyes when I read an article by Allan Cronshaw that postulates ( and I trust that I wasn't dozing off as I read) that the Founding Fathers of the United States who penned the US Constitution were the "reincarnated Apostles of Jesus Christ."
Just the other day, one of the Brethren from East Africa was lecturing me on " the last days" and when we broached the subject of LGBT, homosexuality, etc, he told me that they were reincarnations of the people from Sodom and Gomorrah – so I reminded him of Noah and the flood and asked him if the people who perished in that flood are still reincarnating? He retorted, "What do think! !?"
I think that it's good if people believe in Reincarnation - the law of karma – as you sow, so shall you reap, if it makes people strive to be and do better, so that still on the evolutionary plane, we don't come back as cockroaches next time…
Mazi,
You are a good man, so when you die and go to the great beyond, your reward would be that you would come back to earth as a prince, heir apparent to a large rich kingdom. Those who are very bad would come back to earth as ants, millipedes, etc.
I have just presented above, other metaphors for rewards and punishments in the hereafter.
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