Boredom strikes me this week. I’m really going nuts for I have nothing else to do. A couple of days ago my menstrual period occur so I can’t go to the gym to kill some time. All I got left to do was to watch TV, but there’s no program that catches my attention, and if only my TV set could talk, it will surely shout at me for me to stop scanning the TV channels endlessly. So after a few hours… I got pissed and decided to look for some books to read from my sister’s collection

I read this book entitled “The Starlight Crystal” by Christopher Pike. It really amazed me because besides from its unique story plot, the author also took time and care to create really catchy, interesting, and inspiring dialogues for his characters. Just for instance, there’s this statement that’s been stuck in my head until now.

It goes something like this:

(He refer “creation” as a fulfillment in one’s life or an eternal joy)
I’m really moved and impressed by that statement!!! Because we understand this idea will be controversial, ‘coz people say hold on to your dreams, wish upon the brightest star, and that is fine at a certain point along the path. You struggle to accomplish your dreams- it seems they never come true unless you struggle. But then the night slowly begins to fade. The light of day begins to dawn. The time for dreaming passes. It is then you must leave them behind. You cannot know true joy when you are bound by desire. It is not possible… and you cannot see the true light of the creation, while you wear dark glasses of illusion.

I also learned that “Religion is man-made”. But let me explain first ‘coz I’m sure most of my readers would react violently.

Religion is not eternal. It is not real. At first, it may relieve a soul from the horrors of the world, but that relief does not last. It brings no true contentment. One can join every religion there is, yet the longing for the real does not vanish. It does not matter if you try to convince yourself that it has left. It continues to grow over many lives. Where is the real? Where is the eternal? The soul becomes obsessed to find it. Then the man rejects all religions, all philosophies, and all belief system. He doesn’t want to believe in anything. He has no opinions. He just craves what has always been there from the beginning- himself. His inner self. Then finally, he can be said to be seeker of the creation. My point is it’s not important what’s your religion is or how you express your beliefs… the most important is that you keep your faith in God in your heart.

The story took place two hundred years in the future. Eighteen-year-old Paige Christian has been given a chance to join the crew of the travelers- a special spaceship designed to circle the solar system at near light speed. Meaning one day aboard the traveler, is equal to ten years on earth. The traveler is a time capsule as well as a spaceship. Its purpose is to study the changes on earth throughout two centuries, and then return home. Paige Christian also has a partner or more likely a soul mate, his name is Tem, who was left on earth. The story implies that everything is in a cycle, from the tiniest to the largest thing in the universe are circling in a cycle… it’s some kind of Reincarnation but in a different and simpler form.

Maybe for some it sounds unrealistic, but we never know, Reincarnation might be true.

After reading this book, it made me appreciate my life even more. It made me realized that there’s really a reason behind everything that’s happening in our life. It also made me realized that having “patience” in everything really paid of. I could say that this book is really worth reading for because it made me to stop and reflect my life, and it really changed my perspective in life… it’s for the better that is.