Psychodynamics of Biblical Narratives: Mark 5:1-20
I have died inside
My own voice struggles to call out
but the sound is taken away by
the voices that scream and howl
those voices, they are not my own
My body is no longer me
I tried to bind it that I may cause no harm
to myself and others
but it has become stronger than I am
My soul is lost
drowned by other souls
only to possess
to destroy, to kill the inner me
Yet I hear another voice
it’s still not my own
but it silenced the other voices
the body trembles
The darkness is being pulled out
the darkness overcome the once was me
it’s painful as it is being separated
so, the darkness has become one with me
I was darkness
That voice again
light, I feel light!
I hear my own voice, I speak it now
I sense my own body, I feel it now
My soul it has return from the grave
I must follow the light
I am stopped!
Light has come to me
now part of me, I’ve become a light
must share that light, must share that light...
This world, in all its greed, self-centeredness and lust for control is far from what we could say Paradise. Indeed, all these cause pain and suffering all in question hoping for God to give us the answer. But if there are those who choose to dwell in darkness God’s answer to all these sufferings would be clouded by the endeavors of the corrupt for our own personal darkness tend to focus to see the bad rather than the good. God has given us the answer—that is God’s love and grace. Believing in these gifts of light—which for many are too good to be true—would allow us to transform a new perspective of life. God’s grace and love may not change the situation of the world, but it does change our perception of it—to live life as Christ did—that amidst all the suffering, we endure by sharing God’s grace and love to others. For if we choose to, our sufferings would be our testimonies of God’s grace and love.
