Re-Interpreting The Genesis For the Modern Human: An Atheistic Approach at Rewriting an Ancient Scripture to be Relevant in Our Modern Age.

Re-Interpreting The Genesis For the Modern Human: An Atheistic Approach at Rewriting an Ancient Scripture to be Relevant in Our Modern Age.

Genesis 1 In the beginning there was nothing, and from nothing sprang everything. The universe was without form and void, and darkness was predominant. And the energy of the universe hovered across the planes of the universe.

And then the universe changed and expanded and gave the possibility of light to permeate and so there was light. This was to be considered a good turn of events. And so the light separated from the darkness. The light would be essential for life and be considered day and the darkness considered night. And so there was the first age of the universe.

And then the universe vastly expanded. There was an expanse in the midst of the universe, and it expanded from the origin and separated one end of the universe from another. And it was so. This expanse is what would be called the universe. And so there was the second age of the universe.

And the universe changed and the atoms in the universe coalesced and matter appeared. And it was so. In the universe planets formed some with dry land such as the Earth, and others with water and seas. This was another good turn of events.

Then in the universe there was the possibility of life and for planets and the Earth to sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to their kind on the Earth and other planets. And it was so. The Earth brought forth life and vegetation, plants yielding seed according to their kind, and trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind. This was to be a good turn of events. This was the third age of the universe.

And in the expanse of our solar system  there was light that would be used to separate day from night. This light was to be used for signs and seasons, and for days and years, and to be used upon the Earth to see. And it was so. And in the expanse of our solar system were two great lights – the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night – and the stars. In the expanse of the solar system these were set and they gave light to the Earth, to distinguish between the day and the night, light from darkness. This was a good step in the formation of the universe. And so the fourth age of the universe.

And in the universe life had the chance to evolve and for the waters to swarm with swarms of living creatures and the birds to fly above the land and across the skies. So in the universe life evolved and it created the great sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their kinds, and every winged living creature according to its kind. This was to be considered a good thing. And the universe gave life the chance to be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and for birds to multiply on the Earth. This was the fifth age of the universe.

And the universe gave life time to evolve and on Earth to bring forth living creatures according to different kinds – livestock and creeping things and beasts of the land according to their kinds. And it was so. And so the universe made the beasts of the Earth according to their kinds and the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that creeps on the ground according to its kind. This was to be considered a good thing.

Then in the universe came the chance for man to evolve, and within that possibility with the atoms and likeness of the universe. And this being would have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the skies and over the livestock and over all the land and over every creeping thing that creeps on the Earth.

So the universe gave rise to man within all its possibilities,
with chance, in the universe, a human being was created;
male and female were these beings.

And they were lucky to form in this universe, and the universe gave them the chance to be fruitful and multiply and fill the Earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the skies and over every living thing that moves on the Earth. And they were made aware that the universe had given them every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the land, and every tree with seed in its fruit for them to use as food. And to every beast of the land and to every bird of the skies and to everything that creeps on the Earth, everything that is alive, green plants for food was available. And it was so. And so it would be considered that everything the universe gave rise to was very good. This was the sixth age of the universe.

On a Bench I Saw a Man With Flowers

I decided to look out of the window and there I see a van on the side of the road  and no one inside. Nearby on a bench there's an old man holding a bouquet of flowers. The wind blows the little  threads of hair he has left as he struggles to keep the flowers from breaking off.

What is he doing here all alone, looking at the dried fields and the trees as they sway in the wind? Is he mourning his loved one or simply enjoying the midday breeze in the short life that he has been left with?

Either way, his presence captivates me as I look outside of this room I have locked myself in. It doesn't take much for that person sitting there on the bench to be me in a few years time. Time flies by so quickly.

Can it be that it is only by sitting down with a flower in hand, some thoughts in mind, while looking at the scorched summer fields that we may understand peace and the meaning of all these years we've been living?

Melancholy

Life is beautiful, sometimes.
Other times it is very sore.

When you find it hard to wake up one morning, just because you have nothing important in your mind, except that one single thought that eats you from inside you have reached a stage in life that you wouldn't have wanted to end up in.

We do so many things, learn so many stuff and meet so many people. It all ends up to be irrelevant. I was taught how to count numbers and solve problems, yet I find these very useless right now. Why didn't they ever teach me real discipline. I feel as if my character self is breaking down into tiny little pieces of ideas and memories. I am desperately trying to hold on and to make sense of my life, but I continuously fail.

There is just emptiness. Melancholy sets in. For brief moments in my life the basin within me floods and for just one instance in time I feel fulfilled. I created memories from these moments. Memories that knock on the door of my existential self. They try to wake me up again, but melancholy always wins in the end.

I have now learnt to live in it and wait.
I wait for change and for the rainfall to soak me.

Dark Room

He's in a dark room. Lost. He doesn't know what to do. Run? But to where?
The spiders crawl on the walls, their quiet company.
The demons whisper in his head. He stumbles on his knees, he cries.
He's lost and he's alone. In a dark room.

This Is Who I Really Am. Part 1

This is who I really am.

I am Ryan Sultana. Born to Maria Theresa Aguis and Aronne Sultana, 20 years, 7months and 19 days ago on the 27th of September 1992.

I started life as a conglomerate of cells and grew into Homo sapiens, a self-conscious mammalian life-form on planet Earth, in the Sol solar system, somewhere in the Milky Way galaxy.

From the day I was born I have breathed air and taken up oxygen in my blood. My heart has pumped this blood through my body ever since. I was born in a Maltese family, on Malta, an island in the Mediterranean sea. Here, I have learnt to speak, walk, and do the other things a normal Homo sapiens learns to do.

Throughout my childhood I have learnt to ask questions. I learned to count numbers and watched documentaries about the true nature of the wilderness. I have done so from a little house in the small village of St. Lucia. Here, I have slept for the past 20 years, ate, sang, cried, yelled and washed and did most of the stuff in my life.

At a young age I was put in an education system and I have been in it ever since. I have learnt about the history of my species, be it the revolution of society or the evolution of human beings. Five years ago I decided to strive in learning more about the Biology and Chemistry of this world and of the universe. The more days that pass the more I learn.

Yet, in these past 20years as I grew in this world, the Earth itself changed. The human population has increased from 5.4 billion in 1992 to 7.1 billion as of now. When I was just growing up as a kid, technology and its development exploded, and in 20 years I had to become accustomed to using computers, cell phones and all the other things. I was born in the computer generation. This, undoubtedly, had a very large impact on my life.

I spent the first 17 years of my life a shy misunderstood person. I observed those around me and gave little feedback in return. I asked questions, yes, but that was just it. I did not like to integrate with other people as I did not deem it necessary. In those years I built my character on who I really was and not what others thought of me. I searched for the things I loved to do, and for what I should avoid. This has given me character traits and values I adhere to nowadays.

But now, things have changed. I have become more open to discussion, more social. I want to learn what other people think. I want to be part of their lives. I have come to realize that sharing emotions and ideas builds us as a community. It has exposed me to criticism and to my weaknesses. I now am vulnerable to change and to mistakes. I can and will hurt people, and people will hurt me but I am able to learn from that.
Now I am building on the pediment of my character experiences which I gain from other human beings.

The future is bright, the road steep and treacherous, but I think I am ready. Whatever comes my way will only build me further. And with the passing days I will look back at myself and realize who I am.

Right now, this is who I really am.

A Summer Storm

It comes like a storm
In the middle of summer
For a moment, some shade
Then a sudden burst

The water pounds you
Leaves you scrambling
To hide, as you fear cold
For a minute or two

Then it's all gone
As quickly as it came
And what is left
Is a carpet of sand

It covers your hair
And blinds your eyes
It's chocking grip
Your heart entwines

This storm which came
A lullaby it sang
This storm now gone
Distraught my soul it left

Rise Again

Fall and rise again
from the ashes
be reborn in the sun 

Take a leap of faith
Make a new track
However far it may run

Walk the path that trenches
Deep inside you
And find yourself

The meaning of life
Find within you
And rise again from ashes