AN UNHOLY MIX

        

                                                                                                                    SHAMBHALA BRACELET

HIGH-LOW HEM

It was a beautiful Sunday morning when, a young man prepared himself for a journey to one of the states in south-east, Nigeria, in order to upgrade himself academically. Although well dressed, his parents discovered that there was an unholy mix somewhere; this guy had a wristband with the inscription of a Christian message on one wrist and a Shambhala bracelet on another wrist. What a combination! His mum seized the Shambhala bracelet and asked him where he wanted to be placed; a Christian or a Buddhist.    

As young people, we sometimes embrace fashions, fads or anything in vogue with so much ignorance. According to Wikipedia, Hindu texts such as, the Vishnu Purana mention the village of Shambhala as the birthplace of Kalki, the final incarnation of Vishnu who will usher in a new Golden Age (Satya Yuga). Shambhala is also seen as a Buddhist pure land and a fabulous kingdom. If I may ask at this juncture, what accord has a child of God with a Buddhist kingdom? Yet, many of us put on Shambhala bracelet as if we are proclaiming Jesus’ coming!

What of this horrible style tagged, High-low hem which is fast gaining grounds among ladies of different ages. High-low hem comes in gowns or skirts; sometimes, the frontal of the skirt or gown is short and the back is long while at times, it is the back side that is short while the frontal is long. Sometimes I ask myself why this? This is because, your thighs must be very cheap for you to want to expose it to everyone when you sit, because a skirt must move up when you sit and since the skirt or gown is short already; it helps to show off the thighs. If it is the back side that is short, the indignity is still the same because, the bum helps to push up the skirt or gown and we begin to see some fat thighs which are not pleasant to the eyes at all. A very awful combination indeed; yet we wear these styles as if it is an in-thing that we must partake in!

Another horrible style is one shoulder or single strip dress. In actual fact, that style portrays the person who wears it as indecent. This is because; the dress covers one arm beyond the elbow while the other side stops at the shoulder. Even if these dresses were presented to us as gifts, we should simply tell the one who gave us that we do not put on such? Moreover, before anyone gives such gifts to us, our dress sense must be questionable in the first instance! Sincerely, it does not show that we are current with the trend in town, it simply shows that as a young people we are lost, blind and naïve.

There are some ingredients that we put together and they produce a positive result; on the other hand, there are some mixtures that are awful, demeaning and sometimes send a wrong signal about our person. For instance, how does a young man approach a Buddhist to present the gospel of Jesus to this lost soul when he himself unknowingly acknowledges that Buddhism is good through his Shambhala bracelet!

I often wonder what we do with our internet aside from posting our pictures or some dry jokes! Let us try and do some studies on some personal effects before we jump at them and let us not consent to the fact that our parents are oldies who do not know what is happening in town!

As a young person, we must not feign ignorance when we engage in a vice; if as a lady you tint your hair to wine and gold and an elderly woman gave you a run-down look, you may not like her but you will know in your heart of heart that something is wrong with your style which makes it an unholy mixture.

You know what? When you have something as small as a wrist band which promotes God, it attracts divine favour, protection etc to you; in like manner, if you have a Shambahala bracelet on you, then you must know that either Hindu or Buddhist spirit will locate you! What is your combination like? Always make sure that your combinations attract His presence.