Time of Kairos

Letter from KIM YONG-BOCK

2007 DECEMBER 20

Subject: Time of Kairos

Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 08:09:52 +0900

From: Prof. Kim, Yong-Bock

My dear friend,

Here is a short reflection of mine. I wish to share with you at this time.

The time is always “Kairotic” according to the Book of Change. This may be a source of hope. The politics of the world and the politics of Korea do not give hope to us for the living beings as well as for the peoples on earth. Yet quiet realization that it is a “transition from the past of the old politics to the politics of life in the future” may provide a hope for the life of all living beings on earth.

The “progressive” forces, including the People’s Labor Party, are defeated in the Korean election. The almost 70% of the Korean population has voted the conservative, which means the neo-liberal policy for “prosperity” in economy and the strong alliance of military might with the global empire. Korean Christianity joined ferociously to elect the corrupt and neo-liberal church elder as the present of the Korean people. One citizen asked a question, “Has God abandoned the Korean people?” “Perhaps the time of God’s judgment has come,” he repeated.

The night of the Gethsemane was dark; and the night of crucifixion was cruel. The hope for the dead was not yet in sight. But such pitch darkness gave birth to a new breath of life. In Jesus of Galilee the struggle for the Roman Empire was shaped into a resistance against the power of death. It may have been a dark tunnel. It may have been a time when an ardent spiritual resistance may be “Kairotically” born in order for the convivial life of all living beings in peace in the cosmos.

December 20, 2007

Prof. Kim Yong-Bock

Chancellor

Advanced Institute for Integral Study of Life & Asia Pacific Graduate School for Integral Study of Life

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