The other evening, I went along to Yousef Alreemawi's lecture because I know that no matter what the topic, I will learn A LOT...so if I can, I always book in.
Anyways...
At one point, Yousef referred to the "Mosaic religions."
And somehow my brain forgot what that meant. And instead of thinking Moses (the man from the Bible, the Ten Commandments etc etc)...
my brain went...oh a mosaic!! (An artwork made from many pieces)
And instantly I was transported to the valley of Jericho near the Dead Sea.
And I thought about the glorious mosaic that I visited three years ago, called the "Tree of Life".
And you really have to see it to believe it.
The mosaic pieces are so perfectly crafted that the "Tree of Life" looks more like a painting than crafted together by individual squares.
My brain: Oh, I don't recall hearing Islam, Judaism and Christianity being called the mosaic religions. BUT THAT MAKES PERFECT SENSE. At their core they are soooooo similar. It must be that they are referred to as mosaic because they are the same shape, they just have a different way of expressing that (in the same way the Tree of Life mosaic pieces reflect the colours of the Jericho valley)
The shape of each mosaic piece is a belief in the God of Abraham. And that life is sacred. And to look after those worse off than yourself.
Those pieces fit together effortlessly. And create a BEAUTIFUL mosaic. Each piece is just as treasured and needed to complete the image.
And I had this lovely moment of thinking about the Tree of Life mosaic as representing that balanced harmony.
And then my brain of course took it a step further.
My brain: Hmmmmm. So if the three religions are the square pieces...what would Zi0nism be?
And I had this image of someone coming along and removing squares from the Tree of Life. Initially just one by one. But over the years coming in with a bulldozer and just crushing the Tree of Life.
Because the Zi0nists have zero regard for any of the mosaic pieces.
Some people think that Zi0nists care about the Jewish squares. But that is a false illusion.
Zi0nism has NOTHING to do with true Judaism.
But yes, it's possible to be Jewish and a Zi0nist. And there are of course also Christians and Muslims who are Zi0nists. (In fact, there are many many more Christian Zi0nists than Jewish Zi0nists)
It was literally like three days of me having this Tree of Life mosaic in my head....when I realised and remembered:
MOSAIC MEANS MOSES!!!!!
IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH AN ACTUAL MOSAIC!!!! 🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️
So yeah, that's the sort of stuff that happens in my head.
I absolutely love this parallel interpretation! But probably good you got to the intended meaning in the end :)