Suffering Clarifies Who Is in Control. Hardship has the power to burst the bubble of our self-sovereignty. I don’t think I’m alone in saying that I’m tempted to give myself comfort by convincing myself that I have more control over people, places, and things than I actually have. We want to believe that if we eat the right things and do the right exercises, we can control our health. We want to believe that if we share what we think is good and can benefit others, people will response positively. – These are all good things to do, but the assumption that doing them controls outcomes is just not true. From the very first breath of Adam, the Bible confronts our delusions of and desire for control. It is clear that Adam and Eve were not created for independent, sef-sufficient living but for dependent, other-reliant living. And, like Adam and Eve, we don’t have what it takes to make it well on our own because we don’t have the power to supply all we need for this to be possible. Adam and Eve weren’t made to make up their own rules and to live as they thought best. They were made to live inside the boundaries of the rules and purposes of someone greater. And they weren’t placed in a world that would submit to their commands and do their bidding. They were called to be the resident managers of a world created and held together by the sovereign power of God. Yes, we’ve been given many natural intellectual, emotional, and spiritual gifts, and if we exercise them as God intended, we can do much to help our lives be relatively comfortable and stable. But we can’t take credit or blame for things we have no power to produce. If I were in control, there is no way I would have allowed physical travail into my life. Hardship confronts us with our tendency to assume that we’re in greater control than we really are, and because we think we are, we take way more credit for the good things in our lives than we should. The opposite is true as well. Because we assume greater control than we ctually have, we blame ourselves for things we have no power to cause. Good parents blame themselves for the spiritual and relational rebellion of their children. Even children tend to find reasons to blame themselves for the separation of their parents. In all these cases, people adding to their suffering by assuming power and control that they didn’t have and never will have. – Our loss of the illusion of control also adds to the fear that accompanies suffering. But realizing we are not in control is also one of suffering’s biggest blessings. It’s one of difficulty’s paradoxical comforts. The fear and pain of being out of control stand before us as doorways to something very good. It’s only when we give up the delusion that we’ve been or can be in greater control that we can find rest in the One who is in control in our place. Suffering proves that helplessness is the portal to help. It is only when we abandon our independence that we find rest in one greater. Hopelessness is the only doorway to hope. Our smallness and weakness aren’t our greatest dangers; the greatest danger is the delusion that we are bigger and stronger than we are or ever will be. – Here’s suffering paradox: the very things we would do anything to avoid, the very things that confront our understanding of who we are, and the very thing that cause us the most pain become the very things that usher into our lives the blessings of the help, hope, peace, and rest that we all long to experience.
DAFTAR ISI PENGANTAR (Maksud dan tujuan buku ini ditulis; Garis besar isi buku; Tiga cara membaca buku ini, Anjuran urutan membaca untuk Anak Muda).
I. REFLEKSI PRIBADI TENTANG PERAN MEMBACA DALAM KEHIDUPAN BEBERAPA TOKOH. A. PENGALAMAN ALBERTO MANGUEL – Relasi Manusia Dengan Teks. B. PENGALAMAN BUDI DARMA – Memperhitungkan Masa Lampau. C. PENGALAMAN MELANI BUDIANTA – Pada Mulanya Sebuah Buku. D. PENGALAMAN FRANS MAGNIS SUSENO – Bukuku Surgaku.
II. MEMBACA DI ERA DIGITAL - KEBUTUHAN, TAHAP PERKEMBANGAN, TUJUAN, MANFAAT DAN MUDARATNYA. A. MEMBACA ITU PERLU. 1. Membaca Sebagai Kebutuhan Dasar. 2. Membaca Dan Kemajuan Peradaban. 3. Membaca Untuk Pengembangan Diri. B. TAHAP-TAHAP PERKEMBANGAN KETERAMPILAN MEMBACA. 1. Cara Membaca Dasar. 2. Cara Membaca Sepintas dan Cara Membaca Cepat. 3. Cara Membaca Lengkap. 4. Cara Membaca Tematik. C. TIGA MACAM KEGIATAN MEMBACA – MEMBACA TEKS KARYA MANUSIA, MEMBACA ALAM SEMESTA CIPTAAN TUHAN, DAN MEMBACA ALKITAB. 1. Tiga Macam Kegiatan Membaca. 2. Perbedaan Antara Membaca Teks Karya Manusia, Membaca Alam Semesta Ciptaan Tuhan, dan Membaca Alkitab. 3. Posisi dan Fungsi Unik Dari Alkitab – Sebagai Lensa Untuk Membaca Segala Sesuatu. D. TUJUAN MEMBACA SEGALA SESUATU MELALUI LENSA ALKITAB, 1. Pertama: Untuk Mendapatkan Informasi, Pengetahuan, Inpsirasi, dan Hiburan Yang Benilai. 2. Kedua: Untuk Meningkatkan Bijaksana dan Karakter Rohani. 3. Ketiga: Untuk Memperlengkapi Diri Dalam Perang Rohani. 4. Keempat: Untuk Meningkatkan Kepuasan dan Rasa Syukur. E. MANFAAT MEMBACA UNTUK PERKEMBANGAN DAYA DASAR MANUSIA. 1. Manfaat Membaca Untuk Perkembangan Daya Intelektual. 2. Manfaat Membaca Untuk Perkembangan Daya Emosional. 3. Manfaat Membaca Untuk Perkembangan Daya Kehendak. 4. Manfaat Membaca Untuk Perkembangan Daya Jasmani. 5. Manfaat Membaca Untuk Perkembangan Daya Rohani. F. BAHAYA MEMBACA CEPAT DAN SERAMPANGAN. 1. Signifikansi Membaca Dalam Era Digital. 2. Membaca Cepat – Alat atau Pedang Bermata Dua? 3. Digitalisasi Membaca dan Distorsi Makna – Bahaya Fragmentasi Dan Bias Informasi. (1). Evolusi Membaca: Dari Buku Fisik ke Layar Digital. (2). Dampak Framentasi Pada Pola Pikir. (3). Algoritma dan Bias: Ketika Mesin Menentukan Apa Yang Kita Baca. 4. Strategi Setan Dalam Membaca Cepat dan Serampangan. (1). Pengalihan Perhatian: Kebisingan Digital sebagai Senjata. (2). Ilusi Pengetahuan: Ketika "Tahu Banyak" Berujung pada Kekosongan.
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Suffering Clarifies Who Is in Control.
Hardship has the power to burst the bubble of our self-sovereignty. I don’t think I’m alone in saying that I’m tempted to give myself comfort by convincing myself that I have more control over people, places, and things than I actually have. We want to believe that if we eat the right things and do the right exercises, we can control our health. We want to believe that if we share what we think is good and can benefit others, people will response positively. – These are all good things to do, but the assumption that doing them controls outcomes is just not true.
From the very first breath of Adam, the Bible confronts our delusions of and desire for control. It is clear that Adam and Eve were not created for independent, sef-sufficient living but for dependent, other-reliant living. And, like Adam and Eve, we don’t have what it takes to make it well on our own because we don’t have the power to supply all we need for this to be possible. Adam and Eve weren’t made to make up their own rules and to live as they thought best. They were made to live inside the boundaries of the rules and purposes of someone greater. And they weren’t placed in a world that would submit to their commands and do their bidding. They were called to be the resident managers of a world created and held together by the sovereign power of God.
Yes, we’ve been given many natural intellectual, emotional, and spiritual gifts, and if we exercise them as God intended, we can do much to help our lives be relatively comfortable and stable. But we can’t take credit or blame for things we have no power to produce. If I were in control, there is no way I would have allowed physical travail into my life. Hardship confronts us with our tendency to assume that we’re in greater control than we really are, and because we think we are, we take way more credit for the good things in our lives than we should. The opposite is true as well. Because we assume greater control than we ctually have, we blame ourselves for things we have no power to cause. Good parents blame themselves for the spiritual and relational rebellion of their children. Even children tend to find reasons to blame themselves for the separation of their parents. In all these cases, people adding to their suffering by assuming power and control that they didn’t have and never will have. – Our loss of the illusion of control also adds to the fear that accompanies suffering.
But realizing we are not in control is also one of suffering’s biggest blessings. It’s one of difficulty’s paradoxical comforts. The fear and pain of being out of control stand before us as doorways to something very good. It’s only when we give up the delusion that we’ve been or can be in greater control that we can find rest in the One who is in control in our place. Suffering proves that helplessness is the portal to help. It is only when we abandon our independence that we find rest in one greater. Hopelessness is the only doorway to hope. Our smallness and weakness aren’t our greatest dangers; the greatest danger is the delusion that we are bigger and stronger than we are or ever will be. – Here’s suffering paradox: the very things we would do anything to avoid, the very things that confront our understanding of who we are, and the very thing that cause us the most pain become the very things that usher into our lives the blessings of the help, hope, peace, and rest that we all long to experience.
AMBIL & BACALAH! - Tolle-Lege.
- Kunci Untuk Menemukan Bijaksana Spiritual Dalam Membaca Pelbagai Jenis Buku di Era Digital. –
* Desain Sampul dan Ilustrator: Lea Djayaputera, putri Bapak Saleh Djayaputera.
DAFTAR ISI
PENGANTAR
(Maksud dan tujuan buku ini ditulis; Garis besar isi buku; Tiga cara membaca buku ini, Anjuran urutan membaca untuk Anak Muda).
I. REFLEKSI PRIBADI TENTANG PERAN MEMBACA DALAM KEHIDUPAN BEBERAPA TOKOH.
A. PENGALAMAN ALBERTO MANGUEL – Relasi Manusia Dengan Teks.
B. PENGALAMAN BUDI DARMA – Memperhitungkan Masa Lampau.
C. PENGALAMAN MELANI BUDIANTA – Pada Mulanya Sebuah Buku.
D. PENGALAMAN FRANS MAGNIS SUSENO – Bukuku Surgaku.
II. MEMBACA DI ERA DIGITAL - KEBUTUHAN, TAHAP PERKEMBANGAN, TUJUAN, MANFAAT DAN
MUDARATNYA.
A. MEMBACA ITU PERLU.
1. Membaca Sebagai Kebutuhan Dasar.
2. Membaca Dan Kemajuan Peradaban.
3. Membaca Untuk Pengembangan Diri.
B. TAHAP-TAHAP PERKEMBANGAN KETERAMPILAN MEMBACA.
1. Cara Membaca Dasar.
2. Cara Membaca Sepintas dan Cara Membaca Cepat.
3. Cara Membaca Lengkap.
4. Cara Membaca Tematik.
C. TIGA MACAM KEGIATAN MEMBACA – MEMBACA TEKS KARYA MANUSIA, MEMBACA ALAM SEMESTA
CIPTAAN TUHAN, DAN MEMBACA ALKITAB.
1. Tiga Macam Kegiatan Membaca.
2. Perbedaan Antara Membaca Teks Karya Manusia, Membaca Alam Semesta Ciptaan Tuhan, dan
Membaca Alkitab.
3. Posisi dan Fungsi Unik Dari Alkitab – Sebagai Lensa Untuk Membaca Segala Sesuatu.
D. TUJUAN MEMBACA SEGALA SESUATU MELALUI LENSA ALKITAB,
1. Pertama: Untuk Mendapatkan Informasi, Pengetahuan, Inpsirasi, dan Hiburan Yang Benilai.
2. Kedua: Untuk Meningkatkan Bijaksana dan Karakter Rohani.
3. Ketiga: Untuk Memperlengkapi Diri Dalam Perang Rohani.
4. Keempat: Untuk Meningkatkan Kepuasan dan Rasa Syukur.
E. MANFAAT MEMBACA UNTUK PERKEMBANGAN DAYA DASAR MANUSIA.
1. Manfaat Membaca Untuk Perkembangan Daya Intelektual.
2. Manfaat Membaca Untuk Perkembangan Daya Emosional.
3. Manfaat Membaca Untuk Perkembangan Daya Kehendak.
4. Manfaat Membaca Untuk Perkembangan Daya Jasmani.
5. Manfaat Membaca Untuk Perkembangan Daya Rohani.
F. BAHAYA MEMBACA CEPAT DAN SERAMPANGAN.
1. Signifikansi Membaca Dalam Era Digital.
2. Membaca Cepat – Alat atau Pedang Bermata Dua?
3. Digitalisasi Membaca dan Distorsi Makna – Bahaya Fragmentasi Dan Bias Informasi.
(1). Evolusi Membaca: Dari Buku Fisik ke Layar Digital.
(2). Dampak Framentasi Pada Pola Pikir.
(3). Algoritma dan Bias: Ketika Mesin Menentukan Apa Yang Kita Baca.
4. Strategi Setan Dalam Membaca Cepat dan Serampangan.
(1). Pengalihan Perhatian: Kebisingan Digital sebagai Senjata.
(2). Ilusi Pengetahuan: Ketika "Tahu Banyak" Berujung pada Kekosongan.
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