Student Experience of Natural Setting #1 – Bayon Temple
Since the beginning of religion, it has been understood that God created our known universe, which includes the environment and entities we surround ourselves with. God uses nature as a medium in which to communicate with his spiritual followers here on earth. Through nature, He can speak, teach and provide for us.
“Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.” John 1:3
Over the summer of 2013, my family and I ventured to the suburbs of Southeast Asia. We had been hopping from hotel to hotel, trying to experience as much of this distant land as we could before our two-weeks were finished. It wasn’t before long we moved on from Thailand to experience Cambodia. We established our temporary living space at the local Moon Boutique Hotel; after abandoning our heavy backpacks in our designated rooms, we headed off to the sacred Buddhist temple, Angkor Wat, which holds the record of being the largest religious monument in the world.
Looking closely at the structure, I was able to comprehend the progressive aging that this edifice has experienced. Moss, clinging plants and other weeds were gradually reclaiming the monument’s structure, increasingly breaking it down as time goes by. Broken walls lied scattered across the field; a blanket of vegetation even completely engulfed some pieces. Weather and erosion had caused facial features to be broken off of the giant Bayon temple heads. I am finally able to understand, Nature is reclaiming what is rightfully His.
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