j. oak 357silversword
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the train had been traveling some time before it stopped. when it did i heard a slight PING similar to what you might hear on the bus when someone pulls the cord to get off. i looked out the window. i and everyone else were all in for a big surprise. there right in front of us was the dome of a well known mosque which is nowhere but in a city in the middle east. while everyone-everyone,that is in our party- tried to digest this incredible fact. i heard a noise like chanting. when i went to another window-the cars on this train were exceptionally large- i saw a man praying and could now distinguish words. he was standing on the platform of the station. i turned and happened to notice that the Arabic alphabet was now lit,in white. the man came over to where we were on the platform. he had just finished his afternoon prayer. the general tone of our conversation was the spiritual decline of the world and how it could be reversed. he quoted Al-ghazali, a mystic and polymath who was possibly one of the worlds first quantum physicists, to show that science and religion were not at all in conflict,and that those who thought they were had misunderstood both. finally it was time for the train to leave. he said "may allah grant you success in your search." after awhile i heard noise again and the train slowly came to a halt. i looked at the board this time the Hebrew alphabet was lit,in green. i looked out the window. i could falafel bread being offered for sale in the window of a nearby bakery. i looked a little further and the dome of the rock. this could be only one place-Jerusalem.on the platform was a man deep in prayer. chanting. just as i could catch a few words with the islamic wise man ,so could i catch a few words here. [continued]