On……What I
Believe……..
Part 1:
SUPER HUMANS
Sorry Folks…….You may hate me for what I am writing. You may
call me an orthodox atheist for the mind I am expressing…………….
A dilemma that has been bouncing all over my head from past
few years….an old question that everyone asks….a platform for
arguments…..a reason for offence and
counter-offence….and yeah….its even the topic of hot discussion once I had with
my Mom….a certain back flash to my past experience which made me think so……
Place: Dining room:
Me: Mom you aren’t
taking any food today…..
Mom: Son, its
‘Ekadesi’….I am fasting….
Me: Not again….what’s
this mom…it’s just three months since you had your abdominal operation….
Mom: Don’t worry
son…God is there…nothing will happen to his follower…….
I didn’t
protest…I knew I couldn’t win to her…she is my mom and I am her son….sorry
mistaken…she is mom and I am her son….
But inside me a
certain kind of rage was burning…maybe because I love my mum a lot…maybe
it was enough of pain I saw her suffering in the past three months… may be I couldn’t even think of a small pain to her.........
In front
of a temple:
Born in a
Brahmin family I am by birth a Hindu Brahmin. I am quite used to all the
rituals, functions, gods goddesses,
festivals ,et cetra of a common Brahmin family .Once when I was
visiting a temple for a pooja…I noticed one strange habit of mine that was even
unknown to me till then….but that
incident lead to a series of questions in my mind….
I was in the
entrance of the temple taking out my
shoes…when I saw a bunch of children doing a simple thing…everyone do it….but
for the first time I thought about it. Children were doing nothing more than
moving their hands up and down by their forehead greeting the god and
goddesses.
Its usual thing people
do in the temple. It was not the matter
of concern for me. The real concern was,” Do these little Children really know
what they are doing?” Or are they just taught to do so???????? As we are…..
How many of
us….raise our hand up and down by our forehead…whenever we unexpectedly
encounter any holy shrine by our way….The answer is most of us…..now the
question is “why do we do that”….’
All of us will
answer,” because we are religious minded……because it’s greeting for god….and so
on….”
But now when I
think about that I will just say it as an act of manipulative teaching we have
been given from our childhood….by anyone…anyone comprises of our parents,
friends, uncle, aunt, grandparents….anyone…..
How can our hand
automatically perform that thing in the
very first sight of the religious shrine…..because we
have been practising it from our childhood.
Day when I cracked one of the top
college:
It was the day
when I cracked one of the tough college of my country(I don’t want to mention name). I was happy ,my parents were happy…everyone was happy. A small incident
that again urged my thinking….again with my sweet mom…..
Mom: See I told
you….Have a faith in “Thakur Gii”….and you will crack it….
Me: Mom………I
don’t want to listen all those crap….
Mom: Son just…mind
your tongue….(she joined her hand ,closed her eyes….offered a small
prayer)….”Thakur Gii…..Please forgive my son…he is still insane…always keep an
eye on him……”…..
I quickly moved
away from there…I didn’t want to have any row on this topic again….which I
frequently have very often with time…..I love her…and I don’t want to
hurt her…and the another reason was........ I cracked my college…there was no way I
could give this credit to someone else…………..
These were the very few experiences I wanted to share with you all. These weren’t
meant to offend my family members but were just an example…..may be an example
of similar stories we all carry.
Today when I share my incidents with different people…I come
across….different similar stories…..
And it makes me compelled to think…Are we moving to the path of blind
faith that we actually couldn’t achieve.
I am not offending the presence of the proclaimed “The Super Natural
God”.
Today for people GOD is like a free shop where they think they can
shop in accordance with the weight of
their wallet. I have seen people….not only people…but lot of people…and
actually in some mode of our time line…we might have done the same…it's just one
example how and what god stands in today’s time…..giving offerings to the
God….its includes large varieties of things…..from money…to food….from gold…to
lands….oh my gosh….What is this…”Can we bribe God”….Does he give his blessing
on the basis of the bribery??
People may tag this thing as “donation”….”social work”…..some
might do it for sake of others people too….but
deep inside our heart we know that…most frequently...most of us do those things just
for the sake of our wish…our dream….to achieve that which we couldn’t or we
wanted to….
Sorry again…if I offended anyone sentiments…or anyone….….it’s just
what I believe….
Sometimes my mom scolds me saying ”What kind of Child did get born
in The Brahmin Family…even haven’t got a cent belief in god….”
But mom…………………
I am not an atheist. I do believe in god. For me god is my
Parents…who are my source of inspiration to move forward in life….for me god is
my girlfriend…with whom I want to spend time of my love…friends with whom I cherish
each and every moment…my study…my work…GOD is everything…AN Ultimate Source of
Almighty Energy…..that makes me who I am…..
I do like to visit temples
and religious shrines…its beauty is appealing…the blossoming smell of
the fresh flowers…to the beauty of nigh time prayers….it’s just awesome…it’s
just makes me feel like a pure soul away
from the burden of different things in my life…
But I don’t mix it with my life………meditation is different which I
required from my religion….my life is different…….
I used the word meditation. And may be religion or god is kind of meditation thing for me…can mean different thing for other people.….it helps me tackle my agony….cool my misery…..and makes me feel good for the moment…..
Sorry again…if I hurt anyone sentiment…
Finally what I believe……………………
From the experience of my life till now….education I got….my
parents…everything that had happen to me…..I am very lucky that I got birth in
this world and today I am also the part of this world…..
Coming to the topic we had in our hand…..
God…for me……god is everywhere…that may be you….that may be me myself….parents….friends….anything that is
the part of my life…..that makes me….they are not present in a fixed place…nor
they ask for any bribery….they just happen to me when I need them….
If anyone asks me…” You say god is not present in temple…it’s just
some kind of parlour for meditation…who do you think are Ram…Lord
Shiva…krishna….countless shrines…present all over the world…where do they come
from….is that all fake…huh???”
I simply answer to them as…”My friend they existed and they are
still present today in our heart……like I said…you may be a god…my
parents…anyone…so were they….”
What I believe is….they
all….whatever may be the name…different in different religion…are the people of
different age….we all know that….a day will come when everything comes to
end…and a new age begins….like an ice age….even scientifically proven….They
might be the people more advanced than us…may be utilisation of their full
brain(note: an average human brain at most is only about 10% functional in its whole
life)…what if we had our 100% brain functional….how will we be???…Can the super
natural things possible with 100% functional brain….Then will we be entitled as
God…Mystery still unsolved... You might have noticed of using the words like
may, will ,might, et cetra…which highlights the uncertainty of my writing. What
I write is what I believe…………………………
