I am no kafir. I believe in God. Many non believers can question me or even mock at me. I do not have any particular reason to give them. This belief has instilled confidence in me. It is also partly due to the fact that after 25 years of existence I have understood that there are zillions of things which are beyond my understanding, and all such things I have summed it up and attributed it to some factor which lead to such a state of being. But then these times are really interesting. I am kept in awe at the multitudes who behave almost all the time irrationally or perhaps whatever is “irrational” to my senses.
But then I have to be specific about what I am talking about. So let me explain. I am living in a place where the belief in human gods is increasing by the passing hour. Whether it is the Shankaracharya of the Adi Shankara lineage or the modern saints like Sai Baba, Amritanandamayee or the well positioned Sri Sri Ravisankar, people have started believing them like never before. It seems to me that they believe them more than the real Gods. The funnier fact is that we are living in a country which is the birthplace of the oldest religion which has 33 crore gods, as claimed by the Vedas. And still human beings here are in search of new gods.
I also hear that some crazy folks have built a temple for actress ‘Namitha’ in Tamil Nadu. Let me discount this incident as a case of excess cash reserves and orgasmic exuberance added to a general case of irrationality and lack of intelligence. But the one thing which is not comprehensible is the fact that the multitudes who go behind the human gods include people who have got great exposure to the world. Many of them are really educated and have got an opportunity to have a good look at the various aspects of life in a logical manner. Still they are not able to evade the enchanting web of irrationality. This brings me to one interesting aspect of human beings. Human beings do acknowledge the unpredictability and ignorance about the outer world. They like to believe that there is always someone who will help them tackle this wilderness when they call for help. And they believe that more the no. of Gods, lesser their problems would be. One cannot argue based on reason here. This is how normal human beings think. Everyone is draped in a blanket of insecurity. And it is this insecurity which makes one move towards such human Gods.
But the fact which makes me worry is not this. All these human Gods are very well aware of this fact. Still they endorse this belief. If they were true saints, I hope they should have acted in a manner as to make the believers believe in God rather than the saints. None of us would dispute the fact these saints initially pitched themselves as media or a messengers of God. But when the devotee starts believing the medium rather than the source, then things start to look ugly. I do appreciate each of their ability to attract human minds. It is obviously nothing less than amazing, but at the same time I despise them all for misleading the already mislead mankind. Let me conclude by saying that, it is indeed interesting times that we are living in. Whoever has made this maze is having real fun up there watching all these mice getting lost in the maze. Hats off God!!
I also hear that some crazy folks have built a temple for actress ‘Namitha’ in Tamil Nadu. Let me discount this incident as a case of excess cash reserves and orgasmic exuberance added to a general case of irrationality and lack of intelligence. But the one thing which is not comprehensible is the fact that the multitudes who go behind the human gods include people who have got great exposure to the world. Many of them are really educated and have got an opportunity to have a good look at the various aspects of life in a logical manner. Still they are not able to evade the enchanting web of irrationality. This brings me to one interesting aspect of human beings. Human beings do acknowledge the unpredictability and ignorance about the outer world. They like to believe that there is always someone who will help them tackle this wilderness when they call for help. And they believe that more the no. of Gods, lesser their problems would be. One cannot argue based on reason here. This is how normal human beings think. Everyone is draped in a blanket of insecurity. And it is this insecurity which makes one move towards such human Gods.
But the fact which makes me worry is not this. All these human Gods are very well aware of this fact. Still they endorse this belief. If they were true saints, I hope they should have acted in a manner as to make the believers believe in God rather than the saints. None of us would dispute the fact these saints initially pitched themselves as media or a messengers of God. But when the devotee starts believing the medium rather than the source, then things start to look ugly. I do appreciate each of their ability to attract human minds. It is obviously nothing less than amazing, but at the same time I despise them all for misleading the already mislead mankind. Let me conclude by saying that, it is indeed interesting times that we are living in. Whoever has made this maze is having real fun up there watching all these mice getting lost in the maze. Hats off God!!
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