SPIRITUALITY AND RELIGION
RELIGION IS THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL TOPIC OF TODAY. ESPECIALLY IN A COUNTRY LIKE INDIA WHERE THERE IS A WIDE DIVERSITY IN RELIGION. BUT HERE I DON’T WANT TO CREATE SUCH A CONTROVERSY. I JUST WANT TO GIVE MY PERSONAL FACTS REGARDING SPIRITUALITY.
SOME DAYS BEFORE I CAME ACROSS AN INTERESTING PIECE OF NEWS IN ONE OF THE DAILY NEWSPAPERS OF OUR COUNTRY.ACCORDING TO IT THE YOUNGSTERS OF THIS GENERATION ARE VERY RELIGIOUS EVEN MORE THAN THE OLDER GENERATION. IS THIS TRUE? MYSELF, BEING ONE AMONG THE YOUNGSTERS OF NEW GENERATION HAS NOT REALIZED THAT TILL THEN. TRULY I DON’T THINK THAT THE NEWS IS FULLY CORRECT.
OF COARSE IT’S TRUE THAT I’VE SEEN MY SO CALLED RELIGIOUS FRIENDS PRAYING DAY AND NIGHT AND WORSHIPPING SO SERIOUSLY DURING EXAM TIME, OR AT THE TIME OF THE RESULTS. I’VE SEEN PEOPLE BEING RELIGIOUS DURING SICKNESS AND POVERTY. I’VE SEEN PEOPLE PRAYING EARNESTLY FOR PROMOTION, INCREASE IN SALARY, FOR GETTING NEW BIKE, MUSIC SYSTEM AND OTHER LUXURIES.
CAN SUCH PEOPLE BE CALLED AS RELIGIOUS ONES? DON’T YOU THINK ITS JUST MERE RITUALISTIC BELIEF? IT’S A FALSE PHSYCOLOGICAL BELIEF. THIS TYPE OF ATTITUDE CANNOT BE CALLED AS SPIRITUALISM. SPENDING ONLY 5 IN 365 DAYS WITH GREAT REVERENCE TO GOD IS NOT GOING TO DO ANY HELP. I’M NOT SAYING THAT YOU SHOULD LEAD YOUR LIFE LIKE A SAINT. BUT YOU SHOULD ATLEAST REMEMBER YOUR GOD BEFORE GOING TO BED, AFTER GETTING UP, BEFORE EATING FOOD AND INSTEAD OF PRAYING AND CRYING DURING THE EXAMS AND RESULTS TRY ASKING GOD TO HELP YOU TO UNDERSTAND YOU LESSONS WHILE STUDYING. AS YOU PRAY TO HIM DURING SORROWS, PRAY TO HIM ALSO WHEN YOU ARE HAPPY THANKING HIM FOR THE HAPPINESS. BELIEVE ME FRIENDS THIS HELPS.
NOW, MY ATTEMPT IS NOT TO CHECK THE VALIDITY OF ABOVE MENTIONED STATEMENT BY THE NEWSPAPER. BUT TO WARN THE SO CALLED ’’RITUALISTIC BELIEVERS’’ TO STOP DOING SO. IT WILL ONLY BE AN ABSOLUTE WASTE OF TIME FOR THEM.
SPIRITUALITY IS A PERSONAL MATTER THAT CAN BE OBTAINED ONLY BY BEING TRUE TO ONESELF. MERE RITUALS CANNOT MASK YOUR NEGATIVES IN PERSONAL LIFE. SIMPLICITY, HONESTY, LOVE, FAITH ARE THE QUALITIES OF A TRUE SPIRITUAL PERSON.
MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALL