The overview effect..!!

From last few weeks there was a lot of news on force transformation of religion change, and I happened to read a lot of stuff related to that. So I am just sharing some of my thoughts on that.

I was just wondering, if I asked someone who is enjoying his middle class lifestyle and very normal life, what is religion to him/her? And you expect answer is to offer prayer in the morning, worshiping God, going to the temple often, and do the rituals whenever required like on festivals and big occasions. But than If you ask them  “does he/she know exactly what religion is?” or “Is it really matter that you should know that deep about religion?” I think hardly anybody knows that much in detail or they have spent time doing detail study. So, It seems to me more like passing the parcel. One will tell to others and those others will tell to many others without knowing what’s exactly right or wrong? There is no listed 10 points agenda that for do's and don'ts for any religion from the origin of religion. But with time, individual's interpretation has created hundred’s of points for dos and don’ts.

 So if we don’t know that much details about religion, than why there is religion change and religion transformation? In doing so, what are we achieving with this? The person who has agreed to change, they don’t know any religion and don’t want to know. They just want to look after the immediate benefits they are getting from this transformation. Also, their sole purpose is trying to beat their biggest problem i.e. poverty using this. Also, those who are offering transformation, just trying to solve their selfish motive of increasing strength of their religion. It is more like selfish motive for both the parties, which got mutual agreement. Of course, this is just naïve argument to those who are busy doing transformation and for those who are accepting religion change.

        Just want to take conversation in different direction; there are some individuals whose minds are free from all of this. So the point is at what level or condition your mind that goes beyond all such limitation?  Earlier, I used to believe that education or money (which open many sources) can bring awareness, but it has proved me wrong, as I have seen many examples. May be than if the person’s basic necessity has been satisfied, it will avoid such religion related trap, but even that was turned out to be wrong. It was so hard to tell that any particular events/feelings, which can push your mind out of such thinking paradigm. 

      But when I watched this video (click here to watch video), I believe that this is something can help to open up individual’s mindset free from such religion oriented trap. This video about astronaut’s feelings while looking at earth from space, it was totally mesmerising and eye opener for everyone, when you listen to their feelings and experiences from the space. They called this feelings or effect as “the overview effect”. Also In ancient literature they described it as Savikalpa Samadhi – “That means that you see things as you see them with your eyes, but you experience them emotionally and viscerally, as with ecstasy, and a sense of total unity and oneness.” From the space, while looking at earth, there are no religion boundaries which differentiate people or earth based on religion. Those individuals who has reached to such feelings and mindset on earth, they are free from such religion trap.  I think if every individual can understand such feelings and experiences, they can come out of such unnecessary forcing dogmas of religions and be unite towards only one religion called humanity. Our life span is very limited and we all need to spend it after something that is more worthy.

PS: views are very much personal.!!