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.!!
