Religion and Me ....
Religion ... Organized Collection Of Self Belief . The dictionary meaning of the term "Religion" sounds so fascinating , easy and cool .
Like any other person , I became part of my religion, the day I was born. I didn't know the meaning of the word but I was Hindu . I was the part of one of oldest religion of human history . Growing up in the conservative family brought me closer to my religion every day. I grew up hearing , reading and watching the various Gods and Goddess . Each of them were more than the super hero which I as a child could have dreamed of . God became one person to whom I could say anything , from whom I could ask anything and knew that it will be fulfilled.
Childhood days are best days of life as there are less questions and more belief . As I grew up the curiosity to know more , question more and to read more started. In next few years I completed all the great epics of my religion. I often hear people saying that reading is a good habit . I found it was good , as I ended up learning something new daily but reading is also a bad habit as it raised questions over the things which I blindly believed till then. Comparing the epics and my childhood heroes to practical world started to make me belief that everything which I followed was myth . The more I read more I started getting detached from my religion .
I started running away from my religion as my heart never allowed me to believe in something which I knew was not possible. I started reading religious books of many different religions in a hope to find something true and finally concluded that everything is same. Every religion is far from practical world. All these books are nothing but imagination of a story teller . Life started to move on in different direction. It was good , cool and there was sense that I am out of any religious boundary. But deep in the heart there was always a question is that religion all about? Is that something so foolish and unreal but still millions of people believe in it blindly .
Time went on and the question kept pinching my heart . I started reading again but this time to find the real meaning . It took time but I got the answer . My Religion is My Self Belief . It is my belief which gives me the power to differentiate between good and bad. The religion is not what is told or read , religion is something which anyone believes in. Religion is a bond between me and the super power whom we call God . Today I don't go to temple , I don't spend hours in prayer but I am a proud Hindu .
I know that there is nothing called caste , creed or color , that is some fake ideology created for personal gain. This new belief of being a religious person has made me a Human from Man . Each word is great religious epics relate to something good , ideal and a process to become a human .
That is my relation with my religion now , a relation that is too personal , a relation that has only one base called trust . A relation which is my belief and the reason of my existence .So , I can say "My Religion is really an organized collection of My Self Belief " . Ending with famous quote by Gilbert
"Let your religion be less of theory and more of love affair "
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