THE MALADIES OF RELIGION.

THE MALADIES OF RELIGION.

SINCE TIME WITHOUT BEGINNING, THE AILING HUMAN HEART HAS SOUGHT SOLACE AND GUIDANCE IN THE CRADLE OF RELIGION. RELIGION HAS PLAYED A PIVOTAL ROLE IN UPLIFTING THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE MASSES AND CREATING AWARENESS OF THE POTENTIAL OF HUMAN LIFE.TO MANY DAZED AND DISCONNECTED, IT HAS OFFERED A TRAIL TO FOLLOW AND BE CENTRED AND STRONG. THE AGE OLD SUFFERINGS OF BIRTH, SICKNESS, OLD AGE AND DEATH IMPLORE US TO SEEK REFUGE IN PROPHESIES AND RELIGIOUS DOCTRINES.BUT RELIGION IS ONLY A TODDLER STEP IN THE LADDER OF SPIRITUALITY. ONE MUST KNOW AND BE AWARE THAT THERE’S A CERTAIN LIMIT TO WHICH ONE CAN GO AND THE ULTIMATE PATH OF SELF DISCOVERY IS A LONELY AND GRILLING ENDEAVOUR THAT EACH ONE MUST TAKE THE ONUS OF, HIMSELF. ULTIMATELY, THE RESPONSIBILITY OF OUR LIFE AND OUR HAPPINESS CANNOT BE AWARDED IN THE HANDS OF OTHERS. TAKING COMPLETE RESPONSIBILITY FOR STEERING THE DIRECTION LIES ONLY WITH US AND WE MUST USE THE GUIDANCE OF OUR HIGHER SELF AT EVERY STEP OF THE JOURNEY. DEVOTION CANNOT BE CONFUSED WITH FOOLISHNESS AND EASY SHORTCUTS TO HAPPINESS ARE NEVER THE LASTING ONES. BUDDHA, KRISHNA, AND CHRIST ARE FORMS OF HIGHER CONSCIOUSNESS AND NOT MERELY DEITIES OR GODS. THE NAÏVE AND UNFERTILE MINDS ONLY IDENTIFY THEM AS WISH GRANTING WELLS AND RARELY AS SPIRITUAL TOOLS OF MIGHTY POWERS. FAITH IS OFTEN CLAIMED TO BE BLIND BUT MUST NOT BE SO MUCH SO THAT YOU FIND YOURSELF IN DARK DINGY WELLS OF IGNORANCE AND FEARS. RELIGION MERELY IS AN OPIATE THAT NUMBS THE MIND FOR A WHILE AND A PLACEBO FOR THE PAIN…Meanwhile, THE REAL SUFFERING AND AGONY CONTINUES ON.THE REAL RECESSES OF SELF DISCOVERY LIE UNTOUCHED, GATHERING DUST, WHEREAS PRIDE IS POLISHED IN THE SHADOW OF ONE’S BEING OVERTLY RELIGIOUS. THE EGO THRIVES AND FLOURISHES ON THE “ I AM HOLIER THAN THOU” FODDER AND ONE MUST GUARD AGAINST THE STINGS OF ARROGANCE AND Look DOWN UPON OTHERS. THE PANGS OF GUILT AND FEAR ARE VERY SUBTLY USED TO NUDGE THE FRAIL MIND AND THE THEORIES OF RIGHTEOUSNESS AND SIN CORRUPT THE SOUL. ALL ENERGIES ARE CHANNELLED TO FORTIFY THE EXTERNAL WHEREAS THE INSIDE IS ARID AND DRY. THE TEACHINGS DON’T ALLOW US TO ACCEPT US AS BEINGS MADE PERFECTLY IN THE IMAGE OF GOD. THERE’S ALWAYS MORE WORK TO BE DONE TO BECOME BETTER AND BETTER. THE ACCEPTANCE AND LOVE FOR AN UNDIVIDED SELF ARE NOT TAUGHT OR ADVOCATED. THE ZEAL TO BE HINDUS, MUSLIMS AND CHRISTIANS FAR BYPASSES THE NEED TO DISCOVER THE BUDDHA, MOHAMMED OR CHRIST WITHIN. THE MALADIES OF RELIGION INSPIRE A DEEP DISENCHANTMENT IN ME AND PROPEL ME FURTHUR TO BE ONLY IN MY SACRED SCHOOL OF LEARNING.