"God Bless". Numbers have been counted so much while
hearing this tagline throughout life. Each and every formal or informal
conversation meets the curtain with this sentence. Although I followed that
blindly during my entire childhood, lately I have begun to question the
substance in it. Intending no disrespect to God, if he actually exists, not
actually confirming he does not exist, my intention is to make people think
about this fact before blindly imbibing the essence into their souls.
"Do you believe God exists?". An obvious answer from most of the
individuals. It is a "Yes". The minority, the atheists who are brave
enough to shout out their belief in front of the common man, are obviously
exceptions. But even in them, there is always an inquisitive approach towards
the whole plethora of thoughts about the Providential substantiality. Still,
category number three, the so-called Satan worshippers say they don’t believe
in God, but only the creed of Satan. But even in them, there is a lining of a
trace of a natural intuition that if Satan exists, God should exist as well.
"Why do you pray to God?". I have asked this to many
people to understand their views and to gain an insight into the mechanism of
the spiritual side of a person's mindset. Into the majority's solution set
first- "Because I want everything to go well with me and my life"- Plain
reply of a simpleton's mind. But that never satisfied me. I go after a small
link until it satisfies me somehow. In a stage created in my mind, it enacts
myself out- the perplexed complexity of my thoughts. "So are you saying
that if you do not pray to God, he will not make your life go well?". Now
you see a disliked tint on the face of the person. But as I said, my mind is my
master, and I try to be a loyal servant. Reply number two:"Well, if we
neglect him, he certainly would not like it, just like anyone". Here I
split the route map to two different directions.
Direction 1:If God will not make everything go well in your life, if
you do not pray to him, is not God a cruel person?. Obviously, the face has
started to turn really ugly, but I stay on. Surprisingly or not, which I am
still pondering upon, I saw the conundrum essence in the situation. There was
no answer. A little bit of a gaze here and there, but temporary dumbness
binding its vines all around. Finally, after much time, a reply came.
"Maybe he is cruel in some situations. He is like anyone else. He is a
person who, without our knowledge, follows us always". This further stabilized
my target on Direction 2.
Direction 2:If God is like anyone else, then why shouldn’t God be
human? The other person has established it further as said the previous
paragraph. A person who is in between us, to check if we are praying or not? And
as expected, it is a NO. "To give us what we want". So, in effect we
loop back in the cycle to "Why do you pray to God?". If he is in
between us, and is giving what we want, then why pray for it? The answer of
courtesy is just escapism because the aspect of courtesy is a human feeling or
idea and incorporating the Almighty Providence with it makes him a human
completely. An irony neatly blended in itself.
I asked one more question further to some people. People who carry
the very same idea, but despise the entire range of the so-called
"Swamijis, Ammas and Mathas" or in a more formal way. "The Human
Gods". If God is as human as you express, why don’t you believe in the
human Gods? No answer for most of them. But some of them ultimately gave their
thought. "Many of the existing so-called human Gods are engulfed in
fallacy" Then on what account do you consider God as real? If he is so
human and is very much similar in essence to the human Gods? No answer.
Even if the dictionary of their knowledge is apocalyptically wiped
out on this matter, most people are just reluctant to admit the fact. But, if
they admit such a fact, they aren’t accepting defeat at all, in the war. Instead,
their aura of a real personality brightens up to the next level. Sadly, very
few understand this fact. They just try to mug-up stories to hypocritically
prove that they are quite scholars in this eternal questionnaire to which no
one has any solid answer. They just follow what has been told to them without
even wondering the in-deep thought behind it. But, many-a-times, a show of
falsehood to patronise their own gallant pool of knowledge results in a bad
impact towards the person who they really are.
But at the opposite pole, I saw wonderful explanations on God; how
people see him, although it is not the ultimate truth. And unlike these people,
they never tried to establish the fact they believed in, they just found happiness
in what they believe. My friend Rajshree made a mesmerizing thought. She saw
God in the form of a friend, with whom she talks whenever she feels like. The
whole concept of praying just before you do attempt something great, was just
not her thing. Next it was my friend Chaitali's turn. She believed everything
that is happening in this world is already preset. Whatever we do, it all comes
down to that particular encoded fragment in the array of time which decides the
present, and in effect, the past and the future. She viewed everyone as parts
of a single soul, so that whenever a person hurts another, he is indirectly
hurting his own self. Both of them are short, simple, concise, yet carries all
the beauty and reasoning in it.
I never say God does not exist. I never ascertain the proof that
he does, either. My intention is to make everyone stumble upon such a thought
whenever they think of prayer. If they can give a valid explanation as above to
themselves, they are the most worthy people in the world. I believe there is
one supreme creator, just one, who created all these which we see around us, and
who manages all these without the discrimination of who prays and who does not,
without the discrimination of who spends whole days in temples, churches etc. just
to see the idol for a split second and giving the crude explanation that
"Go through difficulties, only then can you see the true essence of God"(which
clearly redirects to "Is God cruel?") and those who have decided they
will never go anywhere to worship him but believe he is anywhere and
everywhere, all are his children only. He is a form of inspiration which fills
us and gives the courage to face the life ahead. Saluting that almighty power, I
conclude in humble ecstasy of having let myself out and having presented a
viewpoint which at least some might find intriguing.
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