Being Dogmatic

Can controverting every theory bring a better comprehension over that? Perhaps to some extent! We have had happily squandered decades together, just being acted upon by someone else's ideas or theories. Let us all start playing devils advocate to bring more light on everything we do. I’ll tell you at the outset, we cannot perceive anything even visually as a whole at a time. Not even a microscopic particle can be seen in totality at a time. We’ll still be missing the other side of the smallest micro sphere, even. Then, how can we really look at other's viewpoint?

Indeed we need to traverse all round the object, just as different planets revolve around the sun in different planes (Non-coplanar). Let us altercate on so-called, widely discussed mystery of the world, "God". Different people around the world believe in god in their own ways and have their own theories. A Hindu performs "idolatry", which is widely criticized by westerners, even also described as "mother of harlots". The Buddhists, who are agnostic, worship Buddha, whom they have considered as a Man and not god. Nevertheless they worship different gods, for instance god of wisdom, goddess of speech. A Christian worships the holy cross. Muslims observe the formal prayers, 5 times a day.

Somehow or the other, we find, every religion depends upon god and believes in his existence, in someway or the other. When Hindus execute idolatry, are they really doing any senseless job by doing that? If he is omnipresent, why should he, be in the idols? Just saying, “it is one’s belief” or “it is like a Christian worshipping the holy cross”, merely doesn’t answer the question. On the other hand, one should try to understand the real rational behind the act. According to the great monk of India, swami Vivekananda, “it is an Endeavour to grasp high spiritual truths by an undeveloped mind, with the help of images or idols”. And no one is forced to do that, nor it is even compulsory. This, justification, in fact seems to be so true, that it really the boosts the confidence of one performing that.

Akin to this, we have many questions in our mind, and we still remain skeptical about them. Sometimes we offer money, flowers, fruits and even sacrificing animals, by killing them. Are all these acts, really take us to the path of realizing god? Can we discriminate, that offering flesh as evil and offering flowers as morally righteous act. We have been constantly told, that, god is ever active providence, merciful and impartial. We are even told, that even if you offer a flower or a fruit or even a leaf, with lots of love, one can please the so-called god. Because we thought, flowers or fruits are the gifts of god we again have to offer them to him. But when an ignorant man plucks a flower, from a plant, he never knew, that flower is the reproductive part of the plant. After all a flower is attractive and fragrant to allure bees. What is the advantage they get? Then? These bees bring pollen grains in contact with stigma, together will form seed, and in turn they get honey. This is the plan of nature! The universe is so, intelligent, so mysterious. Or when we offer fruit, is that righteous? Still, no! Then why do a plant, produce fruits. It is again, the arrangement of nature. Plants being non-locomotive, produce fruits, which are often attractive and tastier, for animals, which are locomotive, which inturn helps the plant in spreading that plant species over an area, that grow from the seed, when they excrete. So, if that is the case, shouldn’t any one eat other animal?

But, one thing is sure, the anatomy of Human, is not of carnivorous. Now, if however, every animal on earth relies on green and fruits, sooner, the planet is going to become a desert. Again, the universe is so intelligent; that it has created predacious animals that keeps ecology balanced. Even if all the animals become herbivorous, taking it for granted, that there is enough grassland on earth, even in that case; they are killing bacteria and microorganism, present in them. So, one cannot survive, without killing the other living being. Yajurveda says, one should not use his god given body to kill god’s creatures. Then, Is there no escape from this vicious circle? Are we committing sin, by doing this? If yes? What is the penalty for that?

Upanishad says, your past actions will decide your present state and your present state decide your future state, explaining birth and death cycles. Its says your present actions will determine, whether you are going to lead a life of happiness or misery. But, again this instigates, to arise many questions in mind. Because, we all have seen that happiness doesn’t just comes along with the birth, by being rich or poor, but also, and mostly depends on one’s attitude towards life. Richness cannot buy happiness and just poverty cannot stop some one from being happy. To strengthen this point, I like to tell u about a man, M.S Oberoi, founder of Oberoi group of hotels, once said, “I may be rich, but I’m not happy. The days, when I was living in shimla in a small house, with my wife and children, were the most joyous moments of my life”.

Then, all these are just mental condition of man? Does the idea of god evolved out of fear. Scientists at university of California at San Diego identified a portion of the brain; where the ideas of god and spirituality are being evolved, concluded that human beings are genetically programmed to believe in god. Once a young man asked Buddha, “Buddha, what are you? Are you a god? , “No”, “are you a prophet?” “No”, “who are you, then”, Buddha replied, “I’m awake”!

But Can, this alone answers for everything that seems to be mysterious in the universe. Is, there any religion, in the world that can explain the entity god? Perhaps Upanishads are the only books composed 3500 years ago, that explains briefly about the universe, creation, and birth and death cycles, death experience and other mysteries of this universe in accordance with physics. It explains about evolution of universe, the existence of life in a system, made to run for a time and again destroyed. Explains about life and death cycles, Katha Upanishad, goes a step forward and describes even the experience of death. you will not be convinced, at every aspect it speaks, rather for better understanding of this book, conscience of the reader should work. Nonetheless, the entity god is still seemed to be arcane to everyone. I've to leave now, bye, see you in the next blog.....