338. Politics of Polarization and Religion of Oneness…!!!!!

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My country is considered a spiritual center of the world and many from outside come to learn and practice spirituality. This was not the recent development we have seen many starting from Alexandra, the great who came to invade my country was pulled towards spiritualism and to the latest Hollywood stars who have come here to drench themselves in the spiritual shower. My country has played host to such seekers since ages. Not that there is no spirituality in their country but they need to feel the warmth in the mothers cuddle.

But unfortunately we the citizens of this country are of late more intolerant towards religion and differentiating on the basis of religion. Agreed that this divide could be political in the larger sense but if one touches his heart and observe he will notice that he is also practicing the divide in the name of religion in a small way. A doctor or a district collector or a bank manager of his religion will prompt him to talk affectionately towards that person. Why is it so?? Are we not from the same source?? Why do we have that soft corner towards the person from same religion or sect?

If there was any difference on the basis of religion then there should have been separate air, water and sunlight for people practicing different religion? Was I not a human first before I was adorned myself with a tilak or a skull cap or a cross? Am I a Hindu because my parents pray in a temple? When every religion accepts Him as omnipresent then He can be in temple, mosque or a church.This divide in my country has encouraged the anti-nationals to plant bombs at the place of worship without fear of God, Morality or Society .       

There is one particular Sufi song in which the lyricist compares humans to pigeons. He says “Oh Lord, what have we humans gained in differentiating ourselves in the name of religion and in the name of God. A Hindu never steps into a mosque while a Muslim does not enter a temple. A Christian is confined to a church and a Sikh to a Gurudwara. Oh Lord, I feel that a life of a pigeon is far better than ours. Once it sits on the minaret of a mosque and the next moment it is on the gopuram of a temple and then it is on the bell tower of a church and has its nest on the dome of a gurudwara”. 

With the advancement in the field of science and technology why are we becoming so paranoid in concern to religion? This divide over religion has given rise to a new question, is religion bad, does it polarize society? No, religion is a personal affair and it is the initial step towards spirituality which intimately leads to oneness. But when interacting with a person who is practicing a different religion it should not matter much to me. I need to look at him as my sibling and this is humanity. Differentiation in the name of religion can be curbed if only we stop identifying ourselves largely on the basis of religion. We know that the home is the first school to a child; the parents are very much responsible for teaching a child to respect other religions apart from his own. Ours is a nation which shelters every religion and we have to be proud of it instead of rating and gauging the religion. When we are from the same source then the fashion in which we adore the source is also same…… What say????