Religious Piety : Utter Confusion

the earth has been around the universe for quite number of years. millions to be exact. for the earth, there are few familiar stuffs that have been existing for ages. DINOSAURS, EARTHQUAKE, GREENERIES, HUMAN, RELIGION, GOD, and et cetera. since man exist, we created tonnes of stuffs that are controversial, ever-provocative and lack of global benefits. for instance, PETROLEUM, NUCLEAR, CURRENCY, PLASTICS, SCIENTIFIC LAWS, ZOO, VEHICLES ………. bla…. bla… bla…… you can start naming few and keep on going with the list. not to forgot to mention about religion. since its existence, it has done little goodness to little creatures on earth. notably, ONLY to humans.

let us ponder of what good religion has given to us :

1. building of ancient religious monuments
   
2. colonialism of territories
   
3. birth of numerous religious icons
   
4. invasion and evolution of human culture
   
5. ~cant name more than this. if you have any idea, drop a comment below. LOL ~

now, let us list down things that have been in wrong order since the existence of religion:

• solely unitary and individual awareness, not global
  
• religious wars that has no ending
  
• practice of taboos and rituals that has no good to human
  
• born of caste system and “group of untouchables”
  
• existence of man made religious laws that suppress own mankind and other creatures
  
• clash of thoughts even at fundamentals of religion among its own believers
  
• birth of various and different doctrines that barely speaks the same idea even under the same religion – which is confusing and diverts mutual focus

all these negative outcomes suppress the good ones that came from religion which make religion is thrifty to some (ps : to me too )

to all of our knowledge, religion nowadays is being spread only at tip of the tongue and there is no emphasis in global goodness.does that mean we need to go for single religion? in that case, which is the best? and how sure the best religion will give global goodness? and…, what IS the global goodness?  a lot of questions out of single thought. hahaah! 

religion is teaching. and it is evitable that, teaching in such way only comes with second hand information passing. and to me, religion does not work like that. the moment you receive and practice religion as per being taught to you, the main vision of religion fails. this idea works for all individuals. 

so to cut the story in short, religion makes clear-confusion, contradicting views, controversial thoughts and mind baffling questions.there is no evident religion that can answer mind’s logical questions like, “why god creates hell if he loves us?”, “what is the main reason for god to create animals and humans in the same planet?” and so on… so, the verdict? is still hanging helplessly in our imaginative mind.

Religion is true only to its devotees and God do exist only to believers. Anyone with mind on his own doesn’t necessarily have to be in any of the category.

- vjkrishna -

tall story of salt rain

i basically wrote this weeks ago (24 january to be exact) a forgotten piece i would say, no memory came out about this til i saw this particular little “poem” in my laptop. an exaggerated metaphoric imagination of ocean waters turning into droplets, (that is undergoing evaporation)  and getting trapped in the sky as clouds. funny imagination

imagine that you are being one of the water molecules among the trillions which given hope to be able to fly to sky. and turns out to be nasty when you found out that you are getting trapped in the sky as clouds. very disappointing, right?. a lethal seduction that “pre-planned”; i would say, for us “to be” water molecules. (crazy way to ponder about water ) ~~indulge~~

an escape through surface

battle out for freedom

a fight for liberation

cry of the humble brine

for every drop of escape,

shows success of nature

tears of the salty waters

cruel curse for the ocean– wicked yet pleasing

from the ocean to the sky

tiny droplets rushed to heaven

looking down at the perfect earth

it was all none other than a huge blunder

sweet escape turned rancid

when the sky sets the limit

no escape no freedom

liberation is perfect fiction

pass time fable for insane

as the tiny waters concern,

escape is nothing

stuck in ambiguous space

it is the perfect trap

children's parents [ ERASER AND PENCIL ]

This is a story between a pencil and eraser which my father shared with me. I find it inspirational. =)

 

Pencil: I'm sorry

 

Eraser: For what? You didn't do anything wrong.

Pencil: I'm sorry because you get hurt because of me. Whenever I made a mistake, you're always there to erase it. But as you make my mistakes vanish, you lose a part of yourself. You get smaller and smaller each time.

Eraser: That's true. But I don't really mind. You see, I was made to do this. I was made to help you whenever you do something wrong. Even though one day, I know I'll be gone and you'll replace me with a new one, I'm actually happy with my job. So please, stop worrying. I hate seeing you sad.

I found this conversation between the pencil and the eraser very inspirational. Parents are like the eraser whereas their children are the pencil. They're always there for their children, cleaning up their mistakes. Sometimes along the way, they get hurt, and become smaller / older, and eventually pass on. Though their children will eventually find someone new (spouse), but parents are still happy with what they do for their children, and will always hate seeing their precious ones worrying, or sad.

 
All my life, I've been the pencil. And it pains me to see the eraser that is my parents getting smaller and smaller each day. For I know that one day, all that I'm left with would be eraser shavings and memories of what I used to have.
 

This is to all the parents and children out there.