#17 Holy Books and Religion - My Personal Point of View

What we think depends upon the thoughts of five people who surround us most of the time. I surround myself with books. Our mind not only read the stories written in books but also experiences it. Read the biography of Mahatma Gandhi, Abraham Lincoln, Swami Vivekananda and other spiritual giants and leaders, and you could confront with the truths of life, making you an experienced player of the life in a very short span.

It was only the books of Khushwant Singh which propelled me to read Holy Bible. He had always suggested his readers to read Old Testament of Holy Bible in order to write well. Though, I have never read complete Holy Bible, Holy Quran and Guru Granth Sahib, but these books helped me to realise the supreme energy surrounding us. Scientists call it as magnetic field energy and people like me pray it as ‘The God’. Science is a product of being made, still searching the truths and trying to solve the infinity with its reasoning and facts. So for me, the God is truth.

I believe religion had never brought conflicts in the country. It is human beings who have made up this beautiful earth a hell. Religion is the journey of realizing the Superhuman dwelling within us. Religion is one and the rest of holy books which created new religion are just its aspects and nothing more than that. Christ, Guru Nanak and other messengers were also made up of flash and bones. They died too. They were not God. They all were Superhumans. I have not read anywhere Jesus ordering his people to kill Jews and Mohammad to kill Christians. They all came to spread brotherhood and love, with only one religion ‘God’.

Religion is classified into ceremonials and spirituality. Ceremonials: Pundits memorize mantras to earn their living. Some of them do not even know the perfect meaning of the mantras. They are not spiritually built, so most of them fight for their respective religion. On the other hand spiritual education is the highest of all the education. It is the education of realizing self. Lord Buddha had always said, ‘The real victory of a human being is when he conquers himself.’ But, unfortunately, we are busy in conquering each other.

Holy books have always inspired me to get more out of life. I do not remember when I last visited any temple or church, but still, I believe in God. Where is the need to find Him? He is everywhere; feel Him. We are just different tides formed by that supreme ocean and settled back into the ocean again. Make love your religion. Respect your words, keep promises, help others, spread positive messages… The earth is not as worse as my elders have taught me. It is a beautiful place to live in.

For me, my religion is my gift, love for books.     

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