May be “God” is the most misunderstood, misinterpreted and
misconstrued word in the history of literature. At the same time, “God” is the
most frequently pronounced universal word, which is being lavishly chanted
every second after second, all over the nook andcorner of the world. All the temples, churches, mosques,
synagogues and even all dwelling premises are reverberating with the vibrations
of God’s hymns. What could be the reason
for the incredibly intriguing paradox about the terminology “GOD”? Is man blind or something?
Actually it seems that most of us do not know what exactly
God is? But we pretend and behave quite
normal, as though we already know “God” very well. To quote an example, there is a psychic disorder
known as Somnambulism, which means sleep walking. You walk without knowing that you are
sleeping. Or is it you sleep without
knowing that you are walking? Similarly,
in the case of “God”, there exists certain amount of unconsciousness in understanding
the term. This sort of misunderstanding
has created a mechanical behavioral pattern and habit in man. Therefore, whenever we use the word “God”,
we don’t doubt it a bit andwe wholeheartedly take “God” for granted. Since, this is the case with every human
being (except atheists), we do not feel anything odd in our own behavior. God is, then why bother? Hence, worship became mechanized. We perform rituals superficially like machines
or robots, without involvement of our inner faculties.
In India, there existed two systems. One is God Believing and another is God
Knowing. God Knowing is the original
good old system. Due to passage of time,
God Knowing got adulterated and consequently emerged another system known as
God Believing. God Knowing is
comparatively tough stuff. Man,
therefore, simplified the procedures of God Knowing because he
is desperate for God. The so called simplification is known as the
system of God Believing.
Slowly more and more people started pressing “like” button in
favor of God Believing. Eventually, God
Believing almost ousted God Knowing from the face of the earth. God Knowing got flushed out and it remains in
the scriptures only today. And God
Believing has become big business.
It would be pertinent to generally know the difference
between God Believing and God Knowing. God Believing is the path of the
Priests. The outstanding feature of God
Believing system is its simplicity. It
can be easily adapted by any person without any difficulty. Belief System is objective science. Hence it
is convenient for a beginner or even a child to follow. As a means, the whole package is beautiful;mainly
to evoke “Bhakthi” that is devotion and concentration of mind. Belief System is largely used to please the
Deities and to attain wish fulfillment.
It is never used as a step for God Realization.
We need an extensive establishment and lot
of money in order to maintain and popularize Belief System. Hence all Religions have become institutions
today, as a result, lot of people are making their livelihood by being part of
the institution.
(to be continued…….)
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