If
you are reading this, I just want to make it clear that, am not an atheist. I
just want to put forth a question for you people- is that a LOVE or FEAR that
you have on god?
Take
a minute and calculate the total amount of money we have bribed to GOD in the
holy name of donations. Trust me, an average human being aged around 25, would
have spent minimum one lakh in name of donations, excluding the expenditure
over the vermilions, garlands, oils, milk, coconuts etc., frankly the count is
endless. This will be guttered the moment we step outside the temple boundary.
Do
you think that it is necessary to donate money in temples? Do we love god or we
just want to impress him by the contribution we make in temples. We don’t even
know where exactly does our money will be used. Bitter!! But the fact is, the
donated money will be debited to the business men of FAITH industry, so called,
PRIESTS!! Who will spend the money on either making gold ornaments for god or
decorating the temple? Is god a poor? Or is he really interested in make up? The
answer is NO. We don’t visit temples to find peace but with intention of
getting beneficiated by him in exponential amount we donate him.
In
Past, true followers of god used to build ashrams, which were the shelters, for
those who don’t have a place to survive, a place for education, a place of
relaxation, ultimately a place where we can find peace. Incarnations of god
used to stay in place where there is nothing other than basic necessities to
survive. They used to have fist amount of food. They wore nothing other than a
simple cotton garments which would barely cover their body, only to get
protection from changing weather. Now-a-days those ashrams have been altered as
the center for business.
If
we truly love god, isn’t it right to help the needed? Isn’t it right to provide
food for those who are hungry? Isn’t it necessary to provide education for
those who are unable to afford the expenditure? There is a great saying in Bhagwat
Geeta, “ Don’t try to search god externally, god lies within you”, if you
really want to devote yourself towards god, then you will find god in
satisfaction we get by feeding a poor, by giving a shelter to homeless, the
true blessing of god come from the heart of needy .
I am not an atheist neither a blind follower. I am a
devotee, a true disciple, a true friend of GOD and follower of his teachings.
But still, a question pops in my mind when I see people doing all these, “DO
YOU REALLY LOVE OR JUST FEAR GOD??”
