Monday, May 26, 2008

GOD

When I woke up today morning after a lazy weekend; it seemed that I have a lot of "writing" ideas inside me. Shaayad it is the free flowing creative thoughts… when in a state of semi-consciousness.

Before me even stepping down from my bed, I start my day by reciting “Psalms 91”. If I don’t perform this daily ritual; I feel… something is missing. Maybe it’s the trust, faith and belief inside me…

Questions started erupting in my mind and they seemed totally profound. Does God hear me praying every morning? Is God happy with me? Does he want me to do anything more than this?

“DOES GOD EXIST?”

The only things we know about God is through literatures and religious books. Now this question has been there in everyone's mind for ages. The need to have a supernatural power must have been in the minds of the people who wrote holy books. Our ancestors must have believed in the same theory because they must have had no other option. As time passed on, religious heads would have added more theories to these books in order to prove that they are not wrong and that God is up there; watching you.

Is it irreligious to even ask for a proof for the existence of the super power? Bible makes it clear in many places that God is outside of time. He is eternal… with no beginning or end. God knows everything and is infinitely intelligent.

Many religions believe that God exists as the creator of the world. This place being so beautiful and diverse doesn’t mean that someone would have created it. Or is it something like… “Create and Forget” and let the inhabitants do the rest…

Many of my friends might think that this topic related to religion and supernatural being is not the right topic for a blog, maybe it is too personal, too sacred or ???. There are a lot of questions about the effects of religious belief on individuals and communities. But then again, is this for good or bad? Did God create religions or it is again that God did a bad job by letting humans create religion?


Anyhow I have started accepting the idea of belonging to a particular religion, it is settling down in my mind and I find it more comfortable and confident when I am tied up in a religious nutshell. So every morning I will be reciting my Psalms. Because I do trust that someone is there watching us… and I hope I'm doing a good job

1 comment:

Rajani Poduval said...

Amen.
To each his own... that's the way it should be.
Having said that, I believe that religion and this whole idea of God arose out of man's need to place faith & trust outside of him/herself. So that even in profound failure, there is (external) hope. And without hope, we wudnt even get out of our beds!
regards
Rajani