Not everyone could possess the imagination so as to able to either see His face in the stormy wind, the surging waves, or the cascading moonlight, or to listen to His voice in the chirping of birds, rustling of leaves or the roaring waterfalls. So they build an image of him to keep in front for convenient communication.
This is still God-worship.
The problem occurs when they get so attached to those buildings of brick, lime, mortar and cement called temples, mosques, gurudwara, synagogues and churches that they fancy them to be the abode or rather the cage of God forgetting that He is everywhere.
They spill oodles of milk and water on the idols which then runs down the drain. They light lamps and incense sticks in front of it. They organize satsang (devotional gathering) and dance in front of it. They do so much for the stony idol but nothing to appease God. They turn a blind eye to His poor needy beings; they destroy His nature and increase greed and restlessness in His beautiful world. This is the blind idol-worship.
I like your statement " God is caged" . I personally don't feel the need to follow a religion - a doctrine of the so called life , that some learned men say, "God wants you to follow".
ReplyDeleteWell said...I totally agree. Being spiritual and being human is more important than being religious.
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