Words that Echo within Emptiness

This is an area that I have quiet minimal or should I say very vague know how. It is called Religion, many a time I have tried to give it a thought and learn about it but the thing is that the various fields of this area is complicated by a set of Dogmas that have emerged from within the pages of history and scriptures. These Dogmas are mainly conflicting with each other. If I am to look at the pages of history and scriptures, I think the scheme of Religion in general is quiet common and simple. But in reality it seems the Human Intellects and Scholarly Approach towards these pages and scriptures have corrupted the true meaning of these pages. I tried my best to explain many a soul that if it is possible to perceive through the eyes of the Blessed Ones and learn more about their lives instead of these lessons, classes and gatherings that are being projected by the Learned Ones. It seems my efforts went in vain for I am this modern, “hi-fi” Muslim guy who knows none about the Ethics of God’s ways.

Yeah, they could be true for I do not know the Principles of the Babas and Swamijis nor do I know the Ethics of the Men in the Blessed Cloaks & The Virgins in Habit nor am I sufficiently educated to Relish in the Preaching of the Mystical Bearded men & Veiled Women. For I am just another mortal just like the others (whose quotes are given below) who never stuck on set of Dogmas instead wandered beyond those to an extent where they were at times considered a bit too “Cranky” or “Screwed”.

"My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind." Albert Einstein (1879- 1955)

“God has no religion” Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)

“We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection.” Dalai Lama (1935- Present)

“We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.” Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)

“Among all my patients in the second half of life ... there has not been one whose problem in the last resort was not that of finding a religious outlook on life.” Carl Jung (1875 -1961)

“No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: He is always convinced that it says what he means” George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)

“The intention of the Holy Ghost is to teach us how one goes to heaven, not how heaven goes.” Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)

“It is in our lives and not our words that our religion must be read.” Thomas Jefferson (1743 –1826)

“Anyone can count the seeds in an apple, but only God can count the number of apples in a seed.” Robert H. Schuller, (1926- Present)

“Religion either makes men wise and virtuous, or it makes them set up false pretences to both.” William Hazlitt (1778 –1830)

Queries and Beyond......

Tell me about your Dreams?

The stars light up only the night sky, while it is our dreams that lighten up the darkness around us and guide us to beautiful sunrise!

How strong is your Self Belief?

Never knew I am my own enemy and I am my one ally. So here is to me and to myself

How much do you value Trust?

I walked by a corpse. Its decaying state sent me the signal that death can be merciless and so I trust my life with the taker of life and hope he gives me a good farewell.

Does your heart house Jealousy?

I envy the Angels that waltz through the Gates of Heaven for they are blessed. My senses evoke a vile feel of obsession knowing that the Two-Horned Red guy will be sharing my afterlife.

Will you ever be doomed by Treason?

I dumped a date, I crashed an affair, I romped over an emotion; they were a phases in life. Phases that plunged the sword of deceit into my soul.

Does the solution to all worries lead to the way of the Lord?

The query is something a human like me can answer. For like my peers my thoughts linger around many corridors and I fail to separate all that I think.

We Talked (or is it I talked)

ME: You know what; I think I am falling in love with me

The Other ME: Hmmmm….first it was junk food, then gals and now you. Now that is Diversity at its best.

ME: Yeah! Could be but this new found feeling sure is amazing. I mean I feel a new energy and at peace.

The Other ME: Seriously mate, I do not feel the same, I mean this is what you said when you went from Girl to Girl for about 6 years. The only energy I saw there was the Drool, Screw and Collapse energy that basically lead to the formulation of Booze and Psyched out Energy.

ME: Oh! Come on! Shemi was havoc in the making, I sensed it the moment, we struck the chord.

The Other ME: And why did that chord not break until about 2 years later? Don’t tell me that you two were one of them Fevicol Bonds!!

ME: I held on to her so that I could help her get out of her troubles but alas she was too volatile.

The Other ME: Volatile my a-r-s-e!! You were a pathetic Bump and Butt brooder. You sick piece of Human!!

ME: Hello! That is not true, Shemi was a nice gal.

The Other ME: Yes! That what I meant “NICE”

ME: You imbecile! I was never that sort of a guy and moreover even if I am to relate to such a character, I think the first few days of my life with Sweetu was something like that.

The Other ME: Oh! You mean that innocent little gal from your neighborhood, looked up on you as a helping hand in here college subjects while you taught that the dumbo Cupid had struck again.

ME: Hey come on, I was a mistake and cut off from her the moment I realized my folly. By the way Cupid aint Dumb, he is a big hearted guy after all I got to date 4 girls in 6 years.

The Other ME: Well Cupid is Dumb in the general sense and if you think your 5 girl-wirly days was Cupid’s then I retract my previous Cupid comments and say that Cupid is a Self Destructing mad cap.

ME: What do you me?

The Other ME: Well what I meant is that you were not struck by Cupid’s Arrows instead you were struck by Humpty Dumpty’s wand of Blunder.

ME: yeah, Yeah, Blab on!!

The Other ME: Okay enough of your girls and babes report. Tell me more about your new found Love, that is you a.k.a me

ME: Well, as of right now, I think I am starting to hate my new affair.

The Other ME: Ah! So I presumed and that spares me from the Wrath of Blunders from you.

ME: Whatever!!

The Other ME: You know what. I think you should start exploring the true you, I mean you start looking into yourself instead of measuring and weighing yourself by scales set by the eyes of the others around you.

ME: You mean, I should learn more about you a.k.a me?

The Other ME: Well, Yes. As in who I am? Why I am here? What is my Agenda? Etc….

ME: Hmmmm…..but what is that I have to learn about myself. I mean I am Me, I mean you and we are one.

The Other ME: You better keep a distance from those Spiritual and Self Help books. What you need is a good initiative to fire up that highly encased brain of yours.

ME: Well that’s why I read those books.

The Other ME: Okay you can read but please don’t live in those pages. Please!!

ME: What am I supposed to do?

The Other ME: Good question and I have a even better answer. Just find out what I am trying to do and achieve.

ME: What the f**k!!!

The Other ME: The F**k is on me. Just ponder over my answer and once you are done with that give me a knock.

ME: Hey! Where you going??

The Other ME: None of your business for now. Bye for now.