The Secular in Me...
I grew up playing with my friends from all religions ....
We used to steal nice food from our classmates and filled the lunch box with stones...Still their mothers used to send more boxes for all of us.
My boy in neighborhood taught me the beginning steps to play Carroms and we played and played and he kept winning :-) :-)
Will never forget the first friend from a different religion who took me to the Meditation class and was instrumental in me entering this world of Spirituality..
Even after i started working remember we party'ed, danced and ate and enjoyed the whole day with friends from all sects/caste/creed of the world...
And many more of such instances.... of Bonding, Love and Learning...
Growing up in the Urban Culture i never knew what was the caste of my friends and was never bothered what was their religion..
One day I realized that there was this Divide....in the mind...
Where did it all start ???
When did it all start ???
May be... When the Secular in me heard...
The news of bombings across all the world...
The terror attacks across the world....
Or May be.. In my surroundings The Secular in Me...
Saw the strength of one group was to keep other's away...
Heard that some scriptures told that others need to be eliminated from this world...
Heard that in places people from other religions/casts were picked and murdered...
Saw people from the one's own creed/caste were picked and given preference in other places....
Realized the closest of the closest of my secular friends too had in them that which could turn back any time...
Hey Religious one .... What did you earn??? By creating such a divide.. Knowingly or Unknowingly....Today the whole world has turned against you....
By being too specialized ???
By doing opposite of what others are doing ???
By publicly teaching that others are your enemies ???
I looked in to myself...
Where is my Education ?? Did it only help to create this divide... It was easy and comfortable when i was not aware of anything...My Education made me aware of all these... and created such a divide ???
Coming to Spiritual Path I realized my Education was not complete... or i had to unlearn a lot....
I Salute the Secular in Me who realized that Mohammed/Jesus/Krishna is born again and again... from time to time... in the form of many masters to give this world what is necessary.. now...
When I looked in to my Master's Eyes...
The Muslim in me met his Mohammed...
The Christian in me met his Jesus....
The Hindu in me met his Krishna....
The Buddhist in me met his Buddha....
And the Secular in me only saw Divinity/God.....
The divide was dissolved... Breaking the Boundaries..
And i recognize all the good things i learned from all the religions have stayed in me.... And i have not lost anything i have only gained.. expanded.. matured...
I Salute the Secular in me ...
We used to steal nice food from our classmates and filled the lunch box with stones...Still their mothers used to send more boxes for all of us.
My boy in neighborhood taught me the beginning steps to play Carroms and we played and played and he kept winning :-) :-)
Will never forget the first friend from a different religion who took me to the Meditation class and was instrumental in me entering this world of Spirituality..
Even after i started working remember we party'ed, danced and ate and enjoyed the whole day with friends from all sects/caste/creed of the world...
And many more of such instances.... of Bonding, Love and Learning...
Growing up in the Urban Culture i never knew what was the caste of my friends and was never bothered what was their religion..
One day I realized that there was this Divide....in the mind...
Where did it all start ???
When did it all start ???
May be... When the Secular in me heard...
The news of bombings across all the world...
The terror attacks across the world....
Or May be.. In my surroundings The Secular in Me...
Saw the strength of one group was to keep other's away...
Heard that some scriptures told that others need to be eliminated from this world...
Heard that in places people from other religions/casts were picked and murdered...
Saw people from the one's own creed/caste were picked and given preference in other places....
Realized the closest of the closest of my secular friends too had in them that which could turn back any time...
Hey Religious one .... What did you earn??? By creating such a divide.. Knowingly or Unknowingly....Today the whole world has turned against you....
By being too specialized ???
By doing opposite of what others are doing ???
By publicly teaching that others are your enemies ???
I looked in to myself...
Where is my Education ?? Did it only help to create this divide... It was easy and comfortable when i was not aware of anything...My Education made me aware of all these... and created such a divide ???
Coming to Spiritual Path I realized my Education was not complete... or i had to unlearn a lot....
I Salute the Secular in Me who realized that Mohammed/Jesus/Krishna is born again and again... from time to time... in the form of many masters to give this world what is necessary.. now...
When I looked in to my Master's Eyes...
The Muslim in me met his Mohammed...
The Christian in me met his Jesus....
The Hindu in me met his Krishna....
The Buddhist in me met his Buddha....
And the Secular in me only saw Divinity/God.....
The divide was dissolved... Breaking the Boundaries..
And i recognize all the good things i learned from all the religions have stayed in me.... And i have not lost anything i have only gained.. expanded.. matured...
I Salute the Secular in me ...
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