Preface
Nature is
what we know. We do not know the gods of religions. And nature is not kind, or
merciful, or loving. If God made me – that
fabled God of the three qualities of which I spoke: mercy, kindness, love – He also made the fish I
catch and eat. And where do His mercy, kindness, and love for that fish come
in? No; nature made us – nature did it all – not the gods of the
religions.
Barack
Obama talks every now and then about bringing changes so as to make our planet
a better place to live in but fails to tell 'HOW'. I want to take it further from
that point. I have answer, a pathfinder, to that complex question ‘HOW’ and I
emphatically say the solution I give is the only way to bring everlasting peace
and harmony in this world.
First
step in that direction is to come out of the cocoons we are in and start thinking
differently and rationally.
We cannot stop the eventuality that is the extinction of all living beings from
this planet but if we change our way of life, we can at least delay that eventuality. I
emphatically say it is our responsibility to take every possible step in that
direction especially because we couldn't find out life outside of this small
planet so far. We must change our way at least for the sake of our own
generations to come. And for that, I repeat, the first step is to come out of
the cocoons, the cocoons put on us by religions, borders, isms and even
clothes, we are in which will enable us to start thinking differently and
rationally.
Barack
Obama was elected twice as the President of the USA and both occasions, he
ended his inaugural speech saying, “May God bless America”. When we take it in
a general way, this statement is very positive and therefore a very good way to
end a speech like that. But when it is analysed by looking at it differently,
it will tell us the root causes of almost all the problems the world faces now.
First of all, he seeks blessings from a non-existent God which shows us the
first cocoon, the religion. Then he seeks blessings only for America exposing
another cocoon, the border. Unfortunately, though he is absolutely genuine when
he says he wants to bring peace, harmony and prosperity on earth, he fails to
bring that very change he speaks very often because he is not aware of the root
causes of the problems that he is trying to solve through the changes he
speaks. He fails to identify the root causes because he himself is blind. His
beliefs made him blind. The best way to escape from that blindness and to see
the realities is to come out of that cocoons.
A
leader with a turban on his head like Manmohan Singh or a leader who ends his
speech with a pray like ‘May God bless America’ cannot bring the much needed
changes on earth because they themselves are blinds and such blind people can
never lead the folks in the right direction. Even if they do, what they do will
only be either mere cosmetic or futile despite their honest and best effort.
Terms
such as ‘believer’ and ‘patriot’ are all good to hear but I emphatically say
that a person who says that he is a believer or a patriot is in fact a
terrorist. Let me explain it with a very simple example. Suppose an Indian
soldier kills many Pakistani soldiers during war, he will get a heroic welcome
and may be decorated with gallantry awards. No doubt, he is literally a true
patriot. But I want to take you to the families of those Pakistani soldiers who
got killed by our hero. There are infants and children who lost their fathers.
There are widows who lost their beloved husbands. There are parents who lost
their beloved sons. Can’t you see the pain on their faces? If not, that is not
because you are inhuman but because the cocoon you are in prevent you from
seeing that. When looking at the whole thing from a Pakistani’s point of view,
our patriot will immediately be become an enemy, a terrorist and those
Pakistani soldiers will become martyrs. As long as you prefer staying in the
comfort of the cocoons you are in, you all are correct. But if you are ready to
come out of that man made cocoons and look at it differently, it will tell the
truth that you are all terribly wrong.
Unfortunately,
the religions currently existing in this world are not acceptable to everyone
and that is one of the main reasons for the unrest we see here. What we require
now is a religion that everyone can easily understand what it says, is
acceptable to all, can be practised without any difficulty, does not impose any
complex rules on anyone and most importantly, brings smile on everybody’s face.
I am just putting an effort in that direction. I am neither a scholar nor a
genius but an average person and therefore, my thoughts may have limitations
and may require corrections. Please correct because the new religion gives
everyone the freedom to do that and to bring more smiles on faces.
Many
security personnel lost their lives during 26/11 Mumbai attacks. But a person
who escaped from there didn't find it necessary to thank those security
personnel who risked their lives but declared that he could escape from there
unhurt because he had kept a Ganesha Idol in his pocket. It was such Ganesha
Idol believers who had killed many innocent civilians during Gujarat riots. Go
through Old Testament in Bible to know whether these so called peace loving
Christians are actually peace lovers or barbarians. If those missionaries who
had come to India earlier to spread Christian religion in India were powerful
enough and had followed what God had commanded the Israelites that is to kill
all the men once they conquer any nation, we, the Indians including even the
converted Christians here, would not have been alive now. In Kerala, Christian
factions fight each other over the place of worship and even on the shape of
the cross. In Koran, believers are ordered to slay all those who stand against
that religion. But we, the hypocrites, see terrorism only in Ajmal Kasab
despite the fact that he himself was a victim of these religions that you all
believe and the blindness caused by these very religions.
Many
say that those who are fighting in Iraq against the invaders are terrorists. I
will call them patriots and the ones who are doing sycophancy to the USA and
talking of democracy are traitors. Don’t mix fundamentalism and terrorism with
patriotism. If the
USA invades India tomorrow, I will prefer doing the same what they are doing
now, though I doubt whether I have that much courage in me. I ask the US
citizens what they will do in case any other country invades them. Don’t think
that such a scenario will never come instead, study history and you will see
the fate of many mighty dynasties who flexed their muzzles during their prime
time. I know very well that they are killing many innocent civilians along with
the invaders. I want to ask many questions here. What the US invaders then did
initially? Did they not kill thousands of innocent Iraqis just to catch one
man, their only enemy, Saddam? My next
question is; can you suggest any other option here? You must remember that the people who are
trying their level best to chase the invaders away from their country have no
right to keep weapons with them and also they don’t have the power for a direct
fight with US soldiers. What should they do then? Should they request the US
soldiers to stand in a line so that they can kill them one by one? If the US
soldiers are ready for that, I am damn sure; they will stop killing innocent
people. It is a joke, isn't it? I say it is the invaders who are fully
responsible for all these killings. It is ridiculous asking the patriots to
come to sit and talk with the invaders.
Have you ever thought of the fate of Iraq once the US troops are out of that country? I tell you it is not Saddam that is the problem in that country but fundamentalism. In future, US will hand over the power to the so-called leaders there and the moment they leave that country, the Iraqi people will have to face many Saddams who will terrorize them and the people around the world. This fundamentalism is not limited in Iraq but present wherever people follow Belief Systems. I will not blame them
because this is the way how they are taught in their childhood, what your
religion taught you. Toppling Saddam will not eliminate that deeply rooted
problem. That can be achieved not in a couple of years or through a bloody war
but through step by step, well planned, carefully crafted and gradual processes
and means. Here is the first step in that direction and I tell you, without
this step, you cannot bring peace in this world. The step is: ALL EXISTING RELIGIONS SHOULD BE MADE IRRELEVANT.
Secularism
and Religious Tolerance are sweet terms to hear but in reality these are in no
way the roads to peace in this religious filled world. These are temporary
adjustments. If a person who believes in a particular religion says that he is
religiously tolerant, I say, he is a liar. If he is a true believer, instead of
being religiously tolerant, he will preach what he knows about his religion and
salvation to the other believers so that they will also be the chosen ones. I
will explain this in a different way. If what Christian religion says is
correct, all those who believe in other religions are fools. If what Islam says
is correct, all those who believe in all other religions are fools. If it goes
like this, I can conclude that all believers are fools! But I don’t want to say
that because this is how we were taught or mislead. The present world doesn't require such teachings. Accept that we don’t know what is after death and the
mysteries of the universe. Science may later give answers to such questions.
But now we must accept our ignorance. Existing religions are the products of
that ignorance. Once we accept it, we are free and therefore,
But
NO, please don’t do that all of a sudden because this world is still not mature
enough to understand that new religion fully and therefore, if we act in a
hurry, nobody in this world will be able to control the consequences of that
act. And if you are trying to apply that on this generation, it will somewhat
be equal to putting manure on the branches of a tree. Instead, the new
generations should be taught that new religion the same way our generation as
well as the previous generations were taught the existing religions.
India
is the largest democracy in this world. But I will say now that countries like
Germany and Denmark are few countries where democracy rightly practised and
flourished at its best. All are equally treated there. Poverty and unemployment
are almost non-existent. All are taught to be socially responsible and it is practised in a way so that no one feels all these as impositions on them. And the result,
there will have no unrest even in the absence of a government. Now Germany and
Denmark are almost near to that status. Expenditure on internal security is the
minimum and as a result more and more can be invested in other areas and the
end result is more and more welfare. If these countries had no external threats
(unfortunately all countries faces it in the present world again the result of
one kind of cocoon called border or patriotism), the welfare would have been
the maximum. People are enjoying life there and I say that is exactly people in
any country will love to do and my new religion is based on that only.
What
is the responsibility of a government then? Religions teach us that those who
are following the truth and choosing the right path will suffer in this world.
Jesus chose the right path and taught the world to love one another. What I
believe is that Jesus was a noble man who after seeing the unjust system and
the practices prevailed then, tried to correct that like what Gandhi did in his
life. He was just another human being (certainly not the son of Holy Spirit!).
He did not do any miracle as mentioned in Bible; instead miracles were later
imposed on him just like the way Vatican is now trying to impose miracles on
Mother Teresa. He tried to change the existing rules which were not suitable
during that period. But he was crucified. That was the kind of punishment given
during that period. Christian believers are glorifying that. That is not
acceptable in my new religion. They, Jesus, Mother Teresa and Gandhi, did not
do anything in their lives that we cannot do. We all can do that. I repeat we
all can do that. We are reluctant to do that because of the consequences of
doing so. We will do that if the end result is good. We all will do that if we
are sure that we will not be crucified but will be rewarded with more and more
enjoyment and happiness in life. Jesus did not advise anyone to blindly follow
what Moses told during his time. Instead, he made amendments to what Moses said
earlier so as to be relevant to his period. He told about suffering because
that generation and the system prevailed then compelled him to say so. He
suffered as he told. Whatever Moses said was correct during his era because the
human race then were leading life almost like animals. Also what Jesus said was correct in his era.
But when we, instead of making the necessary amendments to what he said so as
to make it relevant in this democratic era, blindly follow that, it is wrong.
Now if someone says that it is not suffering but more happiness and enjoyment
are the results of being righteous, our generation and the democratic systems
here are, if we prepare them, mature enough to understand that. According to the new religion, people who are
righteous are the most eligible persons to live and enjoy life on earth. Now we
should not glorify Jesus’ death or make him God because then people will not
try to emulate what he did by thinking that he could do that because he was God
and that will only help to increase the selfishness in us. We should feel sorry for him because even
after being the most righteous person, he was denied his right of enjoying life
on earth. The government’s only responsibility is to ensure maximum enjoyment
and happiness to those who are righteous. The idea of being righteous must be
inculcated in the minds of everyone since childhood. For that, first we need
introspection.
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