Hey Bhagwan!!

      Years back I was in school, nothing interesting here. The interesting aspect that started with my school life and continued to college years and even now, is the bunch of questions on God, religions and some non-sense rituals. Back then, nobody could answer all my questions and now most of those people avoid me.          

     Many uncounted years have passed in raising our hands and heads towards the blue sky and praying to Him for our health and prosperity. Who is Him? Oh ‘Him’ is the common word used to address Gods coming from religions and beliefs. Ok so who is Him? This single question holds many more questions within, which prevail in the restless mind of ‘Aaj ka youth’ that includes me.

We know Him (God) as Bhagwan, Allah, Waheguru, Jesus, Buddha and by many more names around the world. The only good thing is, these all entities are same...same power, same source. 

      It is not an easy task to understand God but it becomes easy to create attitudes and opinions about his existence. There is no doubt that there is someone up in the sky who is running all this. Our environment, each living thing around that breathes is controlled by someone. Oh yes! I completely agree here. But there are many young minds who don’t really believe in his existence....hmmm that is not a bad thing.

-Don’t raise your eyebrows as I said it is not a bad thing. World is a free space, don’t impose your attitude on others-

 To me (that is a 21 years old mind) God has been put in the way of Hinduism culture, traditions and pujas. Vedas and Puranas, Bhagwat Gita, Hanuman Chalisa and many more spirituals books find place in the mandir inside my home. In this same way, my friends who belong to different religions have their own way of praying to God. What temples, mosques, gurudwara, monastery and churches represent? Basically in these places you can find peace and keep your mind quiet for some time, though some people try to find God in such places. Every year so many festivals are celebrated around the world in the name of God which is very good way for a get-together. In every society, people from all castes and sects form a section that represents their identity and their religious upbringing. I find it really stupid when a person’s religion is questioned only because some other insane people from that same religion have committed a sinful crime. These same kind-of people are hardcore preachers of their religion and for them, there is nothing above that not even humanity.

We can debate on this topic for endless hours whether God exists or not, Which religion/God is greatest, What path to follow to meet Him?

But seriously do we need to know it all?

No we don’t. Yesterday after watching JOBS, a movie made on the life of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, I started surfing about this rebel man. While I was reading about his early life, uncompleted education, visit to India, foundation of Apple in a garage, rude professional behaviour and many other topics, my eyes got stuck to a phrase this product perfectionist had said about death-

‘Death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is Life’s change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away’

A very simple message lies in here- We are here to do our stuff. You will be dropped on this earth, you will use your full potential to do some good or bad work and then after death you will go back the almighty who had sent you here.