The Degradation of the Lord...
Today I was reading the news about the actress Jayamala's claim of having visited the Lord Ayyappa temple and I was really amused by it. I am a Hindu by religion and I believe in God though I am not the least ritualistic. What amused me was how human beings judge God by their own standard and in the process question his Godliness itself.
God to me is supreme, almighty, immortal, omnipresent and someone with an unconditional love and compassion for all the living beings (not just human beings). God can not be a private property of any cast, religion, sect or gender. To him, all living beings are equal and this is the principle I have been taught since childhood and I sincerely believe in it. Also to me, God is pure and white. No shades of gray permitted.
With this image of God in my mind, I have a firm belief that he can never be wrong, selfish, unfair or unjust.
Now what amused me about the Jayamala incident is how man has stripped God off his Godliness. When a normal male human being, tries to practice celibacy (Bhramacharitva) he faces the challenge of being lured by the desires of his flesh.
So how does he avoid them? Simple, by abstention from women.
In my opinion if you are attracted by what you want to refrain from you are actually fooling yourself by claiming otherwise. So be it, but this is the simplest and sure-shot way to maintain the state of celibacy for men. Now this is the plight of a poor mortal man.
But look at the irony. Men believe if it is tough on them it should be equally or even more tough for God to refrain from such distractions!
So what can man do to help God maintain his celibacy?
Simple, deny God any access to women. So no women in the age of 10-50 can visit him, see him or touch him. Though they may believe in him, worship him but not see him. As if God can never exit, see or feel things beyond the confines of his temple, and if it were not for the help of men how in the world would have god preserved his celibacy. So men believe they are doing the best they can to help him!!
The most unfortunate thing is that God has been deemed incapable of staying by his principles and the assumption that he needs help from the chauvinistic male fraternity to control himself!
Look what have we done to God!!
This distrust in him must be the most painful thing for him to bear than to have female devotees visit the temple.
After imagining the plight of God in this situation I feel less sorry for myself and my fellow women-folk. God is undergoing much worse than us, definitely.
Oh Lord, I regret this immature and illogical behavior of we human beings (men) and request you to forgive them.
1 comment:
Hi Ashwini,
The concept of religion is so exaggerated amongst us now that there is no going back. Even I believe, that God is almighty and cannot belong to a particular religion or even a sex for that matter.
I fail to understand how some can so absurdly distinguish between male and female followers.Intercepting their thoughts is the last thing that I want to do. These are so blinded by the so called rules, they wouldn't change even if it cost them their right hand. What I want is that I get to stay in the same proximity of the idol that I worship, same as everyone else.
The sad part is, when we raise these questions, we raise several eyebrows questioning our intentions. I have even heard that the younger generation is got into this habit of diligently questioning everything that have been set in front of them as rules. Revoltous is the label. I don't care the allegations if they are followed by some answers at the least.
I am not only religious but also ritualistic. I believe that rituals help us allot that special time for the almighty. That becomes a reason for us to think of only him.With changing times and the growing stress, it has become next to impossible to even think about him otherwise except for the occasional " thank god" or " oh god".
Also, I agree with you when you say that God is being under the gun more than us, women folks. And without a valid reason, so to say.
Now I know, when they say we are all children of God, they don't really mean it.
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