RethinK Religion.

Hey there!

Below is a piece I wrote with the only intention of putting it like it is.

Be sure to check out the written as well as video format of this one. :)

I'm scared of Religious People.

I'm even more scared of Religious people in Relationships.

But I firmly believe that I've chosen my entire life's existence even before I came into existence.

Which means,

I chose to be born in a family which lives on feeding the gods living in the idols.

Which means,

I chose my childhood to be a joyful, god-fearing one.

Which means, I chose myseslf those merciless, faithless teenage years.

Which means,

I chose an adulthood which would confirm that I'm an atheist and an occassional spiritualist

which is even more scary coz if i shun Religion & they say that their religion loves people only from their Religion....

then where do I stand in my existing relationships?

I wish I could walk away from these people I love.

Instead, I stand right there, while they condemn me &

I just shrug "I don't care".

Makes me reconsider our equation,

Is this what we call Love?

To get entangled back into our roots & suffocate until we all die!

I'd say trees are better off. Atleast their roots dont stop them from shooting up

& blame the skies for being so high.

My beloved one's who claim to be on a path, live in a beautiful community.

A community which wants to know your last name first so they can process in their minds

If you're one of them or they have to be "lovable" to you like it's another duty?

My query is if my mind cannot perform this processing before loving,

then should I continue to live with them, even if they call me a "parasite"?

or should I wake up every morning, hoping this is not my battle to fight?

or should I just be in love with them coz I was born with them and that's what seems right?

It's here where I usually give up.

Boycotting the two people who give you birth is not as easy as shutting off from the rest of the world.

Even though I've been labelled a "shame"

We continue to live like life is an amalgamation of religion and it's fame.

And like many of you , I've also felt that 'rebellion" is not the answer.

And trust me, I've tried many times to walk on the paths of surrender.

I've bowed down in shrines,

only to see these same people discard their pious minds.

I've performed holy rituals,

only to see how we are each classified as certain individuals.

As much as I find these acts hideous,

I dont declare it to them because I too am blinded by love like them.

So today , I decide to take a step ahead and do the obvious.

Today I decide, there will be no more "me" and no more "them".

Today i decide, I will live like a Muslim, Buddhist and maybe die as per Taoism.

My only plea is that we continue to term our social needs " Emotions"

and caress ourselves into thinking that these are "Love" and "Relations"

Because, after all The only superior power we've always known is "Religion".