God...The Other Perspective.

By Vanishri Pokley

Everyone except, I believe Atheists worship some form of God. There can be various ways of worship but the most common is a daily prayer. A Prayer is when you pray to God seeking blessings. Blessings generally are full of mercies, pardons, and favours. And when asking for these we display unflinching faith in the almighty that all will be granted without any strings attached. No questions asked, no terms and conditions applied. That is our faith in our imaginary friend. Suppose God decides one day to even the equation what then. Will our stoic faith get shaky, or our favours and mercies get redefined. What if God starts responding to our prayers. It's a very easy way with the almighty when we are functioning with him at our level singularly. We seek forgiveness mercies favours and they all get granted in some way in accordance to our faith in him. We perform rituals, fasts, penances to influence the happenings in our lives to be in tandem with the Gods will. Your faith in him helps you to glide through life but seemingly a selfish faith. When you seek his blessings at opportune moments you instill a trust in him which in turn gives you the confidence that all will be fine.

All good until our conscience comes into play. Our offerings to God are always according to our preferences because God has never made any demands. So, his satisfaction is presumed. Most of the offerings are ultimately consumed by us so a selfish play again comes to the fore. So instead of mumbling a prewritten prayer how about having a frank talk with our imaginary friend. Tell him about your daily activities, your interactions with people, your judgements, decisions, your responsibilities, and the way you cater to your loved ones. How about seeking some truthful self-assessment with the highest authority of your life. Isn't it a novel way to cleanse your conscience with someone who has your faith. Someday if God asks you to live according to his will wouldn't our perceptions about him become subservient to our needs from him. Since there is no conversation from the other side, let the conversation from our side be correct so this entire relationship with the almighty becomes more with being human than being spiritual. We seek him in a sanctum sanctorum so let's be sanctimonious enough to seek this godliness in ourselves and others.

By Vanishri Pokley