Well... last time I talked about friends...it was a great feeling.
This time its a troubled feeling...
When your life runs smoothly, friends add hue to it. When you are troubled, they remove the grey lines. But what happens when you know that there is a grey line in a friend's life and in the process of removing that, your friend turns away from you???
Well this is regarding a female friend of mine... who is facing problems at workplace. She didn't have the courage to talk about it to her parents. Being my best friend, she entrusted me with it! Now that I knew it, I couldnt let her work there... and everything I said started going against me. I tried to convince her to talk to her parents or to her sis if not her dad.. But she started ignoring me. She is of the thought that her evaluation would suffer if she brings up the issue in the office, and would be kind of emprisoned if she tells it to her parents.
Our parents would never take a wrong decision for us, nor would they ever think of jeopardising our future. If they trust us, they would not make us pay for something we didnt do!!
But probably she didnt want to listen to me. I dont know how any rating can be more than respect! Any firm can never evaluate me to the best of my abilities..and so for such an evaluation I cant stake myself, my integrity and my values.
But this thought of mine intensified the gap she has created...I am still not sure what she thinks. If she doesnt like it, why does she let it happen? And I dont want to believe she would like it!
She has always been strong, both in terms of mind and might... I dont know what keeps her mum this time. I know her keeping shut is dangerous and I dont want her to harm herself, but I cant gather up the strength and inform her parents. Moreover, I'm sure she would not like my going to her parents. Coz she has lately been disliking my thoughts over this issue.
I seek strength from other friends of mine...to come to a decision... My friendship with her is on a toss right now and the worse that can happen, would be that she would never talk to me.. but if she's safe, sooner or later she'll realize we were on the same side! But till then, she'll hate me!!
Monday, March 1, 2010
My Religion..
The other day someone asked me if I believe in 'Sai Baba' or not.... Tricky question..
If I ask myself, I cant differentiate my feelings when I am in Sai Baba's Mandir or Shivji's Mandir or a Church or a Gurudwara.. or for that matter even a Mosque.
When I am in there, all I can think of is "A" God, who can bless me, who can strengthen me. Not the principles that lay there in the belief of 'that' God!!
I believe that God is the creator of humanity. He knows our needs and gives us the opportunities to fulfil them. Its upto us to identify those and take the requisite steps. He can be Jesus, Krishna or Allah...depends on how we see him. All that matters is the form in which we idolize him and that differentiates us as Christians, Hindus, Muslims or Sikhs. But Im sure all He wants is our well being whosoever He is!
As for me, I believe if I can bow for the 20,000 (or so) Hindu Gods...(im not sure how many Hindu Gods are idolized...but thats not the questions here.), I can also bow for 1 Jesus, 1 Allah and so on and so forth. I would connect to 'The' same God through any of them.
I am not patronising any Religion here, nor defaming any. What I want to say is that the hatred for other Religion seems petty to me. The fights over praying places and religious ceremonies are nothing but things to keep people distracted. Im sure no Religion preaches inhumanity and display of hostility against other kinds of worship.
Its not modern thinking..its rational thinking. I have my faiths and I would not want others to preach for me. I would do what I want to do and believe in things I think are right (all of us do that right?). Then why do we interfare with other's beliefs? Why dont we let people pray the way they are accustomed to? Why do we fight over worshipping places? Where on earth is it written that A Temple and A Mosque cant stand together? Who has seen God preaching the demolishion of all other religious beliefs?
Well, it can go on and on.. but I just want all of us to think that up there, there's just ONE GOD!! We love him in our form and by defying other Religions, we are defying him. I want us to respect all the Religions and pray the way we are comfortable. I want all of us to get above such differences and focus on other pressing issues.
If I ask myself, I cant differentiate my feelings when I am in Sai Baba's Mandir or Shivji's Mandir or a Church or a Gurudwara.. or for that matter even a Mosque.
When I am in there, all I can think of is "A" God, who can bless me, who can strengthen me. Not the principles that lay there in the belief of 'that' God!!
I believe that God is the creator of humanity. He knows our needs and gives us the opportunities to fulfil them. Its upto us to identify those and take the requisite steps. He can be Jesus, Krishna or Allah...depends on how we see him. All that matters is the form in which we idolize him and that differentiates us as Christians, Hindus, Muslims or Sikhs. But Im sure all He wants is our well being whosoever He is!
As for me, I believe if I can bow for the 20,000 (or so) Hindu Gods...(im not sure how many Hindu Gods are idolized...but thats not the questions here.), I can also bow for 1 Jesus, 1 Allah and so on and so forth. I would connect to 'The' same God through any of them.
I am not patronising any Religion here, nor defaming any. What I want to say is that the hatred for other Religion seems petty to me. The fights over praying places and religious ceremonies are nothing but things to keep people distracted. Im sure no Religion preaches inhumanity and display of hostility against other kinds of worship.
Its not modern thinking..its rational thinking. I have my faiths and I would not want others to preach for me. I would do what I want to do and believe in things I think are right (all of us do that right?). Then why do we interfare with other's beliefs? Why dont we let people pray the way they are accustomed to? Why do we fight over worshipping places? Where on earth is it written that A Temple and A Mosque cant stand together? Who has seen God preaching the demolishion of all other religious beliefs?
Well, it can go on and on.. but I just want all of us to think that up there, there's just ONE GOD!! We love him in our form and by defying other Religions, we are defying him. I want us to respect all the Religions and pray the way we are comfortable. I want all of us to get above such differences and focus on other pressing issues.
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