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.