A friend of mine Mr A.T.Narayanan came out with a very nice Phrase " Devotional Entertainment "
God in its utmost obscurity, is fancied by almost everyone. The one and only " Hope " dispenser is like a free ATM machine installed as Fear and Reward broker in each homosapien.
Remove the centre and there is no circle, remove the centre of everything and there is no operational space of thoughts. This is what Jiddu Krishnamurthy calls it " Conditioning " More you walk away from the conditioning, the more free space you have in your mind for lateral and extra dimensional thinking.
Since time immemorial , God has made his way into society in one form or the other. More out of fear of compliance and less on account of a fairer next life.
For whatever it is worth, it still keeps the semblance of order in a society, who fears God more then the law of the land.
I have been largely atheist and for me all form of prayers and acts of pleasing God are unacceptable. God surely does not need prayers for its fullfilment. The best prayer would still be the service to mankind.
All the rituals and fancies are but the " Devotional Entertainment "
Thankfully, a large portion of society still finds its hope and peace with an abstract thought of " God "
In China, when I travel, they ask me, what is God, I dont see him anywhere, why should I believe in him. Have the Chinese not flourished over the years without a God taking care of them.
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