Spirituality in India: Beliefs and Contradictions

Hey…

I hope all of you are doing well…

Well,
The country that I belong to,
has very deep-rooted spiritual beliefs,
which makes it one of the most populous,
religious based countries in the world…

A place like India,
which is the birthplace of many religions,
including,

• Hinduism
• Jainism
• Buddhism &
• Sikhism

There are widespread religious beliefs around the place I exist,
A big Hindu temple within 500 meters of my residence,
A mosque within the same distance,
And within a 10-minute drive,
a Sikh temple called a Gurudwara,
and a Jain temple too within that,
and crossing the gurudwara you’ll find a church too
(In opposite directions tho)…

I mean,
all the hustling bustling goes on during the day,
and by the night,
those people who sat Infront of the religious places,
begging for money,
become the richest as they buy alcohol and other intoxicants,
and do it yet again Infront of the said religious place and take rest on the pavement or the sidewalk,
when nothing else matters,
because they have already eaten their full,
during the day…

This is the enabling that religion has done,
Of course,
when asked it’s said,
“They’re not responsible for what goes outside the premises…”
like they can’t physically enforce the stoppage of this,
by appointing people whose sole responsibility is to deter such people…

But,
things like this happen,
Again and again,
because they just up and move themselves away from the area,
the area which they have to “keep clean”,
the entire crowd moves,
and the same thing happens,
a few meters away…
(Us Indians and our way to hack anything’s that’s enforced right…?)

Coming back to the prompt’s question…

The things like these,
the hacks,
the people who become these addicts by the night,
the people who among the chaos,
become the thieves,
snatchers,
took a long time ago my faith on religion…

The way,
the internal management of a religious place functions,
is the same as a business,
they do take up cost cutting,
the prasad (the food presented to the deities),
is used and recycled,
for those who don’t take it home,
and sold to the same devotees yet again…

Being one of the most religious countries,
and praying the G0ds and G0desses,
and on the other hand,
we hear news of a girls being brutally Rped,
people being killed over little things,
family disputes making people kill their own flesh and blood,
but,
on the other hand,
this becomes a birthplace of religions,
and a hub of spiritual beliefs…

The stark contrast,
in what’s told,
what’s heard,
what’s seen,
and what’s reported…

A toast to chaos,
and such a widespread nature of ill management of it…

Cheers 🥂

Ashamed Waakiye🤍