Tag: spirituality

Hey…

I hope all of you are doing well…

I really wanted this to be one of the questions/prompts,
well before I started,
because,
i like to study people and their religious beliefs,
and the way they carry it forwards after getting it from their grandparents to their parents,
and now it’s finally their turn to pick up the rituals that their parents carried,
watching it happen ever since a child,
and now they embrace it with their open arms…

I don’t practice any religion,
or openly say that i am a part of any religion,
but,
in our household,
both Hinduism and Sikhism are practiced;

Upbringing of your parents and their place of birth matters a lot,
My father’s origin was from Panjab,
whereas my mom’s were from Haryana,

both the places had a connection with Both of the religions,
But,
Haryana tended to have a deeper connection to Hinduism,
her place of birth being next to Kurukshetra which is associated to the Mahabharata war,
and birthplace of Bhagavada Gita,
…
And Panjab, on the other hand has deep rooted beliefs with Sikhism,
being the birthplace of the religion,
that people follow worldwide…

So,
a mix of both is followed and respected in our household,
but,
that doesn’t mean we degrade other religions,
we respect those religion that we don’t follow,
because that’s how we are…

I was taught to be a better person before practicing any religion,
if someone follows Islam, Christianity or any other religion,
it has been ingrained in my being to let people follow and practice their faith,
until it becomes a problem for me,
forced conversions and such,
(a big issue here…)

But,
answering the question,
do i practice any religion,
actually i don’t…

i believe in atheism,
that there is no belief in me of deity worshiping,
or praying a stone or a clay made and painted figurine,
that most of the people follow around me…

BUT,
that doesn’t mean i forbid anyone else of their choice,
they can and should do it,
if they feel like,
and they won’t ever hear it from my mouth that this is wrong or right,
until they want,
truly want my answer…

WOULD YOU EVER WANT A MORAL COMPASS,
THAT ALLOWS OR DOESN’T ALLOW YOU TO DO SOMETHING,
OR,
A BELIEF,
THAT WHATEVER YOU DO,
IT’S ADVANTAGE OR BLAME SHALL BE PAID AFTER YOUR EXISTENCE HAS LEFT THIS EARTH…?

So,
you do bad things,
and justify it with religion,
or,
make others suffer just because you won’t have to face consequences now,
but in an afterlife that you don’t even know exists or not..

Food for thought

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye🤍