Religions & Festivals
Today is the auspicious day of Raksha Bandhan and Indian Independence Day too; a good day to start the blog isn’t it?, no? well this is what a religious guy would say. I don’t call my self religious not even an atheist because I believe all religions have the right to exist because, the sole motto of every religion is to believe in a superior power which can be termed as Almighty/God/Allah etc. But today, I am here to talk about the festivals celebrated and the orthodox nature of people.
Why do people believe that one’s religion is superior to others? That there should exist only their religion? First of all, I would like to quote a line which I read somewhere which does not need any explanation- “ You don’t decide your name, color, language or religion but you die protecting it; the thing which you didn’t even choose for yourself. ” I even think that these are very minor things in life as in, one doesn’t even need a religion, worshiping to your God has no prerequisites you can do it anytime anywhere; and rather than focusing and talking about religion and comparing each other we should focus in improving our lives and how we can do something for the betterment of our society; I don’t think there’s a better way to live life than this. (You have a better alternative? Share it with us in the comments). That being said, I do want to learn about religions as in how it was originated and it’s existence to get a better idea of the world and it’s residents. But just sitting around with limited knowledge and criticizing; is not my game. I would rather go and read the Bible even if I were a Hindu before speaking about Christianity.
Now this a topic of discussion and I do not have much ideas in my mind too so I would like if you guys share your thoughts with me via the comments or the contact page. So here’s the thing: How important is it to celebrate the festivals? For example today is raksha bandhan but I couldn’t go home to celebrate it. Does that mean I should tie a rakhi to myself sent by my sister? By my own? (Honestly, I did that only for her happiness but I think it would better if I would keep my hand idle for these years and once I would go home for rakhi, and when my sister would tie me that sacred thread that would hold more value to me than me just tying it to myself), does one need to celebrate the festivals even if his circumstances are not in favour? How is someone affected if that doesn’t happen? I would love to know your views.
