my god and your god!!!!!
my last post was on Providence. it is not that i am a very spiritual kind but yes off and on depending on the situation and challenges i resort to the concept of almighty! people who are reading this post, some of them may feel i am such an opportunist that even did not restrain myself from taking advantage of GOD :)
well, GOD.....i have tried to visualize the concept called GOD. though i have not read any books of religion or attended the discourses of spiritual gurus (pardon me, but none of them who are available to public domain appeal to me) or being to any ashram but in my understanding of religion and GOD so far, i adore Kabir's concept of GOD - moko kahan dhoondhe bande mai to tere paas mein , na main mandir na mai masjid na kabe kailas mein....in std VI or VII i guess, i read these lines in the hindi text book.(CBSE had a chapter on dohas for these classes) and since then this concept appealed to me more than any other. not that i follow the nirgun line of thoughts, and for that matter i had a  series  of idols at my Delhi house as well  including my favorite Ganesha, the fiery  Kali , the  motherly Durga, Laxmi ji ofcourse and Lord Shiva.  and of late i  want to have a big idol of Krishna as well (since i joined PSU, i have one good thing that is having quite a lot of my personal time, which i spend listening to music. and that includes bhajans too, so to add to the ambience i want to have Krishna ji too, i hope he does not mind the context because the reverence wont reduce if i had him for this purpose!!)
so my point is why to have such a hullabaloo on the matters related to religion. though we are raised to identify ourselves with a particular religion, and our identities are inseparable with the religion we follow. but we are also taught  about having a mind which  can accommodate views of other religion and heart which can accept others' religious beliefs. GOD or almighty is a concept and depending on the families we are being born into we start following a religion. just think if i was born to a sikh parentage i would be going to a gurudwara, in case of a muslim would have read Quaran and said 'amen' and celebrated X mas if i was born to a christian family but my nature of resorting off and on to the concept of GOD would be same. so my point is- be of any religion or sect, what matters is the belief on a supreme....and that should be all.
imagine if a child is not raised to identify him/herself with any religion, what religion will the child follow? probably the simple concept of brotherhood and humanity,love and care shall be his guiding lights. and isnt that the base of any and all religious books or books which are on religion. every and each of those books emphasize on doing your duty - as a human, as a fellow, as a partner, as a father/mother/husband/children or any other relation. how many of us firstly realize our true duties? the greatest confusions are born when we fail to understand our duties and start poking into what others should or should not do. if each one of us does our part then werent many issues have a better solution and peaceful resolve.....think over :)