A few days back , some of us were discussing as to whether we pray and believe in the concept of God and other such things and surprisingly most of us agreed that there’s someone above who controls the whole world and take care of all of us
So the next question was à whom do we pray to regularly? As in who did we consider as our favorite god . One guy started off by being very diplomatic and said that all the gods were the same and every holy book basically taught the same thing . Considering the fact that learned and sane guys like him do not fit in this world of idiosyncrasy, we curbed the freedom of expression of this guy
Another person said that during his childhood days his parents had told him about Lord Shiva and all his amazing powers . From that day onwards he prayed to Lord Shiva more than anyone else since even he wished to become very strong and powerful. As this boy became a little more older he got to know that Lord Ganesha was the one who was in charge of the ministry of Education .Since Shiva and Ganesha belonged to the same clan and birds of the same feather flock together this came in as a combo offer to the boy. Whenever he would dive in front of Shiva , he would also give another complementary dive to Ganesha also so that he would get the best of both worlds , brain and brawn . As this boy grew up he realized that there’s Laxmi for wealth , Saraswathi who handles higher education and Shani who brings in the glitches. So he had to take care of all these important gods and it wouldn’t be enough if he were contented with the double whammy which he had received earlier
He said that if you pray to one the other will be disappointed and you must be smart enough to please everyone. Very true , no wonder temples these days look like a multiplex for gods. Go to a single temple and in all those portioned cubicles you can find almost all the gods . Say ‘Howdy’ to all of them and come back. This is a very prudent solution by the temples to satisfy the needs of the people and rake in the moolah !
Now it was my turn . In my opinion , my favorite god is Shirdi Sai Baba . There are plenty of reasons as to why I feel so . First of all this god has a separate temple all for himself, like he doesn’t live in one of those partitioned cubicles . He is like an autonomous body , clean and pristine, far away from all the internal politics of the other gods . Both Hindus and Muslims pray to Shirdi Sai Baba. In that way he is secular. In spite of the face that there are more than a million gods to compete with he holds the record for the 2nd highest gross collections after Tirupathi . He’s simple and clad in white , the people who come to pray don’t push or shove around and behave in a very dignified manner. The temples that are built usually have halls made of marble stone and it’s very nice inside . This god isn’t very demanding aor fussy unlike his counterparts who are have hedonistic tastes and want ghee , milk to smeared around their bodies or want people to fast all day long. The girls who come to pray are prettier than those in the other temples , the prasdam served is nice. In short Shirdi Sai Baba is like the Salman Khan of Godspace (or whatever it is called) .Whatever he does is a hit and it appeals to both the mass as well as the elite .
Whatever be your belief , we should all be good to one another , be kind, well mannered , friendly and good to others. I’ll give you an example . Once a guy was travelling in an auto with his friends .When the auto stopped at a traffic signal an eunuch came and demanded money . This guy said he had no change . Still the eunuch did not leave this guy and came close to a lip lock with him . He could have handed over Rs10 and closed it over there but didn’t do so. Later the eunuch held his crotch to which he simply sat expressionless. Finally the signal turned green and the auto moved ahead.On asking as to why he didn’t resist when the eunuch held his crotch , he said ‘Nature has been unkind with the poor soul .The eunuch feels that neither do men want her nor women. So I gave some momentary happiness and proved that at least someone is there to accept you. This is the epitome of empathy. It takes courage to be so good .I hope this tale of empathy will inspire you to do good to others and instead of putting the blame on god for every bad thing that has happened in the world , you be the change that you want to see.
