Being Religious or Being Human!

"I am not religious...I am more human!

I don't know if I believe in God...but I certainly do believe in us... Only we can save us from ourselves!"

To which one of my freind added - "The only thing that scares & excites me is what people are capable of. thanks for the add soman and yumna. such positive energy people!!!"

And another friend seconded, "that was my line..thank U."

I could only add, "If my line and his line is your line too...then we are all in a straight line... and a straight line is the shortest distance to whatever end we are travelling... in this case, trying to make this a better world. Are you all with me still..."

On Religion...

A dear friend of mine from Pakistan posted: "old time religion...karen armstrong says religion is myth...another says religion is flexible with epochs accordingly... i don't get it...how can flex belief"

My response: Religion is acceptance...acceptance of the fact that there will be people of many kinds... and only kindness and love can bring us all together...make us stay together, irrespective of our beliefs or differences in beliefs. The only platform on which any and all religions stand is that we are all human beings, we are all one, the pain which we experience when our finger is cut is the same...blood oozes out in the same way... and so all of us should be treated equally... without bias...without prejudice...Giving a different name to our beliefs... doesnt make us any different! Religion with a name that includes and excludes people is NO religion at all!

Happy and Gay!

I have named the painting..."What does the future hold for my son...".

The painting was posted in another website called "Penciljammers.com", and few of my friends liked it and some even liked the title too... said it was very touching. I am glad it did touch their sensibilities.

After the initial seriousness...my quirky nature said, "Can you imagine...there was another topic running in my mind that I decided to forego for this one. Would u like to know what it was...well it was like, "Kahin mera betaa badaa hoke gay toh nahin banegaaa...." LOL!! Haa...haaa...haaaa... Considering the way things are moving, this might well be a real concern when he grows up.... Heeeeee...heeeee....hee...!!!

To which one of my friends said, "whats with 'u' n 'gays' ............... u come up with it more often than others .............. koi thesis kar raha hai kya ?"

My reaction was both funny and serious to some extent. Something like this - Haa...haaaaa...I am kinda exploring the idiom..."happy and gay"... trying to figure out whether they are independent variables or dependent...and if dependent...whether being 'happy' is dependent on being 'gay' or, being 'gay' is dependent on being 'happy'... haaa...haaa!!!!...

My world and my sensitivities are a case of muddled curiosity to explore the other side, and acceptance of the extraordinary. I dont generally speak for or against any experience....its each to his own actually. I just want to understand them all and respect them for accepting and standing up for what they believe in, as it is! The only underlying platform on which all my curiosity floats is that there should be no harm to anybody...both emotional or physical...internal or external...alien or earthly...practical or spiritual... haaah...its indeed a funny case with me... but biologically, I strongly believe, if all were to be gay... in the short term...some of the problems would disappear...and in the long-term mankind too!