Misled men, their religion of scary Gods in the cranny minds.

A young man was having a hard time to park his car he suddenly prayed "Oh God, If you give me a space to park, I would give up drinking this whole week!". Suddenly the car in front of him started to leave the parking area.
Then he said, "Dear God,  I have got this now,Never mind what I said! guess I didn't need your favour this time. I will ask for your favour next time."


I guess many of us have done that. What were we trying to do? Manipulate god?
I have always wondered why people try to bribe God, with money or other offerings , sacrifices and may be with some deeds.
I have seen many atheists, who are live so much happier than the " God fearing people ".

About a year ago, I happened to meet a librarian of one of the Sree Rama Krishna Matts in Kochi.
He told me a story that I happened to read later from a book of Swami Sukhbodhanada ji. ("Oh mind Relax Please!!" .. A wonderful compilation of good stories and sparks of wisdom from swamiji.)

The story depicts an incident of a wealthy man who built his bungalow spending a million!
 The wealthy man, built his bungalow on the river side spending a million Rupees, The building looked marvellous and he wanted to see his bungalow from the other side of the river, He took his boat, and started to cross the river. When he reached mid way, there occurred a sudden a heavy wind that started to make his boat go unstable.

The rich man cried out with all of his voice, "Dear God, I will sell this house and give the money as an offering ! Please spare my life and just let me reach the other shore so that I could enjoy its beauty for the last time."
The man reached safely on the on the other bank, the storm faded and he sat there, for the entire morning enjoying the view of his bangalow.
The beauty of his new home was mesmerising. He decided not to sell the home but instead donate a small amount of money to his place of worship . The rich man set sail back to his home and in the midway the storm hit him again. He shouted, "Please God ! I was just kidding I change my mind. i will honestly set my intention to sell my home and donate the money! Please save me! "
The rich man escaped from the storm and somehow reaches his home safely.

The next day he put up a sign board that said..

"House for SALE! Cost is just 1 Rupee, but who ever wants to but the bungalow should buy my cat for a million Rupees too. "
The man sells his bungalow and his cat, then donates a rupee "To the God"; takes the million rupees.

The God to him was a manipulatable force! because he feared God.
Is God to be feared ? There are a load of God-Fearing people. The god fearing people manipulate things just like the rich man.

I believe God, in whatever name should be loved,and not feared.
 An act out of love to someone or something is totally different than acts done in fear to someone or something.
I would gladly spend time, money and energy on things I love than things I do with a fear of someone or something else.

Why do children like friendly teachers than strict and stubborn teachers?
Why do people spend time on their hobbies even though they might never get paid for what they do?

If in any point of your life, You turn to be a God- fearing person, do change yourself. God is not a shopping mall, or a place where you get loyalty points for your offerings.
"Dear GOD, if I get this promotion, I will give you a 100 coconuts or donate more money than last month"
Won't work. Trust me.

If you are, at anytime approached by anyone to get favours to the organizations with the help of a face of scaring God, who could destroy your life if you don't do something; they are just frauds !
A prayer with love is always heard than a prayer with fear.

and in any day if or when you feel that"God's currency is love", Pat yourself on your shoulder and treat yourselves with a cookie. You are right!



 (Also, A moment of respect for all the teachers who stood with me, smiled at me and behaved friendly to me. If ever I become successful; you are the reason for it!  )

This is the way of life!_A story of the way of life

There are some people who like to think deep into the stories they hear. Here is one such story where people can dig deep and find hidden treasures of wisdom.

The story is called "The way of life".


The fisherman's boy,  went to the river shore for Fishing. He was startled to hear a weeping from nearby and walked towards it. He saw a crocodile who was all tied up inside a net. He started to turn away, but the crocodile in tears cried out to help.

"Please let me out"
"No! Why would I do that?"

"People are going to kill me"
"Indeed they are! You kill people ! You are dangerous to us, if I let you out, you will eat me too.."

"No, I wont hurt you, You are a boy and you will be like a son to me, if you let me out.. I Promise!! "

The boy was moved by hearing the Promise and seeing the Crocodile tears!
So he decided to let the crocodile go and started opening the net.
When he opened the mouth part of the net, the crocodile grabs the boy with its mouth.



"Why are you trying to eat me? You promised..!"
"Dear Boy, This is the way of life! You will hear promises, and will not be fulfilled, you will be attacked by the ones you save ! this is the way of life.!"

"No I don't understand you..!"
"If you don't believe me, ask someone else!"

The boy sees a donkey and asks him "Heyy= donkey! is it true? Is this the way of life?"
"Yes it is, my owner used me to carry his heavy goods and when I got old, he left me here to die ! This is the way of life !  "

" I don't believe you !" says the boy.

Next he sees a bird up in the tree and asks her "Hey bird, is this true? Is this the way of life?"
"Yes it is true, I collect twigs and leaves the whole season, for my little ones to grow, I lay my eggs and a snake out of no where comes to eat my eggs! This is the way of life"

"Humm.. still I cant convince myself !" says the boy.

He looks around and sees a hare. The boy asks the hare "Hey Hare, is this true? Is this the way of life?"
And the hare says "I don't think so!"

This time the crocodile gets surprised by hearing the hare!
"How can you say that ? This is the Way of life, Life is unfair "
"I have been watching both of you from the beginning and still I don't know why you think life is unfair, Talk to me Mr.crocodile! Tell me why you think life is unfair for you! "

"How can I talk to you while I hold this boy in my mouth? what if he runs away?!"
"Mr. Crocodile, you are so powerful and mighty, you can always hit down the boy with your tail if the boy tries to run!"

Crocodile releases the hold and suddenly the Hare shouts "Run boy run! run as fast as you can run away, the crocodile has only its mouth free from the net. Run!! "

"How could you do this to me? You tricked me and left my food escape!"
Hare replied "This is the way of life "

The story doesn't end here! People might think stories always have a happy ending! Guess what..
The boy returns to the riverside with more people and kills the crocodile!

Then he catches the Hare and kills it for food! and the boy tells himself "This is the way of life"



And the story ends.! Well, the story does not pass a message that life is always unfair. But it says that life could be unfair. There will be broken promises, You might be avoided by the ones who you helped, there will be times when your expectations will be spoiled by unknown people, there will be times when you will be hurt by the ones you helped, there will be times when you will be flattered and cheated.
Yes, it is not that you should be always sad, but if we accept for life as it is, if we accept theses facts, you could enjoy your life better..