Since time immemorial humans have been a mystery to humans itself. Even today scientists know much more about moon and distant planets than their own bodies. Amongst all the mysteries that all the scientific community is busy solving across the world, it is the powers of brain that is considered as most mysterious (this is my own interpretation based on limited news stories that I have read so far). I being nowhere distinctly related to any profession which engages in such quest, was pondering over the mysteries surrounding humans. Since I am illiterate as far as human anatomy is considered, so was quick to move towards non-materialistic aspects (No this post is not about morality etc). I was thinking lately of the things that energizes humans to produce results that are uncommon in many cases. All though I could not think of many things but from my limited experience of different people and places that I have met and seen, I could safely say that it is the "believe" which empowers humans to do things which are normally not possible.
When we are talking of believe than there are two major kinds of believes which are talked about most oftenly. The believe in self and believe in supernatural powers which can be God or satanic powers. I don't know what the actual mechanism of this energy release is but I definitely "believe" that believe is the strongest performance enhancing product that humans can have. It was one of the blog and my most recent trip whose potent mixture generated this thought. I am not a religious person but still am not an atheist either, so I do visit the places of worship that I get an opportunity to. Though most of such visits are more for the purpose of experiencing rather than deep devotion. In one of my recent trips I visited one such temple which needed you to trek for some 6 odd kilometres in almost 40 degree of slope on a mountain. I along with my friends took it as a trekking assignment and did reach the top, thinking that only trekkers would be reaching there. But instead was surprised to see people from villages including children and old women successfully accomplishing the "religious trekking" as I call it from there villages to the temple, a path which was slightly more difficult than what we did. It was the believe of people in the powers that can do everything good for them which pushed to accomplish this feet which according to me is extraordinary for people of that age. Although I don't intend to disrespect god in any way but the thing which they and even I bend in front of, on reaching the top, was some kind of mountainous stones believed to be god. Whenever I visit such ancient temples, I am always left wondering of the thought about the first person who would have discovered such place. In the first place, how or rather most important why would someone go on the top of mountain centuries ago when the present settlements would have been virtually non existent. And what would have been the state of mind of such ancient mountaineer who would have discovered the presence of god on such heights. Was it a hallucination bought out of fatigue which made him see god in some stone or in some cave and he without realising that his hallucination could culminate into a strong believe of people which would probably never last rather would only expand,communicated it to everyone. Or the ancient mountaineer did witness some kind of actual event which had powered his believes. The best answer is known to him/her only , I can just speculate.
I would have loved to probe this subject but unfortunately religious history is amongst those career options which no one is ready to even think of and hence there are not many things available to form base for your research. Moreover in India it is a sinful to probe anything which has anti-religious implications and such attempts are quickly curbed if not peacefully then violently. I would love to know what you think over it.
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ur blog raises a similar issue which can be correlated with superstition as well. one does not generate his 'religion and beliefs' they are developed according to our surroundings.In a country like ours people tend to play safe rather than coming out and saying things openly, for ex. u dont call urself religious but still u dont have the guts to admit the fact openly. It is because we have got these values from our family and we dont want to hurt them. Secondly in our society person who is atheist is criticized severely.Religion is something which we have to follow even if dont understand the customs related to it. So whether u call 'ur 6 km visit to the temple' a trekking assignment or 'going to temples' a learning experience ,the point is that directly or indirectly u r being religious. this is one thing which we cant avoid whether we like it or not.
@Vichitra: Firstly there is nothing about guts its just that my conscience can't completely negate the existence of supreme power, though I haven't felt but others claim to have and hence there are high odds that there must be something. Regarding surrounding, in my family everyone does "puja" everyday and follow N number of practices, while I have never had a fast in my life, never did any kind of "puja" or hardly know any of the gods artis (though I am not proud of it, its just the status quo), so surroundings hardly affect your mindset.
Regarding temple visits, its more of curiosity that pulls me these places, and had I cared about religious sentiments, I would have never equaled discovery of god with hallucinations.
By the way this post was my interpretation of observations. I can go on and on but that would be converted into another post and I always want to conserve my words (at least when I am not speaking) :D
i am definately sure that it was weed + fatigue that created the hallucination of the presence of supergod or the funda can be - "mera to cut gaya...ab sabka katunga upar ulake"
that was good one
that was good one
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