God belongs to whom?
To the fundamentalist, devotee, or to whom He belongs?
And belongs He only to the religion?
Religions hijacked by barbarians are
Causing civilized people confusion about religion;
Rituals are dominating, spirituality is missing;
Compassion and accommodation of dissidence disappeared;
Culture is defined and dictated by half-informed individuals;
Are religion and culture one and the same?
Is there any subtle difference leaving room to the individual’s interpretation?
Is religion just one aspect of sociology and social living among many?
Or an all encompassing and dominating social fabric
With no room or space for fresh weaving with new threads;
Are religions stagnated waters or flowing rivers;
Are they at dead end or are evolving?
Does at all God belong to religion?
Does not He have His own Existence,
Transcending limitations fixed by ignorant religious preachers and followers;
So many questions but no answer;
The Omniscient, Omnipresent and Omnipotent
Is understood confined to rituals and their performance;
It is sad that God is imprisoned in names, forms, slogans alone
And His presence every where and every moment
In the hearts of his Creation is forgotten;
God belongs to whom?
Belongs only to the religion, fundamentalist and such maniacs?
God only knows.
Varanasi Ramabrahmam
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