The Seeker

The Seeker

By Murali Murthy.

"Is there light beyond the darkness?"

"Is God sitting on top of the peak of the Himalayas?"

"Is God watching us holding a whip in his hands to punish us, if we go against his Dos and Don'ts list?"

"Can we find a world of Gods as we go deeper in the Oceans or up above the Sky?"

"Can I find God in Kumbh Mela?"

I have always believed Spirituality is subjective, personalized and customized as per our convenience.

After a good explanation provided by a known philosopher, who said Spirituality is all about knowing God.

Knowing God has 4 stages.

1st Stage: Faith, Belief...we believe in God because we are just born into a belief system and we are used to seeing people around us believe.

2nd Stage: Enquire, Reason..People who are not happy just by belief. They want to explore more, ask questions, ask logic, proof & reasoning.

3rd Stage: Understand...People try to explore and find answers in the already established scriptures and teachings of their Schools of thought they follow.

4th Stage: Attachment, Dedication...People who have attained deeper knowledge, and the belief is converted to knowledge. They don't believe in God, they know God. They are attached to God and dedicate their life towards God and his message.

It is our choice and priority to either stay at the Stage we are in, or keep moving forward in the stages of Spirituality.

This question of What is Spirituality, What is Bhakti was bothering me with this sudden awakening by crores of Hindus who wanted to take a dip at the Kumbh.

My observation is, this race to salvation is of people who have stayed in the 1st stage for a very long time, and belief has become blind belief.

Ofcourse there are equal and more people at Kumbh (Sadhus, Saints and alikes) who are probably at 3rd or 4th stage know why they are there.

This race to wash sins, this madness to just be part of Kumbh at any cost, this rush of non seeking Hindus landing at Kumbh taking pictures and creating reels and posting "Kumbh vibes", "Kumbh vibrations", has left many puzzled if it's a sin not to get sins washed off!

The rat race to wash sins and seek salvation!!??

It's like any other Fad...like how every customer asks "Do you have AI in your system?".

Each of us see God the way we perceive him. In human form, in an abstract form, as a friend, as a lover, as a strict teacher holding a stick to punish, as a Guru.

Am I a Believer / Seeker / Rebel / Non believer / Explorer / Researcher / Confused / Knower?