Devil's Bliss ( for Ranjiaiyer and all)

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Namaste Ranjiaiyer,

 

Now we understand why you made those statements earlier about

the "gods". We all have complaints about why life take such

unexpected and seemingly unfair twists and turns.

 

Because of this, some people become agnostics, atheists, or change

their original religion to a new one. Yet, some people hold on to

their traditional faith and accuse the Creator of unfairness and

discrimination. This latter case is evidenced by Elie Wiesel, a

Jewish writer, who is a survivor of the Nazi concentration camp.

 

To me this is a new development in the human understanding of the

divine. Wiesel's position takes the human experience in equal

footing with the divine and judges the actions of the divine. In the

past, most religious teachers would only advice that the divine's

actions are inscrutable and we cannot do anything about it. Someone

has written in this forum that the divine's actions are always right,

but He/She writes in crooked lines.

 

This case of the gods being unfair, fickle or even uncaring, I

believe, has caused many gods to be irrelevant in the eyes of

humans. A few examples of this demise are the gods of the Romans and

the Greeks. Where are they now? Where is Mars, whom the Romans

believed to be their progenitor (they considered themselves to be the

children of Mars. Hence, their soldiers wore red)? Where is

Dionysos, the god of wine, that Alexander the Great worshipped as he

made his journeys to India (he was known to have drunken orgies with

his own men)?

 

In the present human experience, these gods have become members of

the pantheon of ancient mythology. In other words, they have died.

 

In order for the gods to be relevant to humans, the gods or belief of

humans would have to pass the test of love, understanding and reason

of the human intellect. More on this next time ...

 

Regards,

 

John R.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

valist, "ranjiaiyer" <ranjiaiyer wrote:

>

> Namaste John,

> I have been having this insidious battle with myself for quite

sometime

> now - since the death of my child nine years ago. My faith and

trust in

> gods is at a very low ebb. Human destiny I believe lies in our own

> hands - whether we choose to annihilate each other with nuclear

bombs

> or see each other as no different. I sincerely its the here and now

> that matters and this little blue plant is my god. The heavens and

hell

> are right here. Ultimately its our deeds - our karmas that remain.

And

> all this - gods, faith,religion, jyotish is a clutch. If we look at

> antiquity religion rose essentailly out of our innate fear of

death. So

> Energy gets packaged and repackaged in this never ending cycle.

> Regards,

> a bereaved mother.

>