LET US CHANGE FOR THE BETTER!

LET US CHANGE FOR THE BETTER!

Dear Friends,

First of all, I want to honestly declare that this article is written with all good intentions & goodwill to all, while revealing some bitter truths of the prevailing world traditions that call for better changes; for the sake of humanity’s better progress & happiness.

Truths are like bitter pills that cure diseases and thus, this article may taste bitter to many but it may well cure their mental diseases if they digest it in good spirit.

Here, let’s look into some of the world’s fashions/habits/belief-systems/traditions still followed but under deeper analysis, these blind followings are better be stopped by now for the betterment of humankind:

1. Neck-tie

What is the purpose of this noose around the neck that may well throttle you to death in many emergency situations? Does this small piece of cloth hanging around the neck serve any purpose at all? Because clothing designs of any kind should serve some good purpose to the wearer: either it comforts/protects /warms/covers or all of these. So, any design/fashion of clothing should be directed to these purposeful ways of use else what good for fashion/designs new or old! But, unfortunately many people are still donning this useless piece of clothing called tie/neck-tie hanging around blindly following all others who did it the same way without thinking!

2. Smoking

What is the real purpose of smoking? Does this practice give any benefits to the body /mind /spirit /environment? As of research results this bad habit only harms us in all the above aspects i.e. harms the body with smelly mouth, lung cancer, poisoning of saliva/blood & shortening of life-span; pollutes mind with vain imaginations, can’t do any deep concentration or meditation; harms the spirit blocking its uplifting inspirations; pollutes the environment with unwanted smokes, bad smells & cigarette butts! Smokers thus not only harm themselves, they harm the surroundings both environment [pollution] & people [passive smoking]. Then, why the heck is this bad habit continued by so many people yet is nothing but the blind following without conscious thoughts about its harmful effects.

3. Meat-eating

Yes, in the primitive stages of human evolution as hunters & gatherers when humans didn’t have the knowledge of agriculture & settled lifestyle; it was the tradition of the past human society to kill animals & eat the flesh as food but by now when humans have all the advanced knowledge of agriculture, horticulture & food processing and able to produce more food grains, pulses, lentils, fruits, vegetables, herbs and plenty of processed food items of vegetarian origin etc and also that all these vegetarian foods are in fact healthier  for human beings and still now, why people continue eating meat/flesh is really questionable. This is again nothing but the blind following of the past social habits. After conscious analysis, all thoughtful people, should have turned to vegetarianism by now for the better health & for the better global environment. Meat-eating involves killing and the karma of killing causes violence & war in the world. So, if you want peace & happiness in the world you should stop eating flesh-food.

4. Idolatry

This is practiced as religious rituals mostly among Hindus and by the primitive tribes. They make all kinds of gods & goddesses of their own imaginations and worship them as God! Are these gods & goddesses truly powerful as their worshippers believe them so is a question already answered negatively by the history of the world that these idols could not even protect themselves what to speak of protecting their worshippers when the Muslim invaders came & destroyed many idols in the Hindu temples and looted them in India just a few centuries ago. If those idols [gods & goddesses] were truly powerful, then, they should have protected themselves & their devotees and destroyed the invaders by showing godly miracles but nothing of these sorts happened; instead those Muslim invaders after destroying the Hindu idols & temples, ruled those idol worshippers making them their slaves! But, these Hindu idolaters, instead of learning lessons from the history, they still are blindly following idolatry & temple worship that didn’t do much good for them in the past! Idolatry is nothing but a practice of slavery to the idols and at the best a selfish way of worshipping God that is against the true/selfless worship of the supreme God with unconditional love & surrender.

4. Prayers

Prayer to God is of course a fundamental practice of all believers in all the religions but too much of it is rather waste of time or simply disturbing to others. If you know that God is all powerful, all knower, all present; God knows already what you are going to pray or praying for, but as a ritual for the peace of mind, believers can do that may be once in the early morning at the start of the day but the five time prayer ritual practiced by Muslim believers is simply a waste of time & disturbance to work and also the use of loud speakers at the mosques for the prayers mostly in the early hours is a big disturbance to others. So, if you want to pray, pray in silence without disturbing others. Also, the Hari-sankirtana [playing drums & cymbals with loud chanting of prayers] in the name of religious practices by the Hare Krishna cult on the city streets around the world is a big nuisance to the public.

5. Parasitic Religious Lifestyle

There are many uncotributing but consuming people in the society in the name of religious practice who are in fact social parasites viz the vagabond Hindu sanyasis, Buddhist monks and many other cult members. If you understand the meaning of religion properly i.e. religion means duty and so if you truly want to be a religious person, your most important religious practice should start with the discharge of your duties at the first place as a father, mother, son, daughter, teacher, scientist, engineer, doctor, dentist, nurse, farmer, miner, industrialist, manufacturer, trader, transporter, worker, sales-person, politician, leader, director, manager, secretary, executive, officer, clerk, peon, helper etc, yes, all people should contribute to the society positively by the discharge of their duties sincerely [the best way they can] that is true religion. There is no religion higher than the best performance of your duty. Chanting mantras whole day won’t help much but a little of your good works will. Rotating many wheels and murmuring prayers whole day is a sheer waste of time, instead do something productive. By now, world religions are so contaminated with misinterpretations & misguidance that religious centers are a place for lazy people, orphans & homeless wanderers just to get food, clothing & shelter without work in case of Hindu & Buddhist temples and a place for training religious fanatics as jihadists in case of Muslim mosques and a center for one-sided, sinner & fear based,  misguiding teaching of personal sins absolved by Christ instead of personal responsibility & refinement of one’s own actions, in case of Christian churches. It’s a waste of human resources that people waste time & talents doing less or no productive work at such so called religious centers, instead all people should work in their capacities thus contribute to the society & live in freedom happily instead of living like beggars or slaves.

Happiness for all!

Regards,

Goodman

for HAPPY WORLD SOCIETY

PS: this post was originally written by Goodman on 19 March 2012