Religion divides, Spirituality unites!

Religion and Spirituality.

More often than not, we tend to use the terms religion and spirituality interchangeably. Is it the same? Well it can be debated, but one thing is certain. Religion divides and spirituality unites. Let us have a look a look at this short video by Shri. TT Rajan and think.

As rightly said, the basic human traits do not belong to any one religion. In fact religions were created to ensure that the basic human traits are not compromised by anyone.

Let us look into the past. Is it mentioned anywhere in the Holy Bible, Bhagavad Gita or the Quran that you must follow one religion only. Anywhere? I have not read them all, but I am sure they don’t. Is there any religion which does not mention about brotherhood, compassion, love, peace etc. I am sure none.  So who is responsible for the divide? It is we human beings over a period of time have formed this perception that we have to follow a religion by forgetting the basic intention why religions were born. Religion is a just a path, or a route to achieve our ultimate goal in life. So, when we know that the ultimate goal of all religions is the same, why divide ourselves. Why create hatred amongst ourselves? Why do we have to shoot from the shoulder of god in the name of religion? The numerous incidents that have occurred in the past, the riots, etc. has any one person been benefitted, any one! The caste, creed, sects etc. etc. has only divided us further.

In business, we always talk about an ideal “WIN-WIN” situation. May I ask who has won in this division? 

When natural disasters occur, they do not affect one religion or community. After millions of years of Human existence when our creator, the nature, does not know how to divide humans why are we even attempting to do the unfruitful. Think about it. Life is short; don’t spend time in doing something meaningless. Rather, let us all think of the bigger picture of life, let us look at the ultimate goal, let us see how many lives have we impacted. That will unite us. That will unite us since that is when we realize and appreciate the fact that all have a common goal in life.

Please feel free to share your thoughts. We all have faced several such situations, let us all benefit by each other’s existence. Let us all be better than ourselves alone!