Almost every human in this world is following one religion or the other. Since our birth it has been a part of our identity in the society we live.

But what was the purpose of these group-based institutions that were formed centuries ago and still affect our lives? Initially religion was built to bring spiritual enlightenment among the masses. The intention behind its formation was to evoke the feeling of love among humanity and towards God.

But with passing time, somewhere the true sense of religion has been lost and the medium which was considered to be the path to love is now no more than a frame holding and promoting a set of rules, rituals and blind acts doing no good to humanity. Now religion is used as a tool to manipulate, exploit and gain power over the masses and to promote fear.

The God of religion is one to be feared, who judges and punishes if one stands to question him or deviates from ancient rules. But surely that is unnatural? Surely God only observes, having provided free will to every soul nourished by him on this earth, to experience and live this life in a constructive way? Our True God, I feel, doesn’t expect us to follow any religion or perform any rituals, instead he wants us to be a better human with each passing day and learn from every moment by analyzing and understanding our experiences.

We should face every phase of our life with full faith in him, not in fear of him. Every human being should form and build their own relationship with God if they wish understand the true meaning of life, otherwise they would spend their entire lives following only rules.

In the eyes of God, every human, of whatever gender, caste, religion, community or sexuality is the same. We human has no right to distinguish anyone by our judgment because the only language of God is Truth and Truth means human kindness.

That is the only reality acceptable to both heart and head.

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