Just a passing thought...

I am not a biology student. Unfortunately did not opt for bio in PU. Even more unfortunate was in my 26yrs of existence never bothered to find out what are the different parts of our body and what they function and how they function. This illiteracy about human body parts and names of different body organs does not help me in anyway in my yoga classes. Many a time I go blank when my yoga teacher instructs to move a particular part of the body.. I dont know which body part I should move.. thats why I decided to learn some basic stuff.. and ended up reading a lot about brain.. its amazing how complex our body is... and how well its linked to function in an integrated manner. Can evolution answer all this complex architecture and structuring of our body? Or does it force us to think that there is a mastermind behind all this. Not just human beings.. there are thousands of different kind of species in the form of plants, animals, water bodies..etc. I think its high time I start reading about evolution.. but I still wonder if all the questions could be answered and many unanswered questions can be linked to a anonymous power that we human beings call as GOD.

Talking about GOD, how can I forget about religion and spirituality. I was reading about some of the scientists and their definition of God. Its nice to know how different people have different opinions about GOD, religion and spirituality. I am born to a religious brahmin family, were from my childhood I was involved in watering Tulsi and putting Rangoli every morning, saying mantras and bowing down to god in the pooja room, picking flowers and kadike(a kind of grass which is special to lord ganesha) and again in the evening lighting the pooja room with a deepa, aarthi, incense sticks and 3 times play the shanka(a kind of a shell, when kept near the lips and tried to push air inside it, will create a sound). This was part of my regular day to day activity as a school going girl. As a kid I never questioned my parents who force uponed me to do these rituals regularly. Ironically, now when I live in my own house, and in my own terms, I never do any of these rituals. Does it mean I never believed in what I did for those long years or I am too lazy person to do it regularly. I think above all I have started to 'think' and 'analyse' and my experience tells me that you dont need to do all these rituals to pray to god. I started believing that my good acts will protect me and my bad acts will cause me pain. So when the problem and resolution lies within me, I didnt feel the need to convince god by doing these ritual acts. But I have to admit that I feel good when I hear mantras. May be our Hindu religion also has all good morals and practices, but I have failed to comprehend its essence in daily life.

Being spiritual has nothing do with being religious.I believe spirituality goes way beyond the boundaries of religion. Spiritual to me is first connecting myself to my own conscious and then to that invisible energy/power that lies around us.

Sometimes I am neither spiritual nor religious and other times I am both. I can bravely conclude that I for sure do not know what I practice and thats why its does not interest me most of the times. All these years I was easily carried away or influenced to what other people asked me to do and did not question it.

But at times, I feel good to listen about GOD, I feel good to listen mantras, I feel good to read about our ancestoral stories and abour supernatural things that happen around us.

At the end of the day, its best to follow our mind and listen to what we like to follow rather than what others force us to follow.