Musings: Ignore "God" and extol "godliness" !

Disclaimer: The popular concept of god seems to be revolving around imitating the virtues of god, (as a legendary figure), God as a by product of our fear (god fearing) and considering god as a good barterer who collects virtues and gives us heaven or hell or a mix of all three concepts in different proportions. I think conceptually we have got this completely wrong. If heaven is full of wine and good looking girls then i don't have to waste my life in earth collecting virtues and trading it with god to enjoy them in heaven, which i could have otherwise lived it here and now ! This musing is all about highlighting this and asking us to focus on Godliness! which is the quality of god. We seems to have missed the wood for the trees! Lets get this straight !

Concept of Imitation:
Many believe
God created man
But I believe
Man created god

For a perpetual slavery
God is man’s delivery
For "self-hypnotization"
Religion is man’s invention

The man is a man ‘coz he has a “mind”
But the roots of his mind are in the society
Generations over generations
We have been taught
To imitate Rama, to imitate Krishna
To imitate Moses, to imitate Jesus
To imitate Prophet, to imitate Buddha
Is religion is all about imitation?
Who did Rama imitate?
Who did Buddha imitate?
If Krishna had imitated Rama
There would not have been a Krishna
If Jesus had imitated Moses
There would not have been a Jesus
Why should I imitate them?
Why should I flatter them?
Why should I ignore my individuality?
Why should I invent my individuality?
Even if God is man’s invention
I still can’t imitate my best produce
If religion is all about imitation
Then let’s understand its limitation

Concept of fear:
If I am a producer
If I am a creator
I own up my product
I warrant the performance

If product malfunctions
If product misbehaves
The product does not own up
But the producer has to own up

If the product does not confirm
If the product does not perform
The product does not own up
But the producer has to own up

If God is the creator
If God is the destroyer
If God is the producer
If God is the user
I am his product
You are his product

God has to own up
Good and Evil
God has to own up
Performance & malfunctions
God has to own up
Fear of non-performance
God has to own up
Fear of malfunction

For there is no god
When there is no fear
For god is there as god
As a byproduct of our fear

Concept of Super barterer:
If I do this
God would give this
If I do that
God would give that
Is god a super barterer?
Is god a big bargainer?
Is god a shrewd businessman?
Is god a whole sale virtue collector?
If you look at his produce (God as the creator)
God isn’t perfect
If you look at his produce (Man as the creator)
Man isn’t imperfect

Is God is there as god
For us to imitate
Is God is there as god
As a barterer of virtue
Is God is there as god
As a byproduct of our fear
Is God is there as god
As a "fulfiller" of our greed


Concept of quality:
A rose is a rose
'coz of its smell
We just don’t extol the rose
Without its fragrance

A wine is a wine
'coz of its taste
We just don’t extol the wine
Without its taste

A breeze is a breeze
'coz of its touch
We just don’t extol the breeze
Without its touch

A peacock is a peacock
'coz of its look
We just don’t extol the peacock
Without its look

A cow is a cow
'coz of its milk
We just don’t extol the cow
Without its goodness

A thorn is a thorn
'coz of its prick
A snake is a snake
'coz of its venom
An angel is an angel
'coz of its benevolence
A devil is a devil
'coz of its evilness

A man is man
'coz of his mind
A mother is a mother
'coz of her kindness
A friend is a friend
'coz of their support
A guru is a guru
'coz of his wisdom

For rose is the matter
Fragrance is its quality
For mother is the matter
Kindness is her quality
For cow is the matter
Goodness is its quality
Why are we obsessed with the matter
And ignoring its quality ?
If God is the matter
Godliness is his quality
Why are we obsessed with god
And ignoring the godliness ?
Why are we obsessed with the religion
And ignoring the spirituality ?

Is God just an ideological attempt to rise above the ordinary?
Is God just a reluctant attempt to accept death?
Is God just a premiumless insurance against uncertainty?
Is God just an indemnity against the inevitable?

Is God's just a man's desire to be infinite?
Is God just a opium to our miseries?
Aren't we fools to think God as a noun?
Isn't wise to understand God as an adjective ?

Think for a moment;
Allah & Rama are adjectives and not as nouns
Jesus & Buddha are adjectives and not as nouns
Don't you agree
The divide that exists as a noun
vanishes as an adjective
It is a mankind's invective
If God isn't an adjective

For me, God is a sign board in our journey called life
For me, God is a milestone in our journey within ourselves
For me, God is the highest whole
For me, God is the greatest common denominator
For me, God is in union
For me, God is in the Godliness

Agreed, God is love and love is god !
If we forget god, love alone would do !
But, If we forget love, god alone wouldn't do !
Since we can't get the God right

Let’s ignore the God
And recognize the Godliness!
Let’s ignore the God
And extol the Godliness!

Happy reading !