Religions were created to inspire and guide the inner consciousness of man, and to transform it:

But, generally, we, the so-called religious people, do not transcend these planes of consciousness, and tend to continue in our usual materialistic way of life.

Religion is to be lived and practiced with every breath, and should be reflected and manifested in all aspects of life.

If religion does not transform our consciousness and make a better and nobler man of us, then the adoption and profession of religion becomes:

In fact, Religion is meant to provide a link between God and man, and between 'man and man', but when the emphasis is more on:

Rather then on GOD and HIS LOVE, then, Religion itself becomes a hindrance between Man and God, and a wall between man and man.

Religion is NOT merely intellectual -

Or, to be

just to satisfy our false sense of egoistic imaginations and hypothesis.

through the ages - are proof of

nature of fickle ideology, belief and conception about God and religion!

These mental beliefs and dogmas merely remain an 'obsession' of mind and is manifested in hair-splitting discourses and discussions of theories and philosophies.

This obsessional religious zeal often explodes into emotional fanaticism, causing untold sufferings and destructions.

In our narrow-minded religious ignorance and bigotry, we have reduced 'Religion' to:

'Religion' denotes:

and all other sublime virtues of Divinity.

If our thoughts and actions do not reflect these sublime virtues, we denigrate and malign our adopted religion, and make a mockery of it!

'Religion' is opposed, contradictory and antithetic to:

Attachment to anything in the world, is like a 'screen' between God and man. We keep up such screens of separation with tenacity and determined application.

We cling to religion as:

So God stays away from us - as we simply do not 'need' Him yet!

When we actually feel the need for Him, yearn and cry for Him and His Love, 'Religiosity' is torn asunder, and universal aspect of religion shines forth with the grace of God and is perceived and realised in full glory of Divine Light and Love!

In fact, religion is generally adopted for:

Any religion which preaches, propagates and encourages directly or indirectly:

Is not worth being called a 'Religion'!

During the ages, the 'consciousness' of man got -

in the glittering illusion of 'Maya', entirely forgetting the original golden thread of Divinity running through the cosmos.

Consequently, our changing, imperfect, limited, whimsical 'intelligence' becomes the 'base' of our so-called religions.

All ideologies or beliefs, based on such imperfect fickle intelligence, can also be:

This explains the emergence of:

And what not!

It is strange and ironical that man with-

has failed to:

the subtle difference between:

In fact, 'Religion' is two-pronged or two faced:

The former is a 'means' to achieve the latter, which is the ULTIMATE END of our religious journey.

The only object of 'Religion' is to:

The soul to 'turn inward' - deeper and deeper - until we arrive at the ULTIMATE DEPTH - the Divine Home of the soul.

If the outer 'ritual religion' does not inspire and take us to the Ultimate Divine Realm, it becomes meaningless.

It is a pity that with all his intellectual knowledge and scientific achievements, man is still ignorant or conveniently complacent of the Truth about 'God' and Religion!

In fact, man's misguided intelligence, galvanized (stimulated) with illusive 'Maya', is the cause of misconceptions and confusion about 'God', 'Religion', or things pertaining to the Divine Realm.