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Traditions, customs and homelands.
The God is universal and I am preaching universalism. But by this I don’t negate the identities regarding nations, languages, casts, regions, traditions, customs etc. I insist on that the God is one, “Almighty” and on universal justice and equality. If this doesn’t hurt anyone I have nothing more. Love is the message and it goes on. All the praises are for the Almighty who taught me this and enabled me to understand (not by any direct message).
Once in my childhood I was listening a debate (though not a serious one) in my village (Punjab, Pakistan), regarding superiority of castes. One of my uncles said, {the God made two castes (including ours). Then the people said to the God, “where we stand?” “Shall we have no caste?” the God ordered to the angels, “go and give them also some names”. [Our caste is made by the God and yours by the angels, so we stand superior].
The men and the children including myself having this superior caste were very pleased on these remarks. There was clapping and laughing, having won the debate.
The story pleased me and I wished, it was true. Now I am ashamed in myself for having developed that wish. Mankind goes on with such wishes. With the passage of time these wishes are intermixed with beliefs and gain much solid grounds. When we say, “In those golden times”. It takes us into an imaginary world. In fact there weren’t any golden times and no bad times. There were good and evil in all the times and are in times going on. Excluding such like wishes all traditions and customs are good. All nations, all languages, all castes, and all races are good and there isn’t any harm in maintaining their own identities in the God’s universe.
I belong to a native Punjabi landowner’s caste. My caste is a part of my name and I don’t want to forsake this. This is a symbol of identity not a symbol of pride or differentiation from others. I want to learn all the languages of the world to easily communicate with all kinds of people, but it is not possible. I want to be among the different civilizations of the world, but this is difficult for me. I want to freely roam about in mosques, churches, mandars, gurdwaras, temples etc. but the community does not allow me.
Bullay Shah (a Punjabi mystic poet) says,
“Forsake the enmities, and make no noise. These Turks (Mughals, Muslim nobles) and Hindus are not separate. He (The God) possesses all.”
I don’t need any reference books for authority or material. I only want to express my inner self, my heart and mind. The love of homeland is very natural. I also love my homeland, local music, language, customs and traditions, which are not against the human values. For example I don’t like the sectarian march in Ireland, which reminds others that you were defeated, and thereby hurting their feelings. Even the animals love their homes and the areas where they live. I observe the horses and the dogs not willing to leave their previous dwellings unless they were forced to leave. I love the weather, trees, birds, and every thing of my homeland. I shall not feel happy even to change the area of my dwelling within the country. But the people do migrate to other regions for the sake of safety, livelihood, and better prospects. If I find anyone having similarity of thoughts, I shall love him/her above all the affiliations I have. To promote this thought is my heartiest desire and for this cause affiliations don’t matter.
YOUR GOD.
What? You have your supreme God,
And will not believe in mine?
Yours is the true God and mines is not,
Not you, but I have to believe in thine?
Does your God hate me and loves you?
Do you belong to him and he to you?
And you will not let me pray, if I want to,
But in solitude I shall definitely break through.
I shall say I haven’t done if you are angry,
What? My prayers qualify not the standard glory,
I am alone and it requires a group or company,
Oh, yes; God is yours and to pray, I am a silly.
Oh, Lord I have to offer you a sincere heart,
Though broken by your people’s pinching taunts,
I shall pray you all time in all my life,
No matter, if not allowed in worship spots.
The God is universal and I am preaching universalism. But by this I don’t negate the identities regarding nations, languages, casts, regions, traditions, customs etc. I insist on that the God is one, “Almighty” and on universal justice and equality. If this doesn’t hurt anyone I have nothing more. Love is the message and it goes on. All the praises are for the Almighty who taught me this and enabled me to understand (not by any direct message).
Once in my childhood I was listening a debate (though not a serious one) in my village (Punjab, Pakistan), regarding superiority of castes. One of my uncles said, {the God made two castes (including ours). Then the people said to the God, “where we stand?” “Shall we have no caste?” the God ordered to the angels, “go and give them also some names”. [Our caste is made by the God and yours by the angels, so we stand superior].
The men and the children including myself having this superior caste were very pleased on these remarks. There was clapping and laughing, having won the debate.
The story pleased me and I wished, it was true. Now I am ashamed in myself for having developed that wish. Mankind goes on with such wishes. With the passage of time these wishes are intermixed with beliefs and gain much solid grounds. When we say, “In those golden times”. It takes us into an imaginary world. In fact there weren’t any golden times and no bad times. There were good and evil in all the times and are in times going on. Excluding such like wishes all traditions and customs are good. All nations, all languages, all castes, and all races are good and there isn’t any harm in maintaining their own identities in the God’s universe.
I belong to a native Punjabi landowner’s caste. My caste is a part of my name and I don’t want to forsake this. This is a symbol of identity not a symbol of pride or differentiation from others. I want to learn all the languages of the world to easily communicate with all kinds of people, but it is not possible. I want to be among the different civilizations of the world, but this is difficult for me. I want to freely roam about in mosques, churches, mandars, gurdwaras, temples etc. but the community does not allow me.
Bullay Shah (a Punjabi mystic poet) says,
“Forsake the enmities, and make no noise. These Turks (Mughals, Muslim nobles) and Hindus are not separate. He (The God) possesses all.”
I don’t need any reference books for authority or material. I only want to express my inner self, my heart and mind. The love of homeland is very natural. I also love my homeland, local music, language, customs and traditions, which are not against the human values. For example I don’t like the sectarian march in Ireland, which reminds others that you were defeated, and thereby hurting their feelings. Even the animals love their homes and the areas where they live. I observe the horses and the dogs not willing to leave their previous dwellings unless they were forced to leave. I love the weather, trees, birds, and every thing of my homeland. I shall not feel happy even to change the area of my dwelling within the country. But the people do migrate to other regions for the sake of safety, livelihood, and better prospects. If I find anyone having similarity of thoughts, I shall love him/her above all the affiliations I have. To promote this thought is my heartiest desire and for this cause affiliations don’t matter.
YOUR GOD.
What? You have your supreme God,
And will not believe in mine?
Yours is the true God and mines is not,
Not you, but I have to believe in thine?
Does your God hate me and loves you?
Do you belong to him and he to you?
And you will not let me pray, if I want to,
But in solitude I shall definitely break through.
I shall say I haven’t done if you are angry,
What? My prayers qualify not the standard glory,
I am alone and it requires a group or company,
Oh, yes; God is yours and to pray, I am a silly.
Oh, Lord I have to offer you a sincere heart,
Though broken by your people’s pinching taunts,
I shall pray you all time in all my life,
No matter, if not allowed in worship spots.