Posted by: vishontar January 6, 2006
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No one Ji, I liked your questions so tried to answer them.
So what is it that keeps us tied to our faith sometime beyond rationality .. not that GOD/spirituality belong to the rational world .... why do i think that depite all the superstitions we are born into, I still respect and love my religion??
This is due to the tendency of our mind. Mind has such a tendency that it gets attached to the things possessed by the person. "My", "Mine", "Our" these are the words that mind likes very much. Despite being underdeveloped we like our country, why? Because there is ours. Every parents like their kids, every kids like their parents, because they are theirs.
If you have bought an used car from your next-door-neighbor. You wouldn't love it and care for it before you bought it. Why? Because it wasn't yours. An activist of a political party feels victorious while his/her candidate wins. A cricket fan, foot ball fan, or a base ball fan feels victorious while the the team s/he was supporting wins. All is due to my issue, mine issue and our issue. In spritual language this is called EGO. Mind is so sticky to one's own possision.
Same it true for the faith, culture, traditon etc. You just accept them because they are yours. You just like them because they are yours. They are your properties handed over by your beloved forefathers, that's why you like them and respect them.
There is space for logic and reason because you don't analyze them. Mind is programmed this way. You even don't know what is going on. This is called blindness. You will live advocating your faith, you might die without knowing it. This is true for many people of the world. Faith is not what you care; what you really care is whether it is yours or not.
Whether something is superstation or not that need to be tested scientifically.
Even though our religion obviously disparages women in a million way, I still like to belive that it's chaging and it's good for me??? is it arrogance or do I have a blind, blind faith?? ?
It depends how you define religion. If you define religion as culture or tradition you might be right. In every culture, and tradition women are biased somehow. However, if you define religion as a practice of wholesome actions, they are not biased at all. Men or Women, anybody can practice goodness, no restriction :).
Since the question is focused on Hindu tradition, I don't think that it is completely biased too. All depends on individual. There were/are houses where women were/are considered as goddesses. She was/is the incharge of the house and most beloved of the family. Such family was/ is the happy family. Where as there were/are people who disrespect women, as a result there was/ is no harmony in their family and they were/are miserable. Wise people give respect to other and live happily, fool people try to take advantage and happiness leave them.
Religion has nothing to do with that. All is art of living which is free from space and time. There were men who used to respect to women, there are and there will be. There were men who used to mistreat women, there are and there will be. Its all individual.
Believe me or not I have seen women who mistreet their husbands. Their life is so miserable. What religion will this be :)?
I hope I have answered all of your questions. Regarding whether you are in blind faith or not, who else can answer it other than you?
Since the thread is all about faith, finally I will post one more posting about it.