~ by BABY KATTACKAL

Kerala, India

PART 1. 

 THE LEGACY OF  RELIGIOUS BELIEF. 

BELIEF IN GOD, SOUL, THE OTHERWORLD, ET AL,

IS A DRUGLESS ADDICTION TO THE BELIEVERS,

THE BELIEVERS BEING  SLAVES, IRRETRIEVABLY,

 CHAINED, TO THEIR  ROOTLESS  BELIEF, THEIR ADDICTION.

 

 THEY ARE IN ETERNAL CAPTIVITY,

OF THE  SPIRITUAL THOUGHTS OF THE PAST,

A LEGACY OF THE PAST BELIEF, IMPOSED  UPON  THEM,

A LEGACY HEAPED UPON THEM, TO BE  PASSED TO   POSTERITY.

 

RELIGIOUS BELIEFS, A CONTAGIOUS AFFLICTION,

TOOK ORIGIN  SOMETIME IN THE REMOTE PAST,

SPREADING FAST,

GENERATIONS BEING THE CARRIERS.

 

FOR, THE BASIS OF BELIEF IS, ITS ANTIQUITY,

TRADITION, CUSTOMS, AND MORES,

AND THE TRADITIONAL PRACTICES,

SANS ANY PROOF OF TRUTH.

 

GIVING OUT NO CHANCE,

FOR A  REASONABLE INQIURIY,

INTO  THE VERACITY,

OF BELIEF.

 

ANY PROOFLESS BELIEF IS SLAVERY,

AN IMPOSITION UPON THE MIND,

THOSE WHO TEND TO  DISBELIEVE ARE KEPT AT BAY,

WITH THE  CONSTANT THREAT OF GOD’S WRATH.

 

TO THE BELIEVERS  IN SPIRITUALITY,

CONCLUSIONS  COME FIRST,

REASONS  SUPPORTIVE,

TO THEIR BELIEF, IN TOW.

 

  THE INCUMBENTS ARE MADE TO BELIEVE FIRST,

IN THE SPIRITUAL CONCEPTS, LIKE GOD, SOUL ET AL,

BEFORE THEY ACQUIRE SELF- THINKING POWER,

WHICH MAKES THEM  BELIEVERS, FIRST.

 

HIGHLY  ELASTIC, SUBJECTIVE, ARE  BELIEFS,

EASILY VULNERABLE TO DISTORTED INTERPRETATIONS,

MAKING THE BELIEVERS ASSORTED,

CAUSING THEM, SPLIT  LIKE AMOEBA.

 

FOR,  FABLES AND CANARDS ARE THE BASIS OF BELIEF,

AND CONCOCTED STORIES,

MAKING THE BELIEFS  VULNERABLE,

TO SUBJECTIVE  INTERPRETATIONS..

 

THE BELIEVERS HAVE NO CONVINCING  DEFENCE,

TO PUT FORTH,

TO UPHOLD THEIR BELIEF AS TRUTH,

AGAINST SOLID REASONINGS OF THE ATHEISTS.

 

THEY DENY ANY REASONABLE INQUIRY

INTO THE TRUTH, INTO THE VERACITY,

BUT HOLD ON TO THEIR BELIEF,

FOR ALL THEY ARE WORTH.

 

RELIGIOUS BELIEVERS ARE EMOTIONALLY PACKED,

WHO  TEND TO TURN VIOLENT,

RESORTING TO ANY KIND OF VIOLENCE,

IF THEIR BELIEFS, QUESTIONED.

 

THE BELIEVERS VERY WELL KNOW.,

A TEST TO FIND OUT THE VERACITY

OF THEIR BELIEF, WILL DISPROVE IT

SO THEY NEVER YEILD TO ANY SUCH INQUIRIES.

 

THEY REFUSE TO  BE CO-OPERATIVE,

STANDING  IN THE WAY OF SUCH SEARCHES,

TO THWART THEM  AT ANY COST,

BY NIPPING  THEM IN THE  BUD ITSELF.

 

RAISING THE BANNER OF STRONG PROTEST

THAT  SUCH INQUIRIES  ARE UNALLOWABLE

AT ANY COST, AS  THEY QUESTION THE SANCTITY

OF THEIR SACRED BELIEFS, THEIR BULWARK.

 

 IN THE CONTEXT OF SUCH AN INQUIRY,

THE BELIEVERS ARE LIKE A HAMADRIAD IN PANIC,

SLITHERING AWAY TO ESCAPE, ITS FIRST OPTION,

 

FROM AN AGGRESSIVE ENEMY,

 

 BUT TURNS AGGRESSIVE

AGAINST THE CHASING ENEMY

WHEN IT REALIZES, IT’S IN A BLIND ALLEY

OF NO ESCAPE.

 

WHEN THE BELIEVERS REALIZE,

 THEY ARE IN A BLIND ALLEY,

  OF NO ESCAPE, AS THEY HAVE NO PROOF

TO UPHOLD THEIR BELIEF AS TRUE, AGAINST AN INQUIRY

 

TURN  THEMSELVES AGGRESSIVE,

TURNING BACK UPON THOSE

WHO QUESTION THEIR BELIEF,

 AND VIOLENCE ERUPTS.

 

RELIGIONS  PREACH SPIRITUALITY, VIRTUES,

NON-VIOLENCE, SACRIFICE, SELFLESSNESS, TOLERANCE,

THEIR HALLMARK, THAT ENSURES THEIR SPIRITUAL ASEITY,

IN THIS WORLD.

 

BUT  THEY EMBRACE, RELIGIOUS FANATICISM

SOW  MINDLESS VIOLENCE, UPON MAN, THE WORLD OVER,

AS IF MAN IS TO BE SLAUGHTERED LIKE ANIMALS,

 FOR THE SAKE OF  THEIR “SACRED SPIRITUAL CAUSE”.

 

WHAT DOES THIS SHOW AFTER ALL?

RELIGIONS PREACH, NON-VIOLENCE,

BUT PRACTICE VIOLENCE,

A PUZZLING PARADOX.

 

THEY FURTHER  SET THEIR AIM HIGH FLYING,

BY  LAYING THEIR HANDS  ON TEMPORAL POWERS,

FIGHTING  FOR POLITICAL POWER,

FIGHTING FOR AN EXCLUSIVE STATE OF THEIR OWN.

 

LESSER IN NUMBER, THOUGH

RELIGIOUS MINORITIES ARE MORE POWERFUL,

THAN THE MAJORITY IN THE GOVERNANCE OF A STATE,

YES, THE DICTATORSHIP OF THE MINORITY.

 

SUPERSTITIONS ARE PART OF BELIEF,

AND THAT’S WHY  THE BELIEVERS,

TEND TO BE SUPERSTITIOUS, EASILY

THE ETERNAL SLAVES OF BASELESS BELIEFS.

 

TO THEM, WHAT THEY  BELIEVE IN, IS THEIR TRUTH,

EACH CLAIMING THEIRS IS  THE TRUTH,

SOLID, CERTAIN, RIGID,

TO THE EXCLUSION OF THE OTHER BELIEVERS.

 

THIS IS THE REASON WHY,

THERE ARE SO MANY INTERPRETATIONS,

ABOUT THE  SAME RELIGIOUS CONCEPTS,

AND THAT BEGETS SO MANY RELIGIOUS FACTIONS.

 

BELIEF ALWAYS RUN THE RISK,

 OF BEING DISPORVED,

THAT CALLS FOR ETERNAL COROBORATION,

ON THE PART OF THE BELIEVERS.

 

SO ARE THEY  ALERT SENTINELS,

TO SAFEGUARD THEIR BELIEF,

APPREHENSIVE, THAT ONE DAY,

THE MYTH OF THEIR BELIEF,  WILL EXPLODE.

 

EXAMPLES ABOUND IN HISTORY,

WHEN THE BELIEVERS IN GOD, SURPRISINGLY,

TURN PERSECUTORS OF NON-BELIEVERS,

COERCING THEM  TO  BELIEVE IN WHAT THEY BELIEVE.

 

THEY RESORT TO PHYSICAL  FORCE

USING GADGETS LIKE  ‘THUMP-SCREW’*

COERCING  THE  INEXORABLE NON-BELIEVER,

WRITHING IN PAIN, SAY, “I BELIEVE, I BELIEVE”.

Part 2 

RELIGIOUS CONVERSIONS- A SELFISH ACT? 

HIGH PRIESTS, PRIESTS AND OTHER RELIGIONISTS,

WHO WORK FOR RELIGIOUS CONVERSIONS,

ARE A SET OF PEOPLE WHO JUGGLES WITH

THE IGNORANCE AND POVERTY  OF THE BELIEVERS.

 

SOME ASK  ISN’T RELIGIOUS CONVERSION,

A CHARITABLE ACT?

YES, IT’S SO WHEN CHARITY IS FOR

CHARITY’S SAKE.

 

BUT WHEN A SELFISH AIM HIDES

OR A SELFISH AIM PLAYS BEHIND CHARITY,

THE PURITY OF CHARITY IS NO MORE THERE,

THE CHASTITY  OF CHARITY IS LOST.

 

‘CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME’

SO SAY THE RELIGIONISTS.

TO THEM RELIGIOUS CONVERSIONS INTO THEIR

OWN RELIGION ARE CHARITY PURE AND SIMPLE.

 

 BUT THE APHORISM ‘CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME’

DOESN ‘T MEAN CHARITY MUST BE CONFINED

TO  THE HOME ALONE, IT CAN OUT- GROW THE CONFINES

OF HOME AND SPREAD FAR AND WIDE.

 

THE RELIGIOUS CONVERTERS ARE FREE

TO EXTEND THEIR LARGESSE TO THE POOR

 OF OTHER RELIGIONS, ALLOWING THEM REMAIN,

IN THE RELIGION  OF THEIR BIRTH, ALL THE SAME.

 

BUT WHY THERE MUST BE RELIGIOUS CONVERSIONS?

 INTO THE CONVERTORS’ RELIGION,

AS A PRE-REQUISITE OR ELIGIBILITY FACTOR,

FOR THEIR CHARITY?

 

THE RELIGIOUS CONVERSION AS A PROFESSION,

TAKE PLACE WITH A SELFISH MOTTO OF THE CONVERTERS.

THEY WANT TO UP THE PRE-EMINENCE

OF THEIR RELIGION, BY CONVERTING

 

AS MANY POOR AND IGNORANT, AS THEY COULD,

INTO THEIR OWN RELIGIOUS FOLD.

AND IT’S USUAL ON THEIR PART

TO  PROUDLY PUBLISH THE NUMBERS AND NAMES,

 

OF THE CONVERTEES IN AN YEAR,

INTO THEIR RELIGION,

AND THE PROCESS CONTINUES

 NON- STOP, EVERY YEAR.

 

OFFERING THE POOR A BETTER LIFE IF THEY CONVERT,

 IS A KIND OF TAKING ADVANTAGE OF  THEIR INDIGENCE

WHO WOULD GLADLY FALL FOR THE OFFERS, AS THEY COULD

GET RID OF THEIR LIFE’S ARCH ENEMY -THE POVERTY.

 

AND  THE LURING, PROMPTING

  QUESTION, FOR THE CONVERTERS,

TO INDULGE IN SUCH ACTIVITIES,

ARE NOT SELFLESS CHARITY,

 

BUT REWARDFUL ONE,

THE BLESSINGS OF GOD FOR THEIR WORK,

THE REWARD OF REMISSIONS, AWAITING THEM,

 IN THE OTHERWORLD.

 

PART 3 

WHO ARE FREE THINKERS? 

 

FREE THINKERS ARE NEVER,

BLIND SLAVES OF ANY BELIEF,

BUT WITH INVESTIGATIVE MIND,

ALWAYS BRIMMING TO FIND OUT TRUTH.

 

THEY WILL NEVER SUPPORT AND CLING TO BELIEFS,

PROOFLESS ONES AT THAT,

BUT ACCEPT AND SUBMIT ONLY TO  PROVEN TRUTH,

FOR THEY ARE SLAVES ONLY OF THE TRUTH.

 

THEY   ARE NEITHER TIED UP,

 TO ANY PAST  LEGACY OF BELIEF,

NOR  ARE THEY TO PASS IT  ON TO THE FUTURE,

IN WHATEVER  MANNER.

 

THEY TRACE THROUGH LOGICAL REASONS

TILL  TRUTH IS FOUND UNEQUIVOCALLY,

ITS VERACITY  SOLID,

AND NEVER SHAKEY.

 

THEIR THOUGHTS ARE CONTEMPORANEOUS,

INDEPENDENT, FEARLESS,

NOT NEEDING THE  BACKING OF ANY PAST BELIEF,

 BUT THE POWER OF TRUTH, THE  SCIENTIFIC FINDINGS.

 

KNOWLEDGE OF TRUTH, SOLID,

THE RESULT OF LOGICAL THINKING, SCIENTIFIC FINDINGS,

WHERE THERE CAN’T BE TWO OPINIONS, ABOUT A THING,

THERE CAN’T BE MORE THAN ONE TRUTH ABOUT A THING.

 

TRUTH IS SOLID, STRONG, RIGID AND REAL,

VULNERABLE TO NO INTERPRETATIONS,

NEVER  TO FALL APART, NEVER TO FALL ASUNDER,

NEVER THERE CAN BE A REVERSE FINDING.

 

THE MATERIALISTS NEVER SPLIT,

FOR THEIR  FINDINGS ARE  ONE AND THE SAME,

EVERYWHERE, HOMOGENEOUS,

 SOLID, UNIVERSAL.

 

MATERIALISTS, FREE, TRACE TO FIND OUT TRUTH

 FIRST AND THEN BELIEVE,

BUT BELIEVERS  SLAVES OF THEIR BELIEF FIRST

AND THEN TRACE OUT SUPPORTIVE MAKE- BELIEVE REASONS.

PART 4. 

SOUL  

I WAS BORN INTO THIS WORLD,

A CORPOREAL TRUTH,

WITH A SOUL, A PRESUMPTION,

AND AM CALLED A HUMAN BEING.

 

HUMAN BEINGS ARE WITH SOUL,

MANY BELIEVE,

ANIMALS HAVE NO SOUL,

THE SPIRITUALIST’S FINDINGS.

 

THEIR COMMON NOTION,

THEIR COMMON CONCEPT,

AND MORE IMPORTANTLY,

THEIR PROOFLESS COMMON BELIEF.

 

FICTITIOUS, FANCIFUL, THOUGH,

MANY BELIEVE  SOUL CAUSES LIFE IN MAN,

SOME  OTHERS BELIEVE,

IT’S A DOUBTFUL APHORISM.

 

BUT, MAN CAN DO WELL,

WITHOUT A SOUL,

HE CAN BE A LIVING BEING,

SANS ANY  SOUL.

 

A SOULLESS MAN,

ISN’T DEAD,

HE IS ALIVE AND KICKING,

AN UNDENIABLE CORPOREAL TRUTH.

 

HE BREATHES, TALKS, WALKS, EATS, DRINKS.

HE MOVES ABOUT, AND DOES WORKS,

THE EXTERNAL MANIFESTATION,

OF LIFE, IN HIM.

 

HE BEGETS CHILDREN, LIVING BEINGS,

CORPOREAL, SOULLESS, AND THEY GROW TOO,

 EMBRACE ACHIEVEMENTS  IN LIFE,

SOULLESS, THOUGH.

 

SOUL HAS NO ROLE IN BEGETTING MAN,

NO ROLE IN  MUNDANE, HUMAN ACHIEVEMENTS,

MAN’S SOLE EFFORTS MAKE HIS EARTHLY LIFE,

 CONSUMMATE, A NATURAL COROLLARY.

 

THEN WHAT ELSE IS SOUL,

TO MAN?

HERE COMES IN THE QUESTION,

OF SPIRITUALITY.

 

SPIRITUALITY IS A  BIG,

 ETHEREAL CONCEPT,

SO MANY SPIRITUAL CONCEPTS

 EMBEDDED IN IT,

 

SOUL IS ONE OF THE MANY CONCEPTS,

THE OTHERS BEING, GOD, HEAVEN, HELL

THE OTHERWORLD,

LIFE IN THE OTHER WORLD ET AL.

 

SPIRITUALITY BELONGS TO  THE ILLUSIVE,

REALM OF  THE UNLIMITED,

AND ILLIMITABLE THOUGHTS,

OF  HUMAN MIND.

 

THEN, HOW FAR IS THE SOUL,

RELEVANT IN MAN’S LIFE?

DEPENDS UPON HOW FAR,

 SPIRITUALITY IS RELEVANT IN MAN’S LIFE.

 

IT’S RELEVANCE  DEPENDS,

UPON THE EXTENT,

 AND INTENSITY OF MAN’S DESIRE,

 TO BE SOULFUL, TO BE SPIRITUAL.

 

MAN CAN GIVE A WIDE BERTH TO SOUL,

IF HE SO DESIRES AND STILL,

LIKE ANY OTHER HUMAN BEING,

LEAD A NORMAL LIFE.

 

AND OPTIONAL IS THE CONCEPT OF SOUL,

TO MAN, DEPENDING UPON HIS CHOICE,

BUT MIND IS MANDATORY FOR MAN’S VERY EXISTENCE,

INDEPENDENTLY OF HIS CHOICE.

 

THE CONCEPT OF SOUL IS MAN’S ILLUSORY,

CREATIONS, INVISIBLE, ABSTRACT, AND ABSTRUSE,

THE CONCEPT OF MIND  IS REAL,

NOT  ANY ILLUSORY CREATION OF MAN.

 

MIND IS INBORN AND STARTS FUNCTIONING,

FROM BIRTH, IN UTERO, ONWARDS,

SOUL IS LATER ADOPTION OF MAN,

FOR HIS VIRTUOUS LIVING IN A SOCIETY.

 

THE INTERNAL FUNCTIONS OF THE  HUMAN BODY,

MAKE   MAN  A LIVING ENTITY,

THE SAME INTERNAL FUNCTIONS,

CREATE  IN HIM A MANDATORY  LIVE MIND.

 

HUMAN MIND IS THE  PRODUCT,

OF THE  MATERIAL, BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS,

OF HUMAN BRAIN,

THE  FUNCTION OF CEREBRUM,

 

CEREBRUM  THE MATERIAL PART OF HUMAN BRAIN

BESTOWS IN MAN THE POWER,

OF REASONING AND UNDERSTANDING,

THE IMMATERIAL FUNCTION OF HUMAN BRAIN.

 

 MIND, THOUGH  THE   IMMATERIAL PART

OF A LIVING HUMAN BODY,

IS  A REALITY

WITH ASCRIBED  ASEITY,

 

WHEN MAN DIES, HIS MIND DIES TOO, A TRUTH,

BUT HIS SOUL ESCAPES, A BELIEF,

EITHER TO THE HEAVEN OR HELL,

NOTHING IS MORE FOOLISH THAN SUCH BELIEF.

 

BUT SOUL   IS NOT INEVITABLE,

FOR MAN’S EXISTENCE,

MAN’S FOREFATHERS WERE SAVAGE,

WITH  INBORN MIND BUT NOT WITH SOUL.

 

THEN THE CONCEPT OF SOUL,

AND SPIRITUALITY, DIDN’T EXIST,

THE QUESTION OF RIGHT OR WRONG,

UNKNOWN…..

 

ALL SPIRITUAL CONCEPTS CAN,

EXISTS  ONLY IN HUMAN  THOUGHTS AND BELIEFS,

CORPORIETY BEING  ABSENT,

SO SOUL HAS NO ASEITY.

 

WHAT’S THE  FUNCTIONAL DIFFERENCE,

BETWEEN MIND AND SOUL?

IT’S THE MIND THAT GOADS THE BODY,

INTO  VARIOUS ACTIVITIES OF LIFE.

 

MIND  IS THE CAPTAIN OF THE BODY,

BODY IS THE PLAYER,

IN THE TOURNAMENT OF LIFE,

AND SOUL IS THE UMPIRE.

 

THE CONCEPTS OF VIRTUES, WHAT’S RIGHT,

AND WHAT’S WRONG,

EMANATE FROM  THE SPIRITUAL,

CONCEPT OF SOUL.

 

MIND GOADS BODY INTO ACTIONS,

AND THE BODY ACTS,

THE SOUL JUDGES THE ACT, RIGHT OR WRONG,

AND  BLOWS ITS CORRECTIVE WHISTLE.

 

 IT’S ENOUGH PROOF TO SHOW,

THE SOUL AND MIND,

AREN’T ONE AND  THE SAME,

BUT DIFFERENT.

 

APART FROM THE MIND,

WHAT EXACTLY IS THE  TEXTURE OF SOUL?

SOME CALL IT THE SPIRIT, SOME  BELIEVE,

IT’S THE HUMAN MIND ITSELF.

 

SOUL  AND SIN COEXISTS,

THE ABSENCE OF ONE,

TEND TO MAKE THE OTHER

INFRUCTUOUS,

.

 

SOUL IS THE ADOPTIVE  FATHER OF VIRTUES,

SOUL IS THE TEACHER OF VIRTUES,

A CONCEPT THAT JUDGES SIN AND SINLESSNESS,

THE SPIRITUALISTS SAY.

.

 

THE PINEAL GLAND EMBEDDED IN THE  HUMAN BRAIN,

IS SOUL, SOME SAY,

BUT ALL VERTEBRATE ANIMALS,

ARE WITH PINEAL GLAND.

 

SO DO ANIMALS HAVE SOUL TOO?

SO, CLEAR THE PINEAL GLAND,

IS NOT THE SOUL,

IT IS THE MATERIAL PART OF HUMAN BODY.

 

 

BUT, ANY SEARCH FOR THE SOUL’S,

REAL NATURE, ITS TEXTURE,

WON’T BE SUCCESSFUL,

IT’S ONLY A CONCEPT, VAGUE, BASED ON BELIEF ONLY.

 

THE SPACEMEN TOOK ROUNDS AND ROUNDS,

IN THE SPACE,

BUT COULDN’T COME ACROSS WITH THE OTHER WORLD,

HEAVEN, HELL OR HADES WHERE THE SOULS ARE.

 

THEIR FAILURE TO FIND OUT MAKES MAN THINK,

DOES  THE OTHER WORLD EXIST?

AND FORCES MAN TO DOUBT,

THE ASEITY OF GOD, SOUL, HEAVEN, HELL OR HADES.

 

THEN, WHAT’S SOUL AFTER ALL?

PEOPLE ASK  ALL,

BUT THE MORE THEY ASK, FOR CLARITY

THE MORE THEY  ASK FOR AMBIGUITY,

 

WHEN EXTERNAL CHANCES,

 OF FINDING OUT SOUL FAILS,

MAN TURNS TO HIMSELF,

TO LOOK WITHIN.

 

MANY CLAIM  THEY  HAVE SOUL,

AND SPEAK HIGH OF THE SOUL,

AND ELOQUENT OF THE SOUL,

BUT WHERE IT IS IN MAN’S BODY?

 

SOME SAY IT’S IN THE HEAD,

SOME SAY IT’S IN THE CHEST,

SOME SAY IT’S EVERYWHERE IN THE BODY,

THEIR THOUGHTS RUNNING AMOK.

 

WHAT DOES IT SHOW?

THE OTHERWORLD,  GOD AS ITS HEAD,

HEAVEN, SOUL  ARE ALL EXIST,

ONLY IN HUMAN FANTASY.

.

 

A PHYSICAL SEARCH IS NOT VIABLE,

A SPIRITUAL SEARCH IS DANGEROUSLY SUBJECTIVE,

RENDERING THE FINDINGS  GROSSLY  UNBELIEVABLE,

EVEN FOR A MOMENT, SURE.

 

WINDING UP THEIR  SEARCH, FED UP, AT LAST,

TO KNOW WHAT REALLY IS  THE ALL ELUSIVE SOUL,

THE RESEARCHER REALIZES IT’S A FUTILE EFFORT,

 FOR THE RESULT IS, A WILL – O’-THE-WISP.