Spirituality - The Deadliest Poison for Humanity

This topic requires understanding of two subjects - spirituality and humanity. I shall take up the latter first for chronological discussion. Humans have the most developed brain and related neuro-system in all the known creatures of the universe. This development has been there because humans have been using it, and so evolving it. This features differentiates the human-beings from other creatures. In other words, we can say that humans are those creatures who make maximum use of their intellect. Because of this usage, humans are the most civilized creatures on earth.

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So, if there is something that impedes usage of intellect by a human-being, or makes him/her inferior or subordinate to anybody other than a human-being, is dehumanizing him/her and thus is a poison to him/her existence as a human-being.

Next, we come to spirituality, which I shall take its usual meaning without going into etymology of the word. India is a leader of the world in the field of spirituality, wherein it is so deeply entrenched in the life styles of majority of people that its erasure seems to be impossible. But, I must add here that it is not so because of logical thinking of the people but because of inheritance from the ancestors and society in general. It catches a new-born like a flu virus and goes on deepening with age and more and more contacts with the outside world.

Spirituality is not a science because it has inner contradictions and every one has its own perceptions different from all others. Even amongst spiritual gurus, there is no unanimity on the subject - every one defining it differently and practising it differently. It has multiple tools, like - God; soul; yantra, tantra and mantra; astrology; fate; past, present and future births; religions and sects; meditation, yoga, pranayam; etc. which are all devised by some human-beings at one time or the other. All are based on fictitious assumptions and hypotheses.

Now, let us see - how it affects humanity. Firstly, it subjugates the humanity to fictitious character called 'God'. Fictitious because it exists nowhere and performs nothing. Otherwise, human race would not have gone so low on moral character, particularly in a country where it is practised maximum. Ask yourself, do we Indians have a good moral character in general. I find 99 percent of Indian masses telling lies to each other, encroaching public or others properties, involved in thefts of public utilities like electricity, water, etc, polluting air, water and soil by their bad civic habits without any care for others. And we are the most spiritual people of the world. Does it establish a relationship between spirituality and immorality?

Secondly, spirituality tells us that everything is pre-designed for us, written in our fate, so we need not make any efforts, every event will occur on its own. Should this teaching not make us inactive? If somebody is not inactive, he has no faith in spirituality.

Thirdly, all spiritual gurus tell us that we should not run after material things, and simultaneously we find that all the gurus are very strongly chasing material things. Do they mean that the disciples should not compete with them in their chasings?

Fourthly, spirituality spreads terror of divinities, hell, death, etc. amongst human race to make its head low devoid of self-respect and self-confidence.

Fifthly, some spiritual practices tell us to block our minds from moving around which is the mind's most natural trait Some practices tell us not to breath naturally or not to feed our body with its natural need of air. Some practices tell us not to blink our eyes for long durations to keep them away from their naturally designed practice of blinking. in all such practices, we are drived towards becoming un-natural. Does being un-natural make us healthy and happy?

The greatest sermon of spirituality is 'nishkaam karma' or 'deeds without objectives. Has any body on this earth, including its so-called preacher, done anything without an objective, or can any body will ever do so? A knowledge without applicability can never be a knowledge, it is merely a burden.

In all the above things and all other related matters, there is no application of a human brain to find his own way but just to follow the others - somebody above, may be it is some guru or some divinity.

With all the above logics, spirituality is against humanity in all its senses. now, I come to the question - why it is so designed or what is the objective behind? with all the deep thinking on the subject, I have reached the conclusion that spirituality is psycho-political tool to keep a tab on masses and rule them psychologically and then politically, and then financially. All spiritual gurus are not only psychological rulers of their disciples but also their economic exploiters. I think, Indians are in a very deep slumber, they need to be awakened.